Polish Hill, Vintage Scooters, Industial Murals – Round Up – April 30, 2010

Betcha' Dupa Your Leaving Polish Hill
Image by IheartPGH via Flickr
  • Saturdays and Sundays in May
  • 7 days a week starting June 1
  • June 5th – Paddle at the Point – help break the world record for most canoes and kayaks on the water – more info at PaddleathePoint.com
  • hosted by Polish Hill Civic Association
  • Saturday, May 1, 2010 11am-1pm
  • Take a walk through polish hill and learn about the history of the neighborhood
  • Taking photos of this sign led to a stop by the police last year – read the original post here.
Maxo Vanka Murals

Nuns and Steelworkers
Image by SchultzLabs via Flickr
  • Saturday and Sunday
  • St. Nicholas Church in Millvale
  • Between 1937 and 1941 Vanka painted 22 murals on the interior of the church – while the murals are religious they also include lots of images of industrial Pittsburgh
  • More info is available at vankamurals.org
  • Some Facebook Fans are organizing a meet up at Pittsburgh’s favorite ice ball stand
  • Saturday, May 1, 2010, 12:30-3:30
  • Watch out for scooters! Vintage scooter owners from 20 differnt states will be meeting up in Pittsburgh for the 10th Annual Pittsburgh Vintage Scooter Rally.
  • Looking to check out some vintage scooter – the club will be meeting at the Double Wide Grill for breakfast before they take a tour of the city at 1pm

Pittsburgh River Hounds Home Opener

  • Sunday May 2, 3pm
  • Chartiers Valley High School

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Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh for as long as she has been blogging - but fortunatly there are lots of great things about Pittsburgh to share. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon. Lindsay is also working on BlogLocal which is building a map of blogs with local content.