Thanks to WYEP, I can’t listen to commercial radio anymore. And that’s a good thing. The station is listener supported, and they play a mellow, interesting mix of new and old music. I have to admit that sometimes the station gets a little too folksy for my tastes, but they also take requests. When a friend from more
I heart PGH is on friendster Just log in to Friendster search for I heart PGH, and invite us to be your friend. first name: I heart PGH last name: Pittsburgh Please leave us a testamonial about why you love PGH! What is friendster? An online community where you can link to other friends and see who is friends with who, an online version of 6 degrees more
Yes, there is an urban horse farm and many other unusual things in this city that one would not expect to find in a city. About once a month or so, some of the folks from Ground Zero (http://www.gzpgh.org) plan a walking tour of a different city neighborhood. One does not need to leave the city limits to find some interesting things. They have covered more
The Union Project On the border between East Liberty & Highland Park at the corner of Negley and Stanton is the community center that the community built. For the past 4 years volunteers have been working to restore and remodel an old deterioating church in to a useful, attractive and modern community center. Rather than hiring someone to restore more
Here is an article from Today’s Post-Gazette about 3 residents that left and came back to living in Pittbsurgh. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05262/574086.stm Joy to the ‘Burgh: Three who boomeranged back inject energy into their neighborhoods Monday, September 19, 2005 By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Every city neighborhood has more
More than 1000 children are on waiting lists for mentors in Southwestern PA. In Allegheny County, more than 13,000 children already have mentors. Mentoring is one of the most significant ways you can help a child. Consider these facts: Mentored young people are 46% less likely to get involved with drugs. (Source: Big Brothers and Big Sisters more
is the tag line for the East End Brewing Company (http://eastendbrewing.com/) – you may have seen their beers at some local drinking establishments around Pittsburgh. I was a fan of the Big Hop before I knew that it was made by a brewer that hearts PGH Currently they have 3 year-round beers: Big Hop IPA Black Strap Stout East End Witte The East more
