Posts tagged with History

What to do this week in Pittsburgh: Feb. 25-March 3, 2019
Drink bottomless mimosas, play board games, and learn to dance the samba.

The Pittsburgher’s Creed: Inside the history of the city’s unofficial rallying cry
Here's why a three-paragraph, century-old newspaper column took off.

Young Preservationists will “heart bomb” a soon-to-be dismantled Pittsburgh mural
"Before it’s gone, we’re going to show it some love."

Cold War to cold brews: Pittsburgh’s nuclear history is becoming a brewery’s new home
The surprising story behind the missile defense around the Steel City.


Pittsburgh’s newest Scottish pub will be inside one of its oldest houses
The Woods House in Hazelwood could open by fall.

What’s in a slogan? Exploring the mysterious mottos of 5 Pittsburgh-area communities
From America’s Small Town Music Capital to The Magic City to The Holy City.

Your suggestions for fixing Harrisburg’s white-only, male-dominated history timeline
Women and people of color are featured elsewhere in the state capitol welcome center — but that's not the point.

A timeline at the Pa. capitol features one woman and no people of color. Let’s do better.
What about Crystal Bird Fauset, K. Leroy Irvis, or Rachel Carson?

Just how old is your old Pittsburgh house? Here’s how to find out
We looked into a Mexican War Streets row house for a Peculiar Pittsburgh reader.

Pennsylvania’s forgotten Socialist history and the revolution that almost was
That time Socialists took over Reading