Pittsburgh Dinosaurs (Scranton, Mars, Oakland: school, law, floor)

[nynjmapa]

I think I saw one on the Northbound side of W. Liberty Ave (19 North) before you hit the Liberty Tunnel. Out of the corner of my eye, it appeared to be a Triceratops.

[Mugatu]

There's a Triceratops in front of a business on Old Steubenville Pike just west of Oakdale Rd. Not sure if it's part of the original Pittsburgh Dinosaurs of 2003, but I'll check it out further and snap a pic sometime this week, it's just down the road from my apt.

[gallacus]

There's one at 1315 W Liberty Ave. Its on the inbound side, just before reaching the Liberty Tubes.

Edit: Oops, I just realized nynjmapa beat me to it! Sorry for the repost!

[fleetiebelle]

Its on the inbound side, just before reaching the Liberty Tubes.

Oh, yeah. Right by that bronze plant/factory. I don't drive that way much anymore.

The museum website has pictures of the dinousaurs, but it can't say where they are: DinoMite Days - Carnegie Museum of Natural History

[nannyval]

Thanks everyone for all the tips! Please, keep 'em coming! On Sunday we were out all day on our first dinosaur hunt and visited 13 sculptures, then today I visited another since I had to drive right past it anyway. We still have 8 more strong leads to follow up on, some of them are located inside places that require admission or other special arrangments so those are being saved for later. Let me just say that the more I see these things the more I love them! I'm compiling a detailed list of those I find and visit, their names and locations but here's some preliminary info:
I found the Funeral Home on Old Haymaker near Center and it seems it's changed ownership and there's no dinosaur to be found. It's now Jobe Funeral Home but used to VanHorne.
The Dino-Gold stegosaurus on Pennsylvania Avenue in Oakmont is located on the lawn of private residential property.
Using the street view feature on google maps I can see just the top of a bluish stegasaurus in someone's yard behind some bushes at the Ellsworth Avenue location.It also appears to be on residential property. (Actually I'm locating as many of the sculptures as possible with this tool and it's saving us some time.)
The one at GPOA on Center is in terrible shape! It was covered in grime and the decopage is peeling away.....what a shame.
After googling Pittsburgh T-Station images I have reason to believe the one at a T-stop is located at the USX Tower stop.
There are 3 at PPG place, all tucked in to an alcove just off to the side of the main courtyard beside 4th avenue.
The Waterfront Eat-N-Park has just removed theirs....they literally removed it a week or so ago but there is the Diner-saur just inside the lobby of the Eat-N-Park corporate office in the next building.
A pic of the one an Old Steubenville would be great since I'm having trouble locating that area on the map.
Thanks again and when I get further along I'll post or send a detailed list to anyone who is interested. But please, keep posting tips...they've helped so much!

[Mugatu]

I snapped a pic of the dinosaur on Steubenville Pike. It's the Transitsaurus! DinoMite Days: Joy Kolitsky

It's in front of Sunrise Accounting at 7882 Steubenville Pike, Imperial, PA. It's just a few miles west of the Robinson Town Center, just past the Oakdale Rd intersection on your right side.

[nuwaver88]

Originally Posted by raynist

I think there is one on Blvd of the Allies downtown and one by the fountains/skating rink at PPG place.

There are actually three or four by PPG Place on the Third Avenue side of One PPG Place, which is the skyscraper. They are up on the landing before the glass doors.

[nannyval]

For all you fellow dinosaur hunters, here's my list so far. I'm up to almost 25! Thanks for all your help and great pic Mugato, thanks for taking it, I can't wait to see Transitsaurus up close. If I get a chance I'll post the pics we've taken of the sculptures we've visited so far. Keep the tips comin.

CONFIRMED
Dinersaurus -The Waterfront, just inside the lobby of Eat-N-Park Hospitality Group at 285 E. Waterfront Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15120, next to Eat-N-Park -location confirmed personally 3-22-09, offices were closed so no pics
Dolly Dollarsaurus/Bill Dollarasaurus - Shady Lane Preschool, outside on the lawn, 100 N. Braddock Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15208, intersection of Braddock and Penn Ave. - location confirmed personally 3-22-09, not sure which one this is as there are two identical sculptures
Lunasaurus Lux - Aspinwall, on the front lawn of Tickets for Kids, 139 Freeport Rd., Pittsburgh PA 15238 - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Bronzasaurus - on sidewalk in front of Matthews International Corporation,1315 W. Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15226, just south of the Liberty tunnels - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Fredosaurus Rex Friday XIII - on front lawn of WQED , 4802 Fifth Ave.,Pittsburgh,PA 15213, in Oakland - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Philliposaurus - PPG Place, approximately 188 3rd Ave, Pittsburgh,PA,15222, in an outdoor alcove of building 1 just off to the side of the main courtyard, next to 3rd Ave. - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Mr. Dig - PPG Place, approximately 188 3rd Ave, Pittsburgh,PA,15222, in an outdoor alcove of building 1 just off to the side of the main courtyard, next to 3rd Ave. - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Ketchupasaurus - PPG Place, approximately 188 3rd Ave, Pittsburgh,PA,15222, in an outdoor alcove of building 1 just off to the side of the main courtyard, next to 3rd Ave. - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Neurosaurus - Allegheny General Hospital, 320 E. North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, 3rd floor, East wing , Neurosurgery offices waiting room by elevator D - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Creation Rex - Downtown in front of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 420 Blvd of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, - permanetly on display, built into the facade of the building - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Prehistoric Printosaurus - Herr's Island, approximately 99 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh Pa 15222, at the cul-de-sac, location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Alphabetasaurus - on the lawn at the corner of Forbes and South Bellefeild Ave., approximately 4248 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 across the street and 1/2 block east from the larger brontosaurus in front of the Carnegie Museum - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Dino-Gold - Pennsyvania Ave. in Oakmont, PA 15139 ! PRIVATE RESIDENCE ! Please, do not approach sculpture without permission - location confirmed personally 3-22-09
Cogitatio Aeterna - 5820 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206, parking lot of GPOA - location confirmed personally 3-23-09
Elementarysaurus - inside O'Hara Elementary School, 115 Cabin Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, sculpture is located in the courtyard but the courtyard can only be accessed from inside the school - location confirmed 3-19-09 by school receptionist
George Washasaurus - inside Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 - location confirmed by Heinz Center receptionist 3-19-09
Transitsaurus - in front of Sunrise Accounting, 7882 Steubenville Pike, Imperial, PA 15126, just a few miles west of the Robinson Town Center, just past the Oakdale Rd intersection on your right side, location confirmed by Mugato(city-data.com forum member) 3-24-09
LEADS
name unknown - inside Fairview Elementary School, 738 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh,PA 15238 - location confirmed by school receptionist 3-19-09
name unknown - inside Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
name unknown - stegosaurus - Ellsworth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, near intersection of Ellsworth and Devonshire, in yard behind the bushes, ! PRIVATE RESIDENCE ! Please, do not approach sculpture without permission.
Amazing Hands - The Children's Institute, 1405 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa, 15217, found image on waymarking.com, posting dated 8-19-08
Dinosaur Statues - A Waymarking.com Category
Dino-Copia - Perrymont Road, McCandless, PA 15235, front lawn of Noth Hills home, found image on waymarking.com, posting dated 8-19-08 ! PRIVATE RESIDENCE ! Please, don't approach sculpture without permission.
Dinosaur Statues - A Waymarking.com Category
Reaissanceosaurus - USX Tower T-stop, 600 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15205, found image on Waymarking.com posting dated 10-17-08
Dinosaur Statues - A Waymarking.com Category
name unknown - one of the downtown T-stops, maybe Wood street, offered by Kate88(city-data.com forum member), probably the USX T-stop sculpture
name unknown/stegosaurus - somebody's yard in Shady Side, offered by craiglist ad respondent Mr.& Mrs. Clean, probably Ellsworth Ave. stegosaurus
DEAD ENDS
Pittsburghius Architectaurus -was located in front of Waterfront Eat-N-Park, 245 E. Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120 - visited 3-22-09, sculpture has been removed from Eat-N-Park grounds.
name unknown - on the lawn of a funeral home on Old Haymaker Road near Center in Monroeville, possibly Gene Van Horne Funeral Home, 445 Beatty Rd.,Monroeville PA 15416- called 3-21-09, phone # is dissconected, information has no listing . UPDATE-drove past funeral home 3-23-09, name is now Jobe Funeral Home and no sculpture in sight.

[Mugatu]

Glad to help. That's a fun little dinosaur scavenger hunt you are working on. Keep us updated on your search.

[nannyval]

Confirmed 2 more sculptures this weekend! Just wanted to keep any interested paties updated.

Amazing Hands (t-rex) - The Children's Institute, 1405 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa, 15217, sculpture is in the SIDE parking lot, entrance of lot is on Northumberland St., confirmed location personally 3-29-09

Spectrasaurus (stegosaurus)- Devonshire St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, on lawn of corner lot at intersection of Ellsworth and Devonshire, in yard behind the bushes, confirmed location personally 3-29-09 ! PRIVATE RESIDENCE ! Please, do not approach sculpture without permission.

Question; how do I load photos onto this board? Do I need to use a hosting site? Can I just upload directly from my PC?