Yellow Jackets | February 2022
Before the Pittsburgh Penguins, hockey in Pittsburgh started with the Yellow Jackets, a franchise that got its start in 1920 when it joined the Uni...
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The First Gas Station | January 2022
For 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...
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Le Magnifique | December 2021
Le 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...
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The Original Oyster House | November 2021
Ask any Pittsburgher which foods their hometown is known for and you might get answers like: pierogies, chip-chopped ham, or French fries on every...
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Pittsburgh Phantoms | October 2021
Decades before Pittsburgh’s professional soccer team, the Riverhounds, took the field in 1999, another pro team called the Steel City home, the Pit...
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USS Pittsburgh | September 2021
In 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...
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Pittsburghia | August 2021
“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...
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The Jack Rabbit | July 2021
Growing up in Pittsburgh, summer never really started until I made my annual pilgrimage to Kennywood. I remember my grandfather taking me as a kid,...
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Pop Art | June 2021
June'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...
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Exposition Park | May 2021
If 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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Turner's Dairy Farm | April 2021
If you’re a Yinzer like me, you know spring and summer are right around the corner when you can hear the crack of the bat at PNC Park, smell wafts ...
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The Pennies | March 2021
In 1972, Pittsburgh was reeling from their sports success. The Pittsburgh Steelers made the playoffs for the first of an eight-year run, immortaliz...
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Nellie Bly | February 2021
Born May 5, 1864 in Cochran’s Mills, PA, Nellie Bly began her journalism career at the Pittsburgh Dispatch after responding to an editorial headlin...
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