“In Pittsburgh the term “paper street” takes on a unique dual meaning. It covers both the standard legal definition of an unbuilt road and a famous piece of local infrastructure: the city’s public staircases”
Pittsburgh is know for its bridges, hills, rivers and valleys. The topography has lots of steep inclines. And City Steps!
The book I first mentioned was Bob Regan’s bookwith photos by Tim Fabian.
The Steps of Pittsburgh:The Story of the City’s Public Stairways. Published March 2004
Here’s a link to Pittsburgh Steps with a different cover
By Rebecca Long, Coordinator of Horticulture Training Programs, UMaine Cooperative Extension
“The aesthetic preference for a clean lawn, either your own or your neighbors’ (especially if you live in an HOA community), may also dictate your fall cleanup.”
A team of leaf blowers at the neighbors -the leaves are sucked into a machine and the chopped bits blown into a truck to be hauled away A leaf free lawn No one has raked yet To rake or not to rake?
This is happening all over the city. It was a very exciting day!
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Department checking for lead pipes. Several houses on our street have to have their pipes replaced. We do not.
My grandson called the shovel and dump truck Mighty Machines (which is an educational Canadian Show about all types of vehicles (premiered in 1994) you can find episodes on YouTube.)
They dug a big hole. Then filled it back up. Ananda went to get his hard hat and little dump truck. We watched from the car for quite some time – A “digger” and a dump truck.
