Monthly Archives: March 2006

Jerry’s Railroad Photo Archive – Pgh style

You want old photos of trolleys? Oh man, do we got old photos of trolleys. Check’em aht: 1520 (St. Louis 1944) [71 NEGLEY HIGHLAND PK] at 6th. & Liberty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (April, 1966) 1444 (St. Louis 1942) [77/54 NO. SIDE CARRICK VIA BLOOMFIELD] at 32nd. & Liberty in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. (August, 1964) 1555 (St. Louis 1945) more

Its getting Chili in Braddock – but for a good cause…

One of the best things to love about Pittsburgh is the many Carnegie Libraries. Not only are the many branches of the carnegie Library awesome because they are full of books and vidoes and interesting knowledge that is free to the public but most of the libraries are located in amazing historic buildings that have other cool things liek swimming pools more

Pittsburghese in the NY Times

A reader has alerted us to a profile of Pittsburghese in the New York Times. Fine eating and drinking establishments in the South Side and Bloomfield are given their due. Oh, those East Coasters can’t get enough of our freakiness. This is my favorite part of the article: Julie Schoonover, the barkeeper from Corning, had described the dialect of more

The Vintage Party Series and I Heart PGH Present …

ROCK THE HOUSE WITH DANCE CLASSICS THIS SATURDAY MARCH 18 10PM-2AM @ THE SHADOW LOUNGE 5$ FREE FOOD AND GIFT GIVEAWAYS (including iheartpgh gear!) Omar Abdul & co’s VINTAGE PARTIES bring back dance classics and positive energy to the scene, and they are indeed the best nights in town. So come by the Shadow Lounge this Saturday and be prepared to have more

Pittsburgh Hash House Harriers

The Pittsburgh Hash House Harriers. Even after reading the web site thoroughly, I have no idea what these people do. Something about running and drinking and catching hares. But their web site is rockin’ and they have 80 members! They have funny lyrics to dirty songs. (Sample lyrics: Are yinz from Pittsburgh? / I said from Pittsburgh / Where the more

Belly Dancing Rules the School

And the Burgh. I recently bumped into an old friend who is now a small business owner, belly dance instructor and vegan chef extraordinnaire. Her web site, Healing Arts by Amethyst is a neat introduction to belly dancing, vegan living and sacred dance. And guess what? her Bellydance and Veil Work for Beginners class starts this Monday, so we can more

Paul Schweikher .. and the Knoxville Public Library

The neighborhood of Knoxville lies just north of the South Side and Mt. Oliver. Today it’s a working class neighborhood and, unknown to most Pittsburghers, it has an interesting architectual history. The neighborhood started as a fruit farm owned by Reverend Jeremiah Knox; it started developing after the introduction of the inclines, and is now dotted more