Uptown Communist: The Legacy of Pittsburgh’s Workers Book Shop
Through the Workers Book Shop in Uptown and its affiliated Workers School downtown, Pittsburgh Communists in the 1930s found a space to organize, agitate—and have a little fun.
History
The Decimation of a Neighborhood
“Communities are the foundation of everything,” says Dr. Mindy Fullilove. In an excerpt from the Food Systems documentary, we revisit the impacts of urban renewal on the Hill District.
Just Passing Through: A Haphazard History of Pittsburgh Hotels
“Even the temp agent in her matching separates couldn’t believe we’d come ‘out of the blue’: ‘No one moves here, they just move back here.’ But there have always been people passing through.”
Introducing H Day, a New Holiday for Pittsburgh
In 1891, “Pittsburgh” lost its final letter. On July 19, 1911, it was restored. Let’s celebrate H Day.
at the site of the former carlisle indian industrial school
we cried at the army war college gates
as the guard asked us for i.d.
That Old-World Kick: Horseradish in Pittsburgh
“When you prepare it at home yourself it’s pretty intense,” says Hooper. “I mean, it’s noxious. The whole kitchen just gets this horseradish gas and people on the other side of the kitchen will start coughing depending on the air flow. It’s really crazy.”
In the Spirit of Pennsylvania: Part I
“At night, I dream of getting lost in Pittsburgh and finding my way via geology: a left at the shockingly yellow ginkgo, a right when you hit that rolling green lawn in Schenley Park. This land created me. Without it, I wouldn’t be who I am.”