Sending Nicholas to a college at Pittsburgh this weekend, made it the 3rd time I visit the Steel City. But I barely visited any places in the city the first two times, had a vague memory of it. This time I had plenty of time to walk around.
A unique feature of Pittsburgh is that three rivers join with each other at point state park. Allegheny river from northeast, Monongahela river from southeast, merge to form Ohio river. Another significant feature is the direction of the rivers flow. My impression is that east of continental divide, rivers typically flow to east or south, or southeast. Allegheny flows southwest, Monongahela flows northwest. Ohio river starts flowing north and northwest, overall it flows southwest to merge with Mississippi river near Wickliffe. This feature confused me initially as I was wondering which way the rivers flow.
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| View of Pittsburgh downtown and three rivers from my inbound Airplane |
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| Nicholas and mom walked to point state park for a picnic lunch |
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| downtown Pittsburgh at night |
Because of the three rivers, Pittsburgh claims to have most bridges in a city in the world, more than Venice Italy, 446 vs. 400! That's why it is also nicknamed City of Bridges! Many bridges are painted yellow, some green, and a few in rusted iron. The yellow color is indeed related to Pittsburgh Steelers, the color of their terrible towels, when the city repainted the bridges in 2000s. Away from Heinz Stadium, some bridges are painted green, the most common color of all steel bridges in US.
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| Bridges over Allegheny River |
Pittsburgh is also a city of sports, in addition to NFL football team Steelers, it also has MLB baseball team Pirates, NHL Hockey team Penguins. Both Steelers and Pirates' stadiums are on the north shore of Allegheny river, less than a mile from each other.
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Heinz stadium is across river from point state park
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| PNC park - Pittsburgh Pirates' home |
Pittsburgh is also a college town, with about 30 universities and colleges, the most well-known among them Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh. The two universities are right next to each other.
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| The cathedral of learning - the tallest educational building in western hemisphere on U Pitt Campus |
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| CMU's most prominent build is Electrical and Computer Engineering Building |
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Reach to the Sky
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