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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.

December 7, 2022
Merry Christmas

Transept entrance to St. Paul’s Cathedral, with Christmas wreaths flanking it.

December 25, 2021
Skating at PPG Place

December 16, 2021
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.

December 6, 2021
Skating Rink at PPG Place

This year’s Christmas tree lights up in animated falling-snowflake patterns.

December 2, 2021
White Christmas

Above: Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii) under a Christmas snow. Below: English ivy (Hedera helix).

December 25, 2020
Light Up Night, 1998

Luminarias surround the obelisk on PPG Plaza. We had to forgo Light Up Night this year, but it will be back when large crowds closely packed seem like less of a threat.

December 12, 2020
Horne’s Christmas Tree in Afternoon Sun

Once again the season has arrived to decorate the corner of the old Horne’s department store. Though the store is long gone, the current owners of the building keep up the ancient tradition.

November 13, 2020
Christmas at the SouthSide Works

The Town Square at the SouthSide Works, decorated for Christmas. The SouthSide Works Cinema is a good imitation of an Art Deco neighborhood movie house, though the Deco entrance leads to a modern multiplex.

December 14, 2019
The Horne’s Christmas Tree

For decades the corner of Horne’s department store was made into a gigantic Christmas tree every year. Though Horne’s is long gone, the current owners of the building have kept up the tradition, and for good reason. There would be riots in the streets if the tree failed to appear.

December 5, 2019