[PRCo] Re: Forbes Field 1962

[Bob Rathke]

Derrick's message is from a thread that started with some of my 1962 photos
of Forbes Fiels and the J&L mill on Second Avenue.  If anyone wants to see
the photos, send me an e-mail off-list.

Bob 2/20/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:38 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Forbes Field 1962


> 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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