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Pittsburgh


Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city itself had a population of 334,569, with 2,358,695 in the metropolitan area.

Pittsburgh is built at the confluence of three rivers (the Allegheny River, Monongahela River and the Ohio River), with the downtown area in the triangular portion of land formed by the rivers. The city is well known for its spectacular skyline of skyscrapers and bridges, the latter giving rise to two of its nicknames "The City of Bridges" and "The Bridge Capital".

As well as "The City of Bridges" and "The Bridge Capital", Pittsburgh also has a variety of other nicknames, including "City of Champions", "The 'Burgh" and "The College City". There are also nicknames linked to the city's industrial past such as "Iron City", "Steel City" and "Steel Town", and from the new industries that have arisen in the city such as "Roboburgh", which relates to Pittsburgh's growing robotics industry.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attractions in Pittsburgh include: Here is some more information about Pittsburgh:
  • Some of the major companies with their headquarters in Pittsburgh include Heinz, PPG Industries and U.S. Steel.

  • The principal airport serving Pittsburgh is Pittsburgh International Airport.

  • Perhaps the best known educational institution in Pittsburgh is Carnegie Mellon University, which is a private research university that was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900.

  • Professional sports teams in Pittsburgh include the American football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Major League Baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the NHL ice hockey team, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Penguins - S Crosby 2011
22" X 34"
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Penguins - S Crosby 2011

 
 
Dusk, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Artist: Panoramic Images.
Dusk, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

 
 
Pittsburgh Steelers
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Pittsburgh Steelers

 
 
Sidney Crosby Fathead Junior
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Sidney Crosby Fathead Junior

 
 
Dusk Pittsburgh Pa, USA
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Dusk Pittsburgh Pa, USA

 
 
Steelers
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Steelers

 
 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Artist: Panoramic Images.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

 
 
University of Pittsburgh Students Cheering Wildly from Atop Cathedral of Learning, School's Campus
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Photographic Print
Artist: George Silk.
University of Pittsburgh Students Cheering Wildly from Atop Cathedral of Learning, School's Campus

 
 
Benny Goodman Orchestra at the Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1936
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Artist: Dennis Loren.
Benny Goodman Orchestra at the Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1936

 
 
Troy Polamalu -Fathead
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Troy Polamalu -Fathead

 
 
Three Rivers Stadium - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Artist: Mike Smith.
Three Rivers Stadium - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 
 
Pittsburgh Lit Up at Dusk, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Artist: Panoramic Images.
Pittsburgh Lit Up at Dusk, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

 
 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Artist: Panoramic Images.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

 
 
Golden Triangle Downtown Area from Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Photographic Print
Artist: Walter Bibikow.
Golden Triangle Downtown Area from Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 
 
Pittsburgh (First Game, Heinz Field, August 25, 2001)
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Artist: Mike Smith.
Pittsburgh  (First Game, Heinz Field,  August 25, 2001)

 
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Lonely Planet New York New Jersey & Pennsylvania (Regional Travel Guide)

By Jeff Campbell

Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet New York New Jersey & Pennsylvania (Regional Travel Guide)
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Lonely Planet knows New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. Our 3rd edition guarantees an adventure, whether it’s shopping ’til you drop in Manhattan, wine-tasting your way around the Finger Lakes, time-warping through the small towns of Amish country, viewing Warhols in Pittsburgh, eating funnel cakes on the Jersey shore or winning big in Atlantic City.

In This Guide:

Extensive coverage of New York City and Philadelphia
Itineraries to inspire road tripping, gallery hopping, beach bumming and nature loving
Practical information on getting around by car, bus, plane, antique steam train or horse-drawn buggy
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Moon Pittsburgh (Moon Handbooks)

By Dan Eldridge

Avalon Travel Publishing
Paperback (296 pages)

Moon Pittsburgh (Moon Handbooks)
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Long-time Pennsylvania resident Dan Eldridge provides a quirky look at Pittsburgh, from visiting the Andy Warhol Museum to grabbing a beer at a hipster bar in South Side. Dan includes unique trip ideas like Go Where the Locals Go, Fun and Cheap, and Out with the Parents. Packed with information on dining, transportation, and accommodations, Moon Pittsburgh has lots of options for a range of travel budgets. Complete with details on the best insider spots in the city and how to make the most of two days in Pittsburgh, Moon Pittsburgh gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Insiders' Guide to Pittsburgh, 4th (Insiders' Guide Series)

By Michele Margittai

Insiders' Guide
Paperback (464 pages)

Insiders  Guide to Pittsburgh, 4th (Insiders  Guide Series)
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With this comprehensive and authoritative guide, you can take an architectural walking tour of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, discover an array of cultural and entertainment amenities, and enjoy almost any kind of food, thanks to Pittsburgh's diverse ethnic population. Includes an in-depth chapter on Western Pennsylvania's many colleges and universities.

Best Hikes Near Pittsburgh (Best Hikes Near Series)

By Bob Frye

Globe
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Best Hikes Near Pittsburgh (Best Hikes Near Series)
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Featuring the best hikes in the greater Pittsburgh metro area, this exciting new, colorful guidebook points locals and visitors alike to trailheads within an hour's drive of Pittsburgh.

Moon Pittsburgh (Moon Handbooks)

By Dan Eldridge

Avalon Travel Publishing
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Moon Pittsburgh (Moon Handbooks)
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Former music editor for the Pittsburgh City Paper, Dan Eldridge provides a quirky look at Pittsburgh, from visiting the Andy Warhol Museum to grabbing a beer at a hipster bar in South Side. Eldridge includes unique trip ideas like "Go Where the Locals Go," "Fun and Cheap," and "Out with the Parents." Packed with information on dining, transportation, and accommodations, Moon Pittsburgh has lots of options for a range of travel budgets. Every Moon guidebook includes recommendations for must-see sights and many regional, area, and city-centered maps. Complete with details on the best insider spots in the city and how to make the most of two days in Pittsburgh, Moon Pittsburgh gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience. With expert writers, first-rate strategic advice, and an essential dose of humor, Moon guidebooks are the cure for the common trip.

Best Easy Day Hikes Pittsburgh (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)

By Bob Frye

FalconGuides
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Best Easy Day Hikes Pittsburgh (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)
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Best Easy Day Hikes Pittsburgh includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 18 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

Pittsburgh Then and Now (Then & Now)

By Walter C. Kidney

Thunder Bay Press
Hardcover (144 pages)

Pittsburgh Then and Now (Then & Now)
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As part of the popular Then and Now series, Pittsburgh is celebrated with archival photographs shown alongside specially commissioned contemporary images of the same scene. We find that the evolution of Pittsburgh over the last century has produced a compact urban landscape of older buildings blended with more recent architectural development. Downtown, the office blocks are still punctuated by traces of Pittsburgh's industrial heritage—the so-called "sliver" warehouses—mingling with the conveniences of modern city life. Over 100 photographs are featured in this amazing view of a fascinating city.

Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City

By Stefan Lorant

Derrydale Press
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Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City
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Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City follows Pittsburgh from its frontier beginnings through its evolution into the most heavily industrialized city in the world, to the city's renewal of itself as "America's Most Livable City." This beautiful volume though, is much more than the story of a single city; it is the history of the United States. This book is based on years of research and includes contributions by such noted American historians as Henry Steele Commager and Oscar Handlin. More than 1100 pictures recreate the city's dramatic 200+year history. Featured are photographs by W. Eugene Smith, Margaret Bourke-White, Norman W. Schumm, Lorant himself and others. A chronology of events from 1717 offers historical snapshots in the day to day life of the archetypical American city.

Pittsburgh: A New Portrait

By Franklin Toker

University of Pittsburgh Press
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Pittsburgh: A New Portrait
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From its founding in 1758, Pittsburgh has experienced several epic transformations.  It began its existence as a fortress, on a site originally selected by George Washington.  A hundred years later, and well into our own time, no other American city was as intensively industrialized, only to be later consigned to “rustbelt” status.  Remade as a thriving twenty-first-century city and an international center for science, medicine, biotechnology, and financial services, Pittsburgh is now routinely acclaimed as one of the most promising and livable of America's cities.  Franklin Toker shows us why.

Toker highlights this remarkable story of urban reinvention by focusing on what makes Pittsburgh so resilient and appealing - its strong neighborhoods and their surprisingly rich architectural history.   The many unique, lively urban communities that make up Pittsburgh are a treasure trove of every imaginable style of structure, from Victorian to Bauhaus, Gothic to Art Deco, and from Industrial to Green.  These ordinary homes expressed the aspirations of people who came from around the world to settle in Pittsburgh, while they built the city itself into an economic powerhouse.  With the wealth generated by this everyday work, local captains of industry could build their own monumental additions to Pittsburgh's urban landscape, including two of America's greatest buildings: H. H. Richardson's Allegheny Courthouse and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. 

With accessible prose, Toker examines Pittsburgh in its historical context (from Indian settlement to postmodern city), in its regional setting (from the playgrounds of the Laurel Highlands to the hard-working mill towns dotting the landscape), and from the street level (leading the reader on a personal tour through every neighborhood).  Lavishly illustrated with photos and maps, Pittsburgh: A New Portrait reveals the true colors of a truly great American city. 

Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges: A Complete Guide

By Benjamin Evans

University of Pittsburgh Press
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Pennsylvania s Covered Bridges: A Complete Guide
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Historically, bridges were covered to protect their wooden surfaces from the weather. Today, covered bridges are viewed as charming but rare artifacts of our past. Pennsylvania, the site of the first covered bridge in the United States (over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia), is the state with the most surviving structures.

Benjamin and June Evans visited every bridge for this updated edition, taking new photographs and noting changes since the writing of their 1991 first edition. The builder's name, truss type and number of spans, the condition, length, and width, current owner, and waterway it crosses, specific location, and precise travel directions to each structure are all outlined for each of the 220 bridges documented in this new edition.


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