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Top of the Cathedral of Learning
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Edward Bigelow Contemplates the Cathedral of Learning
The statue of Edward Bigelow by Giuseppe Moretti, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background.
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Cathedral of Learning From Centre Avenue
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Cathedral of Learning
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Two Views of the Cathedral of Learning
Above, from the grounds of Soldiers and Sailors Hall; below, from the steps of Bellefield Presbyterian Church.
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Cathedral of Learning in Postcard Colors
A two-color rendition of the Cathedral of Learning.
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Panther Head Fountain at the Cathedral of Learning
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Cathedral of Learning from Lytton Avenue
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Hamerschlag Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
Hamerschlag Hall, the centerpiece and symbol of Carnegie Mellon University, was named for the first president of the Carnegie Technical Schools, Arthur Hamerschlag. This was one of the original Carnegie Tech buildings designed by Palmer and Hornbostel, whose campus design has been followed surprisingly faithfully by succeeding generations of architects. It is perfectly positioned for a view down the Mall that captures the Cathedral of Learning, centerpiece and symbol of Pitt, looming in the background.
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Billy Buck Hill
South 18th Street, which used to be the Brownsville Plank Road before it was taken into the city of Pittsburgh, snakes up through the South Side Slopes, following an ancient track that probably predates European settlement. It makes a long loop around a lumpy eminence known locally as Billy Buck Hill, where typical tall and narrow Slopes houses crowd on absurdly precipitous lots. These houses in the foreground are lined up along St. Paul Street. In the background, across the Mon, we see Oakland, which is as usual full of cranes.
The usual story of the etymology of Billy Buck Hill has to do with goats having been kept there, and that seems plausible. But old Pa Pitt is not willing to swear to it, because it has the look of one of those ex-post-facto etymologies suggested speculatively as the probable reason for the name, and then picked up as the only possible explanation and presented as fact.
