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Art Institute of Pittsburgh student Tim Daniels, living Downtown, does isometric animal exercises at Point State Park in preparation for an upcoming physique competition. Daniels uses isometric animal exercises such as the bear crawl, cougar and alligator for body weight training.
May 25, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People | Tags: alligator, animal, body, competition, cougar, crawl, exercise, isometric, physique, train, training, weight | Leave A Comment »

Penny Panchura, 4 cools off with a hose in the front yard at her Greenfield home.
May 22, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Kids | Tags: child, children, front, girl, Greenfield, hose, kid, kiddie, neighborhood, Penny, pittsburgh, play, pool, yard | Leave A Comment »

The pack of elite runners make the turn from East Carson Street to the Birmingham Bridge in the South Side leading the Pittsburgh Marathon.
May 13, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People | Tags: bridge, city, Dicks, elite, lead, leaders, marathon, photo, photography, pittsburgh, run, runners, silhouette, south | Leave A Comment »

The Pittsburgh downtown skyline is framed with blossoms in full bloom on the trees along East Ohio Street on the North Side.

May 02, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Places | Tags: BLOOM, blossom, blossoms, city, flower, flowers, goldband, jasmine, North, photo, photography, pittsburgh, side, spring, tree, trees | Leave A Comment »

Carnegie Mellon University freshman Woongki Kim, 19 relaxes in a hammock in front of Donner Hall on the university campus lawn.
Apr 26, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People, Portrait | Tags: campus, carnegie, College, Donner, goldband, hall, hammock, hammocks, jasmine, lawn, mellon, photo, photographer, photography, photos, pittsburgh, student, university | Leave A Comment »

Louis Shealey, 66 of Wilkinsburg trims the lawn edges at the Triedstone Baptist Church in Rankin. Shealey, a retired trustee of the church, says that taking care of the church grounds keeps him feeling young.
Apr 24, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People, Portrait | Tags: blow, church, grass, hedge, lawn, Louis, maintenance, man, mow, photo, photograph, pittsburgh, Rankin, retire, retired, retiree, Shealey, trim, Wilkinsburg | Leave A Comment »

A man sips a beverage at Marty’s Market in the Strip District.

A man scratches off an instant lottery ticket along Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.

A woman has a working lunch outside of Marty’s Market in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.
Apr 23, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People | Tags: District, green, lotto, market, Marty's, photo, photography, photos, pittsburgh, red, strip, ticket | Leave A Comment »

Yan Schwieger of Manchester pauses to take a photograph of a blossom tree with her cell phone on her way to work at Nicky’s Thai Kitchen on the North Side. Schwieger recently relocated to Pittsburgh from Houston, Texas to work at the restaurant.
Apr 13, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People | Tags: blossom, cherry, photo, photograph, photos, pittsburgh, tree, trees | Leave A Comment »

A child runs through a fountain as a groom and his wedding party pose for portraits.
Mar 30, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Love | Tags: child, groom, men, party, photography, pittsburgh, portrait, side, south, urban, wedding | Leave A Comment »

Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill is a neighborhood in transition.

An old sign advertising “Mother’s Bread” on the side of a home in Polish Hill.

Lili coffee shop owner Heidi Tucker makes Freya Channing of Polish Hill a Caffè Americano at the Polish Hill coffee shop.

A man who wished to be identified as Mr. Smith, a life-long resident of Polish Hill, rides his bike up Dobson Street in the historic neighborhood. The iconic Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is pictured in the background.

World War II veteran Regis Myszewski, 87 of Polish Hill has lived in the community his entire life.
Read more about this transitioning neighborhood.
Mar 18, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Places | Tags: church, coffee, Hill, historic, homes, landscape, neighborhood, new, old, photography, photos, pittsburgh, Polish, sign, street, transition | 1 Comment »

Angelique Uku, 10 finishes a homework assignment as she and her sister Gabrielle Uku, 8 arrive with their parents Eustace and Shelley Uku for the 50th Annual NEED benefit, Downtown.
Mar 15, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Kids | Tags: benefit, girls, kid, kids, NEED, pittsburgh, sisters, smart, student, students | Leave A Comment »

Maryam Nasir, 19 a student visiting from Pakistan currently staying at Duquesne University volunteers with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership cleaning up Downtown.
Mar 12, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People | Tags: clean, crew, downtown, partnership, photo, photography, photos, pittsburgh, up, volunteer, volunteers | Leave A Comment »

Parking chairs reserve spaces for residents in Lawrenceville.

Mar 08, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Parking Chairs | Tags: car, chair, chairs, city, fence, green, park, parking, pittsburgh, postal, red, space, spot, street, yellow | 1 Comment »

A Greenfield resident reserves their parking space with a chair.
Mar 06, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Parking Chairs | Tags: chair, chairs, Greenfield, neighborhood, park, parking, photo, photography, photos, picture, pittsburgh, shovel, snow, space, spot | Leave A Comment »

A chair reserves a space for a Lower Lawrenceville resident. “I was born and raised in Lawrenceville and that’s what we do,” said Sharon Zab. (She came home as I was photographing her chair).

Mar 01, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Parking Chairs | Tags: authority, chair, chairs, Lawrenceville, park, parking, photo, photograph, photography, photos, pittsburgh, reserved, spot, street, tow, vehicle | Leave A Comment »

Lamont Harrison, 15 of the South Side Slopes practices skate board tricks along Arlington Avenue in Pittsburgh.
Feb 26, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People | Tags: board, High, kid, pittsburgh, practice, school, skate, skateboard, skateboarding, slope, south, street, teen, teenager, teenagers, trick, tricks | Leave A Comment »

A parking chair saves a spot for a resident along Kambach Street in Pittsburgh.
Feb 25, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Parking Chairs | Tags: authority, chair, chairs, park, parking, photo, photograph, photography, photos, pittsburgh, reserved, spot, street, tow, vehicle | Leave A Comment »
GigaPan technology was developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Oakland. Investor Henry Hillman Jr., who just stepped down as interim CEO, founded the company with CMU scientists Illah Nourbakhsh and Randy Sargent. Full story here.
Feb 22, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Places | Tags: campus, carnegie, CEO, CMU, company, developed, founder, GigaPan, Henry, Hillman, Illah, investor, mellon, Nourbakhsh, pittsburgh, Randy, Sargent, scientist, tech, technology, university | Leave A Comment »

Strong winds blow as Mary Pham, 21 of West End Village adjusts her cap as she crosses Ridge Avenue during a break from classes at the Community College of Allegheny County on the North Side.
Feb 11, 2013 | Categories: Blog, People | Tags: blue, color, hair, photo, photograph, photography, pink, sky, street, weather, wind, windy | Leave A Comment »

A tattered yellow children’s sized chair marked with the words ‘Fire Dept. 5′ reserves a parking space in Pittsburgh’s South Oakland neighborhood.
Feb 04, 2013 | Categories: Blog, Parking Chairs | Tags: chair, chairs, neighborhood, North, Oakland, park, parking, photo, photograph, pittsburgh, space, street, yellow | Leave A Comment »