[PRCo] Surprise In Today's Mail

Sun Dec 15 19:09:48 EST 2013

I doubt if I will make a special trip to observe it...........probably not
much there in the way of "attractions" anyway.

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:

> Herb
>
> It’s south of Brentwood along Rt 51 but north of Baldwin.
>
> Dwight
>
> From: Herb Brannon
> Sent: Sunday, 15 December, 2013 17:42
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Surprise In Today's Mail
> Also, several weeks ago there was some interest in "boat traffic" on the
> three rivers here. The front cover of the 2014 calendar has a good
> painting, by Mary Lois Verilla of course, of a tow boat and barges on the
> Mon River. It is attached for your edification and enjoyment.
>
> Also, so as not to slight them, the 2014 calendar is a cooperative venture
> between the boroughs of Brentwood and Whitehall. I forgot to mention
> Whitehall. Of course, I have yet to actually find the Borough of Whitehall.
> I'm sure it's somewhere around here. I usually go toward the city and not
> the suburbs in my travels. The suburbs tend to be very dull and traffic
> ridden.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
>
> > ! Muy bien !
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Herb
> >>
> >> Si
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Dwight
> >>
> >> From: Herb Brannon
> >> Sent: Sunday, 15 December, 2013 13:25
> >> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> >> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Surprise In Today's Mail
> >> I live on Brownsville Road about one block North of Brentwood Loop. The
> >> next major street North of my building is Sankey Avenue. North of
> >> SankeyAvenue the city of Pittsburgh occupies both sides of Brownsville
> >> Road.
> >> South of Sankey Avenue, all the way to Brentwood Loop, the city of
> >> Pittsburgh (Carrick district) occupies the West side of Brownsville and
> >> the
> >> Borough of Brentwood occupies the East side of Brownsville. However, it
> >> all
> >> looks like Carson Street in South Side Flats, Liberty Avenue in
> >> Bloomfield,
> >> Butler Street in Lawrenceville, or Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill. So, I
> >> just say I live in Carrick since it looks like any other combination
> >> business/residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh anyway. If "push came to
> >> shove" I would definitely vote to have the strip along Brownsville
> between
> >> Sankey Avenue and Brentwood Loop annexed to the city of Pittsburgh.
> >>
> >> Then, of course, South of Brentwood Loop, the Borough of Brentwood
> >> occupies
> >> both sides of Brownsville Road. They have front yards from there South
> !!
> >> A
> >> "front yard" is something I can definitely do without also. I do my
> voting
> >> in Brentwood and have the Police, Fire, and EMS services of Brentwood.
> >> Otherwise it looks and feels just like the other side of the street
> which
> >> is in Pittsburgh. Comprende` ?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net
> >> >wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Herb
> >> >
> >> > Somehow most of these paintings seem to have little except tangential
> >> > relationship to Brentwood.
> >> >
> >> > I thought you lived in Carrick.  Is this an incorporated area or a
> part
> >> of
> >> > Brentwood, where I lived for one year long ago.
> >> >
> >> > Dwight
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: Herb Brannon
> >> > Sent: Saturday, 14 December, 2013 22:24
> >> > To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> >> > Subject: [PRCo] Surprise In Today's Mail
> >> > Many of the boroughs publish a "Community Calendar" and distribute it
> to
> >> > all borough residents, Brentwood being one of those who give the
> >> calendar.
> >> > It arrived in today's mail and I was surprised to see the subject of
> >> each
> >> > month were paintings by Mary Lois Verilla. Ms. Verilla is noted for
> her
> >> > painting depicting Pittsburgh life both past and present. The
> Brentwood
> >> > Community Calendar for 2014 includes four paintings with streetcars. I
> >> know
> >> > one of them (the one with Kaufman's Clock) has been shown here on The
> >> List
> >> > in the past. The remaining three, however, I do not recall ever being
> >> shown
> >> > here. So here are all four of the paintings from the Brentwood Borough
> >> 2014
> >> > Community Calendar.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Herb Brannon
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > *In Pittsburgh.............................A City And.........A State
> of
> >> > Mind*
> >> > Let's Go Pens
> >> > Let's Go Steelers
> >> >
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> > *In Pittsburgh.............................A City And .........A State of
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> > Let's Go Pens
> > Let's Go Steelers
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Herb Brannon

*In Pittsburgh.............................A City And.........A State of
Mind *
Let's Go Pens
Let's Go Steelers

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