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Dude, excellent pics of my hometown!
That one shot of Beltzhoover with all those row-houses on that one side street intersecting with Beltzhoover Ave., that was Lillian Street I believe, and my face pretty much lit up when I saw you got a shot of that. My grandmother lived there before moving to Overbrook!
A high speed rail corridor linking Pittsburgh with Chicago would be great. I've heard of talk about such a corridor to link Pittsburgh with Harrisburg tho and another one linking Cleveland and the Burgh.
I'm impressed you're actually exploring the whole region. There is a lot to see out there. I'd highly recommend looking at Falling Water if ever you get the opportunity. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar Kaufmann and is considered an architectural and engineering marvel.
These are the last until later this month when I go back up to Pittsburgh for a summer class. As of right now I have $500 saved up on Amazon (thanks to surveys) towards the oncoming Panasonic GF2.
Downtown on sunny days in April:
Liberty Ave looking up:
Fifth Ave near the new Fairmont Hotel is getting a makeover:
I have not posted in a while but I had computer issues. I am not in Pittsburgh until later this month, but I have plenty of pics to post from being up there for my summer class at Pitt.
PPG Place:
Grant St has some of the cities tallest:
Skyline from Warrington Ave:
History:
Blvd of the Allies:
The Birmingham Bridge connects Oakland/Soho with the South Side:
Part of my view of Oaklandfrom my room in Tower C:
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Hey, sweet pics yet again, especially those areals from the Southwest 737.
That airport you flew over shortly after takeoff near PHL? I believe that was the Chester County Airport near Coatesville. I reckognized the Coatesville-Downingtown bypass and Business US-30 behind it.
Have you gone to any of the north hills yet? Ross Twp., Cranberry? Those are rappidly growing parts of the Greater Pittsburgh region. There is an upscale mall at Ross (Ross Park Mall).
Hey, sweet pics yet again, especially those areals from the Southwest 737.
That airport you flew over shortly after takeoff near PHL? I believe that was the Chester County Airport near Coatesville. I reckognized the Coatesville-Downingtown bypass and Business US-30 behind it.
Have you gone to any of the north hills yet? Ross Twp., Cranberry? Those are rappidly growing parts of the Greater Pittsburgh region. There is an upscale mall at Ross (Ross Park Mall).
Not yet. I get free rides on PAT with my id, so I go where PAT goes (except New Castle). But in the fall I plan on going to places like Braddock and guess I should head out to Cranberry and Ross townships.
Back to Pitt tomorrow, so in the coming new school year I plan to hit some new places I have yet to explore (as long as I can get there on the bur or T), like Braddock.
Cool building to live in:
PNC Park with a game going on:
North Shore Building:
Skyscraper jungle:
Construction continues on the North Shore Connector light rail extension due to open in late 2011:
The closed Gateway Center, the former end of the line station will also reopen in 2011:
Console Energy Center finally gets some energy:
A special motorcycling parking lot under a highway in downtown:
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I have one other suggestion. How about checking out one of the Giant Eagle Market Districts if you have not already done so. I was in Pittsburgh this past weekend for a bridal shower and bachelor party that my family threw for my fiancee and yours truely respectively. Breakfast was extra at the Courtyard Marriott Pittsburgh Airport, so I suggested we (my fiancee and future in-laws who all are life-long residents of Greater Philly) go to the new Market District in Robinson, which was about a 5 minute drive from the hotel. Long story short, they were very impressed with it, even more so that Wegmans. Not to mention, the Robinson location is HUUUGE -- bigger than any of Wegmans' many midatlantic/northeastern locations!
I guess if you can't get out to Robinson, there are locations in Bethel Park and Shadyside/East Liberty...
Nice shots of PNC Park. Such a nice ballpark that has to double as a garbage dump every year from April to early October...
Took a trip out to Braddock, here is what I saw. Many of these photos were taken on the main street through town, Braddock Ave:
The city welcomes you:
The view coming into town on Kenmawr Ave:
Traffic headed onto the Rankin Bridge:
A typical street sign:
A banner on a light pole:
Braddock has plenty of open space so people have decided to use it to their advantage:
Braddock is easily accessibl by many Port Authority bus routes, including the 61A which goes to Oakland and downtown Pittsburgh, and is located a short distance from the Swissvale East Busway terminus which offers the quickest ride to downtown Pittsburgh:
Kennywood Amusement Park is easily viewable from all over the city: