[PRCo] Re: Forbes Field 1962

[Bob Rathke]

Derrick,

When did Syria Mosque come down???

The last time I was there was in 1971 to see a Sergio Mendes "Brazil 66"
concert.

And before that time, my mother won a Sun-Telegraph newspaper contest in
1954 when she identified Syria Mosque in a 1954 photo contest.  The prize
was two tickets to see Cinerama at the Warner Theater on Fifth Avenue.  I
believe that the theater is gone now too.

See what happens when you leave the city....

Bob 2/20/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow at dementia.org>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Forbes Field 1962


> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Harold G. wrote:
>
> > I will always remember one of Rege Cordics characters.  Pretending
> > to be the U of Pgh Chancellor Litchfield, when Pitt wanted Forbes Field,
> > Rege spoke as the Chancelllor (as Hitler did also) "Give me Oakland
> > today, tomorrow the world"
>
> They periodically wake up and try to get Pittsburgh to vacate Bigelow Blvd
> between Forbes and Fifth. Turns out that one of the qualifications for
> being a Pitt student is forgetting how to cross a street, and the school
> is too cheap to bridge the street like they did Forbes between the quad
> and the cleanser cans.
>
> But hey, I lost any love I had for them when the Syria Mosque came down.
>
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