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The History of Local Trails

Pittsburgh bike trailImage by katherine of chicago via Flickr

I saw this event on the Venture Outdoors blog today and I think this will be a really interesting talk about the history of the trails system in Pittsburgh. The parks and trails here are pretty amazing and it is strange to think that these assets are relatively recent to the city.Trails, Riverfronts, Local HistoryWednesday, 11 February 20097:30-9pm, Botany Hall, adjacent to Phipps Conservatory, OaklandSpeakers include: Bob Gangawere, former editor of Carnegie MagazineDirector of Friends of the River Front with Brendan Wiant, Bally DesignThere is a nice article on this talk in today’s PopCityMedia here.  Continue reading →

Links Worth a Look – November 7th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • 2008 Three Rivers Film Festival – Opens Nov. 7 – and runs until Nov. 22, 2008 – lots of great films coming to town. Which films do you reccomend?
  • new works « garbella – She is a member of the Pittsburgh Craft collective and she makes some great t-shirts and other screen printed items. IheartPGH was the first thing I screenprinted 5 years ago, long before I knew about blogs, so I have a love of anything screenprinted. I want a I bike PGH t-shirt! Check out this cool clock and the rest of her blog and Etsy shop.
  • Apple Festival and Pie Contest – Saturday at the Union Project – its all apples at the Apple Festival. There is also an Apple Pie contest.
  • Belt buckles, headbands, soap, t-shirts and more – check out some of the items that you will find at Handmade Arcade this weekend
  • Madcap recap « Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Blog – Check out the great picture of the tent in Schenley Park

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Radio Round Up – November 7, 2008

Jen and MorganImage by juliekaffe via FlickrStreet with a View

  • Adding art to Google Maps
  • Google Street view, Sampsonia Way on the North Side

Bikes Before Christmas

  • Kraynick’s Bikes and Pittsburgh Police are collecting used bikes for kids.
  • Mr. Kraynick and volunteers will fix up the bikes
  • Last year 230 bikes were donated to area kids
  • Drop off bikes at Kraynick’s on Penn Ave in Garfield or any Pittsburgh police station

Sprout Fund Harvest Festival and Penn Avenue First Fridays

  • Stop by the Spround Fund offices for food, drink and music
  • Learn about some of the great projects the Sprout Fund supports
  • Friday from 5:30-9:30pm

Handmade Arcade

  • Huge handmade craft sale – art, t-shirts, gifts and more
  • Crafters from all over the country
  • Saturday and Sunday at Hunt Armory in Shadyside

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Donate Bikes and Mr. Kraynik will fix them for Kids

Kraynick's on Penn AveImage by lemonad via FlickrI have been fascinated by this bike shop ever since I read about this project last year in the Post-Gazette (click here to see the 2007 article). I wasn’t even sure that shop was still in business but ever since I read the article I keep seeing people wearing Kraynick’s Bike T-shirts (Where can I get one?).

Well Bike Pgh just posted an article from the Post-Gazette – the Bike Before Christmas project is back for another holiday season. This is a project that is coordinated by the City of Pittsburgh Police and Jerry Kraynick. This is the 4th year of the program – last year Mr. Kraynick with the help of some volunteers tuned up 230 bikes which were distributed to kids for Christmas.

You can help by donating bikes to:

Kraynick’s Bikes, 5300 Penn Ave or any of the City’s Police Stations

  • Zone 1, 1501 Brighton Road, North Side
  • Zone 2, 2000 Centre Ave., Hill District
  • Zone 3, 18th and Mary Streets,
  • South Side
  • Zone 4, 5858 Northumberland St., Squirrel Hill
  • Zone 5, Penn Circle West at Broad Street, East Liberty.

Check out this awesome panorama photo of the bike shop that the Post-Gazette put together. Here is a write up on the shop in Dirt Rag magazine.

I enjoyed reading more about this bike shop – here is what some other bloggers that wrote about Kraynick’s:

  • Maintain – compares a NYC shop to Kraynick’s
  • Breathing Dirt – Mr. Kraynick helped him build a bike to ride in the MS150
  • Null Space – Chris Briem cites this article as “What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh”
  • SF Cyclotouring – “my all-time favorite shop in the whole wide world”
  • Everything Nathan – Mr. Kraynick helped build Nathan’s bike

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Links Worth a Look – October 8th

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