May 2011 – Page 3 – Ruth E. Hendricks

What’s Going On Across the River in Millvale, PA?

Didn’t have to dig too deep for this series of shots.
A town about ten minutes away.
As with collections, decorators say to group
like items together.
Of course, as I look at the finished post I am
thinking of a return trip to capture the dinette store,
the modernize your home sign,
and the storefront with items for pet birds.

Seven images of Millvale, PA from the files. Millvale is happening! I love the Beatles painted on the mural by Attic Records and the laundromat.

Millvale,PA home to my wonderful framer Mark Panza at Panza Gallery and the delicious French bakery of Jean-Marc Chatellier. The beautiful St. Nicholas Croatian Church with the Maxo Vanko Murals and Holy Spirit Parish up on a high hill where Marlene’s Aunt Kitty and Uncle Shrimp married years ago.(J & J more recently, too)

Steve and I go to Grant Bar on Grant Avenue for a fish sandwich and sometimes I order tapioca for dessert. You can order a full dinner special for 9.95! Millvale has had a few floods. Check out the high water mark.

Attic Records Round out your 45’s collection at Attic Records

Two previous blog posts you might remember- If you want to see Panza Gallery and the great linoleum floor, click here

And to see the post of Jean-Marc at work frosting a cake click here.

I think I should be on the Chamber of Commerce for downtown Millvale.

There are delicious pancakes at Pamela’s diner next door to the Lanes. The Time to Eat clock is theirs. The hobby shop is where I bought some H&O miniatures illustrating laundry day.

May 11, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: From the Archives, Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: Attic Records, Esther's Hobby Shop, flood water, Grant Bar, Holy Spirit, Jean-Marc Chatellier, laundromat, Millvale Lanes, Millvale PA, Pamela's Diner, Panza Gallery, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday2011, St. Nicholas Croatian Church 14 Comments

General Auto Repair- Seen Better Days

Auto Repair Hardy VA — From the Archives when we visited Mark's Parents-in-Law in Virginia. Now I see the POSTED sign. Pulled over and took it from the car. Here's where the quote at the top comes in-"Place with trace of humanity."You see them all the time.You imagine who ran the place,who drove their vehicles up to the door?The coke bottles glass, not large.No one has been there for a long time.Rusting equipment, the tall grass.What was left inside?

May 10, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: From the Archives, Photo from My Archives, photo of the day, PhotographyTags: Auto Repair, roadside photo 9 Comments

The Grandmother Whose China Went to Laura

For those of you following the Keep or Pitch blog, you know that Laura now has the Haviland Limoges China that belonged to my grandmother, her great-grandmother. Charlotte Elizabeth Rowley married Judd DeWitt Van Sickle in 1908. Uncle John born 1910, my mother Marian 1912, and Uncle Robert 1914. Laura and James will be married in the fall of 2011, one hundred and three years later. I am putting up this post, just as Mother’s Day is coming to a close.

My sister suggested a photo of our grandmother
for today’s post.
I think it was a good one.

May 9, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: FamilyTags: family, grandmother, Haviland Limoges, photography blog, postaday2011, wedding china 11 Comments

Heinz Chapel Pittsburgh- H.J. Heinz wanted to honor his Mother Anna Margaretta Heinz

Heinz Memorial Chapel on a Spring day. Built in the 1930’s of grey Indiana limestone. The family name Heinz is on a lot of landmarks in Pittsburgh. Heinz Hall, Heinz History Center, the Heinz House, the Heinz Plant (I hear the ketchup is made in Ohio these days) and of course Heinz Field where the Steelers play. It was the grandchildren of Anna Margaretta who had the chapel built. For info about the chapel click here or see what wikipedia has to say click here

May 8, 2011May 8, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: architecture, city scene, Heinz Chapel, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday2011 8 Comments

Harvest Gold, Burnt Orange, Avocado Green

Greyhound Bus Stop Ohio Exit #178 at the BP station. from the Archives. Check out the filing cabinetswith the same colors.

A place to wait.

Puddles in the seats.

A phone booth.

Taken in 2011.

Evokes another time.

May 7, 2011May 7, 2011 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Avocado Green, Burnt Orange, bus stop, Greyhound Bus, Harvest Gold, ohio, photography, postday 2011 7 Comments

Across the Street from Ground Zero

From the archives.The weather in New York City was beautiful on Thursday, my sister said. You probably saw it on the news. But here are three people watching construction of the new tower during a rainstorm. The last photo a panorama taken with an iPhone.

May 6, 2011May 5, 2011 by Ruth Categories: UncategorizedTags: construction, ground zero, New York City 5 Comments

100 Year Old Tree Stump Chewed to Mulch

The sycamore’s stump was ground up into mulch yesterday. I saw the equipment in the street but when I got my camera it had pulled away. Even the pile of mulch has been removed as of today. As Beth says it’s the cycle of life. The follow up to I Used to Live on a Tree-Lined Street post.

stump to mulch — An abundance of green. Lots of rainy days lately.

May 5, 2011May 4, 2011 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: city scene, HIghland Park, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday2011, tree, tree stump 7 Comments

Bicycle on Balcony; City Scene

May 4, 2011May 3, 2011 by Ruth Categories: From the Archives, Light in the City, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: architecture, bicycle, city life, city scene, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, urban living 4 Comments

Remember When a Television Was Furniture?

South Side, 27th Street, on my way to Tess’s. Taken with the iPhone camera. That’s me in the reflection. This is one HUGE television, waiting for pickup. Now everything these days is flat screen or wall mount, giant and loud but thin. People have entertainment centers and places to house a tv but they are not connected as a single unit. Different finishes. This one could qualify as “Colonial” or “Traditional”???

Not sure when this style

stopped being popular

and I’m sure there are plenty of these

fully functional in homes today.

Just reflecting on what I find on the sidewalk.

Wondering what shows were watched.

May 3, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Pittsburgh Photos, ThingsTags: city scene, memories, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, sidewalk, television, TV console 9 Comments

Architectural Mix at Doughboy Square

From the archives last September. Bike Pittsburgh is in the Art Deco looking building. Wilson’s BBQ is empty.

May 2, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: architectural styles, architecture, Bike Pittsburgh, Butler St, city scene, Doughboy Square, Lawrenceville, Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA, postaday2011 4 Comments

Month: May 2011

What’s Going On Across the River in Millvale, PA?

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