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2013-11-09-Pittsburgh, PA (Part 2)

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Nov 19, 2013
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Tom atop Mount Washington.

Georgia on Mount Washington. Downtown in the background.

The Monongahela River and downtown Pittsburgh from Mt. Washington (The Monongahela River often referred to locally as the Mon — is a 130-mile-long river on the Allegheny Plateau in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania. The Monongahela joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh)

Downtown Pittsburgh

The magnificcent PPG Place, Pittsburgh (PPG Place is a complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. Named for its anchor tenant, PPG Industries, who initiated the project for its headquarters, the buildings are all of matching glass design consisting of 19,750 pieces of glass. The complex centers around One PPG Place, a 40-story office building. Groundbreaking ceremonies occurred on January 28, 1981. The complex buildings opened between 1983 and 1984, and a dedication ceremony took place on April 11, 1984. Total cost of construction was $200 million ($483.8 million today). The project was started by PPG Industries (formerly Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company) to serve as the company's headquarters, after being based in Downtown Pittsburgh since 1895.The company contracted the project to architect Philip Johnson and his partner John Burgee. Designed in the neogothic style but with modern innovations, the complex had many inspirations, including London's Victoria Tower.)

Heinz Field (Heinz Field is a stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh Panthers football teams. The stadium opened in 2001, after the controlled implosion of the teams' previous stadium, Three Rivers Stadium. The stadium is named for the locally-based H. J. Heinz Company, which purchased the naming rights in 2001.)

Mount Washington (Mount Washington is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's south city area. It is known for its steep hill overlooking the Pittsburgh skyline, which was rated the second most beautiful vista in America by USA Weekend (and the best urban vista) Its funiculars, the Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, which are the oldest continuous inclines in the world; and for the row of upscale restaurants paralleling the crest of Mount Washington, the hill the community sits upon.)

Mount Washington

Downtown Pittsburgh and Station Square (foreground) from Mt. Washington.

The Monongahela Incline (The Monongahela Incline, built by John Endres in 1870, is the oldest continuously operating funicular in the USA. It is also one of two surviving inclines (the other is the nearby Duquesne Incline) from the original 17 passenger-carrying inclines built in Pittsburgh starting in the late 19th century. Its lower station is across the street from the Station Square area.Pittsburgh's expanding industrial base in 1860 created a huge demand for labor, attracting mainly German immigrants to the region. This created a serious housing shortage as industry occupied most of the flat lands adjacent to the river, leaving only the steep, surrounding hillsides of Mt. Washington or "Coal Hill" for housing. However, travel between the "hill" and other areas was hindered by a lack of good roads or public transport. The predominantly German immigrants who settled on Mt. Washington, remembering the Seilbahns (cable cars) of their former country, proposed the construction of inclines along the face of Coal Hill.)

Descending on the Monongahela Incline.

Descending on the Monongahela Incline

The Monongahela Incline

The Monongahela Incline base station

The Monongahela Incline base station

The former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Train Station

The Monongahela Incline from Station Square

Downtown Pittsburgh

Georgia enjoying brunch at the Grand Concourse

Grand Concourse Restaurant, Station Square (Occupying the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station, Grand Concourse represents an unmatched dining experience and a historical excursion. Constructed in 1901 and still possessing the original look, the station’s accents of brass, marble and mahogany create Pittsburgh’s most unique dining experience)

Grand Concourse

Grand Concourse Restaurant, a former train station

Early 20th century tile motif at Station Square

Downtown from Station Square

BNY Mellon, the merger of Bank of New York and Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank

Duquesne Incline (The Duquesne Incline is an inclined plane railroad, or funicular, located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood and scaling Mt. Washington. Designed by Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in 1877 and is 800 feet (244 m) long, 400 feet (122 m) in height, and is inclined at a 30 degree angle. Originally steam powered, the Duquesne Incline was built to carry cargo up and down Mt. Washington in the late 19th century. It later carried passengers, particularly Mt. Washington residents who were tired of walking up footpaths to the top. Inclines were then being built all over Mt. Washington. But as more roads were built on “Coal Hill” most of the other inclines were closed. By the end of the 1960s, only the Monongahela Incline and the Duquesne Incline remained.)

The Point, Pittsburgh (Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park on 36 acres in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.Built on land acquired via eminent domain from industrial enterprises in the 1950s, the park opened in August 1974 when construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.)

The Point, where two rivers form a third.

The distinctive Yellow Bridges of Pittsburgh (The Bridges of Pittsburgh play an important role in the city's transportation system. Without bridges, the Pittsburgh region would be a series of fragmented valleys, hillsides, river plains, and isolated communities.A 2006 study determined that Pittsburgh has 446 bridges, and with its proximity to three major rivers and countless hills and ravines, Pittsburgh is known as "The City of Bridges". The city of Pittsburgh and the county of Allegheny are the largest owners of great bridges in the country, in proper proportion to their size, with the possible exception of the City of New York, which is built on an island and surrounded by large bodies of water.)

Downtown Pittsburgh

The Dusquene Incline

Heinz Field, home of the Steelers and Pitt

Pittsburgh's hometown brew

The Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh

Phipps Conservatory

Oakland and Shenley Park

Cathedral of Learning

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden (Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a complex of buildings and grounds set in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh. It is a City of Pittsburgh historic landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The gardens were founded in 1893 by steel and real-estate magnate Henry Phipps as a gift to the City of Pittsburgh. Its purpose is to educate and entertain the people of Pittsburgh with formal gardens (Roman, English, etc.) and various species of exotic plants (palm trees, succulents, bonsai, orchids, etc.). Currently, the facilities house elaborate gardens within the thirteen room conservatory itself and on the adjoining grounds. In addition to its primary flora exhibits, the sophisticated glass and metalwork of the Lord & Burnham conservatory offers an interesting example of Victorian greenhouse architecture.)

Chihuily chandelier. Phipps Conservatory (Dale Chihuly (born September 20, 1941), is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. His works are considered unique to the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture," (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). The technical difficulties of working with glass forms are considerable, yet Chihuly uses it as the primary medium for installations and environmental artwork.)

Chihuily chandelier. Phipps Conservatory

Carnegie Mellon University

Edward Manning Bigelow Statue, Schenley Park (Edward Manning Bigelow (1850–1916), known as the "father of Pittsburgh's parks",was an American City Engineer and later Director of Public Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was responsible for major improvements in city's infrastructure, such as new boulevards, waterworks, and parks, many of them in today's Oakland neighborhood)

Schenley Park (Schenley Park is a large municipal park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between the neighborhoods of Oakland, Greenfield, and Squirrel Hill. It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.The park is made up of 300 acres donated by Mary Schenley in 1889 and another 120 acres that the city subsequently purchased from her. Another 36 acres were acquired at a later date, bringing the park's total size to 456 acres and making it the second largest municipal park in Pittsburgh, behind Frick Park.The park borders the campuses of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.)

Cathedral of Learning

Autumn colors glow in Schenley Park

Phipps Conservatory

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Two Universities: Carnegie Mellon & Pitt

Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial from Schenley Park

Carnegie Mellon University

The Pitt Panther

Robert Burns Statue (Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English. After his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries.)

PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Roberto Clemente Bridge

Many of Pittsburgh's bridges are yellow, or rather, Aztec Gold. (Many of the bridges in the Downtown area are colored yellow, either constructed as such or painted afterward, to match the city's official colors of black and yellow. Actually, city officials say that the color is "Aztec Gold".)

The great Hall of Famer and Humanitarian, Roberto Clemente (On Dec. 31, 1972, Roberto Clemente, all-star outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was killed en route to deliver assistance to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. His humanitarian legacy survives to this day. On the baseball diamond, Roberto Clemente was extraordinary. In his 18-season Major League Baseball career, he was a four-time National League batting champion, a 12-time Gold Glove winner and the 11th player ever to reach 3,000 hits.)

Honus Wagner, one of baseball's all time greats (Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955, nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage ("Dutch" in this instance being an alteration of "Deutsch"), was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played in the National League from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in NL history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members. He received the second-highest vote total, behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth)

A couple of Pitt Panthers

Pitt flags flying

Georgia en route to the tailgate

ND Class of '09 tailgating at Pitt

Torey and Georgia at the tailgate

ND Class of '09 tailgating at Pitt

At the tailgate

In the Panther Den

Here come the Irish

Pre-game prayer. It didn't overcome two interceptions.

Captains meet for the coin toss

ND fell behind in the 4th quarter and was unable to ketchup

Downtown after the game

Clemente Bridge at night

Downtown skyscraper illuminated

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