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Pittsburgh’s iconic timepiece – the Kaufmann’s Clock at the Smithfield St. and Fifth Ave. entrance of Macy’s Downtown Pittsburgh – celebrated its 100th anniversary on May 17, 2013. The clock is named after the family-owned downtown department store, Kaufmann’s – the management of which was assumed by Macy’s in February 2006.
For a century, the [...]
When Buffalo gets bullish on Pittsburgh, you know we’ve done something – or quite a few things – right. Sure, there’s the weather, a point on which Pittsburgh has an edge. Our winter tends to be less harsh, and spring — particularly lush and green this year – comes a bit earlier. But we can’t [...]
Without deserting its “country charm and green space” – as County Commissioner Larry Maggi puts it – Washington County continues to increase its leadership in terms of economic growth and job creation.
At a Feb. 28 breakfast briefing, organized by the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, the Washington County [...]
There’s more than meets the eye to the buildings that dot Pittsburgh’s picturesque skyline and populate its neighborhoods. Many of them — 83 to be exact — are Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified-structures commonly called “green buildings” because their design, materials and operations are easy on the environment and [...]
I was a late bloomer, so to speak, in picking up a hard copy of Stephen Chbosky’s cult-novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I did so this June, and I was sorry that I’d waited so long. It was a great read about coming of age and somewhat curious, too, [...]
“These folks [Pittsburghers] are inspiring. Check it out, ya’ll,” wrote Charleston, S.C.-based travel journalist Sharon Spence Lieb to end her article, “Pittsburgh Power,” published in the July 4 edition of the weekly Moultrie News. This full-page article – complete with five color photos of Pittsburgh – is yet another piece about Pittsburgh [...]
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