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Christopher Columbus

The statue of Christopher Columbus in Schenley Park was one of the first mysteries of Pittsburgh for me when I started at Pitt. Why would there be a statue of him HERE? He was never anywhere near...

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George Washington and Guyasuta: Point of View

I did not recognize George Washington in this bronze sculpture done by James West on Mt. Washington. I suppose I can be forgiven, seeing as how I never met the guy in person. He is also not wearing...

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Sculpture News

I haven’t gotten over to see it yet, but a new statue of Fred Rogers was unveiled on the North Side this month! It is bronze and was sculpted by Robert Berks, who also did the statue of Mayor Caliguri...

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“Arch”: The Robot Made of Bridges

Arch's right side Commissioned by the City of Pittsburgh as part of the celebration of Pittsburgh’s 250th birthday, “Arch” is a robot made of Pittsburgh’s bridges. It was created by Glenn Kaino, a...

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Joy of Life

This statue has so much beautiful movement implied– I love the way the figures are leaning back as if they are holding each other up as they celebrate. From Discovering Pittsburgh Sculpture: These men...

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Walking to the Sky

Ahhh, a modern sculpture with some controversy. “Walking to the Sky” is a stainless steel and resin sculpture by CMU alum Jonathan Borofsky. It was erected in the middle of “the cut” on May 15, 2006...

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Columbus vandalized again

For some reason the Columbus statue in Oakland has been the target of more vandalism this year than in years past. Columbus’ controversial legacy that includes discovering the “new world” from Europe’s...

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Abraham Lincoln

I drive by this statue about once a week but I’m either late or it’s dark. It’s in a weird place near where “the old William Penn Highway meets the old Lincoln Highway” (this is how we give directions...

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Maz

Maz and the Pittsburgh Skyline Bill “Maz” Mazeroski is most famous for winning Game 7 of the World Series with a home run in 1960. ESPN has ranked this as the greatest home run of all time. This...

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Mellon Park

I’ve been playing a lot of Ingress lately– it’s an augmented reality game made by a Google spinoff that involves capturing territory anchored at portals. The portals are places of interest in the real...

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