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Beautiful photo of the incline and the Golden Triangle. |
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Sponsor |  rieraci | Jul 17, 2005 3:30pm | 
Cathedral of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning, a historic landmark, is the second-tallest education building in the world--42 stories and 535 feet tall. It is also the geographic and traditional heart of the campus.
Begun by Chancellor John Bowman in 1926 and dedicated in 1937, the building was realized with the help of contributions from men, women, and children throughout the region and the world. During the peak of the Depression, when funding for the project became especially challenging, school children were encouraged to contribute a dime to "buy a brick."
In addition to the magnificent three-story "Commons Room" at ground level, the Cathedral of Learning also contains classrooms (including the internationally renowned Nationality Classrooms), the University's administrative offices, libraries, a computer center, a restaurant, and offices and classrooms for many liberal arts departments.
Trivia tidbit: The Cathedral of Learning has 2,529 windows. |
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| | | 298231 | Jul 17, 2005 3:36pm | | See post#1....When The Duquesne Incline was opened to the public in May of 1877, it was one of four such inclined planes climbing Mount Washington, carrying passengers and freight to the residential area that had spread along the top of the bluff. Originally known as Coal Hill, the mountain itself had supplied coal fuel to the early settlers at the Point, the garrisons at the fort, and eventually to the local industries that appeared along the riverbanks as the town grew. Pittsburgh's early glass industry was particularly prevalent, near the current site of The Duquesne Incline. The primitive coal hoists that carried coal cars from the mine mouths on the hillside were the forerunners of the more elaborate cars that served as the Rapid Transit of their era. To read and see more go to....incline.pghfree.net/historyone.htm [incline.pghfree.net/historyone.htm] |
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Sponsor | | rieraci | Jul 23, 2005 3:15pm | BTW, u may notice that those pictures have blue skies. As much as I love the city, I had to check that out...we get 59! clear days per year, the rest are partly or entirely cloudy. Bummer.
We do average 50 degrees, nice comfortable sweater weather, and 36" of rain, enuff for the tomatoes & dandelions, hehe, great for a nice salad.
Our weather stats: cityrating.com/cityweather.asp [cityrating.com/cityweather.asp]
And to get back on topic - here's where I was baptized, at St. Paul's Cathedral in Oakland, gray skies and all:
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Sponsor | | blakelylaw | Aug 13, 2005 7:34am | BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH
Evil tomato grown in Pittsburgh!
"I was picking tomatoes from my garden yesterday to make spaghetti sauce when I found this peculiar looking one with horns growing out of it! I hope I never find cloven hoof prints in my tomato patch!
--Eve
Pittsburgh, PA "
coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1052.html [coasttocoastam.com/gen/page1052.html]
(Thanks to GreenTeaBlend for the site.) |
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