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Virgiina 1754 George Washington (early years)
George led 2 virgina companies into the great meadows when they tried but failed to force out the french and american indians. 1 year later, General Edward Bradocks and his army along the Monongahela plains Edward was killed. George learned the ways and terms how to defeat and over come ther rivals. -
WILLIAM PITT THE ELEDER
He was the the prime minister of England and because of him,Europe one the French and indian war. -
THE PLAN TO BULID
MARQUIS DUQUESNE HAD THE PLAN TO BUILD FORTS.
HE HAD STOPPED WITH THE THIRD FORT,FT DUQUESNE- THE FRENCH DESTROYED IT. -
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1 A WILDERNESS FORT AND EARLY SETTLEMENT
PITTSBURGH BEGAN AS A FORT.
THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH WANTED ABSOLUTE COMMAND OF THE 3 RIVERS. -
JOHN FORBES
FORBES NAMED TH LAND ''PITTSBORO'' IN HONOR OF WILLIAM PITT.
WAS ALSO A BRITISH GENERAL -
FORT PITT
WAS THE LAST AND THE LARGEST FORT OUT OF 5 BUILT BY THE FRENCH AND THE BRITTISH -
THE BLOCK HOUSE
IT WAS THE OLDEST BUILDING IN PITTSBURGH -
PENNSYLAVANIA P.A.
WAS THE FIRST STATE TO OUTLAW SLAVERY.
AFTER THE GREAT FIRE THE MSTERY AND THE PITTSBURGH SAURADAY VISITER ARGUED FOR ITS ABOLITION. WHICH WAS THE ACT OF ABOLISHING SLAVERY -
DEVELOPMENTOF PGH
STREETS, APPARTMENTS,COURTHOUSE, AND BOATBUILDERS STARTED TO MAKE PITTSBURGH A CIY. -
NEVILLE B. GRAIG
BORN IN A BLOCK HOUSE TO WHICH HIS PARENTS HAD TO ATTACH AN ANNEX TO WHERE THEY SET UP HOUSE KEEPING. WAS A PUBLISHER AND EDITOR OF THE PGH GAZZETTE -
TARLENTON BATES AND THOMAS BATES
THEY WERE KILLED IN A DUEL BECAUSE OF A POLITACAL ARGUMENT.
BATES WAS KILLED -
GRANTS HLL
GRANTS HILL PROJECTED THE BLUFF INTO THE CITY. NAMED AFTER GENERAL JAMES GRANT.
WAS KILLED BY THE FRENCH IN 1858 SEPT -
MAJOR EBENEZER DENNY
FIRST MAJOR OF PITTSBURGH.
AND WHEN PITTSBURGH BECAME ACITY INSTEAD OF A BOROUGH -
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2 A CITYS FIRST STEPS, THEN DISASTER
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MONONGAHELA WHARF
USED FOR BOATS COMING TO PITTSBURGH FOR BUISNESS.
KEELBOATS-WERE LOW BOATS STICKS/POLE AND USE FOR CARGO. -
STEPHEN COLLINS
IT WAS THE DAY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS DEATH. AND THE BIRTH OF STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER.
HE WAS A SONG WRITER THAT WAS KNOWN FAOR THE SONGS OH SUSANNA AND CAMP TOWN RACES.[HE WAS THE FATHER OF AMERICAIN MUSIC -
JOHN ROEBLING
CREATED THE FIRST WIRE ROPE. BY INVENTING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE LOTS OF NEW THINGS. HE CREATED THE CABLE SUPENSION BRIDGE, SIXTTH STREET BRIDGE, AND THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE -
CHARLES DICKENS IN PITTSBURGH
PEOPLE COULD CROSS THE STATE BY TRAIN OR PACKET BOAT ON THE P.A CANALS. TOOK NOTES ABOUT BEING ON THE PACKET BOAT AND SAID THE PEOPLE ON THERE WERE PRIMITIVE AND AT THE END HE LOOKED BACK AT IT AND SAID "WITH GREAT PLEASURE'' -
NEW CORT HOUSE
AT GRANTS HILL IT SURVIED THE GREAT FIRE.
JOHN CHRIS WAS THE ARCHITECT THAT BUILT IT.
HE ALSO DESIGNED TH OLDEST OFFICE BUILDING WHICH WAS CALLED TH BURKES BUILDING OF 1836, AT 211 ST. AND 4TH AVE. -
THE GREAT FIRE
CONSUMED 24 BLOCKS IN THE HEART OF PITTSBURGH.
IT HAD SPREAD INTO PIPE TOWN {WHERE WILLIAM PRICE MANUFACTURED CLAY PIPES WHICH IS NOW PNC CENTER. -
MARTIN R. DELANY
PUBLISHED THE MYSTERY.
WAS A HAVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.
PUSHED JAMES POLK INTO LETTING AFRICAN AMERICANS SERVE IN THE MEXICAN WAR.DELANY WAS THE FIRST BLACK FIELD OFFICER TO SERVE IN THE CIVIL WAR -
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3 PITTSBURGH REBUILDS AND EXPANDS
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JANE GREY SWISSHELM
WAS AN ABOLITIONIST THAT MADE A MARK IN THE MANS WORLD. SHE WAS THE WOMAN THAT FORCED THE GOVERMENT TO PASS THE LAW SO THT WOMAN CAN GET MARRIED ON THERE OWN PROPERTY. SHE MAINLY FOCUSED ON SLAVERY AND WOMANS RIGHTS. -
DOLLAR SAVINGS INSTITUTION
DESIGNED BY ISAAC HOBBS. STARTED BUILDING IN 1855 AND FINISHED IN 1874. WHICH IS NOW DOLLAR BANK. WHICH IS FOR SAVING MONEY -
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4 THE CIVIL WAR AND IRON CITY
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THE RODMAN GUN
CREATED IN THE CIVIL WAR. IT WAS THE LARGEST GUN IN THE WORLD. -
TH PITTSBURGH SANITARY COMMISSION
IT WAS TO AID PEOLE THAT WERE IN THE WAR FOR MEDICAL NEEDS.
ONE MAN WAS CAUGHT WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO HELP SOMEBODY ON THE BATTLE LINES. HE WAS INPRISONED FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
OVERALL THE COMMISSION RAISED UP TO 322,217 TO AID THERE SOLDIERS IN WAR. -
HENRY K. PORTER
HE PRODUCED THE LIGHT SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVES. THEN HAD A FIRM THAT COTINUED MAKING THESE UNTIL 1939 WHEN THEY ENTERED FIELDS BEYOND THERE RANGE.
THEY MADE 600 LOCOMOTIVES A YEAR! -
GEORGE WESTING HOUSE
MADE THE AIR BRAKE. IT WAS USED FOR STOPPING HEAVY TRAINS. WAS 19 WHEN HE GOT HIS FIRST PATENT FOR A ROTARY STEAM ENGINE. WHICH IS A HEAT ENGINE THAT PERFORMS MECHANICAL WORK USING STEAM AS ITS WORKING FLUID. -
MT WASHINGTON DUQUESNE INCLINE
HAD ATTRACTED 500,000 PASSENGERS WITHOUT ANYONE BEING INJURED. SUNDAYS DURING THE SUMMER TIME, IT CARRIED 6,000 PASSENGERS ALL DAY LONG.
THIS INCLINE IS STILL AROUND TODAY! -
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5 THE GILDED AGE OF INDUSTRY
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P.A. CLUB FAMED NUMBER 6
IT FOR WOMEN TO GET A HIGHER EDUCATION.
IN 2007NIT BECAME CHATHMAN UNIVERSITY -
THE HOME STEAD STRIKE
ENDED WITH ATLEAST 14 DEAD WORKERS. -11 STEAL WORKERS AND 3 PINKERTON GUARDS. "FORT FRICK" THE WORKERS CALLED IT. 300 PINKERTONS GUARDED THE PLACE. STEEL WORKERS AND THERE FAMILIES WENT TO WAR WITH THE PINKERTONS. THE PINKERTONS SURRENDERD -
MONONGAHELA RIVER
STEAMBOATS AND COALBARGES OFTEN CROWEDED IT.
NEAR THERE WAS THE UNION BRIDGE BY THAT WAS ALLEGHENY BANK. AND BY THAT, THERE WAS A FARRIS WHEEL, MERRY GO ROUND, GRAVITYRAILROAD.CINEMATOGRAPH AND ACONONEL BAKERS POPCORN STAND -
PITTSBURGH COVERD IN SMOKE
WAS SHROUDED IN DARKNESS EVEN AT 9:20 IN THE MORNING. -
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6 A NEW CENTURY, A WORLD WAR
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UNITEDSTATES STEEL CO.
89 EXECUTIVES OF CARNGIE COMPANY HAVING DINNER IN SCHENLEY.
CHARLES SCHWAB PLEADED FOR INDUSTRAIL PEACE AND GROWTH THROUGH CONSOLIDATION. -
WILLIAM MELLON
HIM AND HIS BROTHER COMBINED INTREST SO IT CAN BE ONE OF THE GREATEST FINACIAL EMPIRES. IN 1962, MELLON NATIONAL BANK WAS INCORPORATED. HE WAS FIRST SECRETARY OF TH U.S TREASURY AND WAS THE AMBASSADOR OF IT. HIS GREATEST LEGACY WAS THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY IN WASHINTON D.C -
INSIDE THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH
WERE TROLLEY'S, CARS AND NEWS BOYS.
24 BUILT FARMERS BANK {TALLEST IN THE CITY AT THE TIME.}
BY 1905, PITTSBURGH HADDOZENS OF STRUCTURES AT SKYSCRAPER HEIGHT. -
LUNA PARK
IT HAD ATTRACTED CROWDS.
OVER 35,000 PEOPLE CAME.
THEY HAD FEATURED {ARIAL ACTS, BANDS CONCERTS AND SNOOTTHE CHUTES. WHICH IS A RIDE THAT TAKES YOU INTO THE WATER.
BUT AFTER THERE LION HAD ESCAPED, AND KILLED A WOMAN THEY WERE LOVED NO MORE.
AFTER THAT THERE WAS A FIRE. IT WAS NEVER REBUILT AFTER THAT. -
DR. FRANK CONRAD
HE HAD A LABORATORY IN HIS GARAGE.
HAD EXPERIMENTED WITH THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE. WHICH LED TO THE AMATEUR STATION 8XK. "THUS KDKA HAD ITS BIRTH." -
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7 A SKYSCRAPER UNIVERSITY GROWS IN OAKLAND
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KENNYWOOD PARK FEATURING TUTS TOMB
THEY HAD REPLACED THE BUG HOUSEDARK RIDE INTO KING TUTS TOMB.
IN 1955, KENNYWOOD TOOK INSPIRATION IN ADDING LOST KENNYWOOD INSIDE THE PARK. -
CARNEGIE.
ANDREW BUILT HIS ONE MAN RULE "THE SHREWDEST AND THE STRONGEST." WHITH PARTNERSHIP. -
LIBERTY TUBES
WAS FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING {IT TOOK UP 6 MILLION DOLLARS.} JOSEPH G. ARMSTRONGS TWO GRANDSONS HAD CUT THE RIBBION. FOR THE NEXT 90 MINUTES, AUTOMOBLIES STEAMED ACROSS THE LANES ACROSS SOUTH HILLS STEETS -
JOHN KANE
WAS A PAINTER.{HOUSE PANINTER} AND MINER.
HE USED HIS LUNCH BRAKES FOR TIME TO PAINT.
HE HAD PAINTED BLOOM FIELD BRIDGE.
CARNEGIE INTERNATIONAL.
AND HE USED TOOLS SUCH AS OIL PASTELS AND CRAYONS. -
BEER
PITTSBURGH BEGAN A NEW ERA OF DRINKING.
SOME OF THE BEERS WERE LEGALIZED BECAUSE THE BEER WAS SO STRONG. -
RICHARD KING MELLON
BEGAN HIS MELLON BANK CAREER AS A MESSENGERR AND ROSE TO PRESIDENT OF IT AT THE AGE 35. HIS FATHER HAD A QUOTE HE HAD TAUGHT HIM. "LIVE WHERE YOU WORK AND WORK WHERE YOU LIVE."{T.MELLON AND SONS.} -
ST.PATRICKS DAY FLOOD
TRANSPORTATION WAS BY ROWBOAT OR CANOE.
IN SOME OF THE PLACES THE WATER WAS RASIED UP TO 20FT DEEP.
THE 3RIVER HAD RISEN 112TIMES OVER NORMAL FLOOD STAGE. -
ATOM SMASHER
ITS HOPES WAS TO SOLVE "MUCH OF THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER. EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T WORK THE WAY THEY WANTED IT, THEY STILL DISCORVERRD SOMETHING NEW.{THE FIRST TISSUE OF GAMMA RAYS THAT SPLIT INTO URANIUM ATOMS. -
WILLIAM STEINBERG
HE HAD LEFT GERMANY BECAUSE OF HITLERS RISE.
AFTER HELPING TO FORM THE IRAELI PHILHARMONIC, HE WAS NAMED ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR OF TOSCANINS NBC SYMPHONY. IN 1952 HE BECAME THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY'S ORCHESTRAS PERMANET CONDUCTOR. -
FRANKLIN D. ROOOSEVELT
HE CAME TO INSPECT THE HOMESTEAD WORKS AND MESTA MACHINE PLANT.
AND TO DEDICATE TERRACE VILLAGE.
HE ALSO CAME TO SEE THE NATIONS SECOND LARGEST HOUSING PROJECT. -
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8 ANOTHER WORLD WAR AND A RENAISSANCE
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PITTSBURGH SHIP PRODUCING
WAS AGAIN A KEY SHIP PRODOUCING CENTER FOR WORLD WAR 2.
SHIPS LIKE THE LSTS{TANK-LANDING SHIPS,} INCLUDING THE U.S. NAVY'S FIRST LST 750 -
THE POINT
THERE IS NOW HARD TIMES. AND THE FOUR YEARS OF WAR HAD WORN OUT THE GOLDEN TRAINGLE . EVERTHING WAS OLD AND WORN DOWN LIKE THE RAILROAD TRESLTES, THE FREIGHT YARDS AND THE WARHOUSES. -
END OF THE WAR
HAD BROUGHT CROWDS OF SOLIDIERS, SAILORSA AND CITZENS TO PARTY.
PEOPLE LITTERD THE GROUND WITH CONFETTI, TOOTING HORNS AND POPPING FIRE CRACKERS IN THE AIR. -
THE HOVER HILL
WAS A DENSE MIXTURE OF WELL KEPT HOMES.
IT HAD BUSINESSES, CHURCHES, AND SYNAGOGUES AS WELL OF SLUMS CROWDED WITH RATS.
A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT IT WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE CIVI SPORTS CENTER WITH LUXURY APARMENT TOWERS. 95 ACRES OF 1,300 STUCTURES HOUSING AND 8,000 PEOPLE JUST HAD TO MOVE FOR THAT. -
THE GREAT SNOW STORM
THE PITTSBURGH POST GAZZETE AND OTHER NEWS PAPER ARTICLES CLAIM TO BE THAT IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE ONLY SNOW FLURRIES. BUT ON THE NEXT DAY, THEY FAILED TO PUBLISH ANYTHING. BECAUSE THE SNOW HAD FALLEN UP TO 30.5 INCHES {THE HEAVIEST IN LOCAL HISTORY.}
THERE WAS THOUSANDS STRANDED .
CARS BLOCKED ON TROLLEY ROUTES.
THE TROLLEY WAS AN "ICICLE ON WHEELS." -
GREATER PGH AIRPORT
MANY FAMILIES TOOK THEIR CHILDREN TO SEE THE AIRPLANES TAKE OFFS AND THE ARRIVALS ON THE OBSERVATION DECK. INSIDE THE AIRPORT, THER WAS A TERRAZZO COMPPASS IN THE LOBBY. AND SOME ART WORK THAT WAS HANGINGNUP AS IF IT WAS A CHANDELIER -
MELLON SQAURE PARK
5000 PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND THE TERRAZZO PLAZA TO WATCH THE TWO MEN DEDICATE THE PARK WITH AN UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE. -
BILL MAZERSKI
HAD HI A HOME RUN AGAINST RALPH TERRY AND THE NEW YORK YANKEES.
FANS VOTED THE BOTTOM-OF-THE NINTH HOMER THE GREASTEST MOMENT IN PITTSBURGH SPORTS HISTORY. -
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9 CIVIL UNREST AND TITLE TEAMS
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RACHEL CARSON
GREW UP IN GOOD ENVIROMENT.
WAS A SCIENTIST,WRITER, AND ECOLOGIST.
SHE WAS THE WOMAN WHO ALERTED THE WORLD ABOUT THE MISUSE OF PESTICIDE BY WRITING A BOOK. -
JOHN F. KENNEDY VISITS PITTSBURGH
WAS HERE FOR A POLITICAL VISIT.
AT PITT FEILD HOUSE ON BEHALF THE DEOMCRATIC CANDIDADTES.
HE HAD BLASTED AWAY THE REPUBLICANS.
AND WHEN HE LEFT, HE WAS IN A OPEN CAR. -
NEW ESAT LIBERTY MALL
IT WAS A MALL THAT HAD FOUNTAINS AND PAGODA-COVERED SEATING AREAS. -
RESULTS OF THE DEATH OF MARIN LUTHER KING JR.
ROITS IN THE HILL DISRICT AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
505FIRES AND A DEATH OF A WOMAN IN HOMESTEAD.
MILLIONS OF THEFTS AND TRADE LOSSES.
AND 926 ARRESTS. -
WALT HARPER
HAD HEPLED BREATHE LIFE INTO MARKET SQAURE WITH JAZZ.BY HAVING HIS OWN NIGHT CLUB CALLED ATTIC NIGHT CLUB.
HE HAD GROWN UP WITH A MUSICAL FAMILY.
AFTER THE ATTIC CLOSED, HE RAN HAPE'S JAZZ CLUB IN TEH 1980S FEATURING DIZZY GILLE AND MANY MORE JAZZ ARTIST -
JOHN CARDINAL WRIGHT
HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS ECUMENICISM WHILE SERVING AS BIHOP. -
ANTI WAR
PROTESTERS STAGED ANTI WAR IN MARKET SQAURE. -
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTA
HAD FOUND A NEW HOME IN LOEW'S PENN THEATER.
THEN IT WAS CONVERTED INTO HENIZ HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. -
TROPICAL STORM HITS PITTSBURGH
THERE WAS 4 DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN.
THE RIVERS ROSE 10 FEET OVER FLOOD STAGE.
POINT STATE PARK WAS BUIRED IN WATER.
AND MANY LOW LEVEL COMMUNITES WERE FLOODED. -
THE FOUNTAIN
WAS THE FINAL COMPONET IN POINT STATE PARK.
THE WATER SHOOTS UP TO 150 FEET.
WHICH CAME WITH A NEW OUTLINE OF GRASS AND A IMAGE OF BATION FORT. -
ROBERT FERRIS PRINCE
WAS GREAT-NEPHEW OF GEORGE FERRIS (ENGINEER).
ROBERT WAS A PIRATES BROADCASTER AND WAS THE TEAMS BIGGEST FAN.
HE WAS THE PERSON THAT GAVE THE PLYERS NICKNAMES LIKE DOG, THE DEAN AND THE QUAIL. -
DOWNTOWNS NEW SKYSCRAPER
DOWNTOWN HAD PPG PLACE, AND SIX TOWERS.
CREATED BY JOHN BURGEE WAS THE NEO GOTHIC FANTASY.
WHICH HAD/CAME WITH WATER FOUNTAIN, STAUTES, ICE SKATING RINK AND A CHRISTMAS TREE THAT CAME WITH ORNAMENTS -
MAYOR RICHARD CALIGURI IS LARGER THAN LIFE
THER IS A BRONZE STATUE OF HIM IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. RIGHT ON/IN THE CITY- COUNTY BUILDING.
WHEN CALGUIR WAS AROUND HE MADE HIGH EFFORTS TO ATTRACT THE HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES TO PITTSBURGH.
HE INSPIRED THE DOWNTOWN BUILDING BOOM KNOWN AS RENISSANCE II.
HE DIED IN 1988 WHICH WAS THE DAY HE STOPPED BEING A MAYOR -
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10 BIG STEEL FALL, HIGH-TECH RISES
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SR.SCULLY
PRESIDENT OF CARLOW COLLEGE UP TO 1967 TO 1982.
SHE HAD BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS GULF OIL CORPORATION 1975. -
WILLE STARGELL
HE WAS RETIRING FROM BASEBALL.
HE ALSO WASTHE LEAD HOME RUN HITTER IN TEH 1970S.
AND HE WAS THE FIRST BASE MAN WHO PLAYED HIS ENTIRE 20YEAR CAREER WITH THE PIRATES.
WILLW WAS A 7TIME ALL STAR WHO HAD A 475 HOME RUNS -
DR. THOMAS STARZL
HE WAS A RESEARCHER, SURGEON, AND TEACHER.
STARZL'S WORK ROSE THE PERCEPTIONS OF PITTSBURGH AS A CENTER OFFRONTLINE MEDICAL RESEARCH AND THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE. -
HERBERT SIMON CARNEGIE MELLON PROFESSOR
HAD WORKED THERE FOR 52 YEARS.
HE TAUGHT COMPUTER SCIENCE.
SIMON ONE THE NOBEL PRIZE OF 1978 IN ECOMOMICS.
AND HE HAD HELP BUILD THE "THINKING MACHINE". -
THE HILL HOUSE
IT WAS TO AID IMMIGRANTS SETTLING IN THE HILL DISTRICT.
IT WAS CALLED THE KAUFMANN SETTLEMENT.
IT WAS PROVIDED A NEW BUILDING WHICH STILL STANDS TODAY CALLED THE HILL HOUSE. -
DOROTHY 6 FAILURE
WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BLAST FURNACES IN THE WORLD.
ON THAT DATE IT HAD CRASHED TO THE GROUND.
THIS CONTRIBUTION LED TO THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY -
ONCE MIGHTY HOMESTEAD WORKS
USE TO HAVE 10,000 EMPLOYES BUT UNFORNATLEY IT WAS REDUCED TO RUBBLE IN 1989. 10 YEARS LATER, THEY HAD A SHOPPING CENTER CALLED THE WATERFRONT.WHICH HAD MOVIE THEATRES AND SHOPPING PLACES. -
SOPHIE MASLOFF PITTSBURGH'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR
SHE WAS FORCED TO DEAL WITH A SHRINKING CITY.
SOPHIE HELPED BY PRIVATIZING THE AVIARY, THE ZOO, CONSERVATORY. AND SCHENLY PARK'S GOLF COURSE.
AND SHE WAS THE PERSON THAT SAID PITTSBURGH SHOULD HAVE THERE OWN BASEBALL STADIUM FOR THE PIRATES. -
ANDY WARHOL MUESUM
IT WAS OPENED ON 1994 ON THE NORTHSIDE.
IT CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF AMERICA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTIST.
IT SHOW CASES A RANGE OF EXHIBITS AND ITS OWN SUBSTATIAL COLLECTION OF ANDY'S WORK -
MAYOR BOB O'CONOR
ON ONE OF HIS WALKS, HE QUIZZED A GIRL NAMED RAYONIAH RICHARDS ABOUT HER AGE IN BELTZHOVER.
HE WAS A LONG TIME CONCUIL MAN UNTIL HE DIED OF BRAIN CANCER. -
MYRAN COPE
MADE THE STEELERS GAMES CRACKLE FOR FANS THAT HAD RADIOS.
AFTER HIS DEATH, PITSBURGH GAZETTE WROTE A MEMORIES COLUMN ABOUT HIM "HE GAVE US A PEFECT BLEND OF CHUTZPA, MODESTY,COMEDY, COMPASSION AND INTELLECT". ONE PESRSON SAID
