Skibo Castle: Andrew Carnegie’s Extraordinary Estate
Jan 27, 2020 · Skibo Castle, the estate Andrew Carnegie bought in 1899, is now open to members of the Carnegie Club. January 27, 2020. Turning into the long drive that leads to Skibo Castle, one can imagine what it was like for Andrew Carnegie to arrive at his Scottish home back in 1899.That was the year he purchased the estate, hoping his young daughter ...
The Story of the Marcellus Shale - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Nov 20, 2009 · In the fall of 2000, then in his early fifties, Zagorski, a native of western Pennsylvania, had spent most of his career working in the Appalachian Basin. He knew as well as anyone the story of its successes. And he knew about its failures, many of them the failures of creeping middle age, at least in the geological sense.
Pittsburgh Architecture, “From the Spoon to the City”
September 5, 2023. In 1952, Italian architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers famously declared that architects should have been able to design everything, from “a spoon to a city” — dal cucchiaio alla città. While this can sound a bit excessive to those who are not architects, it expresses the enthusiasm that architects have for the spaces we ...
Gershwin in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Feb 20, 2012 · George Gershwin will be forever associated with New York City. This most American of composers derived his inspiration from Manhattan’s energy, skyscrapers, jazz, nightlife, and evolving Broadway-musical art form. Nevertheless, in the 1920s and ’30s Gershwin and his music traversed the nation, often ending up in Pittsburgh. New York musicals and plays of the time … Gershwin in Pittsburgh ...
A Very Short History of Pittsburgh
Aug 25, 2008 · Geography comes first. Close upon the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, one gets a sense of westward flowing waters, but a map of Western Pennsylvania shows the Allegheny flowing south and the Monongahela north, almost at right angles to the Ohio. A fourth river, the Potomac, comes into play by bringing the coast … A Very Short History of Pittsburgh Read More »
The Fate of a Prison - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Aug 20, 2017 · For a sprawling building in an ambitious Romanesque style on a conspicuous riverfront site, Western Penitentiary has spent most of its life in architectural obscurity. After an auspicious start, it fell quickly from prominence. Now, it may soon fall to the wrecking ball. Begun in 1879 in Woods Run along the Ohio River and partially … The Fate of a Prison Read More »
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 ...
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.
John Fetterman, Public Servant - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Mar 23, 2018 · I was born in Reading, Pa., on Aug. 15, 1969. My parents, Karl and Susan Fetterman, were both only 19 years old at the time, so I was an “unplanned event.” But my mom and dad did get married and, as I matured and came to understand the circumstances surrounding my birth, the knowledge helped … John Fetterman, Public Servant Read More »
A Troubling Economic Picture - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Mar 7, 2022 · A Troubling Economic Picture. Too few workers means Pittsburgh's economy faces more hurdles than most. by Stuart Hoffman & Kurt Rankin. 2022 Spring. March 7, 2022. The Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical area’s economy enters 2022 in much the same condition as it exhibited prior to the pandemic. That is, growing, but doing so at a pace below ...