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A refurbished Skybus car on display near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Transit Expressway Revenue Line (TERL), commonly known as Skybus, was a proposed people mover rapid transit system developed by Westinghouse for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1960s–1970s.
The Pittsburgh Pipers re-locate back to Pittsburgh; 1970 The Pittsburgh Pipers of the American Basketball Association are renamed the Pittsburgh Condors. Three Rivers Stadium opens. U.S. Steel Tower built. Population: 540,025. 1971 October 17: Pittsburgh Pirates win 1971 World Series baseball contest. 1972
Linhart-Braddock-East Pittsburgh 65H: East Pittsburgh-Park View Merged into the 65G on September 5, 1965. 65J: Braddock-Forest Hills 65K: Braddock-Bessemer Terrace Merged into the 65G on September 5, 1965. 65M: Corey Avenue Merged with the 65N to form the 65G in mid-1964. 65N: Library Street Merged with the 65M to form the 65G in mid-1964. 65N
First permanent electric line in Pittsburgh, Second Avenue Traction Co. Short turn of the 56. 58 Greenfield by 1915 [1] Jul 4, 1964 [6] 59 Homeville – Homestead Mar 8, 1953 [25] Double-ended shuttle [11] 60 East Liberty-Homestead Sep 20, 1958 [12] Some cars extended to serve Kennywood Park, signed East Liberty-Kennywood: 62 Trafford by Dec 1 ...
The Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, commonly called the Harmony Line, was a broad gauge [1] interurban streetcar line connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States to Butler and New Castle via Harmony and a split at Evans City. There was also an extension that was later added to the line from Ellwood City to Beaver Falls.
The first World Series was played at Exposition Park by the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Americans (now known as the Boston Red Sox) in 1903. Gus & Yia-Yia's Iceball Stand, selling fresh popcorn, peanuts, and old-fashioned iceballs (similar to snow cones) hand-scraped from a block of ice, has been in West Park since 1934.
Forging a Majority: The Formation of the Republican Party in Pittsburgh, 1848-18 (1969). Ingham, John N. Making Iron and Steel: Independent Mills in Pittsburgh, 1820–1920. Ohio State U. Press, 1991. 297 pp. Kleinberg, S. J. The Shadow of the Mills: Working-Class Families in Pittsburgh, 1870–1907. U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 414 pp.
The Crossroads of the World”: A Social and Cultural History of Jazz in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, 1920-1970 [permanent dead link ]. PhD diss., University of Pittsburgh. Morrow, Christoper (2014). Hill House Celebrates Charter School Archived 2017-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, New Pittsburgh Courier. Whitaker, Mark.