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Rick Womer

Tue, May 14, 2024 2:32 AM

We took a short trip to Pittsburgh last month, and were able to enjoy this pleasant city in beautiful weather.

The city is where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River, which flows west to the Mississippi River. My family had driven through Pittsburgh when I was a child, and I remember smoke and steel mills. Now only one steel mill remains, the smoke is gone, and the city is prosperous.

The views are excellent from Mount Washington, an escarpment south of the downtown area, served by two pairs of antique funicular rail cars (we went up and down the Duquesne Incline; the other (Monangahela Incline, about a mile away) was closed.

The visible bridges are among 446 in Pittsburgh, the most of any city in the world (and 3x the number in Venice).

The bronze figure on the bench, “Sidewalk Judge,” is by Seward Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and an artist.

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/April-2024/Pittsburgh-Apr-24

Comments and critiques eagerly anticipated.

Rick

We took a short trip to Pittsburgh last month, and were able to enjoy this pleasant city in beautiful weather. The city is where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River, which flows west to the Mississippi River. My family had driven through Pittsburgh when I was a child, and I remember smoke and steel mills. Now only one steel mill remains, the smoke is gone, and the city is prosperous. The views are excellent from Mount Washington, an escarpment south of the downtown area, served by two pairs of antique funicular rail cars (we went up and down the Duquesne Incline; the other (Monangahela Incline, about a mile away) was closed. The visible bridges are among 446 in Pittsburgh, the most of any city in the world (and 3x the number in Venice). The bronze figure on the bench, “Sidewalk Judge,” is by Seward Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and an artist. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/April-2024/Pittsburgh-Apr-24 Comments and critiques eagerly anticipated. Rick

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Alan C

Wed, May 15, 2024 3:09 PM

What a city! I have never seen anything remotely like that.

Alan C

On 14-May-24 04:32 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

We took a short trip to Pittsburgh last month, and were able to enjoy this pleasant city in beautiful weather.

The city is where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River, which flows west to the Mississippi River. My family had driven through Pittsburgh when I was a child, and I remember smoke and steel mills. Now only one steel mill remains, the smoke is gone, and the city is prosperous.

The views are excellent from Mount Washington, an escarpment south of the downtown area, served by two pairs of antique funicular rail cars (we went up and down the Duquesne Incline; the other (Monangahela Incline, about a mile away) was closed.

The visible bridges are among 446 in Pittsburgh, the most of any city in the world (and 3x the number in Venice).

The bronze figure on the bench, “Sidewalk Judge,” is by Seward Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and an artist.

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/April-2024/Pittsburgh-Apr-24

Comments and critiques eagerly anticipated.

Rick

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What a city! I have never seen anything remotely like that. Alan C On 14-May-24 04:32 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > We took a short trip to Pittsburgh last month, and were able to enjoy this pleasant city in beautiful weather. > > The city is where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River, which flows west to the Mississippi River. My family had driven through Pittsburgh when I was a child, and I remember smoke and steel mills. Now only one steel mill remains, the smoke is gone, and the city is prosperous. > > The views are excellent from Mount Washington, an escarpment south of the downtown area, served by two pairs of antique funicular rail cars (we went up and down the Duquesne Incline; the other (Monangahela Incline, about a mile away) was closed. > > The visible bridges are among 446 in Pittsburgh, the most of any city in the world (and 3x the number in Venice). > > The bronze figure on the bench, “Sidewalk Judge,” is by Seward Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and an artist. > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/April-2024/Pittsburgh-Apr-24 > > Comments and critiques eagerly anticipated. > > Rick > > > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

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Stan Halpin

Thu, May 16, 2024 1:55 AM

45-50 years ago, my then wife got into a graduate program at Carnegie Mellon, I was working in the D.C. area. She came home some weekends, I drove to Pittsburgh some weekends. So, I did spend quite a bit of time there over several years. But I must say I never really payed attention to the city itself, it was just another urban area. I was very pleased to see the city now through Rick’s eyes.
I need to go back through old slides and see if I even did any photography there.
Stan

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On May 15, 2024, at 11:10 AM, Alan C cole@lantic.net wrote:

What a city! I have never seen anything remotely like that.

Alan C

On 14-May-24 04:32 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
We took a short trip to Pittsburgh last month, and were able to enjoy this pleasant city in beautiful weather.

The city is where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River, which flows west to the Mississippi River. My family had driven through Pittsburgh when I was a child, and I remember smoke and steel mills. Now only one steel mill remains, the smoke is gone, and the city is prosperous.

The views are excellent from Mount Washington, an escarpment south of the downtown area, served by two pairs of antique funicular rail cars (we went up and down the Duquesne Incline; the other (Monangahela Incline, about a mile away) was closed.

The visible bridges are among 446 in Pittsburgh, the most of any city in the world (and 3x the number in Venice).

The bronze figure on the bench, “Sidewalk Judge,” is by Seward Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and an artist.

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/April-2024/Pittsburgh-Apr-24

Comments and critiques eagerly anticipated.

Rick

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45-50 years ago, my then wife got into a graduate program at Carnegie Mellon, I was working in the D.C. area. She came home some weekends, I drove to Pittsburgh some weekends. So, I did spend quite a bit of time there over several years. But I must say I never really payed attention to the city itself, it was just another urban area. I was very pleased to see the city now through Rick’s eyes. I need to go back through old slides and see if I even did any photography there. Stan Sent from my iPad > On May 15, 2024, at 11:10 AM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > > What a city! I have never seen anything remotely like that. > > Alan C > >> On 14-May-24 04:32 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >> We took a short trip to Pittsburgh last month, and were able to enjoy this pleasant city in beautiful weather. >> >> The city is where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River, which flows west to the Mississippi River. My family had driven through Pittsburgh when I was a child, and I remember smoke and steel mills. Now only one steel mill remains, the smoke is gone, and the city is prosperous. >> >> The views are excellent from Mount Washington, an escarpment south of the downtown area, served by two pairs of antique funicular rail cars (we went up and down the Duquesne Incline; the other (Monangahela Incline, about a mile away) was closed. >> >> The visible bridges are among 446 in Pittsburgh, the most of any city in the world (and 3x the number in Venice). >> >> The bronze figure on the bench, “Sidewalk Judge,” is by Seward Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and an artist. >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/April-2024/Pittsburgh-Apr-24 >> >> Comments and critiques eagerly anticipated. >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

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