<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>First … rebuilding of the PTM car shop from three tracks to two so there is room to work.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July82014PTMMaintenanceShopReconstruction?feat=email">https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July82014PTMMaintenanceShopReconstruction?feat=email</a></div><div><br></div><div>Penn Avenue reconstruction in the 5000 block … the 'hood is called Garfield (between East Liberty and Lawrenceville). Nearest cross streets are Millvale Ave. and Winebiddle St. Also includes the Civil War graves in Allegheny Cemetery.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="ttps://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July72014PennAvenueReconstructionGarfield?feat=email">ttps://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July72014PennAvenueReconstructionGarfield?feat=email</a></div><div><br></div><div>Another Sunday trip to the Norside (hard to say North Side).</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July6And72014SundayPhotoSafariNorthSide?feat=email">https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July6And72014SundayPhotoSafariNorthSide?feat=email</a></div><div><br></div><div>St. Paul's Cathedral, Oakland. Here are the basics from Wikipedia:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; font-family: sans-serif; "><b>Saint Paul Cathedral</b> is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherchurch" title="Motherchurch" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">motherchurch</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pittsburgh" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>. St. Paul's parish was established in 1834.<sup id="cite_ref-GCatholic_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paul_Cathedral_(Pittsburgh)#cite_note-GCatholic-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> When the diocese was established in 1843 St. Paul's Church was chosen as the cathedral. As the downtown area was claimed by industries the residential areas shifted to other areas of the city. St. Paul's property was sold to the industrialist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Frick" title="Henry Clay Frick" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">Henry Clay Frick</a>. The present <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival" title="Gothic Revival" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">Gothic Revival</a> structure was designed by Egan and Prindeville of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">Chicago</a> and completed in 1906. Philadelphia contractor Thomas Reilly built the new cathedral in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_(Pittsburgh)" title="Oakland (Pittsburgh)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">Oakland</a> neighborhood. The cathedral serves the spiritual needs of approximately 3000 worshipers.<sup id="cite_ref-History_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paul_Cathedral_(Pittsburgh)#cite_note-History-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> It became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributing_property" title="Contributing property" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">contributing property</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenley_Farms_Historic_District" title="Schenley Farms Historic District" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">Schenley Farms Historic District</a> on July 22, 1983 on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">National Register of Historic Places</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paul_Cathedral_(Pittsburgh)#cite_note-nris-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; ">[1]</a></sup></span></div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July52014SaintPaulCathedralOakland?feat=email">https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July52014SaintPaulCathedralOakland?feat=email</a></div><div><br></div><div>Rebuilding West Carson St. down in McKees Rocks:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July42014WestCarsonStreetReconstructionUpdate?feat=email">https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/July42014WestCarsonStreetReconstructionUpdate?feat=email</a></div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/June222014WestCarsonStreetReconstructionUpdate?feat=email">https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/June222014WestCarsonStreetReconstructionUpdate?feat=email</a></div><div><br></div><div>Fantastic coverage of historic old houses of Crafton</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/June222014HistoricHousesInCraftonPA?feat=email">https://picasaweb.google.com/jrpolyak/June222014HistoricHousesInCraftonPA?feat=email</a></div><div><br></div><div> </div>
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