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Things to do in Pittsburgh

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Experience the SouthSide



The South Side of Pittsburgh is an excitingly diverse part of Pittsburgh's landscape. It is the only neighborhood where you can see two totally different types of people who have purple hair-the elderly who have lived here their whole lives and the youth who flock to Carson Street for bar hopping, entertainment and food .

Originally, this dense area housed all of the factory workers from the glass and steel industries. ...

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Life's a beach



"I love the smell of suntan lotion in the morning. It smells like...summer." Okay, so my statement doesn't have the same impact that Robert Duvall's had in Apocalypse Now, but in a land-locked city such as Pittsburgh, the chance to break out the swimtrunks and beachtowels is a noteworthy event.
It reached 93 degrees here on Sunday, so it was the perfect chance for me ...

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Dramatic Entrances



There are many advantages these days to avoiding airports and choosing instead traveling by car. Coming into Pittsburgh gives its own reward to visitors when they enter our city.

The most recognized view is coming in from the west through the Fort Pitt tunnels. You will also get this view if you drive in from the airport. You drive through a narrow dark enclosed space and suddenly you see the light, ...