Pittsburgh the San Francisco of the East? (Braddock, Wilmerding: title, steel)

[Goodjules]

Originally Posted by slavicamerican

Gotcha.

I also don't think the city should sponsor new businesses. I'm wondering why Pittsburghers don't see the opportunity or why I'm incorrect in the opportunity I think I'm seeing.

From what I saw online, a vendor license is about 400 bucks a year. It wouldn't take much time to recoup that, especially if you were selling higher end merchandise, like paintings. But maybe Pittsburgh doesn't get enough tourists or the kinds of tourists who will drop $400+ for a painting. I would spend that much if the painting were tasteful (like of the bridges) and good.

I was up there in Sept showing my friend from the Bay Area around. We walked around and looked at the view then took the incline down and ate at Station Square and took the Ducky Tour. Probably would have stayed on top of Mt. Washington if there were more to do up there. There certainly seems like retail shops and restaurants would do well. I think that businesses that catered to locals and tourists would do well.

[slavicamerican]

There should be a thread dedicated to improving Pittsburgh's tourism infrastructure and/or ideas for businesses.

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

I don't think a walking map of MW for tourists is really needed. There is just one street, Grandview, that the out-of-towners need to concern themselves about. I doubt that many want to see the Mt. Washington Hollow or see the sights on Kingsboro or take a tour of South Hills Junction.

They might want to see Chatham Village, though (but I'm not sure the residents of CV want people to be stomping around their bucolic planned community.) When I lived on Mt. W. and now when I have visitors we go up and down the Mon Incline, not the Duquesne. There's more on Shiloh St to look at (though not much) and Station Square, though a tourist trap in its own right is something to do.

[slavicamerican]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

They might want to see Chatham Village, though (but I'm not sure the residents of CV want people to be stomping around their bucolic planned community.) When I lived on Mt. W. and now when I have visitors we go up and down the Mon Incline, not the Duquesne. There's more on Shiloh St to look at (though not much) and Station Square, though a tourist trap in its own right is something to do.

Station Square has a special place in my heart for some reason so I get defensive when people criticize it. Unfortnately, the last time I took visitors from Massachusetts there two years ago, they thought it was depressing, which irritated me, although I secretly sort of understood where they were coming from. It has a closed-off-1980s-mall vibe.

[PreservationPioneer]

Is San Francisco the Pittsburgh of the West?

[LIRefugee]

Pittsburgh is the Pittsburgh of Atlanta.

Birmingham is the Pittsburgh of the South.

Hamilton is the Pittsburgh of Canada.

Sheffield is the Pittsburgh of the UK.

[slavicamerican]

Originally Posted by LIRefugee

Pittsburgh is the Pittsburgh of Atlanta.

Birmingham is the Pittsburgh of the South.

Hamilton is the Pittsburgh of Canada.

Sheffield is the Pittsburgh of the UK.

Bratislava, Kosice and about 27 other places in Slovakia are the Pittsburghs of Slovakia.

[LIRefugee]

Originally Posted by slavicamerican

Bratislava, Kosice and about 27 other places in Slovakia are the Pittsburghs of Slovakia.

Only Košice. There were no steel mills in Bratislava from what I could remember. I'm sure 27 other towns cannot claim to be (or to have been) the center of the Slovak steel industry.

[LIRefugee]

One more:

Kaunas is the Pittsburgh of Lithuania.

Kaunas shows one idea on how to deal with the economically downtrodden Monongahela valley: dam the river!

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by LIRefugee

Only Košice. There were no steel mills in Bratislava from what I could remember. I'm sure 27 other towns cannot claim to be (or to have been) the center of the Slovak steel industry.

Kosice has a major US Steel mill, Pittsburgh hasn't had one for many years.

Kosice is more the Braddock of Slovakia if that's the criteria.