Your favorite Pittsburgh Landmark? (house, neighborhood, university)

[Heit]

Schenley Park. Years ago they would show old classic movies on the hill side for free. We would take a cooler of beer and some blankets and have a blast. On the same hill in the winter we would sled ride and tube. The Vintage Car Race is held there every year as well. The park is a beautiful spot to get away from the hustle & bustle of Oakland.

I don't see how the Monroeville Mall is even on your list??????? How about Frick Park instead? Or The Strip.

[creepsinc]

Originally Posted by Heit

Schenley Park. Years ago they would show old classic movies on the hill side for free. We would take a cooler of beer and some blankets and have a blast. On the same hill in the winter we would sled ride and tube. The Vintage Car Race is held there every year as well. The park is a beautiful spot to get away from the hustle & bustle of Oakland.

I don't see how the Monroeville Mall is even on your list??????? How about Frick Park instead? Or The Strip.

I think they still show movies there. I know they do in Riverview Park. As for the malls, Monroeville might be the only one worthy of the list, as it was the location of Dawn of the Dead and people come from as far away as Japan to see it. One mall on the list was enough, though.

[Moonstruck08]

I have only been here a couple of months and honestly can't seem to pick a favorite. I think Pittsburgh itself is an amazing and wonderful city from the skyline to the bridges. The people are friendly and the cultural atmosphere is so diverse. I love it all.....so far.

[Awesomo.2000]

^well we are glad you like it so far. Make sure to check out all those landmarks.



Is the Warhol still free on Fridays? Or just for students? Anybody know?

[Moonstruck08]

Thanks! I plan on it.

[luvlee]

I spent alot of time there!!!

[alleghenyman]

A young Australian I met said he was amazed by the South Side Strip because they had nothing like that in Australia.

[dugdogmaster]

Originally Posted by alleghenyman

A young Australian I met said he was amazed by the South Side Strip because they had nothing like that in Australia.

Awesome. My relatives from Italy come to visit every other year or so, and they absolutely love Carson St and the South Side, and The Strip District.

[SteelSpartan]

Whoever posted this has to be from Robinson. Who else knows how to spell it as "Centre." It get my vote just because I grew up there. But in the city, I make sure I take every one I bring here to the Duquesne Incline. It is truly a unique treasure that makes Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

[ExPit]

The little things: the ethnic neighborhoods that are still largely intact. Polish Hill was an oasis of cobblestone streets and dramatic contrasts of new and old, of glass and steel skyscrapers up against antique, pristine row houses fronted by an army of babushkas sweeping their stoops and their sidewalks. Forgive the stereotype, but when I was there last that's just what it was, and it was like having one foot in the past and while the other was being tugged into the future.

The Oyster House in Market Square with those great photos everywhere of Pittsburgh sports icons, their fish sandwiches which were never very good but never very bad. The Strip District with its combination of truckers and businessmen and civilians rushing in and out, Uptown Fifth Avenue as it was then, half new Hill District half old hold-outs making their stand at Bubbles Deli and the All-Star pool hall.

I'm not saying I don't dig the bridges and as another poster mentioned the weather beacon that the Gulf Building was in those days, and who could say that the Cathedral of Learning is not impressive; used to be, maybe it still is, the tallest university building in the world. But it's the things made and maintained by "people" not architects that to me are most moving.