Made a quick trip to Pittsburgh this week.
It's an interesting city, formed way back when it was considered the Western Edge of (European) Civilization in North America (take a look at a map, Pittsburgh dates back to the very early European settlements in North America)
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Photo by Mark W. Laughlin
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So, of course, many parts of the city are quite old. Pittsburgh has been a steelmaking center since the late 1800's. Since the 1960's, steel jobs have been moving away from the area as steel making moved to lower labor-cost areas.
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But even though many of the buildings date from the 1920's or earlier...
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...some of them are great examples of really ornate architecture.
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These must have been really high-end apartments, back in the 1950's.
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And even though some building are showing their considerable age...
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...others are new and modern, such as this one at PPG Center (note all the great looking glass, and that "PPG" stands for Pittsburgh Plate Glass, one of the other long-standing industries in the city).
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And, lucky for me, it was a glorious, blue-sky day !!
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As the sun went down, I saw this spooky old church up on the bluff.
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PPG Center and the western end of the city...
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...with the lights shining on the Monongahela River.
Y'all take care.
-Mark W. Laughlin
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