CAF car no. 4322 in the subway between Gateway and Wood Street. Someone put a lot of effort into decorating it: all the interior lights were replaced with alternating red and green, all the poles and grip rods were covered with spirals of electrical tape, and stick-on Christmas decorations were all over the windows. Whoever is responsible should get a raise and a promotion. In fact, whoever is responsible should be in charge of Pittsburgh Regional Transit.
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Christmas in the Subway
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Christmas Tree in the Skating Rink at PPG Place
With computers, it is possible to make the lights on a Christmas tree an ever-changing animated kaleidoscope of movement and color. According to the laws of American taste, if it is possible, it is mandatory.
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Horne’s Christmas Tree
As seen from the entrance to the Gateway subway station.
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Art Deco Christmas in the Koppers Building
The lobby of the Koppers Building is one of our richest Art Deco interiors, and here it is decorated for Christmas.
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Nativity Scene at St. Paul’s Cathedral
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Christmas Wreath on Broadway
This is the time of year when neighborhood associations put up the Christmas decorations along the main business streets of every neighborhood. Here is one of the wreaths along Broadway in Beechview.
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Merry Christmas
Transept entrance to St. Paul’s Cathedral, with Christmas wreaths flanking it.
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Skating at PPG Place
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Last of the Fall Colors
In the suburbs the trees are mostly bare, but some trees in sheltered spots downtown are still in the process of changing. This is a little parklet next to the Dollar Bank building on Fourth Avenue.
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Skating Rink at PPG Place
This year’s Christmas tree lights up in animated falling-snowflake patterns.