What Do I Know? Khara Timsina - Pittsburgh Quarterly
August 27, 2024. I was born in a small village in southern Bhutan, the second of nine children — five boys and four girls. Luckily, my siblings and I, and our parents, were able to emigrate to the West in 2009. My father died here in Pittsburgh in 2021, and my mother still lives locally, in Brentwood. But my siblings and I are spread out ...
What Do I Know? Smokey Robinson - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Sep 19, 2023 · A Sexy Serenade: Bob Dylan once called Smokey Robinson “America’s greatest living poet.”. But poet or not, one thing about Smokey is very clear. He is a great creator and purveyor of modern American love songs. Not only is Smokey’s wife, Frances, from Pittsburgh but they own a home here. September 19, 2023.
Cliff Forrest’s New Pittsburgh Brewing
Mar 25, 2024 · Pittsburgh Brewing owner Cliff Forrest joins the company’s annual Oktoberfest celebration. But as industry heavyweights invaded the space, sales of I.C. Light dropped dramatically; according to the company, I.C. Light market share regionally plunged from 75 percent to 3 percent. Pittsburgh Brewing was ill equipped to respond in its antiquated ...
Bring Back the Paddlefish - Pittsburgh Quarterly
A century ago, as work neared completion on the region’s locks and dams and Pittsburgh was producing half of the nation’s steel, paddlefish disappeared from the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers. A cousin to sturgeon and equally coveted for its roe, this curious-looking creature with the spatula-like snout used to thrive here—ranging …
The Torch Is Passed - Pittsburgh Quarterly
The next generation of the Mellon family has taken the reins of the largest grant-making organization in western Pennsylvania. Richard A. Mellon, 56, has been named chairman and chief executive officer of the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the R. K. Mellon Family Foundation, the boards of both foundations announced. He succeeds Seward Prosser Mellon, … The Torch Is Passed Read More »
Song of Shadyside - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Aug 20, 2009 · The word “trendy” has been surgically attached to the word “Shadyside” since days of yore—far more yore than you think. That most elegant and affluent neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s East End is home to what Andy Warhol dubbed the Beautiful People, and the upscale shops that cater to their needs. In search of a certain high-end luxury item? You can find … Song of Shadyside Read More »
The Century Inn - Pittsburgh Quarterly
May 20, 2013 · The national road, America’s first federally funded road, was built from 1811 to 1834 at the urging of former President George Washington and then-President Thomas Jefferson. It connected Cumberland, Md., and the Ohio River in Wheeling, W.Va., as a gateway to the West. The road was once a stagecoach route where towns had …
Front Page - Pittsburgh Quarterly
by David McCormick. Editor’s note: Over the past 15 years, when Pittsburghers including Dan Onorato and John Fetterman have run for statewide or national office, Pittsburgh Quarterly has given them the opportunity to share their views. In this issue, U.S. Senate candidate and Pittsburgher David McCormick writes about why he’s running.
The Ruins - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Sep 27, 2023 · When Rachel Sager bought a house, she didn’t know it came with a coal mine. Obscured by woods in her “backyard,” and flanking the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) bike trail, are the sprawling ruins of the once robust Banning No. 2 coal mine: a labyrinth of crumbling brick and weathered concrete, wedged between bluffs and the Youghiogheny River’s floodplain at Whitsett, Fayette County.
The River Starts Here - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Nov 20, 2007 · Photos by John Beale. The Allegheny River flows through a culvert near PA Highway 49 near the village of Raymond in Potter County. November 20, 2007. For the Allegheny River, a journey of 352 miles begins with a single drop of water. Emerging from a hillside in rural, wooded Potter County, in northern Pennsylvania, the trickle swells to a river ...