Steel Phantom | May 2022
On May 10, 1991, the world’s fastest and steepest roller coaster opened in at Kennywood. The Steel Phantom made its stomach-dropping debut that sp...
Read moreBefore the Pittsburgh Pirates ever swung a bat, the Pittsburgh Allegheny fielded one of the very first baseball teams in the city. However, the te...
Read moreDriving around Pittsburgh, it’s virtually impossible to avoid crossing a bridge. Downtown, some of our bridges are named after notable Pittsburghe...
Read moreBefore the Pittsburgh Penguins, hockey in Pittsburgh started with the Yellow Jackets, a franchise that got its start in 1920 when it joined the Uni...
Read moreFor as long as there have been cars, people have complained about the price of gas. In fact, the very first complaint probably happened at the int...
Read moreLe Magnifique. Super Mario. Mr. 66. Mario Lemieux is a Pittsburgh legend and hockey god, widely considered to be one of, if not THE best to ever p...
Read moreAsk any Pittsburgher which foods their hometown is known for and you might get answers like: pierogies, chip-chopped ham, or French fries on every...
Read moreDecades before Pittsburgh’s professional soccer team, the Riverhounds, took the field in 1999, another pro team called the Steel City home, the Pit...
Read moreIn the final months of WWII, the USS Pittsburgh was on duty in the rough seas of the South Pacific, just off of Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, when a mass...
Read more“We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night,” reads the plaque on John and Phoebe Brashear’s final resting place in the crypt of...
Read moreGrowing up in Pittsburgh, summer never really started until I made my annual pilgrimage to Kennywood. I remember my grandfather taking me as a kid,...
Read moreJune's Tee Club honors the pop art of Oakland native, Andy Warhol. His philosophy that “Art is what you can get away with,” has guided my journey a...
Read moreIf baseball is the American Pastime, Pittsburgh should be recognized in the history books as a pivotal city in creating that legacy. In fact, Pitts...
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