Posted on 07/11/2002 1:08:00 PM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Glad to help. Don't let the confusing road network get you down. One of the "nice" things is that Pittsburgh is still a rather small, compact city. Become familiar with the area, then even when you get "lost" you just keep going and you'll soon "pop out" into an area that you'll recognize. It's kinda cool in a way, once you get used to it.
My running route is to go up Negley street at 5th avenue and then "get lost in Squirrel Hill".
Sounds like you're living in Shadyside, somewhere near "Nut" Street. Not a bad route to go jogging! (especially considering where you'd wind up going in most other directions -- although Highland Park is kinda nice at the other end of Negley.) (BTW, that's Negley "Avenue", not "Street")
Getting lost isn't an issue with the Cathedral of Learning. I can often gauge where I am by figuring out where the Cathedral is!
I haven't been back to the 'Burgh for quite some time, now.
What are you calling "The Waterfront"?
Are you still referring to Homestead? North Side? South Side?
There ya go! You're learning already!
Soon you'll be taking your cues from a wide variety of other landmarks when the Cathedral is hidden from view.
Not much to it, really. Just gotta expand the range of your territory a little. Good Luck!
Hmmmm... from there, I'd have guessed you'd go jogging up past CMU, Schenley Park, Flagstaff Hill, etc. It oughta be pretty nice this time of year.
I hate stones and mud. But,
CMU
I love the track! It's publicly accessible most of the time. I even ran it during a women's soccer game. Actual NCAA event. No kidding. Of course, the most well-attended events don't get more than 3 dozen.
Yeah, I can remember attending a CMU football game once.
(Might've even still been Carnegie-Tech back then)
Not much different than a high-school game with a nice field to play on.
Not many Pittsburghers know that CMU has?/had? a football team.
I don't mean to imply that they shouldn't have a football team.
Quite the contrary, it was an enjoyable game to watch, and a legitimate facet of the "college experience" for students.
It's just that CMU sports get neglected in the surrounding community, overshadowed by the professional teams and Pitt.
As I recall, even Duquesne basketball used to get more media attention than athletic events at CMU.
What are you calling "The Waterfront"?
The Waterfront is the name of the new,(2+years) huge development built on the north side of the Mon in Homestead on the site of old "Bessie", or whatever the name of J&L's largest mill was.
I think a lot more people are traveling over the high level, excuse me, the "Grays" bridge these days because of the Fort Pitt Bridge being closed.
A new route I discovered last week was down Hazelwood Ave. to Second Ave. to the refurbished, "hot metal" bridge to the South Side around 22nd St., to Carson, to Beck's Run, to Brownsville, to Maytide, to Rte. 51.
I was delighted.
Obviously, only someone who has tried to navigate Pittsburgh traffic (and construction) would understand this.
The most confusing place to get lost in the dark in the Pgh. area? Carnegie, by a long shot. Squirrel Hill is quite easy to find your way around.
Once I had the wife make a big pan of sauercraut and Italian sausage, kielbassi for a new years party and the people just looked it over. Like they were afraid to eat it; more for me.
Up here salmon and moose head soup is more the delicacy.
LOL!!! Well, you sure lost me on that route!!!
I recognize most of the street names of course...
And I'd probably know my way around "visually" if I was there...
Just can't seem to put two and two together to picture it in my head, (except for Carson Street)
But then, my old stompin' grounds were the North suburbs.
The Waterfront is the name of the new,(2+years) huge development built on the north side of the Mon in Homestead on the site of old "Bessie", or whatever the name of J&L's largest mill was.
THAT I can picture. I remember seeing the vacant land when I was visiting a buddy during the Y2K celebration. (He went over that way to pick up some kind of hardware for home maintenance, the fireworks at the Point were a different trip. Fantastic fireworks!!!) Anyway, it'd probably been at least 15-20 years prior to that since I've seen that part of the 'Burgh. I was impressed with the improvements that were made. Glad to hear they're continueing.
What? No pierogies?
Wasn't Chiodo's one of the HQ for Franco's Italian Army?
I was just up at the Waterfront on Monday. It's beautiful. Amazing , just think that was once a steel mill. If you build it they will come
Thanks Madeline, I can picture it.
But believe it or not, I think I've only been to Kennywood maybe twice in my life.
Being from the northern 'burbs, we always went to the now defunct West View Park for school picnics, etc.
Used to go to West View all the time, that and Idlewild/Storybook Forest because my grandparents lived out that way...
But Kennywood... despite all the signs, it was on the wrong side of the city for me...
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