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posted on
December 13th, 2008
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The floodgates open at the Viaduct

To avoid the sick trap of getting the Petula Clark pop song "Downtown" stuck in my head whenever I think of downtown Pittsburgh, I give my internal voice a solid yinzer accent, rendering it "dahnta ...

posted on
December 12th, 2008
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Digging Pitt
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Pittsburgh

World Turned Upside Down Part 3

As usual, Cleveburgh Diaspora had a great post about migration trends which brought me back to my "read more about "World Turned Upside Down Part..."

posted on
December 11th, 2008
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Digging Pitt
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Tony Buba / Film Kitchen last Tuesday

Kudos to Matt Day for assembling a fantastic Film Kitchen last Tuesday night at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Getting the blatantly obvious out of the way, he wangled the best food ever out of Chipotle gr ...

posted on
December 10th, 2008
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Digging Pitt
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Pittsburgh

Rust Belt bloggers Public Art Post: Waffle Shop: A Reality Show

Josh Rubin's contextual art class at CMU struggles to find new and interesting ...

posted on
December 9th, 2008
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Digging Pitt
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Pittsburgh

Is News Now A Charity?

Can't say I was entirely surprised, but two recent stories about the health of major newspapers really hit home. The Tribune Company, owner of the Chicago Tribune, LA Times and several other major ...

posted on
December 4th, 2008
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Digging Pitt
based in
Pittsburgh

The Wise Chinese

As the U.S. and the west's bubble economy implodes, exposing the thin air at it's core, the political players and crony capitalists have grasped at the hope that they can pull the world's last solv ...

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posted on
December 3rd, 2008
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Digging Pitt
based in
Pittsburgh

What do you think?

I have been avidly following JT Kirkland's most recent blog project on artists reviewing artists. The project is hosted on his Thinking About Art read more about "What do you think?"

posted on
December 3rd, 2008
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Digging Pitt
based in
Pittsburgh

The Streetsblog Network

I know there's a lot of of optimism out there about the new administration, most of which I don't share. Partly, I'm more than a little concerned about our ability to pay for ambitious new projects ...

posted on
December 2nd, 2008
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Digging Pitt
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Pittsburgh

A Cold Hard Look At Braddock

I know I have given the town of Braddock a lot of good press, it still has some wonderful buildings, a good location, tons of history and a tiny number of very committed backers. But Null Space read more about "A Cold Hard Look At..."

posted on
December 1st, 2008
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Digging Pitt
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Pittsburgh

Obscurae Fundraiser For Braddock Arts Projects

I know I told everyone to stop shopping, but if you have any reasonable amount of money ...