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September 9, 2013 / Old crime

Murder in the city

Harry Kendall Thaw was well-known in Pittsburgh at the turn of the 20th century.

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September 6, 2013 / People

Joe Negri, a consummate jazz musician

Joe Negri has been playing guitar for so long there’s hardly a time he wasn’t.

Look at the picturesJoe Negri, a consummate jazz musician

September 4, 2013 / Pittsburgh n'at

Pittsburgh’s romance with cycling

Pittsburgh is entering a cycling boom… once again.

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September 2, 2013 / Events

Labor Day in the Steel City

During a business downturn in 1894, Pullman cut workers’ wages, but not rents.

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August 30, 2013 / Places and landmarks

The Point that became a park

As early as 1910, Frederick Law Olmsted, the son of the man who designed New York’s Central Park, had, in a written report, proposed turning the Point into a park.

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