Headed for Pittsburg
Jun 6, 2018 10:03:16 #
dsmeltz wrote:
The one in the strip district is 24/7.
Been a while since I was there. I believe it used to open at 10pm.
Jun 6, 2018 11:06:30 #
James Slick
Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
DirtFarmer wrote:
Youns should have noted that (last time I was there) Primanti Bros. closed at about 11am.
Not anymore, And today there's more than 1 location!
Jun 6, 2018 11:57:19 #
James Slick wrote:
Not anymore, And today there's more than 1 location!
Just realized it's been 36 years.
Jun 7, 2018 07:30:47 #
The lookouts from Mt. Washington and from the Elliott West End parks give great, iconic views and are worth visiting both during the daytime and at night. The tour boat rides beginning in Station Square and the Incline rides also give great photo ops and views as well as a nice taste of local history. The PPG Place plaza in downtown has amazing reflections in the glass towers of the skyscrapers. Lawrence and The Strip are good places for street photography. And no matter where you go in the greater downtown area, their are great restaurants and cafes.
Jun 7, 2018 07:39:08 #
https://www.aviary.org/
is a must see
https://www.warhol.org/
is another
just down the street from Parmanti Brothers sammich shop is http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/
the fountain at the point makes nice pictures and ride the Monongahela Incline over on Carson street, this takes you up to Mt. Washington but you'll need a car for the whole Grandview Ave ride
https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/ take extra batteries, this place is outstanding
i suspect for a non-native the best way to get around in the city is Uber
is a must see
https://www.warhol.org/
is another
just down the street from Parmanti Brothers sammich shop is http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/
the fountain at the point makes nice pictures and ride the Monongahela Incline over on Carson street, this takes you up to Mt. Washington but you'll need a car for the whole Grandview Ave ride
https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/ take extra batteries, this place is outstanding
i suspect for a non-native the best way to get around in the city is Uber
Jun 7, 2018 08:20:54 #
Polock wrote:
https://www.aviary.org/ br is a must see br https:... (show quote)
For the Heinz, bring a fast lens. It is a little darkish from my recollection and the architecture is not bounce flash friendly. But it is a quite interesting.
Jun 7, 2018 08:48:43 #
Jun 7, 2018 09:00:30 #
Oh! Take a trip down to Kennywood Park in West Mifflin. One of the only two parks that are National Historic Landmarks! Some of the best wooden roller-coasters in the world! The Thunderbolt turns 50 this year!
Jun 7, 2018 09:04:41 #
lellis19 wrote:
My wife and I are headed north in 2 weeks to Pittsburg. As first time visitors, we plan to catch a Pirate ballgame and go to the Pittsburg Zoo. I would like some other photo-op suggestions for the city (i.e. picturesque neighborhoods, downtown sites, etc.). Please give me some suggestions, it will be greatly appreciated.
If you are going "north" to Pittsburgh, you should pass pretty close by to Fallingwater. You should check it out. Cameras love it.
Jun 7, 2018 09:15:40 #
Jun 7, 2018 09:16:11 #
cameraf4 wrote:
If you are going "north" to Pittsburgh, you should pass pretty close by to Fallingwater. You should check it out. Cameras love it.
Oh Yeah! And the rhododendron are in bloom now (until late June I think)
Jun 7, 2018 09:21:53 #
lellis19 wrote:
My wife and I are headed north in 2 weeks to Pittsburg. As first time visitors, we plan to catch a Pirate ballgame and go to the Pittsburg Zoo. I would like some other photo-op suggestions for the city (i.e. picturesque neighborhoods, downtown sites, etc.). Please give me some suggestions, it will be greatly appreciated.
Before you go, look at W. Eugene Smith's photos in Dream Street (https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Street-Eugene-Pittsburgh-Project/dp/0393325121) for inspiration.
I moved to Pittsburgh in 1959 to go to grad school at Carnegie Tech, and came across some of these photos in a magazine shortly before I moved. I left Pittsburgh four years later, but the photos gave me a feeling for the city that has lasted ever since. The steel mills are long gone, but the psychic residue has lasted (a sight of the moon meant disaster - the mills were on strike). The ethnic communities remain much the same - I married into an Italian family, and that helped a lot.
Jun 7, 2018 09:40:39 #
dsmeltz wrote:
Pittsburgh. The "H" is important.
Right! I think Pittsburg is in Kansas and Pittsburgh is in Pennsylvania.
Jun 7, 2018 10:26:57 #
Jun 7, 2018 10:28:08 #
My one and only trip to Pittsburgh was in 1982 as the steel industry was struggling. I stopped at the Duquesne Incline very late in the evening and was invited by the operator to take a look at the gearing and sprockets with wooden teeth. If like me you’re a nut about mechanics you will find it interesting. A shot there might make a good art print. Also the top of this incline was voted one of the top ten places in the world to get a good cityscape shot.
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