Category: Pittsburgh Photo Tours

Take a Saturday walk in the Strip District

Damian0 Comments

The Strip District is one of my favorite places. The food, the shops, the black and gold. It’s the heart of Pittsburgh. This day was different. This is your view! The below video is 360. click and move the video around to make your own tour of the Strip. In resent years housing development has replaced the old rail yards and warehouses of the Strip District. But its still the Strip District. You still find warehouses and shops. The Strip District is a small neighborhood north of downtown along the Allegheny River. The Strip District runs between 11th and 33rd Streets …

Continue Reading

Explore McConnells Mill State Park. Take in virtual 360 photos.

Damian0 Comments

The Park There is more to Pittsburgh than the city. McConnells Mill State Park, in Lawrence County, encompasses 2,546 acres of the spectacular Slippery Rock Creek Gorge. A National Natural Landmark.Created by the draining of glacial lakes thousands of years ago, the gorge has steep sides while the valley floor is littered with huge boulders. Scenic overlooks and waterfalls are popular natural attractions.Visitors can tour a historic gristmill and covered bridge built in the 1800s. Created by the draining of glacial lakes thousands of years ago, the gorge has steep sides while the valley floor is littered with huge boulders. …

Continue Reading

Pittsburgh’s thinnest buildingThe Skinny Building

Damian0 Comments
now and Art Gallery

The Skinny Building At the corner of Forbes and Wood you think there is just one building but there are two.  The Skinny Build stands at three stories and just 5 feet 11 inches in width.  The narrow lot on which the building stands originated in 1903, when Diamond Street (now Forbes Avenue) was widened in order to ease downtown traffic. This required the demolition of several buildings on the north side of the street between Smithfield Street and Market Square, one of which was a two-story brick store owned by Hugh McKee. After the widening, only a 6-foot strip …

Continue Reading