Archive for the ‘Mount Washington’ Category

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Victorian Woodwork on Mount Washington

February 13, 2009

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The entrances to a pair of 1880 rowhouses on Grandview Avenue, showing all the fun you can have with wood in even so simple a structure as a porch roof.

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Dolphin Fountain

June 14, 2008

A classical dolphin in a long-dry fountain at the entrance to Grandview Park, on the edge of the cliff at Mount Washington.

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Snow at Chatham Village

December 4, 2007

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Chatham Village is a 1930s utopian community on the back slopes of Mount Washington. Though it was built to be housing for everyman, the simple good taste of the architecture and the beauty of the rolling grounds have made it more valuable than the surrounding neighborhood.

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Night and Day

December 3, 2007

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It is the civic duty of every Pittsburgher who entertains out-of-town visitors to take them up to Mount Washington and show off the skyline. These two pictures were taken a few years ago, but the overall impression changes little.

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