[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh-Some Place Special

[Bob Rathke]

> The man remembered that there was a tremendous cultural diversity in
McKeesport
> in his youth ... we're only taking the 1920s here.  He pointed out that
when
> mothers wanted to borrow a cup of sugar or an egg from a neighbor,  they
sent
> the kids out on the errand.  Why?  The parents spoke Polish, or Italian,
or
> German, or a Slavic tongue but the kids all spoke English ... the children
were
> the cord that tied the city together.

An interesting observation, Fred.  I never thought of that angle.

In an earlier comment on Harold's excellent summary of Renaissance
Pittsburgh, you said:

> The model railroad shop was on Penn Avenue in East Liberty, about a block
and a
> half from our church (Melon's Stairway to Heaven).

I had heard that reference to the East Liberty church, but with a twist:
"Mellon's Fire Escape".

Bob 1/18/03