A rookie hunter might follow these tracks expecting to find a freight train; but a seasoned tracker would notice that they are Pennsylvania broad gauge, and therefore must lead to a trolley eventually.
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Tracks in the Snow
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Wall of Ice in Banksville
Every year the cliff behind Banksville Plaza grows a spectacular crop of icicles that merge into a wall of ice.
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Winter Stream
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Twigs in the Snow
The line between artistic minimalism and dullness is thin and permeable. Which one does this picture represent? You get to decide! Old Pa Pitt intends the single dry leaf as symbolism, and you also get to decide what it symbolizes.
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Freezing Rain and Snow
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View Across the Diamond
A wintry view across the Diamond or Market Square, with the Pittsburgh National Bank Building (One PNC Plaza), the U. S. Steel Tower, the Tower at PNC Plaza, and Tower Two-Sixty looming behind the square.
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Snow
Above: Snow on seedheads of Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
Below: Snow on seedheads of Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum).
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Sycamore in Winter
The American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is notable for its peeling bark, which comes off in sheets, leaving gleaming white underneath.
There are three species of Platanus in the United States, but P. occidentalis is the one that grows in the East, suggesting that some botanist was disoriented in the most literal possible sense.
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Ice Sculptures
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More Snow
It was the largest amount of snow on one day in December since 76 years ago in 1944: 9.3 inches according to National Weather Service observations, but closer to a foot in some neighborhoods (the NWS says that one forecaster measured 11 inches in Lower Lawrenceville).
