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There's No Place Like Pittsburgh!

Installment 1 – The decision is made.

Correct me if I’m wrong here but as I remember it, all Judy Garland had to do to get back to Kansas was the following:

1. look thoroughly annoyed from having wasted so much time and learned nothing new

2. click heels of the appropriate, sparkly footwear three times

3. repeat catchy mantra

And then she woke up and everything was back to normal. Is it me? Does this stuff only work for natives of Kansas or orphans who inexplicably live with an Aunt and Uncle? Is it only for those who have new friends with missing vital organs or questionable character traits?

What about a West End Girl who just wants to come back to her hometown of Pittsburgh?

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Public Art Gets into Google Maps

Google Street ViewImage via WikipediaThanks to Laura without Labels for blogging about this project today. Pittsburgh is one of those cities on Google Street View – basically google drove around the city taking panoramic photos of allmost every street and used fancy computer technology to stitch those photos together – you can drive down a street and check out a 360 view from the comfort of your own computer.

Well thanks to Roin Hewlett & Benn Kingsley’s Street With a View project there is a lot more to see on the Google Street View of Sampsonia Way – earlier this year they staged a scene for the street view photos.

Now when you take a tour of Sampsonia Way on Google Street view you will see all sorts of things from a giant chicken, to a parade with the Langly high school marching band.

Click here to check out the map.

Here is a video about the project:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIDGyRO6w2o[/youtube]

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