Pittsburgh, PA
Steelers Heinz Field Stadium, Pirates PNC Park, and the Carnegie Science Center can be seen on the northern coast of the Allegheny River, while the South Side is beyond the southern banks of the Monongahela River on the lower left. These two rivers form the Ohio River which flows north-northwest.
Point Park hosts numerous events including the exciting Regatta with boat races, and Three Rivers Arts Festival, conventions, etc. The Downtown area holds the PPG (Pittsburgh Plate and Glass) office complex with its sparkling glass surface. Once disdainfully called the Smoky City, now called the Most livable City. EcoClean !
The confluence of the Monongahuela and Allegheny which forms the Ohio River is adorned by Point Park.
The Gateway Clipper Fleet has regular tours up to each of the locks on each of the rivers and during activities docked at Station Square accessable via the historic bridge seen on the lower left.
The Bass Masters Tournament was held on the rivers in 2006 and again in 2008.
The waters contain: 2 pound+ small and large mouth, and 10 pound+ striper bass; 1 pound+ rainbow and brook trout; 12 pound+ walleye, 15 pound+ muskie; 2 pound+ sauger; 5 pound+ catfish; 10 pound+ carp; crappies; and, blue gail. The shad run in the Fall.
Ichthyological info compliments of Mike Marshall and Bill Fritzius.
This photo of Downtown Pittsburgh also contains Heinz Hall.
Photo of Pittsburgh 2000 courtesy of Top Flight Photos
www.topflightphotos.com. (Copied from photograph, with permission. Original is much sharper.)
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Hospitality Room buffet during Mensa AG.
The Grand Ballroom of the Omni William Penn Hotel during the national Mensa Annual Gathering in July, 2009.
Mural in lobby dining area at the Omni William Penn.
The Pittsburgh Hilton oversees spectators casually preparing for the start of the Regatta boat races.
Connections to interesting websites: (just click on the link)
National Veteran Owned Business Association NaVOBA with Rocky Bleier: www.navoba.com.
For decades, the George Westinghouse Bridge was the highest and longest reinforced concrete bridge in the world. Grandview Golf Course can be seen in the distance.
Westinghouse factory, Now called Keystone Commons. Red building in the center once housed the first public radio station in the world, KDKA-AM. The Airbrake was off to the distant right, in Turtle Creek.
East Pittsburgh from the bridge. Grandview Golf Course in the distance.
The remains of Andrew Carnegie's first steel plant containing the continuous roll.
The Mon Valley Expressway is to travel along Turtle Creek straight across the Monongahuela River to West Mifflin and, branch off to the right , in front of the mill to Pittsburgh.
A photo of the 'new deisel' locomotive taken in 1957 from close to the red spot in the previous photo. Bessemer Furnace smokestacks in the background.
Courtesy of Steve Maydak.
The local Pittsburgh website may contain dialects familiar to the city of Pittsburgh and its environs, known as 'pittsburghese' and digress somewhat from oxfordian english grammar.
Comments from Pittsburghers: Yens'll like the Burg! Go Steelers! Where yousguys goin? How yens doin? What's U-u-up? Sup? Sappenin. sOK! Hey! Gimme! Iron City. Boilermaker: Shot in a beer. Hoagy. Can a pop. Turtle Crick. Kennywood's open.
Edgar Thompson Steel Mill as seen from the Grandview Golf Course.
Braddock Avenue and Thirteenth Street. WLOA radio station. First to play classical symphonic music on the radio. Raised in 2007. Site of future Mon-Fayette Expressway
Eleventh Street, Talbot Avenue and the Monongahela River
Amvets Post 60 North Braddock W. PA region officers being shown how dogs are trained
to assist severely disabled veterans. Penny, an instructor from Paws With A Cause PAWS,
The highly trained dogs can bring the paper and food, answer the door and phone and even
tuck the veteran in at night pulling the blanket up.