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Essential Pittsburgh

An ongoing series about how Pittsburgh lives and how it's evolving, from the newsroom of 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR news station.

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Before The Steelers Had Six Super Bowl Wins, They Had ‘The Steelerettes’

Before The Steelers Had Six Super Bowl Wins, They Had ‘The Steelerettes’

Pittsburgh is home to many sports firsts: the Pittsburgh Pirates participated in the first Major League World Series, th... Read more

1 Nov 2016

4mins

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City Considers Produce Terminal’s Vibrant Past While Planning For Its Future

City Considers Produce Terminal’s Vibrant Past While Planning For Its Future

At nearly five city blocks long, the Pennsylvania Fruit and Auction, known to locals as the Produce Terminal, is hard to... Read more

17 Jan 2017

6mins

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How Pittsburgh's Ugly Fruit Finds New Life As Hard Cider

How Pittsburgh's Ugly Fruit Finds New Life As Hard Cider

A Pittsburgh group named A Few Bad Apples has three missions. The first is to teach people the lost skills of making use... Read more

20 Oct 2016

3mins

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From Steel To Stethoscopes: Nied's Third Shift Bar Patrons Change With The City

From Steel To Stethoscopes: Nied's Third Shift Bar Patrons Change With The City

Nied’s Hotel in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood is one of a handful of bars where workers who clock out while mo... Read more

21 Dec 2016

3mins

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The Past And Future Of Old Allegheny City On Display At Home Tour

The Past And Future Of Old Allegheny City On Display At Home Tour

A lot has changed over its 35 year history, but the Old Allegheny Victorian Christmas House Tour has always started on B... Read more

14 Dec 2016

4mins

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Vacant Lots Abound In Pittsburgh, But Buying One Isn't Easy

Vacant Lots Abound In Pittsburgh, But Buying One Isn't Easy

To the left of her fridge, Zinna Scott can peer out her kitchen window on Rosewood Avenue in Homewood and see the two op... Read more

17 Oct 2016

6mins

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Hill District Tours Aim To Change Impressions Of The Neighborhood

Hill District Tours Aim To Change Impressions Of The Neighborhood

A few decades ago, Terri Baltimore tagged along with a group of architecture students and their professor while they wer... Read more

22 Nov 2016

5mins

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Elk Mating Really Gets Pennsylvania Going

Elk Mating Really Gets Pennsylvania Going

In the fields and forests of Pennsylvania’s Elk County, love triangles, unrequited advances and fevered courtships have ... Read more

10 Oct 2016

6mins

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Meet The Mathematical Muscle Behind The Pittsburgh Marathon

Meet The Mathematical Muscle Behind The Pittsburgh Marathon

Finish line logistics captain Brian Schmidt is in the thick of it now. All last month he categorized and readied a behem... Read more

5 May 2017

5mins

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Garfield Bike Shop Owner Says He's Ready To Retire And Pass On The Tools

Garfield Bike Shop Owner Says He's Ready To Retire And Pass On The Tools

Jerry Kraynick bends at the waist, hands on hips, and peers over his glasses. He gestures towards a bike. “Throw it up o... Read more

14 Feb 2017

5mins

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