
A Christmas tree at Station Square.

Urban legend says that these structures are chapels where the privileged can repent of their sins, but in fact they house the elevator mechanics and other rooftop necessities.

October is the month when major corporations pink up the night in honor of breast-cancer awareness.




The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie could not quite get a foothold downtown, but it had the next best thing: a station right on the Smithfield Street Bridge, so that it was only a short walk from downtown to the P&LE trains—or a short trolley ride, since the streetcars ran on the bridge.


The entrance to the station was right at bridge level, with a grand staircase down into the grand concourse.

The Three Sisters bridges have a new lighting scheme. Above, the Roberto Clemente or Sixth Street Bridge; below, the Andy Warhol or Seventh Street Bridge.


“Blue hour” pictures are very fashionable these days. Well, old Pa Pitt can do those too, if you really want them.


We also have pictures of the Western Theological Seminary by day.