I got my first job -- after graduating engineering school in NY City -- at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Fox Chapel. I lived in Shady Side for 3 years before going to grad school in Berkeley, CA.
There is no place like home... There is no place like home!!! I left my heart in Pittsburgh... I have been taken out of Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh will NEVER be taken out of me. 🙏♥♥
Belle Vernon/Atwood Street, Oakland.... Pittsburgh is like Hotel California, (you can check out any time you want...but you can never leave) it's like an invisible umbilical cord...
Went to Wheeling College in the '70's and headed to Pittsburgh every so often for a concert at the Syrian (sp?) Mosque where I saw all the big named groups like the DEAD, the ALLMAN BROTHERS and the rest I cannot remember to name. Saw the Redskins (I am a native Washingtonian) play the Steelers so got a chance to see the Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris do their acrobats on Monday Night Football! What a city---for what I can remember!
One other thing that is incorrect is about Islays and the Klondike bar. Islays originated in Mansfield, Ohio. It was started by William Islay who was from Monroe County, Ohio.
@dloc231 - you mean 'he should have said.' @5:21, he clearly said "the Steelers became the first NFL team to win 4 Superbowls." We all know they are now the first NFL team to win 6 Superbowls which should have actually been 7 Superbowls if the better team had won in 1995. The "Boys" didn't deserve that one and I'm a Cowboys fan. Last year, the better team one one for Greenbay, but I'm sure the Steelers will win #7 before any other team wins 5 superbowls...
Pound for pound, ounce for ounce probably the greatest and most productive city and metro area in US history. The trouble is all that succes and glory have not helped the hundreds of thousands of Pittsburghers who have been forced to leave in the last half century in order to make a living. Did it ever occur to football fans why the Steelers never seem to have an away game?
Here, Here! Arnie was from Latrobe as was Fred. Pittsburg claims to have the most bridges of any other city in the world! I think they count the New River Gorge Bridge! The USS Monitor did not have a connection to Pittsburg; it was built in Brooklynn.
Good stuff.... however, the Big Mac was invented in UNIONTOWN (Fayette County), not Pittsburgh. And although I'm not sure, I thought the Banana Split was invented in Latrobe (Westmoreland County). I'm proud of Pittsburgh, but c'mon.... let's give credit where credit's due (and not take credit when it isn't)
@8House Exactly. But when there are many Steelers fans in the stands across the country they always say Steelers fans travel so well. That's B.S.; most of them are transplants not travelers. Why are the media broadcasters so un-informed? Or is it because they do not want to tell the facts that people had to move because the unions killed many of the jobs since companies had to leave due to high taxes and union wages, benefits, etc.
About the Pirates and their 1971 "all African=American" team, well Clemente and other latin ball players didn't consider themselves black, or Black Americans and certainly not African-American they were Puerto Rican, or Panamanian or Dominican and that's how they identified.
Being born and raised in Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh, I know what a special place it is. Thank you for posting this wonderful site.
I got my first job -- after graduating engineering school in NY City -- at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Fox Chapel. I lived in Shady Side for 3 years before going to grad school in Berkeley, CA.
We moved here 7 years ago and love it already! Thanks, Pittsburgh!!
FABULOUS video. Incredibly fine graphics. Thank you for this posting.
There is no place like home... There is no place like home!!! I left my heart in Pittsburgh... I have been taken out of Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh will NEVER be taken out of me. 🙏♥♥
Belle Vernon/Atwood Street, Oakland.... Pittsburgh is like Hotel California, (you can check out any time you want...but you can never leave) it's like an invisible umbilical cord...
Went to Wheeling College in the '70's and headed to Pittsburgh every so often for a concert at the Syrian (sp?) Mosque where I saw all the big named groups like the DEAD, the ALLMAN BROTHERS and the rest I cannot remember to name. Saw the Redskins (I am a native Washingtonian) play the Steelers so got a chance to see the Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris do their acrobats on Monday Night Football! What a city---for what I can remember!
Proud to be a Pittsburger!!
you can leave Pittsburgh but Pittsburgh will never leave you.
Get aut ?
An awesome video about one amazing town!
What about George Westinghouse. He invented the Air Brake for railroads and manufactured them in Wilmerding.
I wish I had spend more time exploring during the 18 months I lived in Monroeville, Pa in 1968
I love Pittsburgh!!
The "Burg" is the real deal!.
LOVE IT!! There is a Pub near Paisley, Scotland called "The Burgh"!! (Burrah - and don't forget to roll that r!!)
One other thing that is incorrect is about Islays and the Klondike bar. Islays originated in Mansfield, Ohio. It was started by William Islay who was from Monroe County, Ohio.
The hill district was destroyed for the civic arena to be built.now the civic arena is a parking lot.
@dloc231 - you mean 'he should have said.' @5:21, he clearly said "the Steelers became the first NFL team to win 4 Superbowls." We all know they are now the first NFL team to win 6 Superbowls which should have actually been 7 Superbowls if the better team had won in 1995. The "Boys" didn't deserve that one and I'm a Cowboys fan. Last year, the better team one one for Greenbay, but I'm sure the Steelers will win #7 before any other team wins 5 superbowls...
I miss saying "hey yunz guys, wanna go dahntahn?
Pound for pound, ounce for ounce probably the greatest and most productive city and metro area in US history. The trouble is all that succes and glory have not helped the hundreds of thousands of Pittsburghers who have been forced to leave in the last half century in order to make a living. Did it ever occur to football fans why the Steelers never seem to have an away game?
Art
Westinghouse with AC?
Lewis & Clark started their quest in Brownsville, PA, not Pittsburgh.
the jeep was not invented in Pittsburgh-Look North to Butler, PA for that.
Doesn't Jon Arbuckle have a cat named Garfield, too?
The Pro Football League and the banana split were created in Latrobe, PA.
Here, Here! Arnie was from Latrobe as was Fred. Pittsburg claims to have the most bridges of any other city in the world! I think they count the New River Gorge Bridge! The USS Monitor did not have a connection to Pittsburg; it was built in Brooklynn.
WHOOOO GO PITTSBURGH
Now every young Pittsburgher graduates from Pitt or Penn State and moves to Northern Virginia.
Isaly . typo. sorry.
Good stuff.... however, the Big Mac was invented in UNIONTOWN (Fayette County), not Pittsburgh.
And although I'm not sure, I thought the Banana Split was invented in Latrobe (Westmoreland County).
I'm proud of Pittsburgh, but c'mon.... let's give credit where credit's due (and not take credit when it isn't)
@8House Exactly. But when there are many Steelers fans in the stands across the country they always say Steelers fans travel so well. That's B.S.; most of them are transplants not travelers. Why are the media broadcasters so un-informed? Or is it because they do not want to tell the facts that people had to move because the unions killed many of the jobs since companies had to leave due to high taxes and union wages, benefits, etc.
About the Pirates and their 1971 "all African=American" team, well Clemente and other latin ball players didn't consider themselves black, or Black Americans and certainly not African-American they were Puerto Rican, or Panamanian or Dominican and that's how they identified.