That's right. You read it correctly. Those gigantic prehistoric lizards may come to life and find a new home on the North Shore next to the Carnegie Science Center -- if County Commissioner Bob Cranmer's ideas come into existence.

And no, Bob Cranmer is not a foremost expert on DNA genetic splicing and cloning, like in some movie you may have seen.

Cranmer has stated that once funding is in place for the $803 million Plan B for new stadiums and a larger convention center, he wants to pursue ways to create a "dinosaur park" on the North Shore, calling it a "first-day attraction" to bring more tourists and conventioneers to Pittsburgh.

In a Post-Gazette interview, he described it as a visitor attraction that would combine traditional, frozen and unmoving dinosaur exhibits -- like the ones that proliferate in the Carnegie Museum -- along with modern, robotic and animatronic dinosaurs that would move the way their real counterparts once did, plus computerized interactive exhibits that youngsters could operate to learn about the prehistorical behemoths.

The exhibits would be contained in a jungle-like setting under a large, glassed-in building next to the Carnegie Science Center, and a small train would carry visitors through the attraction.

However, Cranmer cautioned that such a dinosaur theme park is a long way off and would be pursued only as a "phase two" of Plan B. It will take several more weeks, at least, to put together the Plan B funding.

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