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Old 03-17-2016, 05:33 PM
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As the population of Pittsburgh gets younger due to the influx of Millennials, we should reflect on our past and future. Congratulations Pittsburgh, we have seen much better times in a way, but we are going to the best place we have ever been. That part is hard to argue against.

Pittsburgh's Bicentennial


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Old 03-18-2016, 06:26 AM
 
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As the population of Pittsburgh gets younger due to the influx of Millennials, we should reflect on our past and future. Congratulations Pittsburgh, we have seen much better times in a way, but we are going to the best place we have ever been. That part is hard to argue against.

Pittsburgh's Bicentennial


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It can be spelled either way if you are going to be pedantic.
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Old 03-18-2016, 06:32 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh's North Side
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Part of me is really excited about the bicentennial; another part of me feels snobby about it because Allegheny City had already been founded in 1788....
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Old 03-18-2016, 06:39 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Morningside)
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Part of me is really excited about the bicentennial; another part of me feels snobby about it because Allegheny City had already been founded in 1788....
Allegheny City's plots were laid out in 1788, but Allegheny borough wasn't incorporated until 1828. It wasn't a city until 1840.

1816 was the year Pittsburgh became a city, but it became a borough in 1794. Before that it was a township. It had dwellings beyond Fort Pitt as early as the 1760s.
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Old 03-18-2016, 06:50 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh's North Side
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Allegheny City's plots were laid out in 1788, but Allegheny borough wasn't incorporated until 1828. It wasn't a city until 1840.

1816 was the year Pittsburgh became a city, but it became a borough in 1794. Before that it was a township. It had dwellings beyond Fort Pitt as early as the 1760s.
Ha! Happy to stand corrected. I will be back with my party hat in 2040.
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Old 03-18-2016, 08:42 PM
 
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This "Bicentennial" is the stupidest thing yet. Pittsburgh had a MAJOR Bicentennial celebration back in 1958. No city marks it's birth from the time it officially gained "city status". If the city really wanted to, it could date it's founding to January 1754, when the first shovel of dirt was turned over at the Point, and claim George Washington as it's founder, as he is the the one who chose the site. The site has been continuously occupied since then. Many cities date their founding from such moments. I don't know what these morons are trying to prove. There were some idiots 2 decades ago that wanted us to celebrate the date where Pittsburgh became a borough as our bicentennial.
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Old 03-18-2016, 08:47 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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It can be spelled either way if you are going to be pedantic.
Exactly. Either spelling is correct.
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Old 03-18-2016, 09:08 PM
 
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Pittsburgh's bicentennial celebration was in 1958, it was 1758 when the French were driven from the area and the British established the permanent settlement here.

In 1816, all that happened was the municipal government received "city" status.
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Old 03-19-2016, 07:20 AM
 
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To those of you "put off" by the "Bicentennial"...

I went downtown for the festivities, such as they were. This was the most sparsely attended Downtown Cultural District Crawl I have ever seen. Plus, the special venues (the Omni William Penn and the City-County Building) merely had some historical documents and unimpressive artifacts set up in a few cases.

It was cool to see the inside of those buildings again... AND the City-County building had free cupcakes... almost worth having to go through the security checkpoint!
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Old 03-19-2016, 10:15 AM
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To those of you "put off" by the "Bicentennial"...

I went downtown for the festivities, such as they were. This was the most sparsely attended Downtown Cultural District Crawl I have ever seen. Plus, the special venues (the Omni William Penn and the City-County Building) merely had some historical documents and unimpressive artifacts set up in a few cases.

It was cool to see the inside of those buildings again... AND the City-County building had free cupcakes... almost worth having to go through the security checkpoint!
I was also there. Anyone know who the jazz band was on Penn Ave? They were very good and a lot of fun.

Regardless, the city was pretty busy last night. Was there from 6pm to after midnight in the Penn Ave area.

Also, it is our official 200 years as a "city". Regardless if it is a big deal or not to anyone, it is officially our 200 years. I think Pittsburgh could have done a little more getting the word out, but maybe people were still hungover from St. Patrick's Day. That is a very big festivity in Pittsburgh. I think over 200,000 people attended.
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