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]
The Homestead High-Level Bridge was officially renamed the Homestead Grays Bridge at a ceremony this morning at Chiodo's Tavern, which sits next to the bridge.
Allegheny County Chief Executive Jim Roddey signed a resolution at the ceremony to rename the county-owned bridge in honor of the National Negro League baseball dynasty.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
Try these links for a tour of
the Waterfront and some updates on South Side
KENNYWOOD JUST VOTED AS THE 6TH BEST THRILL PARK IN THE WORLD!!!!!!
What's that???try asking for the Parkway instead! lol
In 1975 I moved out to Denver Colorado courtesy of Gulf Oil and only came back to Pitt in 1999. I could find my way to Denver easier and with less trepidation than to find my way to this Homestead Bridge (doesn't that bridge take you to Kennywood?)!
Well, I guess you know if you're going to West View (Park) now, it's a shopping center. I have many fond memories of the Park, especially the Dips and the Racin' Whippet.
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Is that outside Pittsburgh city limits???
I know McKeesport, further up the Mon, is definitely outside Pittsburgh city limits,
But I always thought Homestead was part of the city.
BTW, thanks for the links. WOW!!!
Yep. It's a K-Mart now.
Just your plain old run-of-the-mill average K-Marts.
But one of the nice little things that K-Mart did to compliment community nostalgia for the old amusement park was to put a little neon-light outline of the roller coaster "Dips" along the top corner of the front of the building.
It's not much, but a really nice "touch" for those who remember.
Kudos to K-Mart for that!
No problem. It's all "over there, that way, out by the airport."
It doesn't matter if you're talking Pittsburgh Airport, Allegheny County Airport, South Park, Kennywood, Dormont, Munhall, Bethel Park, Mount Lebanon, etc. etc. etc. It's ALL the same direction! "Over there, that way, out by the airport".
Once you get going in that direction and start getting closer, then you can start picking out different landmarks to fine tune your navigation. Don't worry about what road you're on, just get your bearings and go in the general direction of where you want to get to.
Still say Carnegie is worse. In East Liberty you can always find Penn Ave. and on Mt. Washington the geography makes navigating possible eventually. Just find the intersection of Grandview and the McArdle Roadway and go down the hill, in either direction!!
An old boss of mine and I had a joke. He was "South Hills retarded" and I was "North Hills retarded." We both knew east and west, but whenever a dreaded north or south location came up, we knew who was going.
And what IS the big deal with the parkway. That new-fangled thing out to the North Hills is 579.
The parkway is the parkway is the parkway.....forever and ever amen. And the construction will never end either. :)
p.s. Kennywood is better than Disneyworld or Epcot ANY DAY.
Yep. That's EXACTLY what I was talking about.
I definitely fall into the "South Hills retarded" category.
The South Hills are ALL "over there, that way, out by the airport".
But it never stopped me from going there when I needed to.
I simply "knew" where I was once I could see it.
Just don't ask me for directions because I can't match the road names to the places.
I just navigate by recognizing the surroundings and having a "feel" for which direction I want to go. Never the same way twice.
Willie, you should know that we specialize in having numerous small municipalities. Homestead is its own borough as is Munhall or West Homestead. The Waterfront development is in West Homestead, I believe.
SD
And don't forget to give people directions featuring phrases like "then turn left where the Gee Bees used to be."
SD
It can. But the "official route" if you come from the Parkway (er, um, I-376) takes you over the Rankin Bridge, which is further upriver.
Kennywood is then between the Rankin and McKeesport bridges.
SD
The traditional Parkway is I-279 from airport to downtown (Parkway West) and I-376 from downtown to Monroeville/PA Turnpike (Parkway East). When they finally completed I-279 to the northern suburbs it became, unofficially, the Parkway North.
SD
Well sure, Dave. For instance, instead of Munch goes to Carnivores, I can do "AmishDude goes to Carnivores" as an example: AmishDude starts where he lives at the Oakland/Shadyside "border" and goes through Shadyside, East Liberty and Highland Park, then down the hill to the Allegheny River. AmishDude doesn't cross the river, but he heads upriver until he goes through Verona before he gets to Oakmont. He gets back from Oakmont by reversing the route.
There! I just gave very clear directions for AmishDude to get to Carnivores and back without naming one street! Probably the easiest/quickest way as well, although there other alternatives.
And don't forget to give people directions featuring phrases like "then turn left where the Gee Bees used to be."
Aaaack! Gee Bees is gone?
Musta missed that one for my layoff threads!
But (LOL!) giving directions using extinct landmarks IS a 'Burgh tradition as well!
HAW! So true. Yunz people kill me. <|:)~
Instead I was forced to wait until 1980 for the Phillies world title and the Eagles' SB journey.:-)
I somehow imagine McKeesport to be the Steel City equivalent of Chester, PA, my actual birthplace and my home until age 7. Chester is downriver from Philly. Ford vehicles and ships were built in Chester at one time. Chester still has a bit of industry but also many, many vacant lots, particularly south of the Amtrak line (I lived in what was then one of the better parts of Chester, north of I-95). At the risk of offending McKeesporters, I envision your town as similar to Chester, run down, hoping to achieve better days ahead. Am I correct? Apologies in advance.
foreverfree
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