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Albrecht's Pittsburgh Blog May 2008 Archive

By Albrecht Powell, About.com Guide to Pittsburgh since 2000

Point State Park to Reopen May 30

Tuesday May 27, 2008
Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh will reopen slightly ahead of schedule, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony planned for this Friday, May 30. About 23 acres of the 36-acre park -- ... Read More

Titanic Sails into the Carnegie Science Center

Thursday May 22, 2008
The most lavish suite aboard the RMS Titanic belonged to Pittsburgh steel tycoon Henry Clay Frick, but he ironically never boarded the ship. He canceled his booking after his wife ... Read More

Penguins Wrap Up the Flyers with an Emphatic 6-0 Shutout

Sunday May 18, 2008
I'd only been living in Pittsburgh for a few years when a young team captain named Mario Lemieux led the Pittsburgh Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup championship wins in 1991 ... Read More

Pittsburgh is America's Sootiest City

Thursday May 1, 2008
The "Most Livable City in America" is also the dirtiest - at least in terms of short term particle pollution according to the 2008 State of the Air report by ... Read More

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