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History Books – Making the Connections

April 16, 2009 Lindsay

Making the Connections Book Launch Party Friday, April 17, 2009, 4-7 pm Shadow Loung, 5972 Baum Blvd, East Liberty RSVP on Facebook here. One of the final events of the Pittsburgh 250 celebration was the community connections wrap up session back in December.  The afternoon turned out to be a lot more fun that I had anticipated.  As part of the Pittbsurgh 250 birthday celebration – the folks at the Sprout Fund helped to distribute over $1,000,000 in grants to communities around western PA to celebrate pride and progress in their community. I was honored to serve on the grant… Read the rest

Filed Under: Books N'at Tagged With: books, pgh 250, pgh250, Sprout, Sprout Fund

Tour of Pennsylvania Rolls Into Town

June 25, 2008 Lindsay

There are a ton of great things to do this weekend. But I am most excited about watching the Tour of PA. The Tour of PA is like the Tour de France, a huge professional bike race across the state of PA, part of this is in celebration of Pittsburgh’s 250. There are going to be 3 great opportunities to watch the racers enter the finish line and there are a ton of events to go along with the race. I am including the race specifics – where to watch the start and finish below. Here is the short version… Read the rest

Filed Under: Blogs, Events, Outdoors Tagged With: bike pgh, Downtown, pgh 250, Southside Flats, tour of pa

Pittsburghs Signs Pictures Wanted

April 16, 2008 Lindsay

A few years ago, on Penn Ave, just after you crossed Negly as you drive toward town there used to be this awesome Atari sign painted on the side of the building. It was by far a favorite of mine and one day it was gone before I could get a picture. Thankfully there are some great people in the area that love signs more that I do and they have been collecting pictures of Pittsburgh signs for a few years now. The Pittsburgh Signs Project just might be one of the coolest websites in town. I think it is… Read the rest

Filed Under: Community Resources, History Tagged With: atari, pgh 250, photographs, pittsburgh 250, Pittsburgh Signs, websites

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