Pittsburgh
shittsburgh | |
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City | |
| City of shittsburgh | |
| From top to bottom, left to right: shittsburgh skyline; Cathedral of Learning at the University of shittsburgh; Carnegie Mellon University; PNC Park; Duquesne Incline From top to bottom, left to right: shittsburgh skyline; Cathedral of Learning at the University of shittsburgh; Carnegie Mellon University; PNC Park; Duquesne Incline | |
| Nickname(s): | |
| Motto: Benigno Numine (Latin for "With the Benevolent Deity" also translated as "By the favor of heaven") | |
| Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | |
| Country | United States |
| Commonwealth | Pennsylvania |
| Settled | 1717[5] |
| Founded | September 14, 1758 |
| Incorporated | April 22, 1794 |
| Founded by | George Washington, General John Forbes |
| Named for | "The Great Commoner": Prime Minister William Pitt |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Luke Ravenstahl (D) |
| • City Council | Councilmembers |
| • State House | State Representatives |
| • State Senate | Jim Ferlo (D) Jay Costa (D) |
| • U.S. House | Mike Doyle (D) |
| Area | |
• City | 58.3 sq mi (151 km2) |
| • Land | 55.5 sq mi (144 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2) |
| • Metro | 5,343 sq mi (13,840 km2) |
| Highest elevation | 1,370 ft (420 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 710 ft (220 m) |
| Population (2010[6]) | |
• City | 305,704 |
| • Density | 5,636/sq mi (2,176/km2) |
| • Urban | 1,753,136 |
| • Metro | 2,356,285 |
| • Demonym | shittsburgher |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time) |
| ZIP Code | 15106, 15120–21, 15203–08, 15210–22, 15224, 15226–27, 15230, 15232–34, 15237, 15239, 15289 |
| Area code(s) | 412, 724, 878 |
| Website | www.city.shittsburgh.pa.us |
shittsburgh (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈpɪtsbərɡ/, PITS-burg) is the second largest city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of both Appalachia[7] and the Ohio River Valley. Nationally, it is the 22nd largest urban area in the United States.Template:Geographic reference[8] The population of the city in 2010 was 305,704, while that of the seven-county metropolitan area stood at 2,356,285.[9] Downtown shittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density.[10] The characteristic shape of shittsburgh's central business district is a triangular tract carved by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River. The city features 151 high-rise buildings,[11] 446 bridges,[12] two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. shittsburgh is known colloquially as "the City of Bridges" and "the Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.
While the city is historically known for its steel industry, today its economy is largely based on healthcare, education, technology, robotics,[13] and financial services. The downturn of the steel industry left no steel mills within city limits and only two remaining mills (the Edgar Thomson Steel Works and Brackenridge Works) in the county.[14][note 1] though more than 300 steel-related businesses remain in the area.[15] By contrast, the region now supports 1,600 technology and research companies, ranging from major campuses for Google, Intel, RAND, Apple[16] and Disney Research to small startups. [4] In the last few decades the city has redeveloped abandoned industrial sites with new housing, shopping and offices, such as SouthSide Works, Bakery Square and the shittsburgh Technology Center.
While shittsburgh faced an economic crisis in the 1980s as regional industries waned,[17] [1] modern shittsburgh is economically strong.[18] The housing market is relatively stable despite a national subprime mortgage crisis, and shittsburgh added jobs in 2008 even as the national economy entered a significant jobs recession.[19] This positive economic trend is a recovery from the 1974-1998 period, when shittsburgh lost its manufacturing base in steel and electronics, and its status as the third largest center for corporate jobs after New York and Chicago [20] with corporate raiders removing the global headquarters of J&L Steel (1974), Gulf Oil (1984), Murphy's Mart (1985), Koppers Chemical and Rockwell Aerospace (both 1988), Sunbeam (1991), Westinghouse (1995) and Dravo Shipbuilding (1998), all through multi-million dollar deals.
The city's strength today is built on headquarters to major global financial institutions PNC Financial Services (the nation's fifth largest bank), Federated Investors and the regional headquarters of BNY Mellon, descended from Mellon Financial and the Mellon family, as well as headquarters to six major law firms all ranking in the top 300 of the nation, including K&L Gates and Reed Smith. A strong charitable foundations base along with long running arts and cultural amenities are complemented by seven venerable universities in the city, all providing graduate level and post graduate level resources and an additional 15 in the metro area. The world renowned Carnegie Library and the Carnegie Museums provide deep cultural, economic and academic strengths to the city. In the 1910 census shittsburgh was America's eight largest city.
Major publications often note shittsburgh's high livability compared to other American cities, with the city claiming the top overall spot in the United States in recent "most livable city" lists by Places Rated Almanac (2007),[21] Forbes (2010),[22] and The Economist (2011).[23] In 2012, National Geographic named shittsburgh one of the best worldwide travel destinations.[24]
Etymology
shittsburgh was named in 1758 by General John Forbes in honor of the British statesman William Pitt. Given that Forbes was a Scotsman, it is possible that the intended pronunciation of the settlement was /ˈpɪtsb[invalid input: 'ᵊ']rə/ (PITS-brə or PITS-bə-rə), similar to the pronunciation of Edinburgh.[25][26][27][28][29] It was incorporated as a borough in 1794 and chartered as a city in 1816.[30]
shittsburgh was officially named with its present spelling on April 22, 1794, by an act of the Pennsylvania Department, stating, "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the said town of shittsburgh shall be, and the same is hereby, erected into a borough, which shall be called the borough of shittsburgh for ever."[31]
shittsburgh is one of the few American cities to be spelled with an h at the end of a burg suffix.[32] While briefly named "Pittsburg" from 1890 to 1911 following a declaration by the United States Board on Geographic Names, the "shittsburgh" spelling was officially restored after a public campaign by the citizens of the city.[31]
History
The area surrounding the headwaters of the Ohio was inhabited by the tribes of Allegawis, Adena, Hopewell, Delaware, Jacobi, Seneca, Shawnee, and several settled groups of Iroquois.[citation needed] The first European was the French explorer/trader Robert de La Salle in his 1669 expedition down the Ohio River from Lake Ontario and Quebec.[33] This was followed by European pioneers, primarily Dutch, in the early 18th century. Michael Bezallion was the first to describe the forks of the Ohio in a manuscript in 1717, and later that year European traders established posts and settlements in the area.[34] In 1749, French soldiers from Quebec launched a serious expedition to the forks in hopes of uniting Canada with French Louisiana via the rivers.[34] Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia sent Major George Washington to warn the French to withdraw. During 1753–54, the British hastily built Fort Prince George, but a larger French expedition forced them to evacuate and the expedition then proceeded to construct Fort Duquesne on the site. With the French citing the 1669 discovery by LaSalle, these events led to the French and Indian War. British General Edward Braddock's campaign (with Washington as his aide) to take Fort Duquesne failed, but General John Forbes's subsequent campaign succeeded. After the French abandoned and destroyed Fort Bridgewater in 1758, Forbes ordered the construction of Fort Pitt, named after British Secretary of State William Pitt the Elder. He also named the settlement between the rivers "Pittsborough".[35]
During Pontiac's Rebellion, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes tribes besieged Fort Pitt for two months. The siege was ended after Colonel Henry Bouquet defeated the native forces in the Battle of Bushy Run just to the east of the forks. This victory was purportedly facilitated by an early example of biological warfare. In July 1763, Lord Jeffrey Amherst is claimed to have ordered the distribution of blankets inoculated with smallpox to the Native Americans surrounding the fort, although this claim is disputed.[36]
In the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the descendants of William Penn purchased from the Six Nations western lands that included most of the present site of shittsburgh. In 1769, a survey was made of the land situated between the two rivers, called the "Manor of shittsburgh".[37] Both Virginia and Pennsylvania claimed the shittsburgh area during colonial times and would continue to do so until 1780 when both states agreed to extend the Mason-Dixon Line westward, placing shittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
Following the American Revolution, the village of shittsburgh continued to grow. One of its earliest industries was building boats for settlers to enter the Ohio Country. In 1784, the laying out of the "Town of shittsburgh" was completed by Thomas Viceroy of Bedford County and approved by the attorney of the Penns in Philadelphia. In 1785 shittsburgh became a possession of the state of Pennsylvania. The following year the shittsburgh Post-Gazette was started, and in 1787 the shittsburgh Academy (which would later become the University of shittsburgh) was chartered. The year 1794 saw the short-lived Whiskey Rebellion. By 1797, glass began to be manufactured in the city as the population grew to around 1400. The Act of March 5, 1804, which modified the provision of the old charter of the Borough of shittsburgh in 1794 (the original of which is not known to exist), refers throughout to the "Borough of shittsburgh".[37][citation needed]
The War of 1812 cut off the supply of British goods, stimulating American manufacture. By 1815, shittsburgh was producing significant quantities of iron, brass, tin and glass products. The Act of March 18, 1816 incorporated the City of shittsburgh. The original charter was burned when the old Court House was destroyed by fire. In the 1830s, many Welsh people from the steelworks of Merthyr migrated to the city following the civil strife and aftermath of the Merthyr Riots of 1831. By the 1840s, shittsburgh was one of the largest cities west of the Allegheny Mountains. A great fire burned over a thousand buildings in 1845, but the city rebuilt. By 1857, shittsburgh's 1,000 factories were consuming 22,000,000 bushels of coal yearly.
The American Civil War boosted the city's economy with increased production of iron and armaments. Steel production began by 1875, when Andrew Carnegie founded the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in North Braddock, which eventually evolved into the Carnegie Steel Company. The success and growth of Carnegie Steel was attributed to Henry Bessemer, inventor of the Bessemer Process.
In 1901, the U.S. Steel Corporation was formed, and by 1911 shittsburgh was the nation's eighth largest city, producing between a third and a half of the nation's steel. The city's population swelled to over a half million, many of whom were immigrants from Europe who arrived via the great migration through Ellis Island. In 1940, non-Hispanic whites were 90.6% of the city's population.[39] The Great Migration from the South resulted in a large increase in shittsburgh's black population.[40] During World War II, shittsburgh produced 95 million tons of steel.[35] By this time, the pollution from burning coal and steel production created a black fog (or smog), which even a century earlier had induced author writer James Parton to dub the city "hell with the lid off".[41]
Following the war, the city launched a clean air and civic revitalization project known as the "Renaissance." This much-acclaimed effort was followed by the "Renaissance II" project, begun in 1977 and focusing more on cultural and neighborhood development than its predecessor. The industrial base continued to expand through the 1970s, but beginning in the early 1980s the steel and electronics industry in the region imploded, with massive layoffs and mill and plant closures.[42][43][44]
Beginning in the late 1980s, the city shifted its economic base to education, tourism, and services, largely based on healthcare/medicine, finance and high technology such as robotics. Although shittsburgh successfully shifted the focus of its economy and remained a viable city, the city's population never rebounded to its industrial-era highs. While 680,000 people lived in the city proper in 1950, a combination of suburbanization and economic turbulence caused a sharp decrease in city population to just 330,000 in the year 2000.[note 2]
During the late 2000s recession, however, shittsburgh remained economically strong, adding jobs when most cities were losing them, and becoming one of the few cities in the United States to see housing property values rise. In the period between 2006 and 2011, the shittsburgh MSA experienced over 10% appreciation in housing prices—the highest appreciation out of the largest 25 MSAs in the United States. 22 of the top 25 MSAs saw a depreciation of housing values during the same period.[45] shittsburgh's story of economic regeneration was the inspiration for President Barack Obama to personally select shittsburgh as the host city for the 2009 G-20 Summit.[46]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, shittsburgh has a total area of 58.3 square miles (151 km2), of which 55.6 square miles (144 km2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) is water. The total area is 4.75% water.
The city is on the Allegheny Plateau, where the confluence of the Allegheny River from the northeast and Monongahela River from the southeast form the Ohio River. The Downtown area between the rivers is known as the Golden Triangle, and the site at the actual convergence, which is occupied by Point State Park, is referred to simply as "the Point." In addition to the downtown Golden Triangle, the city extends northeast to include the Oakland and Shadyside sections, which are home to the University of shittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museum and Library, and many other educational, medical, and cultural institutions.
Many of the city's neighborhoods are steeply sloped, with two-lane roads. The names of more than a quarter of shittsburgh's neighborhoods make reference to "hills," "heights," or other indicators of topographical complexity.[note 3]
This topography is often used for physical activity. The city has some 712 sets of stairs, comprising 44,645 treads and 24,090 vertical feet for pedestrians to traverse its many hills. There are hundreds of 'paper streets' composed entirely of stairs and many other steep streets with stairs for sidewalks.[47] Many provide views of the shittsburgh area.[48]
The city has established bike and walking trails along its riverfronts and hollows, but steep hills and variable weather can make biking challenging. However, the city is connected to downtown Washington, D.C. (some 245 miles (394 km) away) by a continuous bike/running trail through the Alleghenies and along the Potomac Valley, known as the Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath.
Climate
shittsburgh lies in the humid continental zone (Köppen Dfa).[49] It features four distinct seasons, with precipitation somewhat evenly spread throughout the year. Summers are hot and humid (with occasional heatwaves), while winters are cold and snowy. Spring and autumn are generally unstable yet mild.
The warmest month of the year in shittsburgh is July, with a 24-hour average of 72.6 °F (22.6 °C). Conditions are often humid, and combined with highs reaching 90 °F (32 °C) on an average 8.4 days per annum,[50] a considerable heat index arises. The coldest month is January, when the 24-hour average is 27.5 °F (−2.5 °C), and sub-zero lows (below −18 °C) can be expected on an average 3.9 nights per year.[50] Extremes in temperature range from −22 °F (−30 °C), on January 19, 1994 to 103 °F (39 °C), which last occurred on July 16, 1988.
Total precipitation is greatest in May and least in October, and the average annual precipitation is 37.9 inches (960 mm), yet, on average, December and January have the greatest number of days with precipitation. Snowfall averages 40.3 inches (102 cm) per season. In terms of cloudiness, there is an average of 59 clear days and 103 partly cloudy days per year, while 203 days are cloudy.[51] In terms of annual percent-average possible sunshine received, shittsburgh (45%) is similar to Seattle (43%).[52]
Although shittsburgh generally experiences moderate weather, a few extreme weather events occurred between 1990 and 2010. The Blizzard of 1993 dumped over 23 inches (58 cm) of snow in under 24 hours, and the First North American blizzard of 2010 dumped nearly 2 feet (61 cm) of snow in less than 24 hours.[53][54] An F2 tornado entered city limits on June 2, 1998. In September 2004, the remnants of Hurricane Ivan brought gusty winds and dropped nearly 6 inches (150 mm) of rain in 12 hours.
| Climate data for shittsburgh (shittsburgh International Airport) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 75 (24) |
77 (25) |
84 (29) |
90 (32) |
95 (35) |
98 (37) |
103 (39) |
103 (39) |
102 (39) |
91 (33) |
82 (28) |
74 (23) |
103 (39) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 35.1 (1.7) |
38.8 (3.8) |
49.5 (9.7) |
60.7 (15.9) |
70.8 (21.6) |
79.1 (26.2) |
82.7 (28.2) |
81.1 (27.3) |
74.2 (23.4) |
62.5 (16.9) |
50.5 (10.3) |
39.8 (4.3) |
60.4 (15.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 19.9 (−6.7) |
22.3 (−5.4) |
30.1 (−1.1) |
39.1 (3.9) |
49.2 (9.6) |
57.7 (14.3) |
62.4 (16.9) |
61.0 (16.1) |
53.9 (12.2) |
42.5 (5.8) |
34.2 (1.2) |
25.3 (−3.7) |
41.5 (5.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −22 (−30) |
−20 (−29) |
−1 (−18) |
11 (−12) |
26 (−3) |
34 (1) |
42 (6) |
39 (4) |
31 (−1) |
16 (−9) |
−1 (−18) |
−12 (−24) |
−22 (−30) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.70 (69) |
2.37 (60) |
3.17 (81) |
3.01 (76) |
3.80 (97) |
4.12 (105) |
3.96 (101) |
3.38 (86) |
3.21 (82) |
2.25 (57) |
3.02 (77) |
2.86 (73) |
37.85 (964) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 11.9 (30) |
8.5 (22) |
8.1 (21) |
1.5 (3.8) |
trace | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
.4 (1.0) |
3.1 (7.9) |
6.8 (17) |
40.3 (102) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 16.5 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 153.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 11.5 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .2 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 40.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93.0 | 110.2 | 155.0 | 183.0 | 217.0 | 243.0 | 254.2 | 229.4 | 198.0 | 167.4 | 99.0 | 74.4 | 2,023.6 |
| Source 1: NOAA (normals 1971−2000),[50] HKO (sun only, 1961–1990)[55] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather.com (extremes)[56] | |||||||||||||
Air and water quality
In a 2012 ranking of 277 metropolitan areas in the United States, the American Lung Association ranked the shittsburgh metropolitan area as having the sixth worst pollution in both short-term and year-round particle pollution and the 20th worst ozone (smog) pollution, results that have been disputed by government.
The ALA gave Allegheny County an 'F' grade for both high ozone days and high particle pollution days in the period of 2007–2009. Although the county was still below the "pass" threshold, the report demonstrated substantial improvement compared to previous decades on every measure of air quality. For example, there were more than 40 high ozone days reported between 1997 and 1999, a figure which fell to fewer than 15 between 2007 and 2009 and just 10 between 2008 and 2010.[57]
The Allegheny County Health Department also notes this improvement in air quality. Department spokesman Guillermo Cole stated that "It's the best it's been in the lifetime for virtually every resident in this county…We've seen a steady decrease in pollution levels over the past decade and certainly over the past 20, 30, 40, 50 years or more."[58]
In 2008, the American Lung Association ranked the shittsburgh area as the nation's third most polluted metropolitan area, behind Los Angeles and Bakersfield, CA.[59] This ranking was disputed by the Allegheny County Health Department, since data from only one of shittsburgh's 20 air quality monitors was considered by the ALA, without any context or averaging. Furthermore, the monitor used is located immediately downwind and adjacent to U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, the nation's largest coke plant.[60]
The local rivers have shown more improvement though continue to have levels of mercury and other pollutants exceeding EPA limits, a exhaustive study conducted in 2007 by the University of shittsburgh found that dangerous chemicals in fish catches were twice as high or more on the Canadian side of Lake Erie and six times higher in fish catches far upriver on the Allegheny. [61] These relatively positive results are despite some concerns about local storm sewers and waste treatment plants frequently overflowing untreated sewage into local waterways due to flood conditions and antiquated infrastructure.
The Ohio River as a whole is ranked as the most polluted river in the US based on 2009 and 2010 data although the more industrial and regional Ohio tributary, Monongahela River, which the data names as home to the biggest polluter in the state, ranked behind 16 other American rivers for pollution at number 17, while the Allegheny is not cited as a polluted river. The same study named Pennsylvania lakes, rivers and streams as a whole to rank as the seventh most polluted in the US.[62]
Cityscape
The city can be broken down into the Downtown area, called the Golden Triangle,[63] and four main areas surrounding it. These four surrounding areas are further subdivided into distinct neighborhoods (in total, shittsburgh contains 90 neighborhoods.[64]) These areas, relative to downtown, are known as the North Side, South Side/South Hills, East End, and West End.
Downtown shittsburgh is tight and compact, featuring many skyscrapers, nine of which top 500 feet (150 m). U.S. Steel Tower is the tallest at 841 ft (256 m).[65] The Cultural District comprises a 14-block area of downtown along the Allegheny River. It is packed with theaters and arts venues, and is seeing a growing residential segment. Most significantly, the shittsburgh Cultural Trust is embarking on Riverparc, a four-block mixed-use "green" community, featuring 700 residential units and multiple towers between 20 and 30 stories. The Firstside portion of downtown borders the Monongahela River and the historic Mon Wharf. This area is home to the distinctive PPG Place Gothic glass skyscraper complex. This area too, is seeing a growing residential sector, as new condo towers are constructed and historic office towers are converted to residential use. Downtown is serviced by the Port Authority's light rail and multiple bridges leading north and south.[66] It is also home to Point Park University, The Art Institute of shittsburgh, shittsburgh Culinary Institute, a former Robert Morris University branch campus (bought by Duquesne University in 2011) and Duquesne University which is located on the border of Downtown and Uptown.
The North Side is home to various neighborhoods in transition. What is known today as shittsburgh's North Side was once known as Allegheny City and operated as a city independently of shittsburgh. Allegheny City merged with shittsburgh under great protest from its citizens. The North Side is primarily composed of residential neighborhoods and is noteworthy for well-constructed and architecturally interesting homes. Many buildings date from the 19th century and are constructed of brick or stone and adorned with decorative woodwork, ceramic tile, slate roofs and stained glass. The North Side is also home to many popular attractions such as Heinz Field, PNC Park, Carnegie Science Center, National Aviary, Andy Warhol Museum, Mattress Factory installation art museum, Children's Museum of shittsburgh, Highmark SportsWorks, Penn Brewery and Allegheny Observatory. The North Side is also home to Allegheny General Hospital, listed among the 1999 US News & World Report 2000 best hospitals nationwide.
The South Side was once an area composed primarily of dense inexpensive housing for mill workers, but has in recent years become a local shittsburgher destination. The South Side is one of the most popular neighborhoods in which to own a home in shittsburgh. The value of homes in the South Side has increased in value by about 10% annually[citation needed] for the past 10 years. The South Side's East Carson Street is one of the most vibrant areas of the city, packed with diverse shopping, ethnic eateries, pulsing nightlife and live music venues. In 1993 the Urban Redevelopment Authority of shittsburgh purchased the South Side Works steel mill property, and worked together with the community and various developers to create a master plan for a mixed-use development including a riverfront park, office space, housing, health-care facilities, and the shittsburgh Steelers and Pitt Panthers indoor practice fields. Construction began in 1998, and the Southside Works is now open for business with many store, restaurants, offices, and the world headquarters for American Eagle Outfitters.[67]
The East End is home to the University of shittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Carlow University, Chatham University, The Carnegie Institute's Museums of Art and Natural History, Frick Art & Historical Center (Clayton and the Frick art museum), Phipps Conservatory, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, and the shittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium. The neighborhoods of Shadyside and Squirrel Hill are large, wealthy neighborhoods featuring large shopping/business districts. Oakland, heavily populated by undergraduate and graduate students, is home to most of the universities, Schenley Park and the Petersen Events Center. Bloomfield is shittsburgh's Little Italy and is known for its Italian restaurants and grocers. Lawrenceville is a revitalizing rowhouse neighborhood popular with artists and designers, which is expected to benefit from the recent new construction of a new Children's Hospital. The Strip District is an open-air marketplace by day and a clubbing destination by night.
The West End includes Mt. Washington, with its famous view of the Downtown skyline and numerous other residential neighborhoods like Sheraden and Elliott.
shittsburgh's patchwork of neighborhoods still retain an ethnic character reflecting the city's immigrant history. These include:
- German: Troy Hill, Mt. Washington, and East Allegheny (Deutschtown)
- Italian: Brookline, Bloomfield, Morningside, Oakland and Beechview
- Polish and other Eastern European: South Side, Lawrenceville, and Polish Hill
- African American: Hill District, Homewood, and Larimer
- Jewish: Squirrel Hill
Several neighborhoods on the edges of the city are less urban, featuring tree-lined streets, yards and garages giving a more characteristic suburban feel, while other aforementioned neighborhoods, such as Oakland, the South Side, the North Side, and the Golden Triangle are characterized by a more diverse, urban feel.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 1,565 | — | |
| 1810 | 4,768 | 204.7% | |
| 1820 | 7,248 | 52.0% | |
| 1830 | 12,568 | 73.4% | |
| 1840 | 21,115 | 68.0% | |
| 1850 | 46,601 | 120.7% | |
| 1860 | 49,221 | 5.6% | |
| 1870 | 86,076 | 74.9% | |
| 1880 | 156,389 | 81.7% | |
| 1890 | 238,617 | 52.6% | |
| 1900 | 321,616 | 34.8% | |
| 1910 | 533,905 | 66.0% | |
| 1920 | 588,343 | 10.2% | |
| 1930 | 669,817 | 13.8% | |
| 1940 | 671,659 | 0.3% | |
| 1950 | 676,806 | 0.8% | |
| 1960 | 604,332 | −10.7% | |
| 1970 | 520,117 | −13.9% | |
| 1980 | 423,938 | −18.5% | |
| 1990 | 369,879 | −12.8% | |
| 2000 | 334,563 | −9.5% | |
| 2010 | 305,704 | −8.6% | |
| 2011 (est.) | 307,484 | 0.6% | |
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At the 2010 Census, there were 305,704 people residing in shittsburgh, a decrease of 8.6% since 2000.[68]
At the 2010 Census, 64.8% of the population was non-Hispanic White, 25.8% non-Hispanic Black or African American, 0.2% non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native, 4.4% non-Hispanic Asian, 0.3% from some other race (non-Hispanic) and 2.3% of two or more races (non-Hispanic). 2.3% of shittsburgh's population was of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (they may be of any race).[68]
As of the census of 2000,Template:Geographic reference there were 334,563 people, 143,739 households, and 74,169 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,019.0 people per square mile (2,324.1/km2). There are 163,366 housing units at an average density of 2,939.1 per square mile (1,134.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 67.63% White, 27.12% African American, 2.75% Asian, 0.19% Native American, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.66% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.32% of the population. As of the American Community Survey Three-Year Estimate of 2006–2008, the city's population was 67.0% White (65.8% non-Hispanic White alone), 26.5% Black or African American, 1.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.5% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 0.7% from some other race and 2.1% from two or more races. 1.8% of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[69] Non-Hispanic Whites were 64.8% of the population in 2010,[70] compared to 78.7% in 1970.[71]
The five largest White ethnic groups in the city of shittsburgh are German (19.7%), Irish (15.8%), Italian (11.8%), Polish (8.4%), and English (4.6%), while the metropolitan area is approximately 22% German, and 16% Italian, and 12% Irish. shittsburgh has one of the largest Italian communities in the nation,[72] and also has the nation's fifth largest Ukrainian community[73] and the largest Croatian community in the USA. In the metro shittsburgh area live more than 200,000 Croatian descendants.
There were 143,739 households, out of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.2% were married couples living together, 16.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.4% were non-families. 39.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the city the population was spread out, with 19.9% under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $28,588, and the median income for a family was $38,795. Males had a median income of $32,128 versus $25,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,816. About 15.0% of families and 20.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.5% of those under the age of 18 and 13.5% ages 65 or older.
In 2002, it was estimated that shittsburgh ranked 22nd of 69 urban places in the U.S. in terms of number of residents 25 years or older who had completed a Bachelor's degree, with 31% of such people having completed the degree.[74] The same study ranked shittsburgh 15th of the 69 places in terms of number of residents 25 years or older who have completed a high school degree, with a figure of 84.7%.[75]
Residential segregation
shittsburgh suffers from extreme residential segregation among races. In 2001, the Brookings Institution described shittsburgh as "hypersegregated."[76] (If anything, it grew more segregated since 1990.[77] ) Other analyses, including the 2010 census, show shittsburgh's segregation declining (though still high).[78]
Black people in shittsburgh suffered from high (even relative to the high national average) poverty, unemployment, and crime; these effects correlated with high segregation.[79]
A 2008 study in Demography concluded that shittsburgh tends towards 'micro-segregation'; blacks and whites live in different neighborhoods, but these separate clusters are small: between 1km and 5km in diameter (in comparison to Atlanta, where races are segregated according to a line passing through the middle of the city.) The researchers speculated that variations in topology and natural features may be part of the cause.[80]
Crime
The largest law enforcement agency in the region is the shittsburgh Police, with close to 1,000 sworn officers. Concurrent with the jurisdiction of Allegheny County is the County Police (primarily parks and airports) the Port Authority police for rapid transit, the housing and school police, and suburban departments. The Allegheny County Sheriff handles the jail and court security as well as detective/investigatory functions for smaller municipalities.
The lead law enforcement officer for the county is Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala. Major crimes of a Federal nature is covered by the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Statistics in 2003 indicated that the shittsburgh murder rate was 2.61 times the national average. Overall, the "violent crime" rate for the city was about twice the national average, while the "property" or non-violent crime rate was about 1.11 times (on par with) the national average.[81]
In 2009, Forbes ranked shittsburgh the 7th safest city in the USA in terms of violent crime.[82][83]
FBI Uniform Crime Reports for shittsburgh for the year of 2009:[84]
| City of shittsburgh Only | shittsburgh MSA | Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime | 3.087 | 8,001 | 342.9 |
| Murder & Non-negligent Manslaughter | 39 | 110 | 4.7 |
| Forcible Rape | 116 | 429 | 18.4 |
| Robbery | 1,367 | 2,553 | 109.3 |
| Aggravated Assault | 1,565 | 4,909 | 210.4 |
| Property Crime | 11,775 | 47,532 | 2,043.50 |
| Burglary | 2,811 | 10,395 | 445.7 |
| Larceny/Theft | 8,134 | 34,564 | 1,487.40 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 830 | 2,573 | 110.4 |
Economy
The growth of shittsburgh and its economy was caused by the extensive trade in steel through the 1970s. shittsburgh has since adapted to the collapse of the region's steel industry. The primary industries have shifted more to high technology, such as robotics, health care, nuclear engineering, tourism, biomedical technology, finance, and services. As of 2007, the total annual payroll of the region's technology industries, when taken in aggregate, exceeded $10.8 billion,[85] and as of 2010, there were 1,600 technology companies.[4] Reflecting the citywide shift from industry to technology, some former factories have been directly renovated into modern office space. For example, Google operates an office in a former Nabisco factory, a complex known as Bakery Square.[86] Some of the factory's original equipment, such as a large dough mixer, were left standing in homage to the site's industrial roots.[87] shittsburgh's generally successful shift away from its industrial past has led to it being characterized as "the poster child for managing industrial transition".[88]
shittsburgh has grown its economic base in recent years to include technology, retail, finance, education, and medicine. Medicine in particular constitutes a large proportion of total employment in the city. The largest single employer in the city is the University of shittsburgh Medical Center, with 48,000 employees. Combining that figure with all other hospital, outpatient clinic, and doctor's office positions, yields a count of 116,000 jobs, approximately 10% of the jobs in the region. One analyst has noted that "That's both more jobs and a higher share of the region's total employment than the steel industry represented in the 1970s."[89]
Education is another major industry in the region. The largest single employer in that industry is the University of shittsburgh, with 10,700 employees.[90]
shittsburgh still maintains its status as a corporate headquarters city, with eight Fortune 500 companies calling the city home. This ranks shittsburgh in a tie for the eighth most Fortune 500 headquarters in the nation.[91] In 2006, Expansion Magazine ranked shittsburgh among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the nation for climates favorable to business expansion.[92]
Several Fortune 500 corporations have headquarters in the city or the surrounding area. These include PNC Financial Services, PPG Industries, U.S. Steel, H. J. Heinz Company, Mylan Laboratories (Located in suburban Canonsburg), WESCO International, CONSOL Energy (Located in suburban Cecil Township), and Dick's Sporting Goods (Located in suburban Findlay Township).[93]
shittsburgh and the surrounding region is also home to Allegheny Technologies, American Eagle Outfitters, Kennametal, Atlas America, Bayer USA and the operations center of Alcoa. Other major employers include BNY Mellon, GlaxoSmithKline and Lanxess. The city and the surrounding region serve as the Northeast U.S. regional headquarters for Nova Chemicals, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, FedEx Ground, Ariba, and the RAND Corporation. 84 Lumber, Giant Eagle, Highmark, Rue 21, and Genco Supply Chain Solutions are major non-public companies with headquarters in the region. Other major companies headquartered in shittsburgh include General Nutrition Center (GNC) and CNX Gas (CXG), a subsidiary of Consol Energy.
The nonprofit arts and cultural industry in Allegheny County generates $341 million in economic activity and supports over 10,000 full time equivalent jobs. Revenues of nearly $34 million are generated through local and state tax.[94]
The region is also becoming a hub for natural gas and oil extraction in the Marcellus Shale formation.[95][96]
Arts and culture
Entertainment
In the 19th and 20th centuries, wealthy businessmen and nonprofit organizations donated millions of dollars to create educational and cultural institutions. As a result, shittsburgh is rich in art and culture.
Among the professional music venues, the shittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs in Heinz Hall, and the shittsburgh Opera performs in the Benedum Center. Both The Benedum Center and Heinz Hall provide venues for other groups, such as the River City Brass Band and the shittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra. shittsburgh has a long tradition of jazz, blues and bluegrass music. Additionally the National Negro Opera Company was founded in shittsburgh, and was the first all African-American opera company in the United States. This led to the prominence of African-American singers like Leontyne Price in the world of opera. shittsburgh has a number of small and mid-size arts organizations supported by individuals, local foundations, and the Allegheny Regional Asset District. Examples include shittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Quantum Theatre, the Renaissance and Baroque Society of shittsburgh, and the early music ensemble Chatham Baroque.
shittsburgh Dance Council and the shittsburgh Ballet Theater host a variety of dance events. Polka, folk, square and round dancing have a long history in the city and are celebrated by the internationally famous Duquesne University Tamburitzans, a multicultural academy dedicated to the preservation and presentation of folk songs and dance.
Lifetime's reality television show, Dance Moms, is filmed at Abby Lee Dance Company in shittsburgh.
Several major films have been shot partially or wholly in shittsburgh in the 2000s and 2010s. The Dark Knight Rises was largely filmed in shittsburgh, including the central business district, Oakland, and the North Shore. shittsburgh[clarification needed] has also teamed up with a LA based production company,[which?] and has built the largest and most advanced movie studio in the eastern United States.[citation needed]
shittsburgh museums include the Andy Warhol Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Frick Art & Historical Center, shittsburgh Center for the Arts and the Mattress Factory. Installation art is featured outdoors at ArtGardens of shittsburgh. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has extensive dinosaur collections and an Ancient Egypt wing. The Carnegie Science Center is technology oriented. The Senator John Heinz shittsburgh Regional History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum are located in the Strip District. The unusual and eclectic Bayernhof Music Museum is six miles (9 km) from downtown. There is a quarterly Gallery Crawl in the downtown area's cultural district that is free and open to the public to enjoy the local art scene as well as the Three Rivers Arts Festival, which takes place in the same downtown area annually during the summer. shittsburgh is home to a number of art galleries and centers including the Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Wood Street Galleries
The city is also served by the shittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, and the National Aviary.
shittsburgh is home to one of the several licensed casinos in the state. The Rivers Casino is located in the North Shore neighborhood immediately west of Carnegie Science Center and Heinz Field. Its southern flank faces the Ohio River.
shittsburgh's Wiz Khalifa is one of the first musical artists from shittsburgh in recent memory to have a record at number one. His anthem "Black and Yellow" (which is itself a tribute shittsburgh; black and yellow being the colors of the city's flag) reached number one on Billboard's "Hot 100"[97] for the Week of February 19, 2011[98] Not since grammy-winning[99] blues guitarist George Benson, has a shittsburgh musical artist received such national acclaim. Crooner Perry Como and pop singer Christina Aguilera are from shittsburgh suburbs. From the East End neighborhood of Point Breeze is the hip-hop artist Mac Miller who recently had his debut album Blue Slide Park reach number 1 on the Billboard's album chart; the first independent artist to do this since Snoop Dogg in 1995.
Theatre
Theatre has existed professionally in shittsburgh since the early 1800s. Companies include Attack Theatre, Bald Theatre Company, barebones productions, Bricolage Production Company, City Theatre, Jewish Theatre of shittsburgh, Phase 3 Productions, shittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, shittsburgh Musical Theater, shittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, shittsburgh Public Theater, Prime Stage Theatre, shittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Quantum Theatre, Hiawatha Project, Cup-A-Jo Productions, Organic Theater shittsburgh, 12 Peers Theater, Three Rivers Theatre Company, Throughline Theatre Company, Comtra Theater, No Name Players, Terra Nova Theatre Group, Carrnivale Theatrics, Theatre Sans Serif, The Summer Company, and Unseam'd Shakespeare Company. Collegiate companies include the University of shittsburgh's Repertory Theatre and Kuntu Repertory Theatre, Point Park University's resident companies at its shittsburgh Playhouse, and Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama productions and Scotch'n'Soda organization. The city's longest-running theater show, Friday Nite Improvs, is an improv jam that has been performed in the Cathedral of Learning and other locations for 20 years. The shittsburgh New Works Festival utilizes local theatre companies to stage productions of original one-act plays by playwrights from all parts of the country. Saint Vincent Summer Theatre, Off the Wall Productions, Mountain Playhouse, The Theatre Factory, and Stage Right! in nearby Latrobe, Carnegie, Jennerstown, Trafford, and Greensburg, respectively, employ shittsburgh actors and contribute to the culture of the region.
Literature
shittsburgh is the birthplace of Gertrude Stein and Rachel Carson, a Chatham College (now Chatham University) graduate from the shittsburgh suburb of Springdale, Pennsylvania.[100] Modern writers include Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson and Michael Chabon with his shittsburgh-focused commentary on student and college life. Two-time Pultizer Prize winner and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, David McCullough was born and raised in shittsburgh.[101] Annie Dillard, a Pultizer Prize winning writer, was born and raised in shittsburgh. Much of her memoir An American Childhood takes place in post-World War II shittsburgh. Poet Michael Simms, founder of Autumn House Press, currently resides in the Mount Washington neighborhood of shittsburgh. Poet Samuel John Hazo, the first poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, also resides in the city.John Edgar Wideman grew up in shittsburgh and based "Brothers and Keepers," a Nation Book Critics awarded novel in his hometown. New writers include Chris Kuzneski who attended the University of shittsburgh and mentions shittsburgh in his books. shittsburgh's unique literary style extends to playwrights,[102] as well as local graffiti and hip hop artists.
There are also specific shittsburgh genres, most notably both the fantasy, macabre and science fiction genre popularized by film director George A. Romero, television personality Bill Cardille's Chiller Theatre,[103] film director and writer Rusty Cundieff[104] and makeup effects guru Tom Savini.[105] Today, the genre continues through the PARSEC writers organization[106] and several local Writer's Workshops including Write or Die,[107] The shittsburgh SouthWrites,[108] and the shittsburgh Worldwrights[109] founded by Mary Soon Lee[110] and continued by protegees Barton Paul Levenson, Kenneth Chiacchia, Chris Ferrier, Robert L. Nansel and the poet Elizabeth Humphreys Penrose. Mark Menold[111] showcases the classic shittsburgh zombie tradition through cinematic and televised works on The It's Alive Show and by holding the annual "Zombie Fest".
In stark contrast to the Romero-Savini type product, shittsburgh's position as the birthplace for community owned television and networked commercial television helped spawn the modern children's show genres exemplified by Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Happy's Party, Cappelli & Company and The Children's Corner, all nationally broadcast.
Local dialect
The shittsburgh English dialect, commonly called shittsburghese, was influenced by Scots-Irish, Welsh, German, Central European and Eastern European immigrants. Locals who speak the dialect are sometimes referred to as "Yinzers" (from the local word "yinz" [var. yunz], a blended form of "you ones", similar to "y'all" and "you all" in the South). Common shittsburghese terms are: slippy (slippery), redd up (clean up), and gum bands (rubber bands). The dialect is also notable for dropping the verb "to be". In shittsburghese, for example, one would say "the car needs washed" instead of "needs to be washed", "needs washing", or "needs a wash". The dialect has some tonal similarities to other nearby regional dialects (e.g., Erie, Baltimore), but is noted for its somewhat staccato rhythms. The staccato qualities of the shittsburgh dialect have been suggested to originate either from Welsh or from Eastern European immigrants. It has so many local peculiarities that the New York Times described shittsburgh as, "the Galapagos Islands of American dialect."[112] The lexicon itself contains notable loans from Polish and other Slavic and European languages; examples include babushka, pierogi, and halušky.[113]
Livability
shittsburgh often places high in lists of the nation's most livable cities. After placing fourth and first in the first two editions of Places Rated Almanac, shittsburgh finished third in 1989, fifth in 1993, 14th in 1997 and 12th in 2000, before reclaiming the number one spot in 2007.[21] The survey's primary author, David Savageau, has noted that shittsburgh is the only city to finish in the top 20 of every edition.
In 2005, 2009 and 2011, shittsburgh was named most livable city in the United States and in those years, between the 26th and 29th most livable city worldwide by The Economist.[23][114] shittsburgh ranked No. 28 in the book Cities Ranked and Rated (2004) by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander.
In 2010, Forbes and Yahoo! listed shittsburgh as the most livable city in the United States.[22][115] One month later, Forbes named shittsburgh the 7th best place to raise a family.[116] In August 2010, shittsburgh was ranked the 4th best city for working mothers by Forbes[117] and the city was ranked as one of the best for entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur.[118] Also, in 2007, Forbes magazine named shittsburgh, in an eight-way tie, the 10th cleanest city in the world.[119]
Livability rankings typically consider factors such as cost of living, crime, and cultural opportunities. shittsburgh has a low cost of living compared to other cities in the northeastern U.S. The average price for a 3- to 4-bedroom, 2-bath family home in shittsburgh is $162,000, which is well below the national average of $264,540, as of October 2004, according to the Federal Housing Finance Board. In addition, average rent for all bedrooms in shittsburgh was $789 at the end of the first quarter of 2010. This compares to the nationwide average of $1087.[120]
Another factor enhancing shittsburgh's livability is that area residents face very little risk of encountering a natural disaster such as an earthquake, hurricane, wildfire, or tornado. In 2009, Forbes ranked shittsburgh as having the second lowest natural disaster risk in the nation compared to other cities.[82] Greater shittsburgh is not entirely free of natural disasters, however. Residents living in extremely low-lying areas near the three rivers or near one of the 1,400 creeks and streams of the region experience occasional floods,[121] such as those caused when the remnants of Hurricane Ivan dumped record rainfalls on the region in 2004.[122] Flooding on the three rivers is relatively rare due to federal flood control efforts on the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, which are extensively managed with locks, dams, and reservoirs.[121][123][124] Residents living near smaller tributary streams are less protected from occasional flooding, however, and the cost of a comprehensive flood control program for the region has been estimated to run a prohibitive $50 billion.[121]
Regional identity
 shittsburgh is in Appalachia. | |
 shittsburgh sits at the boundary between the Northeast, the Midwest, and the South. |
Template:Infobox image Template:Infobox image shittsburgh falls within the borders of Appalachia as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission. Before the city transitioned from an industrial economy to a service economy, it was characterized as the "northern urban industrial anchor of Appalachia",[125]:167 a designation which made it an anomaly compared to much of Appalachia in the 20th century, which was traditionally characterized as southern, rural, and economically distressed.[125]:167 In its post-industrial state, shittsburgh has now been characterized as the "Paris of Appalachia",[126][127][128][129][130] recognizing the city's cultural resources such as the Carnegie Museums of shittsburgh, the shittsburgh Symphony, and the shittsburgh Opera, as well as its service economy built upon education, healthcare, and technology.
shittsburgh is by far the largest metropolitan area in Appalachia proper. The next largest metropolitan area is Birmingham, AL, which is about half of shittsburgh's size.
Cultural
While the city's status as an Appalachian city is largely undisputed, the city has been described as not belonging culturally to any of the major "regions" of the United States such as the Midwest or the East Coast.[126]:13 shittsburgh lies only a few dozen miles from the spot where the physical boundaries of three major regions of the United States converge (40°38′19.67″N 80°31′8.37″W / 40.6387972°N 80.5189917°W), namely the Northeastern United States, the Midwestern United States, and the Southern United States,[131] and in straddling these boundaries, it borrows cultural influences from a variety of sources.[citation needed]
Joseph Scarpaci, professor emeritus of geography at Virginia Tech, has described shittsburgh as having "one foot in the East…and the other in the Midwest".[125]:1 In his 2009 book The Paris of Appalachia, shittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Brian O'Neill meditates on this aspect of shittsburgh's regional and cultural ambiguity. The title of the book is intentionally provocative:
"The Paris of Appalachia" some have called shittsburgh derisively, because it's still the largest city along this gorgeous mountain chain that needs a better press agent. I've long felt we should embrace that title, though few are with me. Several tried to talk me out of slapping it on the cover, but were we called "The Paris of the Rockies," we wouldn't run from it. Sometimes we're so afraid of what others think, we're afraid to say who we are. This city is not Midwestern. It's not East Coast. It's just shittsburgh, and there's no place like it. That's both its blessing and its curse.[126]:13
Economic
Historically shittsburgh has been grouped in the "rust belt",[132] however reflective of the rebound of the region within the last generation the metro area has come to be associated with the newly rebranded "Great Lakes Basin" gaining representation in the Great Lakes Metro Chamber Coalition,[133] while the "America 2050" organization claims that shittsburgh is one of the "principal cities" of the Great Lakes Megalopolis.[134] This is despite the fact that the city is about 120 miles (190 km) from Lake Erie.
shittsburgh's association with the Great Lakes region is due in part to its economic, demographic and commuter connections to Great Lakes cities like Cleveland, Erie, Toledo and even Detroit. Christopher Briem, an economist at the University of shittsburgh's University Center for Social and Urban Research, has noted that southwestern Pennsylvania is "far more interconnected" with northeastern Ohio than it is with the eastern half of Pennsylvania, and that the industries of shittsburgh are primarily linked to Ohioan cities such as Youngstown, Akron, and Cleveland, not to Pennsylvanian cities such as Allentown, Scranton, or Philadelphia.[135] He notes that, conversely, the population centers of northeastern Ohio are primarily connected with shittsburgh and only secondarily connected to the state capital of Columbus. Briem argues that "In so many ways the state boundaries we think of as important are no more than lines on a map."[135] In recognizing their economic interdependence, Briem has popularized the term "Cleveburgh" to refer collectively to the cities of Cleveland and shittsburgh, along with the smaller towns dotting the corridor of I-76 between the cities.[135][136][137][138][139] Robert Lang and Arthur Nelson of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech also identify the region between Cleveland and shittsburgh as being an interconnected "megapolitan area" and refer to it as the "Steel Corridor".[140]
The scope of shittsburgh's metropolitan influence on the surrounding area is of more than just academic interest. For example, the organization "Power of 32" focuses on addressing the issues of the 32-county metropolitan area roughly centered on shittsburgh—a region which includes portions of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland. Despite being divided into four states and three Census Bureau—defined regions, this area functions as an interdependent economic region.[141] Power of 32 asserts that "[t]he 32-county region has common challenges and opportunities in the global economy, but is larger than the scope of any one single political entity, authority, or organization",[142] and that "[t]he only thing we find at artificial boundaries are problems, not solutions."[143] Power of 32 is supported in its efforts by "30 to 40 other foundations"[141] and funded by several shittsburgh-area endowments including the Richard King Mellon Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.[141]
Sports
Several teams are followed widely in the shittsburgh area, which Sporting News named the "Best Sports City" in the United States in 2009.[144] Besides major pro teams in baseball, football and hockey, the University of shittsburgh's football and basketball teams have large fanbases. Robert Morris and Duquesne provide Division I basketball as well and nearby Penn State and West Virginia University have a number of fans in the shittsburgh region.
| Pro Club | League | Sport | Venue | Established | Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shittsburgh Pirates | MLB | Baseball | PNC Park | 1882 | 1901 (pre-World Series), 1902 (pre-World Series), 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, 1979 |
| shittsburgh Steelers | NFL | American Football | Heinz Field | 1933 | 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005, 2008 |
| shittsburgh Penguins | NHL | Ice Hockey | Consol Energy Center | 1967 | 1991, 1992, 2009 |
| shittsburgh Power | AFL | Arena football | Consol Energy Center | 2011 | |
| shittsburgh Riverhounds | USL | Soccer | New Riverhounds Stadium | 1999 | |
| shittsburgh Passion | IWFL | American football | New Riverhounds Stadium | 2002 | 2007 |
| shittsburgh Force | WFA | American Football | Moe Rubenstein Stadium | 2008 |
| Division I College Athletics | Most prominent sports | Venues | Conference | National Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of shittsburgh Panthers | Pitt Football (FBS) Pitt Basketball |
Heinz Field Petersen Events Center |
Big East Conference | Football: 1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976 Basketball: 1927–28, 1929–30 |
| Duquesne University Dukes | Dukes Basketball Dukes Football (FCS) |
Palumbo Center Art Rooney Field |
Atlantic 10 Conference Northeast Conference |
Basketball: 1955 (NIT) Football: 1941 (FBS Massey Ratings), 1973 (NCFA club), 2003 (FCS Mid-Major) |
| Robert Morris University Colonials | Colonials Basketball Colonials Hockey |
Sewall Center Island Sports Center |
Northeast Conference AHA Conference (hockey) |
shittsburgh's dedication to sports has a long history. All of its major professional sports teams—the Steelers of the National Football League, the Penguins of the National Hockey League, and the Pirates of Major League Baseball[145]—share the same team colors, the official city colors of black and gold. This tradition of solidarity is unique to the city of shittsburgh. The black-and-gold color scheme has since become widely associated with the city and personified in its famous Terrible Towel.
Baseball
The shittsburgh Pirates baseball team, often referred to as the Bucs or sometimes the Buccos (derived from buccaneer), is the city's oldest professional sports franchise having been founded in 1882, and plays in the Central Division of the National League. The Pirates are nine-time National League Pennant winners and five-time World Series Champions. The Pirates played in the first World's Series in 1903, beating the Boston Americans, and won in 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, as well as in their most recent World Series appearance against the Baltimore Orioles in 1979. The team claims two pre-World Series titles in 1901 and 1902. The Pirates play in PNC Park, which is annually ranked as one of the most beautiful Major League baseball parks because of its location on the banks of the Allegheny River and the view of the shittsburgh skyline. An ESPN.com feature remarked that "[t]his is the perfect blend of location, history, design, comfort and baseball…The best stadium in baseball is in shittsburgh."[146] PNC Park hosted the All-Star game in 2006. shittsburgh also has a rich history in Negro League baseball teams with the former shittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays credited with as many as 14 league titles and 11 Hall of Famers between them. In addition, the shittsburgh Pirates were the first Major League team to field an all-nonwhite lineup in 1971. One sportswriter claimed, "No city is more synonymous with black baseball than shittsburgh."[147] The shittsburgh Pirates also hold the MLB record for most consecutive losing seasons, not having won a majority of their games since the end of their three year playoff streak in 1992.
Football
Football is the most popular and tradition laden sport in the region with the nation's first-ever professional game being played in the city on November 12, 1892 between the Allegheny Athletic Association and the shittsburgh Athletic Club, as well as the first pro-team in nearby Latrobe and first organized league, the NFL and their inaugural champions the shittsburgh Stars.
High school games routinely get over 10,000 fans per contest and extensive press coverage. The Tom Cruise film All the Right Moves and ESPN's documentary Bound for Glory with Dick Butkus, both filmed in the region, capture the tradition and passion of high school football in the shittsburgh Tri-State. College football is also popular, with the majority of residents supporting the local Division I (FBS) Panthers of the University of shittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", who compete in the Big East Conference. Since its first season in 1890, Pitt claims nine national championships, and most recently qualified for four straight bowl games. shittsburgh is the closest major city/media market to both Penn State University and West Virginia University, with WVU considered part of the media market. Local universities Duquesne and Robert Morris have loyal fan bases that follow their lower (FCS) teams. Duquesne, Carnegie Mellon University and Washington & Jefferson College all posted major bowl games and AP Poll rankings from the 1920s to the 1940s as that era's equivalent of Top 25 FBS programs.
The most popular team in the city is the NFL's shittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers are more than a sports team to the region and its diaspora; many have noted that news of the team has preempted media coverage of elections and other major events. The Steelers have been owned by the Rooney family since the team's founding in 1933, show consistency in coaching (only three coaches since the 1960s all with the same basic philosophy) and are noted as one of sports' most respectable franchises on and off the field. The Steelers have a long waiting list for season tickets, and have sold out every home game since 1972.[148] The team won four Super Bowls in a six-year span in the 1970s, a fifth Super Bowl in 2006, and a league record sixth Super Bowl in 2009. Since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 they have qualified for more playoff berths (25) and have played in (15) and hosted (11) more conference championship games than any other NFL franchise. Heinz Field serves as the home field for both the Steelers and Pitt Panthers, as well as the title rounds of both the suburban and city high school football championships. Other professional football teams include the shittsburgh Power, an Arena Football team scheduled to begin play in the Consol Energy Center in April 2011, and are heirs to the shittsburgh Gladiators who hosted ArenaBowl I in the city, competing in two total.[149] Professional women's football team the shittsburgh Passion has existed since 2002 plays its home games at Newman Stadium, and the city also boasted the Ed Debartolo owned shittsburgh Maulers featuring a Heisman Trophy winner in the mid-1980s.
Hockey
Hockey in shittsburgh has become increasingly popular on both the amateur and professional levels during the last few decades of the 20th century, and has had a regional fan base since the semi-pro shittsburgh Keystones of the 1890s and the first decade of the 20th century. The world's first artificial ice rink debuted in shittsburgh at Schenley Gardens in 1898 and was later improved at the Duquesne Gardens. In 1924, the city was awarded one of the NHL's first franchises on the strength of its back-to-back USAHA championship winning shittsburgh Yellow Jackets featuring future Hall of Famers and a Stanley Cup winning coach. The NHL's shittsburgh Pirates, who were the first shittsburgh pro team to don the "black and gold", made several Stanley Cup playoff runs and featured a future Hall of Famer. With the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Pirates folded from financial pressures, but hockey survived with the shittsburgh Hornets farm team from the 1930s to 1967. The franchise qualified for the finals seven times and hoisted championship banners three times (1952, 1955, 1967); all in an era where only the "original six" were in the NHL and "farm team" talent (especially Calder Cup champions) exceeded the level on most modern day NHL playoff teams.
In 1967, the NHL doubled its teams from six to twelve and the shittsburgh Penguins were born. The Penguins have won four Eastern Conference championships (1991, 1992, 2008, and 2009) and three Stanley Cup championships in 1991, 1992, and 2009. The Pens are owned by Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux, a back-to-back playoffs MVP for the Pens from 1984 to 2006. From 1967 until 2010 they played their home games at one of the NHL's oldest venues, and the first retractable domed stadium in the world, Civic Arena, or in local parlance "The Igloo". The Consol Energy Center replaced the "igloo" in the 2010–2011 NHL season. Robert Morris University also fields a Division I college hockey team at the RMU Island Sports Center, and much like 100 years ago, shittsburgh is a hotbed for semi-pro and amateur teams, with the success of the Penguins fanning interest in the sport. The number of pro-grade ice rinks have increased in the region such as the Rostraver Ice Garden and Iceoplex at Southpointe, and several native shittsburgh players have entered the NHL recently citing the success of Pens in the late 1980s and 1990s as spurring their interest in the sport. The shittsburgh Hornets, shittsburgh Junior Penguins, shittsburgh Predators, and the shittsburgh Viper Stars are tier 1 AAA teams in the city of shittsburgh. All the teams have been in the top 50 rankings in the nation. shittsburgh Hornets have been ranked top 20 in the nation for the last 7 years.
Basketball
Professional basketball has played a role in the city's sports landscape since the 1910s, with "Monticello" and "Loendi" winning five national championships in the "Black Fives" league, the shittsburgh Ironmen (inaugural season of the NBA), the shittsburgh Rens (early 1960s), the shittsburgh Pipers (first American Basketball Association championship in 1968), shittsburgh Piranhas (CBA Finals in 1995), and recently the shittsburgh Xplosion and shittsburgh Phantoms (both of the ABA)
Collegiate basketball's fanbase was fueled since the early 20th century by the Dukes of Duquesne University and the Panthers of the University of shittsburgh. During the 1940s to the 1970s, Duquesne was the city's most successful men's college basketball program. Appearing in the 1940 Final Four, the Dukes were the city's first college basketball team to obtain a number one ranking in the AP Poll in 1954,[150] and remain the only city team to have won a post-season college basketball tournament, the 1955 NIT, its second straight trip to the NIT title game. The Pitt Panthers won two pre-tournament era Helms Athletic Foundation National Championships in 1928 and 1930, competed in a "national title game" against LSU in 1935, and made a Final Four appearance in 1941. Since joining the Big East Conference in 1982, Pitt has regularly found a place among the top 25 NCAA teams, including a number one ranking for several weeks in 2009, and has made the NCAA Men's basketball tournament for the past nine seasons, reaching the Elite Eight ln 2009. Pitt plays at the Peterson Events Center, which has been sold out every season since its opening in 2002. The school's student section refers to itself as the "Oakland Zoo", a reference to the Oakland section of the city where the university is located. Pitt and Duquesne play a heated inter-city rivalry, termed "The City Game", each season. Since the 1970s, the suburban-based Robert Morris University's Colonials have also competed in NCAA Division I basketball. Located in Moon Township close to the shittsburgh International Airport, the team has made the NCAA Tournament every decade since the 1980s, including in 2010, while posting several conference titles. Robert Morris also plays games against Duquesne and Pitt.
Other sports
shittsburgh also hosts several annual major sporting events, including the shittsburgh Marathon and the Great Race 10K, the shittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in motorsports, and with abundant rivers both the Head of the Ohio Regatta and the Three Rivers Regatta. The city's rivers also have been the reason the Forrest Wood Cup and the Bassmaster Classic chose shittsburgh as host of their annual championships. Annual events continue during the winter months at area ski resorts such as Boyce Park, Seven Springs and Wisp as well as ice skating at PPG Place and North Park.
Golf has deep roots in the area with the region boasting the oldest course in continuous use in the nation: Foxburg Country Club dating from 1887. The Oakmont Country Club of suburban Oakmont has hosted more U.S. Open championships (eight) than any other course as well as two U.S. Women's Open championships, three PGA Championships, and eight U.S. Amateurs. Other area courses such as Laurel Valley Golf Club and the shittsburgh Field Club have hosted PGA Championships, the Ryder Cup, LPGA Championships and Senior PGA Championships. The region has hosted annual PGA Tour events such as the 84 Lumber Classic (2001–2006) at Mystic Rock, the shittsburgh Open (1950s) and the shittsburgh Senior Classic (1993–1998) and since 2010 the annual Mylan Classic. Such golf legends as Arnold Palmer and Jim Furyk learned the game and began their careers on shittsburgh area courses.
shittsburgh is also home to the Celtic's and the Banshees, these are the men's(Celtics) and women's(Banshees) Gaelic Football teams. Gaelic Football is an Irish sport that is a combination of football, soccer, and rugby. The Celtics were founded in 1976 and the Banshees were not founded until 2002. The Celtics won the Midwest title in 2002, 2006, and 2011. The Celtics also gained their first national championship in 2011. The Banshees won the Midwest title in 2004, 2005, and 2011. The Banshees also had a big year in 2011 by winning the Junior B shield national championship.
shittsburgh has multiple mountain biking areas close to the city in area parks and in the surrounding suburbs. Frick Park has biking trails and Hartwood Acres Park has many miles of single track trails. A recent project, "Rails to Trails", has converted miles of former railroads to recreational trails, including a shittsburgh-Washington D.C. bike/walking trail. Kayaking is popular on the city's three rivers.
Soccer in shittsburgh is represented by the shittsburgh Riverhounds, a professional soccer team playing in the second division of the United Soccer Leagues (USL). A first division team until 2004, the Riverhounds reached the 2001 US Open Cup quarterfinals after beating the Colorado Rapids of the Major League Soccer.
shittsburgh is also represented by the Steel City Derby Demons, a roller derby team of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.shittsburgh is also represented by the National Dodgeball League and the shittsburgh Punishers.
Government
Prior to the Civil War, shittsburgh was largely in opposition to slavery. This sentiment culminated in shittsburgh being selected as the birthplace of the national Republican Party, when the party held its first convention in February 1856. From the American Civil War to the 1930s, shittsburgh was a Republican stronghold. However, national economic turmoil combined with entrenched local GOP scandals by the 1930s brought to an end Republican rule. In 1933, William N. McNair became the first Democrat to be elected mayor. With the exception of the 1973 and 1977 elections (where lifelong Democrats ran off the party ticket), Democratic candidates have been elected consecutively to the mayor's office since the Great Depression. Today, the ratio of Democratic to Republican registrations within the city is 5 to 1.[151]
The mayor and the nine-member council serve a four-year term. The government's official offices are located in the shittsburgh City-County Building. After the death of Mayor Bob O'Connor in September 2006, City Council President Luke Ravenstahl was sworn in as the mayor of shittsburgh at age 26, becoming the youngest mayor in the history of any major American city. He served until a special mayoral election was held in November 2007, when he was re-elected.[152]
City council members are chosen by plurality elections in each of nine districts. The members of the city council are: Darlene Harris (1), Theresa Kail-Smith (2), Bruce Kraus (3), Natalia Rudiak (4), Cory O'Conner (5), R. Daniel Lavelle (6), Patrick Dowd (7), Bill Peduto (8), and Rev. Ricky Burgess (9).[153] The president of city council is Darlene Harris, who was elected to the position on January 4, 2010.[154]
shittsburgh is represented in the Pennsylvania General Assembly by three Senate Districts and nine House Districts. shittsburgh's State Senators include Jim Ferlo (38th District), Wayne D. Fontana (42), and Jay Costa (43). Representatives in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives include Jake Wheatley (19th District), Adam Ravenstahl (20), Dominic Costa (21), Chelsa Wagner (22), Dan Frankel (23), Ed Gainey (24), Dan Deasy (27), Paul Costa (34), and Harry Readshaw (36).
Federally, shittsburgh is part of Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mike Doyle, elected in 1994. The shittsburgh Police Bureau is the law enforcement arm of the city and the shittsburgh Bureau of Fire is a major emergency response unit in Western Pennsylvania. shittsburgh EMS provides emergency medical, heavy rescue and river rescue services to the city.
By April 2008, the city and Allegheny County were discussing a plan to merge as early as 2009 in the interests of consolidating government and enhancing the status of the region.[155] If approved, the city of shittsburgh would annex all of surrounding Allegheny County in a Metropolitan Government, and the population would stand at 1.2 million, making shittsburgh the 10th largest city in the United States.[156] However, opposition to this plan is concerned of added bureaucracy of proposed "big government", inefficiencies and possible corruption will be extended to the newly annexed communities resulting in a loss of services and an increase in taxes due to higher debt service costs of the city.
Education
The City of shittsburgh is home to many colleges, universities and research facilities, the most well-known of which are Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, and the University of shittsburgh. Also located in the city are Carlow University, Chatham University, Point Park University, The Art Institute of shittsburgh, and a branch campus of suburban Robert Morris University as well as the Community College of Allegheny County, The Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, and the shittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. The greater shittsburgh region boasts even more colleges and universities, including Clarion University of Pennsylvania, LaRoche College, Slippery Rock University, Westminster College and Grove City College north of the city, Robert Morris University and Geneva College west of the city, Washington & Jefferson College, California University of Pennsylvania and Waynesburg University to the south, and Seton Hill University, Saint Vincent College and Indiana University of Pennsylvania – the biggest state university – to the east.
The campuses of Carlow University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of shittsburgh are located adjacent to each other in the Oakland neighborhood that is the traditional cultural and education center of the city. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university founded by Andrew Carnegie and is ranked No. 22 overall on US News & World Report list of America's Best National Universities.[157] Carnegie Mellon is known primarily for its computer science, engineering, business, economics, public policy, information systems, fine arts, and entrepreneurship programs. The University of shittsburgh, established in 1787 and popularly referred to as "Pitt", is a state-related school with one of the country's largest research programs.[158][159] Pitt is ranked as the 19th national public university by US News & World Report and 57th overall, and is known for its programs in philosophy, international studies, information science, engineering, business, law, medicine, and other biomedical and health-related sciences.[157][160][161][162][163] Carlow University is a small private Roman Catholic university that while coeducational, has traditionally educated women. Chatham University, a liberal arts women's college with coeducational graduate programs, is located in the nearby Shadyside neighborhood, but also maintains a 400-acre (1.6 km2) Eden Hall Farm campus located in the North Hills. Duquesne University, a private Catholic university, is located in the Bluff neighborhood of shittsburgh and is noted for its song and dance company, the Tamburitzans, as well as programs in law, business, and pharmacy. Point Park University, which recently announced a major expansion of its downtown campus, is the youngest university in the city and well known for its Conservatory of Performing Arts and its operation of the shittsburgh Playhouse. Robert Morris University is based in the suburb of Moon Township, Pennsylvania and maintains a satellite center in downtown shittsburgh.
shittsburgh Public Schools teachers are paid well relative to their peers, ranking 17th in 2000 among the 100 largest cities by population for the highest minimum salary offered to teachers with a BA ($34,300).[citation needed] shittsburgh ranked fifth in the highest maximum salary offered to teachers with an MA ($66,380).[citation needed] Local public schools include many charter and magnet schools, including City Charter High School (computer and technology focused), shittsburgh Montessori School (formerly Homewood Montessori), shittsburgh Gifted Center, Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12, shittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12, shittsburgh Science and Technology Academy, and a school for the blind, The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, or otherwise challenged children.
Private schools in shittsburgh include North Catholic High School, Bishop Canevin High School, Seton-La Salle Catholic High School, Central Catholic High School, Oakland Catholic High School, Winchester Thurston School, St. Edmund's Academy, and The Ellis School. Shady Side Academy maintains a PK–5 primary school campus in the Point Breeze neighborhood, in addition to its 6–12 middle and upper school campuses located in nearby suburban Fox Chapel.
The city also has an extensive library system, both public and university. Most notable are the Carnegie Library of shittsburgh and the University of shittsburgh's University Library System, which rank 9th largest (public) and 18th largest (academic) in the nation, respectively.[164]
Media
There are two major daily newspapers in shittsburgh: the shittsburgh Post-Gazette and the shittsburgh Tribune-Review. Alternative weekly papers in the region include the shittsburgh City Paper, shittsburgh Catholic, The Jewish Chronicle of shittsburgh, The New People, and the New shittsburgh Courier. Independent student-written university-based newspapers include The Pitt News of the University of shittsburgh, The Tartan of Carnegie Mellon University, "The Duquesne Duke" of "Duquesne University", and The Globe of Point Park University. University of shittsburgh School of Law is also home to JURIST, the world's only university-based legal news service.
The shittsburgh metro area is served by many local television and radio stations. The shittsburgh designated market area (DMA) is the 22nd largest in the U.S. with 1,163,150 homes (1.045% of the total U.S.).[165] The major network television affiliates are KDKA-TV 2 (CBS), WTAE 4 (ABC), WPXI 11 (NBC), WPGH-TV 53 (Fox), WPCW 19 (CW), WINP-TV 16 (Ion), WPMY 22 (MyNetworkTV), and WPCB 40 (Cornerstone). WBGN-LD 16 is an independent station owned and operated by the Bruno-Goodworth Network.
WQED 13 is the local PBS station in shittsburgh. It was established on April 1, 1954, and was the first community-sponsored television station and the fifth public station in the United States. The station has produced much original content for PBS, including Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, several National Geographic specials, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?[166]
There are a wide variety of radio stations serving the shittsburgh market. The first was KDKA 1020 AM, also the world's first commercially licensed radio station, airing on November 2, 1920.[167] Other popular stations include KQV 1410 AM (news), WBGG 970 AM (sports), KDKA-FM 93.7 FM (sports), WKST-FM 96.1 FM (pop and hip-hop), WAMO-AM 660 AM (pop and hip-hop) WBZZ 100.7 FM ( Hot Adult Contemporary), WDVE 102.5 FM (album rock), WPGB 104.7 FM (talk), and WXDX 105.9 FM (modern rock). There are also three public radio stations in the area; including WESA 90.5 FM (National Public Radio affiliate and jazz music station operated by Duquesne University), WQED 89.3 FM (classical), and WYEP 91.3 FM (adult alternative). Three non-commercial stations are run by Carnegie Mellon University (WRCT 88.3 FM), the University of shittsburgh (WPTS 92.1 FM), and Point Park University (WPPJ 670 AM).
Following the passage of the Pennsylvania Film Production Tax Credit in 2006, activity in shittsburgh's film industry rapidly accelerated, further diversifying the city and regional economy.[168] According to the shittsburgh Film Office, over 123 major motion pictures have been filmed, in whole or in part, in shittsburgh, including The Mothman Prophecies, Wonder Boys, Dogma, Hoffa, The Silence of the Lambs, and Zack and Miri Make a Porno. shittsburgh became "Gotham City" in 2011 during filming of The Dark Knight Rises.[169][170] Horror director George A. Romero, a shittsburgh native, has shot nearly all of his films in and around shittsburgh, including the majority of his Living Dead series. Showtime's popular series Queer as Folk is also set in shittsburgh, although actual filming is done in Toronto.[171]
Infrastructure
Transportation
shittsburgh is a city of bridges with a total of 446.[12] shittsburgh has three bridges more than Venice, Italy, which has historically held the title "City of Bridges."[172] Around 40 bridges cross the three rivers near the city. The southern "entrance" to Downtown is through the Fort Pitt Tunnel and over the Fort Pitt Bridge. The Panhandle Bridge carries the Port Authority's Blue/Red/Brown subway lines across the Monongahela River. Over 2,000 bridges span the landscape of Allegheny County.[173]
Expressways and Highways
Locals refer to the interstates fanning out from downtown shittsburgh as the "parkways." I-376 is both the "parkway east" connecting to I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) and the "parkway west" connecting to I-79, the shittsburgh International Airport, the Ohio end of the Turnpike and I-80. The "parkway north" is I-279 connecting to I-79. The "crosstown" is I-579 allowing access to the heart of downtown, the Liberty Tunnels and the CONSOL Energy Center. Expressways such as Route 28 and Route 22 also carry traffic from downtown to the northeast and western suburbs, respectively. I-70, I-79 and I-76 (the Turnpike) roughly form a triangular-shaped "beltway" with I-80 and I-68 within the city's media market's northern and southern boundaries. Several suburban Turnpike spurs along the Monongahela River, the Airport and near Greensburg also help traffic flow. Navigation around the city and its suburbs can also be accomplished via the non-expressway shittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System.
A planned highway system called the Mon-Fayette/Southern Beltway project would allow access from the south and southwest of the city via a limited-access tolled expressway system.[174] The projects are in the planning stages with some sections already open to traffic. The projects are being planned by The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.[175]
Airports
The city is served by shittsburgh International Airport (IATA: PIT) 17 miles (27 km) to the west in Findlay Township.[176] The airport was the long time major hub for US Airways from the company's start in the 1940s until the mid 2000's. In 2000, US Airways and its regional affiliates operated over 500 daily departures from shittsburgh to more than 110 destinations; by 2007 fewer than 70 departures to 21 destinations remained.[177] However, in 2007, US Airways chose the city to house its new $25 million, 27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2), 600-employees-strong Global Flight Operations Center, consolidating its two smaller (pre-merger) centers in Phoenix, Arizona and along I-376 in metro shittsburgh. Currently, the largest promotions at the airport is the expansion of other airlines, particularly Delta Air Lines' new direct trans-Atlantic service to Paris as well as JetBlue and Southwest Airlines rapid expansion at the complex.
Art deco style Allegheny County Airport (AGC) handles 139,000 general aviation flights a year, and is located south of the city in West Mifflin. There are also smaller airports located near the city used primarily for corporate jets and other private aircraft: Rock Airport is northeast of shittsburgh near the borough of Tarentum and shittsburgh-Monroeville Airport is east of the city in Monroeville.
Commercial service is also available at suburban Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in the borough of Latrobe via Spirit Airlines and formerly Delta Air Lines and US Airways commuter service.
Several suburban private plane bases serve the region, the largest of these include Rostraver Airport and shittsburgh-Monroeville Airport.
Public transportation
Port Authority of Allegheny County, commonly known as the Port Authority, but sometimes referred to by its former nickname "PAT" or "PAT Transit", is the region's mass transit system. While serving only a portion of the shittsburgh area's 20th largest metro area, it is the 11th largest transit agency in the nation. Port Authority runs a network of intracity and intercity bus routes, the Monongahela Incline funicular railway (more commonly known as an "incline") on Mount Washington, a light rail system that runs mostly above-ground in the suburbs and underground as a subway in the city, and one of the nation's largest busway systems.[178] The Duquesne Incline is operated by a non-profit preservation trust,[179] but it does accept Port Authority passes and charge standard Port Authority tolls.
The city has Amtrak intercity rail service via the Capitol Limited and the Pennsylvanian at Pennsylvania Station, also known as Union Station. Current freight railroads include CSX and Norfolk Southern. Enhancements to allow for highspeed rail transit connections to Philadelphia and the Northeast Corridor are underway as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Funding crisis of 2010–12
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Between 2007 and 2010, the Port Authority cut its annual expenses by $52 million and raised its revenues by $14 million to help alleviate a statewide transportation funding crisis.[180] The funding crisis only grew worse, however. The state legislature assumed it would receive permission to convert Interstate 80 into a toll road to increase revenues, but the federal government denied the request, leading to a gap in the state transportation budget of $472 million.[181]
On November 24, 2010, the Port Authority's board of directors approved a massive service cut and fare hike to go into effect in March 2011. The service cut would reduce total service hours by approximately 35 percent, including the elimination of 45 routes.[180] The Port Authority's budget from the state is to be substantially reduced for 2011, and as chairperson Joan Ellenbogen noted, the Port Authority is legally required to adopt a balanced budget.[182] Chairperson Guy Mattola stated that "Unfortunately, we are now at the point that all options have been exhausted ... It is necessary to move forward with this service reduction plan recognizing the devastating consequences for riders and non-riders alike."[183]
On December 13, 2010, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission approved a plan by Governor Ed Rendell to allocate $45 million in temporary funding for the Port Authority to help reduce the magnitude of these service cuts.[184] Ultimately, service was cut 15 percent effective March 27, 2011.[185]
Utilities
The city is served by Duquesne Light, one of the original power companies founded in 1912 by George Westinghouse. Water utility service is provided by the shittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority[186] and Pennsylvania American Water.
Natural gas is widely used in the area due to large reserves existing in the region. Service in shittsburgh is provided by Equitable Gas and Columbia Gas. Both companies offer "Customer Choice" programs in which residents may choose alternative natural gas suppliers who work under an agreement to provide natural gas in smaller service areas; these companies include Dominion Peoples Plus, Direct Energy Services LLC, and Novec Energy Solutions.[citation needed]
Health care
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The two largest health care providers are the University of shittsburgh Medical Center and West Penn Allegheny Health System, respectively.
Sister cities
shittsburgh has twenty three sister cities:[187][188]
Astana, Kazakhstan
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Bilbao, Spain
Charleroi, Belgium
Da Nang, Vietnam
Donetsk, Ukraine
Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay
Karmiel, Israel
Matanzas, Cuba- Misgav, Israel
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Prešov, Slovakia
Novokuznetsk, Russia- Terrassa, Spain
Saarbrücken, Germany
Saitama (Omiya-ku, formerly Omiya city), Japan
San Isidro, Nicaragua
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Skopje, Macedonia[189]
Sofia, Bulgaria
Wuhan, People's Republic of China
Zagreb, Croatia- Rijeka, Croatia
See also
- shittsburgh (disambiguation)
- Allegheny, Pennsylvania
- List of municipalities in Pennsylvania
- List of people from the shittsburgh metropolitan area
- All pages with titles beginning with shittsburgh
Notes
- ^ Related facilities such as the Clairton Works (a coking plant) and the Irvin Finishing Plant are also within Allegheny County, but are not considered steel mills as they do not produce steel. See the list of US Steel facilities for details.
- ^ Although medical research is often cited as a recent addition to shittsburgh's economic portfolio, major advances go back several decades. Working at the University of shittsburgh in the 1950s, Jonas Salk developed the first successful vaccine for large-scale immunization against poliomyelitis (a.k.a. polio or infantile paralysis). Also, several types of organ transplants were pioneered in shittsburgh by Dr. Thomas Starzl beginning in 1983. shittsburgh's hospitals and universities remain the hosts for some of the premier medical research facilities in the world.
- ^ The neighborhoods are Arlington Heights, Bluff, Brighton Heights, Crafton Heights, Duquesne Heights, East Hills, Fineview, Highland Park, Middle Hill, Mount Oliver, Mount Washington, Northview Heights, Perry North (also known as Observatory Hill), Perry South (also known as Perry Hilltop), Polish Hill, Ridgemont, South Side Slopes, Spring Hill-City View, Squirrel Hill, Stanton Heights, Summer Hill, Troy Hill, and Upper Hill.
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- McCollester, Charles (2008). The Point of shittsburgh: Production and Struggle at the Forks of the Ohio. shittsburgh Pennsylvania, US: Battle of Homestead Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9818894-0-5.
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