Pittsburgh isn't the smoggy and polluted city it once
was. Here are a few images and a little info about my hometown.
Three Rivers Stadium
Set at the confluence of the Allegheny, Ohio and
Monongahela Rivers
Opened: July 16, 1970
Football capacity-59,000
Baseball capacity-58,727
Three Rivers Implosion Set
The 30-year-old stadium will be nothing more than
a memory on February 4th, 2001
The implosion is scheduled to take place around
8 a.m.
To See a Flash Movie of the Implosion
CLICK
HERE
The implosion was rescheduled and took
place
February 11th, 2001
New stadium
Heinz Field
Ground Breaking: June 18, 1999
Stadium opening:
August 2001
Seating Capacity: 64,450 seats
New PNC Park
Opened: March 31, 2001 (exhibition against the New
York Mets)
First regular season game: April 9, 2001 (8-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds)
Construction began: April 8, 1999
Surface: Grass
Capacity: 38,365 (baseball only)
- The first ballpark with a two-deck design to be
built in the United States since Milwaukee's County Stadium was completed in
1953. The highest seat is just 88 feet from the field.
Ballpark entrance off of the Roberto Clemente (6th
Street) Bridge that leads into the ballpark's main concourse.
Duquesne Incline
The Duquesne Incline scales the side of Mount Washington.
The Duquesne Incline opened on May 7, 1877. The incline is open 365 days
a year. The Incline takes great pride in the Steelers. On gameday, a sign
in added to each of the Incline cars. The left one reads "DEEE" and the right
reads "FENSE". When the cars pass each other halfway up the mountain, they
read
"DEEE FENSE"
A Panorama View of Point State Park
Also known as the Golden Triangle
Famous Pittsburghers
Kurt Angle,
Bill Cowher, Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, Gene Kelly, Frank Gorshin,
Charles Grodin, Michael Keaton, Shirley Jones,
Perry Como, Henry Mancini, The Vogues, Jeff
Goldblum, F Murray Abraham, Scott Glenn, Jim
Kelly, Terry Hanratty, Joe Montana, Adolph Menjou, Dick Powell, Lou
Christie, Dan Marino, Bill Cullen, George Benson, Earl Garner, Earl "Fatha"
Hines, Mike Ditka, Tony Dorsett, George
Blanda, Joe Negri, George Benson, Bill Fralic, Harold Betters, Dennis Miller
,
Dave Wannstedt,
Rege Cordic,
Bruno Samartino, Billy Conn
Pittsburgh
loses beloved entertainer
Fred Rogers
"Mister Rogers" dies at age 74
Always gentle, always courteous, always a role model
Thursday, February 27, 2003
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Some Movies filmed in Pittsburgh
Silence of the Lambs (1990)
Angels in the Outfield (1952)
The Deerhunter (1978)
Lorenzo's Oil (1993)
Hoffa (1992)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Striking Distance (1993)
Wonder Boys
Inspector Gadget
Kingpin
Flash Dance (80's)
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Colleges In And Around Pittsburgh
Allegheny College ---- California University of
Pennsylvania ---- Carlow College
Carnegie Mellon University ---- Chatham College ----
Clarion University
Community College of Allegheny County ---- Duquesne
University ---- Edinboro University
Geneva College ---- Grove City College Indiana University
of Pennyslvania ---- Laroche College ----Penn State University ---- Robert Morris College ----
Slippery Rock University
St. Vincent College ---- Saint Francis College Graduate
School ---- University of Pittsburgh
Washington and Jefferson College ---- Waynesburg College
---- Wheeling Jesuit University
Westminster College----Point Park College---Seton
Hill---Thiel College
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Pittsburghese- Local Lingo
Stillers--Steelers
Blitzburgh--Pittsburgh during the Steeler playoffs
Pop--soft drink or soda
Mon--Monongahela River
Yunz--variation of Southerners y'all
Windas--Windows
redd up--tidy up
Sweeper--Vacuum
Punkin--Pumpkin
Owl--Aisle
Oleo--Margarine
Come mere--Come here
Didya--Did you
Elvis has left the building-- When the Penguins
win
Haaja--How did you
Doohickey--Object you can't name at the present
time
Gumband--rubber bands
Light Bill--Electric Bill
Jumbo--Bologna
Crick--Creek
Yabbut--Yes, but
Priddy--Pretty
Mundy, Tuesdy, Wensdy, Thursdy, Frydy, Sadurdy, Sundy
How a Pittsburgher pronounces the days of the week.
Home of
the Pittsburgh
Steelers , Pittsburgh Pirates, and
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Steelers won the Super Bowls in 1974, 1975,
1978, 1979 and 2006
The Pirates have enjoyed World Championships
in 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971 , and 1979
The Penguins Stanley Cup Championships: 1991-92, 1990-91
OHHHHH those Steelers!!!
Steelers vs. Seahawks
Sunday February 05, 2006
6:30 PM ABC
Ford Field, Detroit,
Michigan
Super Bowl XL Champs
21-10
Steeler
Flash
Greetings
Cathedral of Learning
1898 - Kennywood's Centennial Year - 1998
Kennywood has several great rollercoasters, including
one of the fastest, steepest steel coasters in the world, the Phantom's
Revenge.
The others are the Thunderbolt, Jack Rabbit, and Racer.
Roller Coasters have always been my
favorite.
but.......
I did the Sky Coaster for the first time and
WOW what a feeling!!
You've
lived in Pennsylvania too long when
Yunz are from Picksburgh if . . .
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