DUQUESNE BREWERY CLOCK – PITTSBURGH, PA

 

Located on Duquesne Brewing Company building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Brewery Clock has the largest clock face in the United States. When it was installed in 1933, it was the largest single-face clock in the world. The 60-by-60-foot clock face, with a 35-foot minute hand and a 25-foot hour hand, both of laminated aluminum, is nearly twice the size of London’s Big Ben. Originally located on a Mount Washington hillside, the clock’s face has been used as advertising for a succession of businesses. Most recently, AT&T took over the rights to advertise on the clock and redesigned the face to display the traditional blue and white AT&T logo.

The Duquesne Brewery Clock in 2019, with no advertising

U.S. STEEL TOWER

The U.S. Steel Tower is a 64-story skyscraper at 600 Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standing at 842 feet, it is the tallest building in Pittsburgh and it is the tallest building in the world with a completely flat roof. The roof itself, at approximately one acre in size, is the largest roof in the world at its height or above.

U.S. STEEL TOWER PITTSURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

SAINT ANTHONY'S CHAPEL - PITTSBURGH, PA

Saint Anthony Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA houses 4,000 to 5,000 religious relics, making it the largest collection of relics outside the Vatican.

Notable among the chapel's collection are the complete skeletal remains of a saint named Demetrius (housed underneath the altar), the skulls of Saint Macharius and a saint named Stephana, skulls of the martyred companions of Saint Ursula, the skull of Saint Theodore, the tooth of the chapel's patron, Saint Anthony of Padua, a bone fragment of Saint Caesarius of Africa, and a thorn from the Crown of Thorns.

HIGH ALTAR OF SAINT ANTHONY'S CHAPEL

LOCATION OF THE WORLD’S SHALLOWEST (SKINNIEST) BUILDING; VANCOUVER, BC V. PITTSBURGH, PA

THE SAM KEE BUILDING 8 WEST PENDER STREET, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORY: The Sam Kee Company—one of the wealthiest firms in Chinatown—purchased a standard-sized lot in 1903. In 1912, however, Vancouver widened Pender Street and expropriated 24 feet of the above-ground portion of the property—effectively (or so it was first believed) making conventional commercial use of the remaining frontage impractical, if not impossible. In 1913, after refusing the neighbors offer to buy the remaining land, Sam Kee hired an architectural firm to design a building that would fit on the lot. BUILDING DIMENSIONS: Ground floor depth (from storefront to rear of building): 4 feet 11 inches. Second floor depth (from overhanging bay window to rear): 6 feet.  CURRENT USAGE: The building is currently a tourist attraction and also houses an insurance office. CLAIM TO TITLE OF WORLD’S SHALLOWEST BUILDING: ·         The building depth is 4 feet 11 inches on the ground floor. ·         Recognized as the “World’s Shallowest Building” by Guinness World Records

THE HENDEL BUILDING AKA “THE SKINNY BUILDING”  241 FORBES AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA HISTORY: The Hendel Building, more commonly known as the "Skinny Building", is an unusual building in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Skinny Building's narrow lot was created in 1903 by a street widening project. The building itself was constructed in 1926 by Louis Hendel, partly out of spite for neighboring business owners who complained about him obstructing the sidewalk with his fruit-selling business. BUILDING DIMENSIONS: The “Skinny Building” is 80 feet long and 5 feet 3 inches wide. It is a three-story steel-framed building with a brick, wood and glass façade. CURRENT USAGE: The building is currently owned by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation and the Foundation plans to renovate the building as part of the Fourth Avenue Historic District. CLAIM TO THE TITLE OF THE WORLD’S SHALLOWEST BUILDING: ·         At no point along the entire three-story height does the building exceed a depth of 5 feet 3 inches. ·         The second floor of the Sam Kee Building has a depth of 6 feet.

FIRST GAS STATION

On Saturday, December 1, 1913, what is today the Gulf Oil Company opened the nation’s first drive-in gas station. Located at the intersection of Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in Pittsburgh, the filling station was a simple but pleasing structure, with a cantilevered pagoda-style roof to shelter the pumps, cars and station attendants. Supporting the roof was a storage room and a restroom for staff only. Before this innovation, gasoline was dispensed from sometimes awkwardly located pumps at such places as grocery and hardware stores, and even some pharmacies.

In the ensuing 105 years, some of this earlier practice has come full circle. Nationwide, there are around 111,000 gas stations today. The vast majority — nearly 97,000 — are combined with convenience or food mart stores.

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NFL - HOUSTON TEXANS V. PITTSBURGH STEELERS - DECEMBER 8, 2002

HOUSTON TEXANS V. PITTSBURGH STEELERS DECEMBER 8, 2002 HEINZ FIELD
	TEXANS	STEELERS
FIRST DOWNS	3	24
YARDS RUSHING	37	128
PASSING (COMP/ATT)	3/10	31/58
YARDS PASSING	33	294
TOTAL YARDS GAINED	47	422

FINAL SCORE HOUSTON TEXANS 24 – PITTSBURGH STEELERS 6

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- No NFL team ever played worse offensively and won. What made the difference was very few teams -- much less an expansion one -- have played a game like this defensively.

PITTSBURGH'S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS

Pittsburgh is the only city in the United States in which all professional sporting teams share the same colors.

The city’s first NHL franchise, the Pittsburgh Pirates*, were the first to wear black and gold as their colors. The colors were adopted by founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art Rooney, in 1933. In 1948, the Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB), switched their colors from red and blue to black and gold. Pittsburgh’s second NHL franchise the Pittsburgh Penguins, wore blue and white, due to then-general manager Jack Riley’s upbringing in Ontario. In 1979, after the Steelers and Pirates had each won their respective league championships, the Penguins altered their color scheme to match, despite objections from the Boston Bruins.

Why are the colors black and gold; because the flag of Pittsburgh is colored with black and gold, based on the colors of William Pitt’s coat of arms.

*Pittsburgh Pirates of the NHL played from 1925 to 1930, and took their nickname from the MLB Pittsburgh Pirates.