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The Colonel James Anderson House & Victorian Tea Benefit

May 10, 2017 Lindsay Leave a Comment

The Anderson House holds quite a bit of architectural and historical significance for Pittsburgh, the Manchester neighborhood, and any anyone who has ever borrowed a book from the library. The building is architecturally significant, it was built in 1830 and is one of the oldest buildings in Manchester. This house is also one of the only remaining examples of Greek Revival style architecture in Pittsburgh. Another unusual feature to the Anderson House is the English basement, which is a fancy term for a garden apartment. Architectural history aside, this building has a connection to a current community institution that can… Read the rest

MLK Day: Bookshelf Building

January 17, 2008 AgentSka Leave a Comment

I think this looks like a great project to do on Martin Luther King Junior Day. The folks from the Sierra Club are great and this is a great project that will be used all over the city. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Bookshelf Building with the Sierra Club The Sierra Club, along with 250 adults, youth and familes, will be building and designing bookshelves that commemoratre the Civil Rights Movement. These bookshelves, as well as multicultural books, will be donated to local schools… Read the rest

Git Aht! – Things To Do This Weekend

October 13, 2006 Patrick 2 Comments

(Things to do while trying to figure out how to get into Folino’s without proper ID…) Friday, October 13 Scitech Spectacular, 5:30 p.m., Carnegie Science Center, North Shore Side Correct (left) and then, y’know… not so much. “Ride a Freakin’ Segway!” is what this one boils down to. Oh, ok, those guys that did the Mentos/Diet Coke dancing Waters thing are gonna be there too this weekend, (I hope accompanied by a tape of Claire De Lune) but really, this is all about the opportunity to look as White & Nerdy as possible, captaining the device that was supposed to… Read the rest

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