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Physique

physique Physique

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.

Penny

Penny Penny

Penny Panchura, 4 cools off with a hose in the front yard at her Greenfield home.

Pittsburgh Marathon

marathon Pittsburgh Marathon

The pack of elite runners make the turn from East Carson Street to the Birmingham Bridge in the South Side leading the Pittsburgh Marathon.

Spring in the ‘burgh

spring1 Spring in the burgh

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

spring2 Spring in the burgh

Hammock

hammock Hammock

Carnegie Mellon University freshman Woongki Kim, 19 relaxes in a hammock in front of Donner Hall on the university campus lawn.

Lawnman

lawnman Lawnman

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.

Red, green & a lotto lot

green Red, green & a lotto lot

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

lotto Red, green & a lotto lot

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

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A woman has a working lunch outside of Marty’s Market in Pittsburgh’s Strip District.

 

Blossom

blossom Blossom

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.

Fountain

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A child runs through a fountain as a groom and his wedding party pose for portraits.

Polish Hill

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Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill is a neighborhood in transition.

 

polishill2 Polish Hill

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

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

polishill3 Polish Hill

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.

 

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World War II veteran Regis Myszewski, 87 of Polish Hill has lived in the community his entire life.

Read more about this transitioning neighborhood.

 

Uku sisters

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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.

Clean up crew

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Maryam Nasir, 19 a student visiting from Pakistan currently staying at Duquesne University volunteers with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership cleaning up Downtown.

Larryville chairs

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Parking chairs reserve spaces for residents in Lawrenceville.

redchair Larryville chairs

Greenfield snow (chair)

greenfield chair Greenfield snow (chair)

A Greenfield resident reserves their parking space with a chair.

Lower Lawrenceville (chairs)

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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).

LLawrenceville2 Lower Lawrenceville (chairs)

Slope Skate

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Lamont Harrison, 15 of the South Side Slopes practices skate board tricks along Arlington Avenue in Pittsburgh.

l.O.O.F 1176 (chair)

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A parking chair saves a spot for a resident along Kambach Street in Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon GigaPan

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.

Blue sky, pink hair & wind

wind Blue sky, pink hair & wind

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.

Little Fireman’s chair

frazier Little Firemans chair

A tattered yellow children’s sized chair marked with the words ‘Fire Dept. 5′ reserves a parking space in Pittsburgh’s South Oakland neighborhood.