[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh 250 (Tongue-in-Cheek Reply)

[Derrick J Brashear]

> Have any of you ever considered looking at Clayton, the one time home
> of Henry Clay Frick? After Frick moved to New York City, his daughter
> continued to live there and she insisted upon her demise that it be
> preserved.  There were probably more millionaires living within a

I visited the car and coach museum, and the art gallery, but I haven't 
seen the house (yet). It merits a trip back; Just hasn't happened yet.

> Andrew Mellon, Richard King Mellon, H. J. Heinz, the Mestas, the

Didn't the Mestas have a mansion overlooking their plant (made entirely of 
wood, still survives)? I though they moved directly from there out of the 
region.

> If you like flowers, go look at Phipps Conservatory in Oakland.
> Henry Phipps, who endowed the Victorian conservatory under glass, was
> a business partner with Andrew Carnegie.   The link leads to a great
> 6-minute YouTube visual of the inside of conservatory produced by the
> organization.   Worth looking at.

The Tropical Forest addition is neat, but odd. Despite spending much of my 
life in Oakland 1987-2005 I first saw the Conservatory about 8 weeks ago.
Didn't see where the trolley line ran behind it.

>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Museums_of_Pittsburgh.   Few
> cities of Pittsburgh's size have world class museums like the
> Carnegie in Oakland.   It may not be what you go to Berlin or
> Washington or Paris or London to see but it is only one step lower.

I was there a few months ago, a week before T-Rex was supposed to come 
out. And then T-rex didn't come out. I should probably go back soon.

> And if you are like Fred Schneider, Oakland is a great place to
> explore for ethnic dining.  You can find Thai, Indian, Italian,
> Jewish, anything your little old heart desires.    There is also a
> rather intriguing Polish bar at end of the Bloomfield Bridge on Penn
> Avenue ... rather dumpy but decent pierogies.

Thai in Oakland used to be better. I go to Shadyside or down the street on 
Carson for it now.

> Other things surrounding Pittsburgh ... Kurt Bell has been tipping me
> off to those things within the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
> Commission which have not been attracting a sufficient number of
> visitors over the past few years and could put their continued
> operation in jeopardy.   I think that two that were on the potential
> hit list might have been the Old Economy settlement at Ambridge and
> the Drake Well site at Titusville.   The former is close enough to
> Pittsburgh to list here.

Old Economy. That was before people started making money with computers, 
right?