Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
November 6, 1926 In Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, hundreds of people showed up for the official dedication of a still-incomplete vehicular tunnel in Pittsburgh. This tunnel serves as a link between Second Avenue at the South Tenth Street Bridge and – via a section underneath Duquesne University and the Steel City neighborhood known as the Bluff... Continue Reading →
May 28, 1870 Operations began for a funicular -- a railway designed to travel both up and down steep slopes -- on Mount Washington in Pittsburgh’s South Side area. This section of the Steel City is located along the Monongahela River and across from the city’s downtown area. The origins of this funicular, which... Continue Reading →
November 6, 1937 Construction began on the Highland Park Bridge in the northeast area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This truss bridge was built to carry vehicular traffic across the Allegheny River and between the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Highland Park and the borough of Aspinwall. The structure was specifically intended to replace a narrower bridge downstream that had... Continue Reading →
