Remember last Spring's interminable Pittsblog angst over the emergent Cupcake Class? Of course you do. (If for some reason that series of posts has been purged from your memory, here's a link to the Post-Gazette piece that capped the whole thing.)Of course, many American cities have built parks, performing-arts centres and fancy libraries while struggling financially. The key to Cerritos's success may be the timing of its investments. Cities [...]
"The CRM Magazine 2007 Market Awards were held tonight in New York City. For 15 separate categories, two awards were given, one [...]
On another blog, I was asked to respond to this question: What makes Pittsburghers special?Finally, we're going to have fun street sweeping together. The work won't be strenuous, and we'll be doing it with other fun, young Pittsburghers -- students, professionals, and artists alike. We're [...]
If Pittsburgh is going to obsess about meaningless statistics, then we should obsess about the good ones: Pittsburgh is America's Third Bloggiest City, after Boston and Philadelphia, but ahead of such tech meccas as Seattle and San Francisco. The sponsors explain:"Well, the figures represent [...]
Please discuss Steely McBeam the new Steelers mascot. Why can't we let big steel go? What's your perspective as an outsider?
The Downtown Pittsburgh business community is putting on a cultural show: The DiverseCITY Pittsburgh Festival happens at FirstSide Park, Downtown, on August 16-19 -- the end of next week. This isn't exactly ethnic-and-minority-neighborhoods-and-communities-get-invited-to-do-what-they-do-best; the Festival has a Mission Statement, and the mission is about business: "The Mission [...] It is lauded for its [...]
It’s interesting to see how the pasts of the various Pittsburghs have
influenced how these different groups are viewing their prospects in a new regional economy.Traditional Pittsburghers have for the most [...]
"Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell late Friday signed into law a bill that allows anyone to legally resell event tickets online. The new law became effective immediately.
The Keystone State joins Connecticut and New York as the most recent states to legalize ticket scalping, but requires resellers have a presence [...]
Chris Schultz, who runs the Green is Good blog here (all about Clean Tech and what Pittsburgh can do), has launched a "Democrats for DeSantis" blog to support Republican mayoral candidate Mark DeSantis. Chris writes:The city of Pittsburgh has been ruled by one [...]
Thanks to all of you who [...]
A Pittsblog shout-out to the Pittsburgh Passion, women footballers who have an undefeated record going into the 2007 National Women's Football Association Championship game next Saturday, July 21, in White's Creek, Tennessee. That's roughly halfway between Nashville and Knoxville.The Pittsburgh Riverhounds, who desire to become one of the premier soccer clubs in the United States, yesterday took a huge step toward that goal.
The Riverhounds signed a partnership agreement with the Everton Football Club of the English Premier [...]
Advocates of video surveillance say it has contributed to a long-term decline in other crimes in Britain. Car thieves, in particular, seem deterred by the prevalence of cameras on lampposts. But Dr. [...]
Jeffrey Taft is a road warrior in the global high-technology services economy, and his work shows why there are limits to the number of skilled jobs that can be shipped abroad in the Internet age.
Jeffrey Taft is a road warrior in the global high-technology services economy, and his [...]
Pa. House votes to post state statutes in cyberspace
The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania would become the 50th state to make its statutes available over the Internet for free under a bill [...]
A study released last week by [...]
As Net connections spread, Web 2.0 services are expanding. On a recent day, these were the top 30 cities for blog postings and comments, divided into three tiers by levels of activity.
There is a great deal of the Mark Madden entertainment [...]
There ought to be a way to connect these souls -- Pittsburgh's human capital [...]
Lenore Blum, Director of Project Olympus, estimated that [...]
Ms. Wiggin commented that the plant closings of the 1980s were so sudden the [...]
Pittsburgh has much to tout, so why the ridicule?
In reference to Rob Rogers' May 2 "Brewed [...]
No longer the smoky steel town of days past, the hometown of pop artist Andy Warhol is increasingly becoming known for its thriving arts community. This [...]
Baby boomers' parents who took up travel or fled to the Sun Belt a decade or two ago are coming home. Nearly 18% of people over 60 who moved across state lines say [...]
What's the difference? Attitude. A robust approach to the Great Outdoors is the only thing that keeps Western Pennsylvania from attracting hordes of enviro-tourists, just like Vermont.
Vermont embraces [...]
