Carrie Blast Furnaces: Cathedrals of Steel on the Monongahela
They rise from the riverbank like a rust-red Notre Dame: Carrie Blast Furnaces Nos. 6 and 7, the last great relics of Pittsburgh’s steel age,...
Category : Places
Grandview Avenue: The Balcony Over Pittsburgh
USA TODAY readers once voted it one of the most beautiful views in America, and standing on Grandview Avenue, nobody argues. Mount Washington’s scenic boulevard...
The Three Sisters and the Clemente Bridge: Pittsburgh’s Golden River Crossings
Only in Pittsburgh do bridges get family reunions. The Three Sisters — the Roberto Clemente, Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson bridges — march across the...
The Strip District: Pittsburgh’s Market Neighborhood of Many Flavors
Follow the smell of fresh bread and roasting coffee to the Strip District, the half-mile of Penn Avenue where Pittsburgh has come to shop, eat...
Phipps Conservatory: Pittsburgh’s Glass Jewel Box of Gardens
There is no bad day to wander into Phipps Conservatory. Pittsburgh’s 1893 glasshouse palace in Schenley Park holds 14 rooms of curated wonder — a...
Frick Park: Pittsburgh’s Biggest, Wildest Backyard
At 644 acres, Frick Park is the largest of Pittsburgh’s city parks — and it feels gloriously wild. Ravines, woodland trails and meadow clearings stretch...
Schenley Park: 456 Acres of Green in the Heart of Oakland
Every Pittsburgh day deserves an hour in Schenley Park. The city’s flagship green space unfolds across 456 acres of Oakland hills — woodland trails, a...
The Cathedral of Learning: A 42-Story Gothic Classroom in Oakland
You can see it from half of Pittsburgh: a 42-story Gothic tower rising over Oakland, part skyscraper, part cathedral, all classroom. The University of Pittsburgh’s...
Point State Park: Where Three Rivers Meet and a Fountain Rises 150 Feet
Every great river city has a front porch, and Pittsburgh’s is pure drama. Point State Park fills the golden triangle where the Allegheny and Monongahela...
The Duquesne Incline: Pittsburgh’s 1877 Time Machine Up Mount Washington
Some cities have subways; Pittsburgh has inclines. The Duquesne Incline, climbing the face of Mount Washington since 1877, is one of the last funiculars of...
