In the 1940's-1950's, this neighborhood was "the" place for Jazz between New York and Chicago.
What is The Hill District?
100
This popular amuzement ride was introduced at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
What is the Ferris Wheel?
100
The Warhol, Clemente and Rachel Carson Bridges make up the 'sister bridges'. These are the street numbers that correspond with the bridges.
What is 6th, 7th, 9th?
100
There are two sets of what looks to be railroad tracks going up the side of the mountain and were once the primary mode of transportation for residents living on Mt. Washington.
What are the Inclines?
100
Opened his first steel mill in Braddock in 1872
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
200
Andrew Carnegie opened his first major steel mill in this neighborhood.
What is Braddock?
200
Children's hospital developed this to keep children from poisonous products.
What is the Mr. Yuck sticker?
200
This bridge goes over the Monongahela river and is used only by the T.
What is Panhandle Bridge?
200
Founded in 1898 as a small trolley park near Pittsburgh, it was created by the Monongahela Street Railway Company, which was controlled by Andrew Mellon
What is Kennywood?
200
An American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry (a high school is named after him)
Who is George Westinghouse?
300
This neighborhood is named after a thoroughfare that connects Bloomfield and East Liberty, not the rumored acquaintance between William Penn and Joseph Conrad Winebiddle.
What is Friendship?
300
This restaurant is known for putting french fries on sandwiches
What is Primantis?
300
This is the oldest service bridge in Pittsburgh.
What is Smithfield Street Bridge?
300
This landmark is hard to miss and looks like a giant sail on the city-side shore of the Allegheny River.
What is the David L. Lawrence Convention Center?
300
American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation (an elementary/middle school is named after him; it was previously a high school)
Who is Samuel Langley?
400
Engineers at Westinghouse Electric Corporation in this neighborhood developed an atom smasher, which enabled nuclear reactions to be measured precisely for the first time.
What is Forest Hills?
400
How many colleges/universities are in the city of Pittsburgh?
What is 12
400
In 2002, this bridge was renamed to honor a well known area baseball team
What is the Homestead Grays?
400
A red blinking light atop one of Pittsburgh’s skyscrapers – the Grant Bulding, flashes out this word in Morse code and can be seen for 150 miles on a clear night.
What is P-I-T-T-S-B-U-R-G-H?
400
The school's nickname is the Commodores and is named after Commodore ______
Who is Oliver Hazard Perry?
500
This neighborhood is also known as "Nunnery Hill".
What is Fineview?
500
The emoticon symbol :-) was first introduced by this institution in 1982.
What is CMU?
500
This bridge once connected J and L Steel Mill. In 2000, it was reopened for road use
What is Hot Metal Bridge?
500
Located in Oakland's Schenley Park, this attracts visitors from all around the country and the world, especially during its many seasonal flower shows.
What is Phipps Convservatory?
500
An amateur astronomer who designed lenses for telescopes around the world, was chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (there is a high school named after him)