#Schenley Farms

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Schenley Farms, Oakland, Pittsburgh

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The Schenley Farms Historic District

The Schenley Farms Historic District: A Rich Tapestry of History in Pittsburgh The Schenley Farms Historic District holds an special place in the heart of Pittsburgh. Famed for its late 19th and 20th-century revivals architecture, it hosts a substantial part of the University of Pittsburgh’s campus. The Historic District Overview The Schenley Farms Historic District, alternatively known as the…

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Filipino Farmworkers Movement

By Christian Buco

Background

Filipino began arriving in the United States to be immigrants and seek economic opportunities in agriculture. Farmworkers faced harsh working conditions, racial discrimination, and low wages. An example, Workers faced harsh and unsanitary working conditions in the fields. Long hours of labor under the sun without breaks, lack of clean water and restroom, and exposure to harmful pesticides.

Delano Grape Strike

Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), a group of Filipino farmworkers, demanded a raise both on hourly wages and piece rate. Hourly wage from $1.25 to $1.40. Piece rate from ten cents to twenty-five cents a box of grapes packed.

The strike was led by two people, Larry Itliong and Ben Gines. Cesar Chavez was the leader of National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), a Mexican farmworkers, joined the strike. The growers refused to negotiate with the farmworkers and hired replacement workers from Oregon, Texas, and Mexico to complete the fall 1965 harvest.

The Boycott Campaign

NFWA first boycott targeted Schenley Industries, second largest grower in Delano. Schenley is known for liquor sales each year. Organizers and volunteers picket businesses like grocery stores, bars, and liquor stores that sold Schenley products. NFWA targeted the exclusion of farmworkers from the National Labor Relations Act, which led to growers to refuse to recognize farmworker unions. The passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 created new framework for farmworker organizing. Chavez argued to U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor in 1966. This grant farm workers the right to form unions and bargain with grower.

"The whole system of occupational discrimination must be killed just like the discrimination against people of color is being challenged in Washington. This, and nothing more, is what farmworkers want." -Chavez

March to Sacramento

UFW organized a march from Delano to Sacramento in 1966. Most of them Mexican American and Filipino. 280 miles to the north. This symbolized the unity between different ethnic groups in the farm labor movement.

Victories

The movement led to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act. This legislation helped farmworkers the right to organize and bargain collectively. The Filipino farmworkers movement help influence labor rights and social justice activism.

People involved

Cesar Chavez is a labor leader and civil rights activist who played a pivotal role in the farm labor movement in the United States. Co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW) union and lead nonviolent protests and strikes to improve working conditions of agricultural laborers. He was focused on the rights of Mexican and Filipino farmworkers.

Larry Itliong was a Filipino labor leader and a key figure in the farm labor movement. He initiated the Delano grape strike in 1965 and was the reason for the formation of the UFW union. He collaborated with Cesar Chavez.

Philip Vera Cruz was a Filipino labor leader and farmworker activist. Like Larry Itliong, he was a key figure in the farm labor movement. Contributed to the movement's success and the fight for fair labor conditions.

Summary

The Filipino farmworkers movement was centered in California. Filipino and Mexican advocated for improved working conditions, fair wages, and the right to collective bargaining. The movement was a key event that helped with farm labor rights. It contributed to a broader understanding of the importance of unity and collective action in the fight for social and economic justice. It is still impactful because it will be ongoing to improve conditions for workers across different industries.

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Last winter 2020-2021...this winter day January 2, 2022 warm rain early in the day, then some snow flakes.

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#Herstory #UnDiaComoHoy
Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta (Dawson, Nuevo México; 10 de abril de 1930) es una #sindicalista estadounidense, cofundadora y primera #vicepresidente emérita del Sindicato de Trabajadores Agrícolas de América, AFL-CIO (UFW). Su madre, Alicia Chávez, la crió junto a sus 2 hermanos y 2 hermanas, en el seno de una comunidad de agricultores del Valle de San Joaquín, en Stockton, California. Su madre era la propietaria de un restaurante y un hotel de 70 habitaciones en el que solía brindar hospedaje a familias campesinas sin cobrarles. En 1955, cofundó el capítulo de Sacramento de la Organización de Servicios a la Comunidad y, en 1960, la Asociación de Trabajadores Agrícolas. En 1962, cofundó la Asociación Nacional de Trabajadores del Campo —National Farm Workers Association— junto con César Chávez. Con el tiempo, esta asociación pasó a ser el United Farm Workers Organizing Committee y, más tarde, UFW, United Farm Workers. En 1966, negoció un contrato entre el UFWOC y la empresa de vinos Schenley Wine Company. Esta fue la primera vez que los trabajadores del campo, colectivamente, entablaron con éxito negociaciones con una empresa agrícola. Huerta dirigió el boicot nacional de la UFW contra la uva, haciendo llegar a los consumidores el sufrimiento y la lucha de los trabajadores del campo. El boicot se extendió por toda la industria de la uva de California, lo cual propició la firma de un acuerdo colectivo de 3 años con la UFW. Como defensora de los derechos de los trabajadores del campo, ha sido arrestada 22 veces por participar en actividades de desobediencia civil no violentas y huelgas. En California, el 10 de abril es día de Dolores Huerta. El documental Dolores habla sobre sus ideas con respecto al feminismo y el activismo. Su definición de feminismo es alguien que “apoya los derechos de reproducción de las mujeres y que apoya el derecho de la mujer al aborto, que apoya los derechos LGBT, que apoya a los trabajadores y los sindicatos, que apoya el medio ambiente,que se preocupa de los derechos civiles y la igualdad con respecto a nuestro sistema económico.” #efemérides #DoloresHuerta #educarenigualdad #schooloffeminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CcKVZuJDCwf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Schenley Farms, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

circa 1925

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Architecture of Oakland--from a PITT Student’s perspective

The University Club, like many other buildings in the area, was designed by architect Henry Hornbostel and features a classical-style limestone exterior.

Completed in 1923, the new location of the club settled in Schenley Farms National Historic District after making its move from the original location in downtown Pittsburgh. It moved to Oakland to be closer to the city's college campuses, bringing together graduates who enjoyed literature, art, and other culture.

Hayley Pontia is a student at The University of Pittsburgh who works as a free lancer for Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Through this blog series, she will share her unique perspective on our historic architecture in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh where our museum is located.

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Family Movies On This Vacation

ississippi Grind

Gerry a gambler who is facing financial problem. While she enters in the casino she interact with Curtis a young gambler. On the play Curtis wins and buys a drink for Gerry and their relationship of friend started.

 Mistress America

Tracy Fishko having difficulties with college life. She eventually meets Tony and crush on him. But when Tony date with Nicolette, She felt alone. Her mother suggest her to contact her stepsister Brooke who residence in New York.

 Shaun the Sheep Movie

A sheep named Shaun lived in Mossy Bottom Farm with his flock. He get bored with the daily routing in his farm. He decide to get away for a day tricking his farmer to go back counting his sheep.

Sleeping with Other People

The mutual attractions sets in with a good nature womanizer and serial cheater.

 Slow West

A Scottish man who loves a woman step forwards to the way across America attracting the outlaw attention. Someone has to serve him as a guide, who is willing to do.

Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah bluray free movie online is Hollywood thriller movie. Ann Burde who survive in Nuclear apocalypse lives in her family’s farmstead. John Loomis another nuclear apocalypse survivor, Ann met unintentionally. John is an engineer who came fro distant military camp in safe Ann’s valley. John fall sick when he bath in contaminated water but Ann nursed back to health.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl hd full movie is Hollywood comedy movie. In a Schenley High School Awkward, lanky and Greg Gaines is senior. To shoot another films Madision convinces Greg to make a films in dedicating to Rachel and apple to the local college. In completing the film watch free movies online  Greg opt out the school work and slowly school too. Rachel discontinue her treatment which lead argument in Greg and Rachel.

The Hallow

A British conservationist and his wife Clare along with his son Finn travel to the village surrounded by the forest. Adam walk with his baby Finn into the forest surveying the woodland and saw abandoned house where they found dead animal inside.

  The Second Mother

A woman named Val who lives in Pernambuca migrate to Sao Paulo seeking for the better life for her daughter. Val works as a housemaid where she takes care of only child.

Advantageous

A woman named Gwen who works in Center For Advanced Heath And Living. She sell cosmetic items. Her life is working in below scale and she wants to ensure that her daughter get good education and future.

Brooklyn

In Ireland, 1952, a young lady Eilis Lacey live with her sister Rose and her mother. She had a hard time to find employment. She managed her lives with just working in weekends going to a shop of Kelly. Rose writes a message to the priest in Brooklyn who help her to visit US from good future. She march towards her journey to US but on the way she fall sick and also got lock in toilet by neighbors of cabin.

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Schenley Farms, a tiny borough in Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA.

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The Ultimate Guide to 2019 Holiday Events in South Florida

Celebrating the holiday season with family and friends in South Florida?

Whether you are interested in evening light displays, daytime activities or an entertaining show to make your December more festive, we have put together the ultimate list of holiday events taking place all over South Florida this year.

Scroll down to find lists of events that will be running all month long, one-day celebrations and entertainment. 

Long-running events

Bayfront Holiday Village

Where: 301 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami 33132

When: November 29th-December 25th, Monday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

What: Bayfront Park has been transformed into a festive market for the holidays, including artisans and vendors, roller skating, and food trucks. It will be open every day until Christmas, and will have various themes every day, such as 'Ugly Sweater Night' and 'Sugar & Spice Wednesdays' with $1 churros. There are also activities for kids, like a photo studio with Santa, and even a dog park. Admission is free.

The NightGarden at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Where: 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables 33156

When: November 15th-January 11th, Wednesday-Sunday (also includes Dec. 23, 30 and 31)

What: NightGarden is back this year at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, featuring a holiday lights extravaganza spread out throughout the whole park. Food and beverages are available for purchase, and displays include interactive surprises such as an augmented reality "Fairy Quest challenge." On New Year's Eve, there will also be a fireworks show. Tickets must be purchased for a specific time slot. Admission is $25 for adults, $18 for seniors, $12 for children 6-7 and free for children 5 and under and Fairchild members.

Santa's Enchanted Forest at Tropical Park

Where: 7900 SW 40th Street, Miami 33155

When: October 31-January 5th, Monday-Sunday 5 p.m. to Midnight

What: Santa's Enchanted Forest has practically become a staple of Miami's holiday season. With the largest Christmas tree in South Florida, rides, entertainment and food galore, the park will be open until the first week of January. Single day tickets are $38 for kids, $47.50 for adults and $35.33 for seniors, and a "Santa's express pass" can be purchased as an add-on for $18.69 to skip long lines for the rides and attractions.

Luminosa Chinese Lantern Festival at Jungle Island

Where: 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail, Miami 33132

When: October 5-January 8, Sunday-Thursday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

What: With over a million LED lights, 13 acres of illuminated trails and live music and acrobat shows, Jungle Island's Luminosa exhibit is surely one of the brightest ways to celebrate the holiday season this year in South Florida. Chinese lanterns have been crafted with a Miami twist to bring the city's culture to life, including lantern marine life, lantern flamingos and lantern parrots. Tickets are $35 for adults, $30 for children, and include admission, two Chinese acrobat shows, live music and a Moet lounge.

Zoo Lights Miami

Where: 12400 SW 152nd Street, Miami 33177

When: Select nights November 29-December 29, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: For the 11th year in a row, Zoo Miami will open at night on select evenings throughout December for a special holiday event that features one million animal-shaped tree lights. Other attractions include after-hour animal encounters, hot chocolate and cookies for purchase, and photos with Santa Claus. The full schedule is available on the Facebook event page, and tickets are available for $15.95 or for a dollar cheaper if purchased online.

Winterland at Pinto's Farm

Where: 14890 SW 216th Street, Miami 33170

When: Sleect nights December 14-January 5, Monday-Friday 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

What: Pinto's Farm will be featuring its annual Winterland again this holiday season, with treats, hot chocolate, a petting zoo and light displays. Admission includes unlimited rides, including the race track, pony rides and paddle boatting. On Saturdays and Sundays, there will also be magic shows and photo opportunities with Santa. Tickets are $15 for all ages, and children under 1 enter free.

Night of Lights at Pinecrest Gardens

Where: 11000 Red Road, Pinecrest 33156

When: December 13-January 1, every day from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

What: A winter wonderland will take over Pinecrest Gardens, with twinkling holiday lights winding all around the botanical landscape. Mechanical rides and pony rides are available every evening, and story time will take place every night from December 13 to 22 and 26 to January 1. Photos with Santa will be available until December 24. Select evenings will also feature holiday films or chorus and orchestra performances; check out the website for a full schedule of events. Tickets are $5 online, $7 at the door and free for members and kids under 2.

Magical Snowfall at Dolphin Mall

Where: 11401 NW 12th Street, Miami 33172

When: November 27-January 5 (not including December 24, 25, 31 and January 1), 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. every evening

What: Miami's forecast for the holidays may not include snow, but twice every evening at Dolphin Mall, kids will receive a complimentary light-up wand while magical snow flurries fall from the ceiling at Ramblas Plaza. The event is free and is being sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger. Snowfall times may vary, so check the full schedule online.

One-day only celebrations

Holiday Evening at Vizcaya

Where: 3251 South Miami Avenue, Miami 33129

When: December 18, 6 p.m.

What: Miami's historic Vizcaya Gardens will be covered in twinkling holiday lights for one night in December, when families are invited to come and enjoy with complimentary hot chocolate. Guests of all ages and skill levels can also create colorful stain-glass-style lanterns, or help color a giant scene on an illuminated set of doors. Tickets are $10.

Miami Beach Community Chanukah Festival

Where: 4221 Pine Tree Drive, Miami beach, 33140

When: December 15th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

What: The Miami beach Jewish Community Center is hosting a Community Chanukah Festival for one day in Miami Beach. Attractions includes rides, inflatables, games and arts and crafts for kids, as well as a menorah lighting with community rabbis. Tickets for families are $50 if purchased beforehand, and $60 at the door.

Coral Express at McBride Plaza

Where: 150 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables 33134

When: December 14, 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: For an entire Saturday, McBride Plaza in Coral Gables will be full of holiday activities, ending with an 8 p.m. screening of the movie Elf. Other attractions include a performance by a magician, festive trolley rides, storytime with Mrs. Claus, holiday caroling, and an ugly sweater competition. Admission is free, and the full schedule of events is available online.

SnowFest & Lighting Ceremony at Charles F. Dodge City Center

Where: 601 City Center Way

When: December 7, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

What: The City of Pembroke Pines Recreation and Cultural Arts Department hosts this annual free event, which features 75 tons of snow to play with. There will also be games, attractions, live music performances, and a 35-foot-tree lighting taking place at 6:30 p.m. Entry, parking and most activities are free, but tickets for the Snow Area must be purchased ahead of time at City Hall, Monday through Thursday during regular business hours on the third floor in the Recreation and Cultural Arts Offices.

Miracle at Schenley Park and Gift Market

Where: 2750 SW 57th Avenue, Miami 33155

When: December 7, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

What: Schenley park is celebrating the holiday season for one day in December. Kids can enjoy a bounce house, face painting, games and photos with Santa in the afternoon. There will also be a Holiday Market featuring local vendors and a raffle, as well as an annual toy drive benefitting Nicklaus Children's Hospital. Food trucks will also be present, and admission is free. 

Entertainment

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker at the Adrienne Arsht Center

Where: 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami 33132

When: December 13-December 222

What: Celebrate this Christmas classic with the Miami City Ballet at the Ziff Ballet Opera House. With more than 100 dancers, special stage effects and a live opera, Tchaikovsky's music serves as the soundtrack for an imagination-filled show. Tickets start at $30, and the show lasts an hour and 35 minutes.

The Italian Jewish Christmas Show! at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center

Where: 3385 NE 188th Street, Aventura 33180

When: December 21, 8 p.m.

What: Internationally acclaimed singers and songwriters Will & Anthony join Comedy Central comedian Jessica Kirson for a night of music and comedy celebrating holiday family craziness. The show will premiere for one night at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, and may include adult language and content. Tickets range from $58.41 to $63.08.

The Ten Tenors Home for the Holidays at Parker Playhouse

Where: 707 NE 8th Street, Ft. Lauderdale 33304

When: December 19, 8 p.m.

What: The Ten Tenors is an Australian music ensemble that features a combination of classical and contemporary music featuring ten-part harmonies. Their holiday show, which will be featured for one night at the Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale, includes renditions of Joy to the World, Sleigh Ride, White Christmas, Amazing, Grace, Winter Wonderland, Feliz Navidad and more. Tickets start at $54. 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical at the Adrienne Arsht Center

Where: 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami 33132

When: December 23, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

What: The holiday TV classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will be turned into a musical event for one night in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. It is a timeless Christmas story that "speaks to the misfit in all of us." The show runs 90 minutes with one intermission, and tickets start at $25.

Cirque du Soleil's ALEGRÍA at the Big Top

Where: 347 Don Shula Drive, Miami Gardens 33056

When: December 13-February 17

What: Cirque du Soleil's ALEGRÍA was created in 1994, and has been one of the circus's most popular touring shows, having been performed over 5,000 times around the world. The company describes the show as "an operatic introspection of the struggle for power and the invigorating energy of youth." It will take place under the Big Top beside Hard Rock Stadium. Tickets start at $42.

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The city of Pittsburgh sits on the north-western Allegheny Plateau, surrounding the point where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers join to form the Ohio.

Once a gritty center of industry, Pittsburgh is no longer the soot-encrusted coal and steel town of the past. The city center is known as the Golden Triangle, named for its position on the point where the rivers meet. Here, you will find the historic Point State Park and the lively Strip District with its numerous markets, boutiques, and eateries. The rivers are lined with parks and gardens, and river tours provide a lovely way to see the skyline from many angles. A legacy of the city's industrial wealth, the Carnegie museums are some of the best in the country, including the Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Science Center, and the Carnegie Museum of Art.

1. Phipps Conservatory

Real estate baron Henry Phipps donated these botanical gardens to the city in 1893. Set in Schenley Park, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens offers visitors a variety of things to see and do. There are extensive outdoor gardens that surround the central building, a 13-room Victorian glasshouse with rotating seasonal exhibits, including orchids, bonsai, and other delicate plants. Dedicated to the environment and sustainability, the gardens also include a Tropical Forest Conservatory and the Center for Sustainable Landscapes, which explore topics like water conservation and energy use, as well as an educational film about urban farming. Even kids will enjoy a visit.

2. Carnegie Museum of Natural History

One of four Carnegie Foundation museums in Pittsburgh, the Museum of Natural History is dedicated to educating and entertaining visitors, so they can gain a deeper understanding of our natural world. Exhibits explore the science behind the discovery and understanding of the earth and its inhabitants, both past and present. The museum's central exhibit is a collection of authentic dinosaur fossils and some reproductions, including a Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. The Cretaceous Seaway exhibit shows the life of dinosaurs who lived under water. The museum's extensive galleries also include exhibits about earth sciences like geology and gems, animal life in various parts of the world, and cultural history including Native American and Ancient Egypt. Kids will find plenty of things to do at Discovery Basecamp, an interactive exhibit that encourages kids to get hands-on, and also at the Bone Hunter's Quarry, where they can dig and uncover their own replica fossils.

3. Carnegie Science Center

On the north bank of the Allegheny River is the huge Carnegie Science Center, which offers more than 250 hands-on exhibits. While visitors are exploring, they will learn about the ways that science and technology influence every aspect of our lives, from energy use, food production, and industrial processing to space exploration. The four-story Rangos Omnimax Theater; and the Henry Buhl Jr. Planetarium and Observatory. Meanwhile, the Miniature Railroad and Village document the state's history and culture with tiny horse-drawn carriages, cars and trucks, trees, and airplanes complete with animation. Also on site is the USS Requin, a World War II submarine that held a crew of 80. Guided tours are given by former submariners.

4. Cathedral of Learning

At the University of Pittsburgh, the Gothic Revival skyscraper known as the Cathedral of Learning towers above the campus at 535 feet tall. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this 42-story building is the world's second-tallest university building. Construction began in 1926, and classes were held inside as early as 1931 while the exterior was still being completed - a task that was not finished until 1934. Home to many of the university's current educational facilities, it also has a food court where visitors can grab a bite while exploring the impressive building's interior.

5. Frick Art and Historical Center

The highlight is the Frick Art Museum, which displays the art collection of Helen Clay Frick. It is located in the Clayton, which was Henry Frick's mansion and the only surviving one on Millionaire's row. On display are pictures ranging in date from the early Renaissance to the end of the 18th century. The collection contains Italian, French, and Flemish paintings through the eighteenth-century; sixteenth-century tapestries; and Chinese porcelains.

6. Duquesne Incline

From the cars there are great views out over the city. Using two original 1877 cable cars, the Duquesne Incline is a working museum, with the upper station providing photos and displays on the history of the incline. Visitors can also see the inner workings of the incline. The Mount Washington neighborhood is one of the city's most popular areas for its grand homes and excellent fine restaurants and can also be accessed by the Monongahela Incline, which departs from Station Square.

7. Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

The Pittsburgh Zoo has five unique habitats and an aquarium that house its wide variety of animal residents. The PPG Aquarium is home to water dwellers, from seahorses to sharks, including a flock of penguins that play in the snow during winter. The Water's Edge area is dedicated to education about coastal wildlife and environmental concerns, and is home to sea otters and polar bears. The Tropical Forest area is full of fascinating animals, including two-toed sloths, lemurs, poison dart frogs, and capuchin monkeys among many primate species. The Islands exhibit focuses on endangered species of tropical climates, including Galapagos turtles and clouded leopards. The African Savanna section houses some of the zoo's most popular residents, including Masai giraffes, lions, rhinoceroses, African elephants, and zebras.

8. Strip District

The Strip District, on the Allegheny River at the north-east corner of the Golden Triangle, was formerly occupied by warehouses and railroad installations but is now one of the city's main tourist attractions. The area is home to shopping, art, dining, and all kinds of markets to buy produce, meat, and a variety of other foods. Visitors may want to come down here to simply enjoy a meal or spend a whole day wandering in and out of the small boutiques lining the Strip.

9. Point State Park

This was the site of Fort Pitt, of which there now remains only a blockhouse. The fort's original appearance is shown in dioramas in the Fort Pitt Museum, a re-created eighteenth-century bastion of the famous British fort.

The 36-acre park commemorates the British settlement of the frontier outpost in 1754 until the French seized the area. Later, the British regained supremacy and erected a new fort.

10. Andy Warhol Museum

The museum contains the largest collection of work by Andy Warhol, the city's most famous artist and American pop-art pioneer. Opened in 1994, the museum is housed in a restored warehouse, and displays many of Warhol's drawings, paintings, prints, and multimedia installations, as well as presents several of his films and video clips. This large space is also used to host events and classes, and the museum is committed to promoting contemporary art by sponsoring research and scholarships.

See also: Top 10 things to do in Philadelphia

From : https://wikitopx.com/travel/top-10-things-to-do-in-pittsburgh-702653.html

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Historic Hill-Climbing Hot Rod From 1954 Lives to Race Today

If you’re old enough, you may have seen this car before, perhaps when it was featured in the July 1958 issue of HOT ROD. Since then, the hot rod hill climber originally built by Bob Davis of Boone, North Carolina, has been a few places. Now it’s back, completely restored and updated to modern specs for hot rodding, hill climbing, and vintage road racing.

Bob Davis built this car during the winter of 1953-1954, after serving in the Army in Europe and going to a few hill climbs, which are far more popular there than here. He got a Second, a Third, and a Fourth with it in the first season, and blossomed in 1955 with a win at Pilot Mountain. Davis passed the car around to other drivers, dominated the Grandfather Mountain Hillclimb three years in a row, and won four times in a row at Chimney Rock, North Carolina, with drivers Ed Welsh and Phil Styles. Styles, who bought the car in 1957 for $600, road raced it at tracks in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Shown in front of a replica of Ford Motor Company’s first headquarters building, the Davis Special, as restored by Garrett and Maggie Van Camp and their talented friends over 17 years, carries Van Camp’s road racing number. It’s on a ’41 Ford frame shortened 14 inches, with the X-member removed and the rails boxed, and the engine is set back 22 inches from its stock location. Van Camp races this car and a Lynx Formula Vee regularly in the Midwest and wins, in spite of the fact that he’s well past 70 years of age. (Photo location courtesy of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan)

After that, though, the car spent more than 25 years in a junkyard in Waynesville, North Carolina, rusting away until vintage sports car enthusiast Jimmy Dobbs of Memphis rescued it from obscurity in 1992. The cost of restoration was so high that Dobbs sold the car to Chuck Rahn, a talented fabricator based in Phoenix. Rahn attempted to sell it to Jim Herlinger, who owned a similar car, the Baldwin Special, in northern California. Herlinger passed, but called a friend of his in Michigan to tell him about the car.

Enter Garrett Van Camp, of Bingham Farms, Michigan, who bought the car from Rahn in 1995 as a complete wreck. Van Camp, his wife Maggie, and their talented friends spent nights and weekends over 17 years until the car was not only completed, but updated for vintage racing rules with a master electric shutoff, an onboard fire system, four-point seatbelts, and a fuel cell, all well hidden to preserve as much of the original car’s looks as possible.

This vintage photo shows the original builder/driver, Bob Davis, testing the Davis Special in the hills of North Carolina in the early 1950s. Although the original side exhausts are gone, the rest of the restoration is very faithful to Davis’ original design, which in turn was borrowed from a California homebuilt sports car. Davis spent two years building the car and two more years racing it before he got his first win, at Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, in November 1955.

On May 18, 2013, Garrett and Maggie Van Camp trailered the car back to the town where it was born, Boone, North Carolina, to show it to Bob Davis’ widow and family. Maggie Van Camp says, “Joyce Davis, her daughter Kathy, and about a hundred of their friends gathered at the Chevy dealership where Bob Davis used to work. It was a magical weekend to have the car back in the town where it was built.”

Since then, the Van Camps have been busy showing and racing the car at such venues as Thunderhill Raceway in Northern California, Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Put-In Bay in Lake Erie, Waterford Hills, Michigan, and at the vintage racing extravaganza over Labor Day weekend in Lime Rock, Connecticut. He swaps the street tires for Dunlop vintage treaded racing tires, and he’s swapped out the 4.11 gearset for a more reasonable 3.78, but other than those changes, the car is raced as-is, in between the Van Camps’ Formula Vee sessions.

In a July 1958 feature story, HOT ROD called the Davis Special a roadster “of mixed and interesting ancestry” and its pieced-together body “a real Mulligan stew.” Citing the Special’s many hill climb victories, freelancer John Corey noted, “Rather interesting what can still be accomplished with the old flathead!”

After visiting three states and sitting in a junkyard for 25 years, this is what the Davis Special looked like on the day it was delivered to the Van Camp home in Bingham Farms, Michigan, north of Detroit. The hood is made from two ’49 Chevy pickup body panels, the scoop is a reversed ’36 Ford hood, and the tailpiece is made from two 1947 Plymouth front fenders.

Every square inch of sheetmetal on the car is new, reconstructed from photos by Van Camp’s late friend Jerry Kiefer and painted ’96 Miata classic red in California by Irv Dixon. Kiefer was responsible for the body, air scoop, grille, instrument panel, radiator ducting, seats, and upholstery during long winter nights in Michigan over the entire 17-year restoration. The grille is made from silver-soldered brass flat stock, half-round, and tubing, using photographs for reference.

The Rich Willim–built engine in the restored Davis Special is a ’47 Ford flathead, its 3 5/16-inch bore by 4-inch stroke making 276 ci. It is topped with Edelbrock heads, an Edelbrock three-carburetor manifold, and three Stromberg 48 carburetors. Power moves through a ’39 Ford three-speed transmission with Zephyr gears to a quick-change rearend with either 4.11 or 3.78 gears. The emergency oil supply on the firewall is there to keep the oil pump pickup covered no matter what. The period distributor contains modern MSD electronics, and the sheetmetal around the carburetors seals against the inside of the hoodscoop to keep fresh, cold air coming in.

The oil pan has been fitted with a custom-made, extra-deep sump fitted with internal baffles and doors to keep the oil around the oil pump pickup. The headers are hooked up to exhaust pipes and mufflers for street use and some race tracks with noise restrictions. Uncorked, this engine is the soul of mellow.

By 1950s flathead V8 standards, this custom-built aluminum radiator is overkill, but that’s the way Van Camp wants it. He worked as a lead brake engineer for Ford Motor Company for 37 years, retired, and was called back for an additional 13 years, making it a nice, round 50 years at Ford.

A professional brake engineer, Van Camp put together Ford leading/trailing brake assemblies, put the whole setup inside a set of 12-inch Buick aluminum brake drums, and added air cooling scoops to the backing plates. Front skinnies are Dunlop 6.00-16s mounted on reproduction steel wheels for authenticity.

Bob Davis’ inspiration for the design of his hill climb car was a car he saw racing in California, the Baldwin Special, built in Santa Barbara by Willis Baldwin. It had a nose and body configuration very similar to this car, and a three-carb Mercury flathead V8. The Baldwin was raced all over California from its debut year in 1949 to 1959, and, after changing hands many times, is still being raced today.

The beautifully hooded and engine-turned instrument panel houses classic gauges and frames the remote shifter and a custom-made Ford V8 steering wheel by Van Camp and a rearview mirror by fabricator Jerry Kiefer. Tony Vogel added the walnut veneer floorboards for a touch of class inside the Davis Special.

The Jerry Kiefer leather bucket seats in the restored Davis accommodate a new three-point roll bar, helmet restraint, and a five-point racing seatbelt setup demanded by Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association (VSCDA) vintage racing rules. The cockpit also contains the master electrical switch and a fire suppression system, with controls hidden in the upper left-hand corner of the instrument panel. A big fuel cell and a Holley electric pump hide under the spare tire. Maggie and Garrett Van Camp race this car and their Lynx Formula Vee as much as possible.

The Van Camps met in 1966 while skiing in Aspen, Colorado, married in 1968, and have been going uphill and downhill ever since in various kinds of race cars, including his first, an E/Production ’58 Porsche Speedster. He built a Lynx Formula Vee in 1969, won the SCCA national championship in 1971, sold the Lynx in 1972, bought it back in 1999, and has raced it ever since, which slowed down the progress of the Davis restoration.

More of Jerry Kiefer’s amazing bodywork can be seen in the spare tire well, the rear bodywork with its gentle, final peak, and the integrated rear bumper and license plate light. Yes, the Van Camps do occasionally run this car on the street, to the delight of all who witness it. They did so recently in Boone, North Carolina, when the car was reunited with Bob Davis’ family.

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