Seen as we headed to the parking garage after Charlie’s play.
So many lines and shapes.

Seen as we headed to the parking garage after Charlie’s play.
So many lines and shapes.

Video of the Ridges Granddaughter Anna was driving so I had to opportunity to film the tour.
Touring The Ridges a Former Psychiatric Hospital 1874-1993




For history click here
An interesting building built during the Civil War (1862) – you don’t see many round corner buildings in brick.

Local artist William Pfahl painted this interesting building in 2017 as one of his cityscapes. A link to an article about Bill’s paintings. Bill is a fellow retired city art teacher. And link 2011 blog post about him painting the Sixteenth Street Bridge.

ROUND CORNER HOTEL – LAWRENCEVILLE.30x48in. Oil. 2017. SOLD.

The Round Corner Hotel building is the home of Esquina Cantina -Mexican Restaurant
Interested in building radial brick work ? A video with instruction

Sunday December 15 at
WILKINSBURG PA Train Station
WCDC Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation

Hassle-Feee Car Care Delivered to You















Built in 1916. Vacant for 50 years. Full Restoration completed in 2019.
Newark, Ohio at sunset.
Sunday November 17th.
I was a passenger while Maura drove my car back to Columbus from Pittsburgh. Getting some good highway driving practice before her driving test. And I can take a few photos from the passenger seat.
Although maplewood Longaberger Baskets went out of business in 2018, the basket building is a beloved icon of architecture.
“Its former corporate headquarters on Ohio’s State Route 16 is a local landmark known as the “Big Basket”.Built to resemble the company’s top-selling product, the “Medium Market Basket”, the seven-story edifice is a well-known example of novelty architecture. “ Wikipedia
This article says the basket building will become a luxury hotel.



Click to hear A Tisket A Tasket sung by Ella Fitzgerald.

I try to keep the blog IRT, but I took this shot Sunday and returned to Pittsburgh Monday. Thought the image was interesting enough to share today.
Steinway Tower is “At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, standing just short of two others in New York City: The 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center and the 1,550-foot-tall Central Park Tower.”


“a steel frame structure overlaid with Indiana limestone …contains more than 2,000 rooms”
