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Mourner on the Braun Mausoleum, Carrick 25 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
The South Side Cemetery in Carrick does not have monuments by famous architects like the ones in the Allegheny Cemetery, but some of its residents did have good taste in sculpture.
Frick Art Museum 25 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
Helen Clay Frick built this charming Renaissance palace in her back yard to give the people of Pittsburgh a chance to admire her art collection. It’s a small collection—a Reynolds here, a Boucher ther...
Bumblebee 22 Aug 2013 | 06:48 pm
From our sister site Flora Pittsburghensis we borrow this picture of a very happy bumblebee bathing itself in the pollen of a Cut-Leaf Teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus) in Cranberry Township.
McCune Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery 21 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
This extraordinarily tasteful Renaissance octagon (built in 1925) is so unusual that Father Pitt suspects it may be based on a historical model. He would be delighted if one of his readers could find ...
The Egyptian Style in Allegheny Cemetery 20 Aug 2013 | 02:07 pm
In Pittsburgh the Egyptian style of architecture was briefly popular in the early twentieth century, almost always in association with death. The mausoleums in Egyptian style seem usually to belong to...
St. Augustine 19 Aug 2013 | 02:05 pm
St. Augustine reads to the people of Lower Lawrenceville from the front of the church that bears his name.
J. B. Ford Mausoleum, Allegheny Cemetery 18 Aug 2013 | 11:32 pm
J. B. Ford, founder of Pittsburgh Plate Glass, has one of the grandest mausoleums in the Allegheny Cemetery, which is saying a good deal. The town of Ford City is named for him. It would be an interes...
New Facade for the Liberty Tunnels 18 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
After years of work, the Liberty Tubes (spelled “Tunnels” but pronounced “Tubes”) are finally getting their new facades at both ends. This is the downtown end, seen from the end of the Liberty Bridge....
Downtown from the North Shore 18 Aug 2013 | 10:04 pm
The whole North Shore of the Allegheny opposite downtown has been turned into parkland, where you can stroll, bike, or even rent a kayak—or just sit and enjoy a spectacular urban landscape.
Alcoa Building, North Shore 17 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
The new Alcoa Building, like the old, is a tribute to aluminum. Here we see the end of it that faces Sandusky Street, at the foot of the Andy Warhol Bridge.
