Pennsylvaniaphiles, please pardon again our pause. It’s not that my love of the greatest state ever has waned, it’s just that I’ve been wildly busy. I was talking today to our loyal PA blogger JEO today, and he issued the following challenge: he gives me a page/entry Google coordinate, and I load “Pennsylvania” into Google [...]
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February 17, 2009
PA, I declare you Funicular Capital (of America)
Did you know: Pennsylvania has the most still-operating funicular railways of any state in the US. We’ve got the Johnstown Inclined Plane, in operation since 1880 and the world’s steepest inclined-plane railway.
And of course Pittsburgh boasts not one but two funiculars, the Duquesne Incline (yunzers like me pronounce this “DOO-kane IN-cline en’at”) and the Monongahela [...]
September 6, 2008
git AHT!!
Spending a couple of days in the Pittsburgh area, I think I’ve drifted right smoothly back into the local dialect an’at. You too can learn Pittsburghese with this helpful website. Start with the audio quiz to check your skills, and then study the nouns, verbs, and useful phrases. Don’t be a jagoff, just do it [...]
April 8, 2008
shake your moneymaker, Allegheny County!
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports that Allegheny County has ranked #1 in the state for tourist spending, with Philadelphia following just behind at #2.
You can check out the article here.
January 17, 2008
Pennsylvania Day and North Hills Senior High School…together at last!
Seniors in Mark Franks’ English classes at North Hills Senior High School in the Pittsburgh area have been thinking and writing about what they love about Pennsylvania. We welcome them aboard! This, from Ralph, is the first of a series of short essays from North Hills students:
What makes Pennsylvania great is the large amounts of [...]
January 10, 2008
Greene County and Pittsburgh = America
I’ve been asking Pennsylvanians why they love Pennsylvania. This is from Mark Franks:
My family began its American history three generations ago working the coalmining communities of Greene County, Pennsylvania as laborers, businessmen, and educators.
Over time, as with many families, motivated equally by need and opportunity, we moved to the city, Pittsburgh. Here we found work, [...]
