Remember the Tartans - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Aug 21, 2013 · Remember the Tartans. The remarkable tale of CMU football. by Marino Parascenzo. 2013 Fall. Carnegie coaching // Chicago judge Walter Steffen, a former star player, served as head coach at Carnegie Tech from 1914-1938, commuting each weekend from Illinois. August 21, 2013. They ruined a perfectly good trophy case.
What Happened to Youngstown? - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Sep 19, 2022 · And I’m not sure it will. The Mahoning Valley — typically thought of as Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties in Ohio — seemed foreordained to make steel. Deposits of iron ore and coal made the area an iron producer in the 1800s. And when Sheet and Tube was formed in 1900, it was originally named the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube ...
The Last Coke Works - Pittsburgh Quarterly
May 20, 2017 · At the Clairton Public Library in the industrial Monongahela River valley, patrons can check out “Moby Dick,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the adventures of Curious George and any number of Nancy Drew mysteries. They can read issues of Vogue and Popular Science. They can take home the music of Elton John and Rihanna, or the … The Last Coke Works Read More »
Song of Shadyside - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Aug 20, 2009 · The word “trendy” has been surgically attached to the word “Shadyside” since days of yore—far more yore than you think. That most elegant and affluent neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s East End is home to what Andy Warhol dubbed the Beautiful People, and the upscale shops that cater to their needs. In search of a certain high-end luxury item? You can find … Song of Shadyside Read More »
The Passing of the Editor - Pittsburgh Quarterly
From the Editor. August 20, 2010. One day in the early 1990s, the Post-Gazette newsroom was in an uproar because my wife, the society editor, had run a picture of the publisher and his brother with Jerry Springer at the Kentucky Derby. Connecting our enterprise with “Jer-ry” was so alarming to the staff that a meeting was called at the city ...
95th Cinderella Ball Presents Ten Debutantes, Celebrates Service
Jun 26, 2021 · The 95th Presentation of Cinderella Ball was held on Saturday, June 26, 2021 in Sewickley, Pa. chaired by Cinderella Women’s Committee members Mrs. Laura Kronk and Mrs. Lisa Keefer. For an event that has been held nearly every year since 1924, this celebration was especially poignant as much of the volunteering and events were held … 95th Cinderella Ball Presents Ten Debutantes, Celebrates ...
The Century Inn - Pittsburgh Quarterly
May 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 …
Arthur Ziegler: The Power of Community - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Aug 2, 2021 · Photo by Renee Rosensteel. As president emeritus of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, Arthur Ziegler has spent more than 50 years championing historic preservation and restoration. August 2, 2021. When I was growing up, my parents used to take me by trolley to East Liberty for a Saturday night treat, dinner at Gammon’s restaurant.
The Story of the Marcellus Shale - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Nov 20, 2009 · In the fall of 2000, then in his early fifties, Zagorski, a native of western Pennsylvania, had spent most of his career working in the Appalachian Basin. He knew as well as anyone the story of its successes. And he knew about its failures, many of them the failures of creeping middle age, at least in the geological sense.
50 Years Ago… - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Aug 25, 2008 · On the surface, looking back 50 years was like staring into a mirror of today. During the 1958 celebration, Pittsburgh had recently opened its state-of-the-art airport, the Point was being renovated into a park, a new arena was being constructed in the lower Hill and Westinghouse led the way in nuclear power with the first plant in Shippingsport.