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Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere or H.O.R.D.E. Festival was a touring summer rock music festival originated by the musical group Blues Traveler in 1992. In addition to travelling headliners, the festival gave exposure to bands, charities, and organizations from the local area of the concert.
The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) Historic Landmark plaque program was begun in 1968 in order to identify architecturally significant structures and significant pieces of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States's local heritage throughout Allegheny County. Nominations are reviewed by the private non-profit foundation's ...
The Air Brake Company employed 3,000 citizens from the surrounding Pittsburgh area, but its work force was composed almost entirely of individuals from Wilmerding. [18] The office buildings were used until the building was vacated in 1985. [15] It was then donated to the American Production and Inventory Control Society. [15]
Pittsburgh Humane Society [12] and Chemical and Physiological Society [12] established. 1814 Fort Lafayette is abandoned. Pittsburgh Permanent Library Company established. [12] 1815 Allegheny College is established. 1816 March 18: Pittsburgh borough is incorporated as a city. [14] Ebenezer Denny becomes mayor. [8] 1820 Population: 7,248. [10] 1825
According to Preservation Pittsburgh's website, the organization has nominated 35 Pittsburgh sites, structures, and districts for City of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark Designation since 1991. It has also nominated 3 historic districts (two parks and one neighborhood) for the National Register of Historic Places .
Landmarks acquired the former terminal buildings and yards of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, a 1-mile (1.6 km) long property at the base of Mt. Washington facing the City of Pittsburgh. In 1976, Landmarks developed the site as a mixed-use historic adaptive reuse development that gave the foundation the opportunity to put its urban ...
The Firstside Historic District is a historic district in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1988, and its boundaries were expanded on May 8, 2013. [1]
This is a list of parks in Pittsburgh. All public parkland in the City of Pittsburgh is maintained by the Pittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Public Works. All public parkland in the City of Pittsburgh is maintained by the Pittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation and the Department of Public Works.