Pittsburgh

At first you notice, as a foreigner in the USA: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans – but then with growing appetite you might discover Seattle, Houston, maybe at last Pittsburgh. But I think as a German, living in a region with abandoned steel industry, sold to China, many jobless, I can understand many parts of the poorer city landscape, the urban jungle with graffiti and lost neighborhoods of Pittsburgh – not easy to discover behind wonderful panorama shots as sent to my flickr group BLOG IT – enjoy 10 of them below. Of course flashdance with Jennifer Beals and the voice of Irene Cara was an exciting first bridge to discover Pittsburgh. But yesterday I had the chance to learn something about the inner life of Pittsburgh, reading the article of Francine Gassette, titled: My neighborhood. She made a youtube video featuring her photos – introducing some backyards behind the postcard-photography. And the jazz guitar sound track is great!!! Enjoy Francine’s youtube video below too!
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at first enjoy twelve flickr photos, sent by various photographers to my group BLOG IT, click on the pictures to enter the galleries of the different photographers:
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title=”Day 21: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania” by Prime Oracle
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title=”The Burgh Ready for Christmas” by Don Burkett
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title=”A Packed House” by DaveReid
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title=”Cruising the Mon” by DaveReid
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title=”986″ by ramskik
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title=”crazy mocha” by defunct_process
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title=”Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh” by Raji Vathyam
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title=”Ecclesia” by dave issod
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title=”i felt the earth move under my feet … by fuzzzEe
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title=”Untitled” by congoeels
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title=”I’m going to call this one”, by Hryck.
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title=”City of Steel” – Pittsburgh [Explored] by Raji Vathyam

and now the video of Francine Gassette living in retirement in Pittsburgh:

at first I realized there’s a city named Pittsburgh via the movie FLASHDANCE with Jennifer Beals (and the music of Irene Cara):