A Very Short History of Pittsburgh
WEBAug 25, 2008 · Geography comes first. Close upon the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, one gets a sense of westward flowing waters, but a map of Western Pennsylvania shows the Allegheny flowing south and the Monongahela north, almost at right angles to the Ohio. A fourth river, the Potomac, comes into play by bringing the coast … A Very Short History of Pittsburgh Read More »
The River Starts Here - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBNovember 20, 2007. For the Allegheny River, a journey of 352 miles begins with a single drop of water. Emerging from a hillside in rural, wooded Potter County, in northern Pennsylvania, the trickle swells to a river that provides drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people, 72 miles of navigable waterway for barges and industry and a ...
The Oliver Building - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBFebruary 21, 2024. As the Henry W. Oliver building was completed in terra cotta and granite in 1910, columnist M.E. Gable described the scene: “As you make the turn dipping into the throbbing heart of Pittsburgh, the upper reaches of the building burst upon your vision in all their beauty of architectural triumph.
The Century Inn - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBMay 20, 2013 · The national road, America’s first federally funded road, was built from 1811 to 1834 at the urging of former President George Washington and then-President Thomas Jefferson. It connected Cumberland, Md., and the Ohio River in Wheeling, W.Va., as a gateway to the West. The road was once a stagecoach route where towns had sprung up … The Century Inn Read More »
We Need New Blood - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBJul 5, 2021 · Our region is thirsty for blood. On a typical day, Vitalant Pittsburgh (formerly Central Blood Bank) sees 250 blood donors. It needs 600 donors to meet the local demand for blood. “Our region collects less than half of what we need. People’s jaws drop when we say this,” says Mark Giaquinto, president and chief …
John Fetterman, Public Servant - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBMar 23, 2018 · I was born in Reading, Pa., on Aug. 15, 1969. My parents, Karl and Susan Fetterman, were both only 19 years old at the time, so I was an “unplanned event.” But my mom and dad did get married and, as I matured and came to understand the circumstances surrounding my birth, the knowledge helped … John Fetterman, Public Servant Read More »
Roberto Clemente in Retrospect - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBRight: After his sudden death, Clemente was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. September 27, 2021. he last time Roberto Clemente stepped up to home plate was on a field on Puerto Rico’s west coast where he was teaching boys to play baseball. Locals had coaxed him into taking a swing, and he obliged, hitting the ball out ...
Unemployment Rate - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBThe Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area’s unemployment rate — seasonally adjusted — decreased a total of 6.1 percentage points from June 2020 to June 2021 to 6.3 percent. Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate was higher than the benchmark average of 5.1 percent and was the second-highest unemployment rate of all benchmark regions in November.
Where the Dead Go - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBJan 11, 2021 · Stroll through Pittsburgh’s historic Homewood Cemetery on a clement day, and it’s hard not to feel oneself shuffling off this mortal coil for a spell. The serenity of the rolling, tree-lined hills against the backdrop of Frick Park; the acres of carefully maintained plots featuring everything from angels to obelisks to massive granite mausoleums; the … Where the Dead Go Read More »
Lyme: Pittsburgh’s Growing Epidemic - Pittsburgh Quarterly
WEBJun 3, 2019 · Ever since her Peace Corps days in Uganda, Libby Ernharth has been fascinated by infectious diseases. In Africa in the 1990s, she first saw the havoc wreaked when parasites and other tiny organisms make their way inside of human hosts. Later, when she became a physician assistant in Pittsburgh, she dealt mainly with “first-world infections—the … Lyme: Pittsburgh’s Growing Epidemic Read ...