I recently read in the paper that Point Park University, who is the owner of the Pittsburgh Playhouse, is planning to demolish the former Pittsburgh Playhouse complex and old Tree of Life Synagogue. Of course, when I heard that I knew that I had to make a trip out to Oakland to snap a few …
Museums always harbor fascinating secrets that are waiting to be uncovered. Just not all of them take more than 150 years to be discovered like the one at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. The second most famous display in the museum (next to the dinosaurs, of course) is a taxidermy diorama created …
If you know me, you know that I love history. I have a lot of really interesting antiques, postcards, and photographs that I have collected over the years. What good is a collection, however, if you can’t share it? This is why I have decided to do a weekly Throwback Thursday (#TBT) history post. I …
I love history and especially historic buildings. I just think of all the stories those walls could tell. Find out out what these stories are is sort of a mystery to me. I love seeing how a building has evolved and changed over the years. I was only vaguely aware of the history of Hotel …
