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Phipps Hall of Botany
The Hall of Botany is a work of Rutan & Russell in an unusual baroque style.¹

Cameras: above, Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS; below, Olympus E-20n.
1. In an earlier version of this article, we had attributed the Hall of Botany to Alden & Harlow, following online references. However, a newspaper article from December 17, 1900, just before the work began, tells us, “The architects of the building are Messrs. Rutan & Russell.” “Germ Idea of Henry Phipps School of Botany Belongs to Miss Annie M. Deens, Teacher of Biology,” Pittsburgh Daily Post, December 17, 1900, p. 5, where a rendering and plan of the building is printed. ↩︎
October 11, 2015
Leaves Are Changing in Schenley Park

Camera: Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3.

October 10, 2015
King Edward Apartments, Oakland

This is not the largest but one of the most splendid apartment buildings in the North Oakland apartment district. It is a curious trapezoidal shape, crammed into a lot that is not quite rectangular and using up every inch of it.

There are some stitching errors in this very large composite photograph, and old Pa Pitt is too lazy to fix them.

October 10, 2015
Robert Burns by J. Massey Rhind

This is one of several Robert Burns statues that J. Massey Rhind made for various cities in the United States. Pittsburgh’s was sponsored by Andrew Carnegie and other prominent Pittsburghers of Scots ancestry.

Cameras: above, Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3; below, Olympus E-20n.

October 10, 2015
Entrance to Phipps Conservatory

Above, looking up into the dome. Below, exterior and interior views of the lobby.

Cameras: above, Canon PowerShot A590 IS (hacked); below, Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.

October 9, 2015
Mushrooms in Riverview Park

Camera: Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3.

October 7, 2015
Outdoor Garden, Phipps Conservatory

Camera: Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3.

October 6, 2015
St. Bernard Church and School, Mount Lebanon

The rear of St. Bernard Church, as seen from the St. Clair Cemetery.

Camera: Olympus E-20n.

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October 6, 2015
Shapes in the Woods

A selection of interesting logs, stumps, and trunks in Riverview Park.

Camera: Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3.

October 5, 2015
Green Tree Water Tower

This enormous tower is a favorite visual landmark for small-plane pilots. It’s visible from miles away on the ground, too, depending on where you may happen to be, and it’s the most distinctive feature of the otherwise rather generic suburban borough of Green Tree.

The borough seems to have decided on spelling the name “Green Tree” as two words, but it is pronounced as one word, and the main street of the borough is still spelled “Greentree Road.”

Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 (hacked).

October 4, 2015