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title: Transportation in Pittsburgh

text: Lines, and Fullington Trailways connect Pittsburgh with distant cities by bus; Greyhound and Fullington Trailways buses stop at the Grant Street Transportation Center intercity bus terminal. Pittsburgh has a thriving cycling community despite steep hills and variable weather. Efforts have been made to incorporate the bicycle into the transportation system. The Three Rivers Heritage Trail encompasses all the trails in the city. The Eliza Furnace Trail, known locally as the "Jail Trail", stretches from Downtown (at the Allegheny County Jail) to the East End region, where trail access can be found along some roads. The North Shore Trail spans from

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange was a large regional stock market located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from November 11, 1864 (originally as Thurston's Oil Exchange) until closing on August 23, 1974. It was alternatively named the Pittsburgh Coal Exchange starting on May 27, 1870, and the Pittsburgh Oil Exchange on July 21, 1878 with 180 members. On July 25, 1896 the Exchange formally took the name Pittsburgh Stock Exchange though it had been referred to by that name since the spring of 1894. The Exchange, like many modern day exchanges, was forced to close during sharp economic crashes or

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: He became president in 1911. On May 3, 1916, was again elected president. For two terms he was treasurer of the Pittsburgh Petroleum, Stock and Metal Exchange. On June 7, 1936 Pittsburgh Stock Exchange secretary Paul Leitch died suddenly at 36 from a heart attack. Pittsburgh Stock Exchange The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange was a large regional stock market located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from November 11, 1864 (originally as Thurston's Oil Exchange) until closing on August 23, 1974. It was alternatively named the Pittsburgh Coal Exchange starting on May 27, 1870, and the Pittsburgh Oil Exchange on July 21, 1878 with

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: crises. On December 24, 1969 The Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington Stock Exchange bought the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange. At its height the exchange traded over 1,200 companies, but by the last trading day in 1974 only Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Williams & Company and Westinghouse remained listed. The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange was formed in 1864 as the "Oil Exchange." The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange was originally Thurston's Oil Exchange, a large regional stock market located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starting on November 11, 1864 on Fourth Street, downtown. The exchange was built on the oil traded at Pittsburgh during the Civil War with the creation of Thurston's

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: the city's name "Pittsburg". The new official spelling was resisted by many people in the city. The Pittsburgh "Gazette" refused to adopt the Board's decision, as did the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, the University of Pittsburgh, and many city official. Responding to mounting pressure, the name change was reversed in 1911. The Pittsburgh Coal Exchange opened for all general stocks by 1894, and in April 1894 the exchange began using the title Pittsburgh Stock Exchange. The exchange began officially operating under that name on July 25, 1896. The building of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange was destroyed in a fire on October

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: Oil Exchange. It was alternatively named the Pittsburgh Coal Exchange starting on May 27, 1870, after the Pittsburgh Coal Exchange was chartered "for coal companies engaged in river transporation [sic?]" that January. The Coal Exchange changed its name to the Pittsburgh Oil Exchange in 1878. After many oil exchanges were being consolidated by Standard Oil, the exchange became known as the Pittsburgh Oil Exchange on July 21, 1878 with 180 members. In 1891 the United States Board on Geographic Names adopted standardized naming principles, one of which was that place names ending in "-burgh" should drop the final "-h", rendering

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: to the Regional Industrial Development Corporation's invitation to relocate to Pittsburgh, with the NYSE promising that the city was under consideration. On December 24, 1969 The Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington Stock Exchange bought the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange with the commitment to keep the trading floor operational in the city, yet a national economic downturn and increased computerization and centralization led to the Exchange closing after trading ended at 3 PM on August 23, 1974. At its height the exchange traded over 1,200 companies but by the last trading day in 1974 only Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Williams & Company and Westinghouse remained listed. A

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: foot structure 333 Fourth Avenue. Prior to 1903 it was located in rented quarters of the Pittsburgh Bank for Savings on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Smithfield Street. After the exchange closed, the 1962-1974 structure was purchased by Point Park University on November 1, 2006 for $645,000. John Baxter Barbour, Jr. (April 16, 1862 - March 11, 1929) was president of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange for eight terms. Barbour was elected to membership in the Oil Exchange when he was nineteen years of age, and of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, was one of the organizers and a charter member.

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: 29, 1896. The exchange was forced to close several times during sharp economic crashes or crises. October 23, 1907 it closed for three months due to the 1907 recession. During World War I the market closed for four months starting on July 31, 1914, due to economic effects of the war. With the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange closing that day, on March 5, 1933 President Roosevelt announced a bank holiday as both Mellon Financial and PNC Bank with the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange all left nervous account holders waiting outside locked doors. On April 5, 1966 the New York Stock Exchange responded

title: Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh)

text: next door, at 1725 Boulevard of the Allies, in the building that once housed 20th Century Fox's exchange. The Paramount Film Exchange was the subject of a contentious battle over historic preservation in Pittsburgh, which is redeveloping many of the older neighborhoods in its urban core. Initial attention to the Paramount Film Exchange came in 2008, when 21-year-old Drew Levinson entered and won a video contest sponsored by the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh (YPA) with his short film on the Paramount Film Exchange. Levinson's video rallied support behind saving the Film Exchange from sale or demolition by then-owner University

title: Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh)

text: a preliminary vote on Jan. 20, 2010, approved historic designation for the Exchange by an 8-1 margin. Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh) Paramount Film Exchange is a building at 1727 Boulevard of the Allies in the Uptown or Bluff neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed in 1926 by R. E. Hall Co. architects from New York City. In 2010, the building was bought by arts-oriented local entrepreneurs who founded the Paramount Film Exchange (PFEX), Inc., to redevelop the then-abandoned building in a historically sensitive manner. In the words of film historian Max Alvarez, film exchanges were "agencies engaging in the practice of

title: Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh)

text: Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh) Paramount Film Exchange is a building at 1727 Boulevard of the Allies in the Uptown or Bluff neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed in 1926 by R. E. Hall Co. architects from New York City. In 2010, the building was bought by arts-oriented local entrepreneurs who founded the Paramount Film Exchange (PFEX), Inc., to redevelop the then-abandoned building in a historically sensitive manner. In the words of film historian Max Alvarez, film exchanges were "agencies engaging in the practice of renting or trading motion pictures", which, in the early part of the 20th century, served as "full-service

title: Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh)

text: of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). In 2009, YPA proposed the Paramount Film Exchange for official historical designation by the City of Pittsburgh. The Historic Review Commission of the City of Pittsburgh granted landmark designation in early 2010 based on "the importance of a particular place to Pittsburgh's heritage." The YPA attributed the site's historical significance to its status as the last remnant of Pittsburgh's "film row". UPMC and the Exchange's other large institutional neighbor, Duquesne University, both opposed landmarking the building, while Rick Schweikert and his co-investors in PFEX, Inc. did not. The proposal moved to City Council, which in

title: Economy of Pittsburgh

text: and the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce in 1874. The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange was also formed in 1864 as the "Oil Exchange" before becoming the "Coal Exchange" in 1870 and then back to the "Oil Exchange" in 1878 until opening for all general stocks by 1894. The stock exchange closed its Fourth Avenue "financial district" doors in August 1974 after computerization had consolidated trades in New York, Chicago and other global centers but not before a 1966 response from the New York Stock Exchange board of possibly relocating their trading floor to the city's facilities. Railroad networks reached the Pittsburgh

title: Exchange to exchange

text: transactions, This is a form of the business to business (B2B) commerce model, as each E2E partner is a B2B gateway for its clients, and in turn exchanges information with at least one other B2B gateway. The connection between the two B2B systems (exchanges) is then an exchange to exchange integration. E2E is an alternative to direct application to application integration (A2A), though some A2A can be classified as E2E. Exchange to exchange Exchange to exchange (sometimes Exchange-to-exchange, abbreviated E2E) is integration, between certain pairs of computer systems. To qualify as E2E, each of the paired systems must have a

title: Exchange to exchange

text: Exchange to exchange Exchange to exchange (sometimes Exchange-to-exchange, abbreviated E2E) is integration, between certain pairs of computer systems. To qualify as E2E, each of the paired systems must have a primary use of acting as an exchange, or gateway, among its own customers. A common example is a connection between stock brokerage firms' internal systems and systems of a stock market in which the broker trades. These connections are often facilitated by middleware services, such as object request brokers. Each E2E partner system has a primary function to its own clients of allowing them to transfer information or conduct other

title: Euros Bowen

text: edited the literary journal, "Y Fflam", 1946-1952. Euros Bowen Euros Bowen (12 September 1904 – 2 April 1988) was a Welsh language poet and priest. Born in Treorchy, and a brother of the poet Geraint Bowen, he was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and later at the University of Wales (initially at University College, Aberystwyth before transferring to University College, Swansea), Mansfield College, Oxford and St Catherine's College, Oxford. Although initially he intended to become a Nonconformist minister, he converted to Anglicanism as a student, and was ordained as a priest of the Church in Wales, serving 1934-38 as

title: Euros Bowen

text: Euros Bowen Euros Bowen (12 September 1904 – 2 April 1988) was a Welsh language poet and priest. Born in Treorchy, and a brother of the poet Geraint Bowen, he was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and later at the University of Wales (initially at University College, Aberystwyth before transferring to University College, Swansea), Mansfield College, Oxford and St Catherine's College, Oxford. Although initially he intended to become a Nonconformist minister, he converted to Anglicanism as a student, and was ordained as a priest of the Church in Wales, serving 1934-38 as curate of Wrexham, then as rector of

title: Euros Lyn

text: John Lanchester's novel of the same name. In 2016 Lyn directed his first feature film, the Welsh-language "Y Llyfrgell" ("The Library Suicides") starring Ryland Teifi, Catrin Stewart, Dyfan Dwyfor and Sharon Haf Morgan. Lyn was born in Cardiff. His family moved to north Wales and later back south to Swansea, he now lives in Llangennith, Gower. He was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera and studied Drama at the University of Manchester. He is a Welsh speaker. In 2015 Lyn married his partner, Craig Hughes. Euros Lyn Euros Lyn () (born 1971) is a Welsh television director. Lyn started out directing

title: Pittsburgh in the American Civil War

text: USS "Manayunk", "Marietta", "Sandusky", and "Umpqua". Pittsburgh's rolling mills supplied the armor for many of the ironclads that were built in New York City and Philadelphia for the Union Navy. The city's 110-year run of hosting a major stock exchange can be traced to the oil traded at Pittsburgh during the war with the creation of Thurston's Oil Exchange on Fourth Avenue, downtown. Both Morgan's Raid from the west and Jones-Imboden Raid from the south came within a day's march of the city before being captured or forced to retreat. Concerned that the Confederate Army might target Pittsburgh for invasion,

title: Philadelphia Stock Exchange

text: The exchange was known as the Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington Stock Exchange (often abbreviated as PBW) after those mergers. In 1969, the exchange acquired the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, and maintained an auxiliary trading floor in Pittsburgh until 1974. On October 22, 1981, trading was halted on both the Chicago Board of Trade and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange after anonymous callers said bombs had been placed in those buildings. In 2005, a number of large financial firms purchased stakes in the exchange as a hedge against growing consolidation of stock trading by the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. These firms—Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Credit

title: Euros Lyn

text: Euros Lyn Euros Lyn () (born 1971) is a Welsh television director. Lyn started out directing Welsh-language shows broadcast on S4C such as "Pam Fi Duw?", "Iechyd Da" and "Y Glas". He directed nine episodes of "Doctor Who" and won the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director for "Silence in the Library" and the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for "The Girl in the Fireplace". He also directed David Tennant's last episodes of "Doctor Who". In 2008, he directed "", the five-episode "Torchwood" mini-series (often called series 3 of the show). In 2007, he directed the

title: Euros Childs

text: Euros Childs Euros Childs (; Welsh: ; born 16 April 1975) is a Welsh musician and songwriter, perhaps best known as the frontman for the band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. His sister, violinist Megan Childs, was also a member of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, and their father Lynn played on some Gorky's recordings, most notably on "Barafundle". Childs was born in Freshwater East, Pembrokeshire, and was educated at the Welsh-medium school Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin in Carmarthenshire. Childs was a founder of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and stayed with the band throughout its lifetime, writing or co-writing most songs, handling most lead

title: Euros Childs

text: "Sky / Sea". As usual, the album is available on download, CD and vinyl. In January 2017 Childs released an EP collaboration with Rosie Smith of Oh Peas! under the name Tim's Rice. The EP, "Mixed Ability Pilates", was available as a pay-what-you-like download. Childs's next album, "House Arrest", will be released on 17 November 2017. It was recorded at Gus Dungeon Studios (i.e. his Pembrokeshire home) and features the single "My Colander". The album release will be accompanied by a full UK tour, Childs's first since 2015. Euros Childs Euros Childs (; Welsh: ; born 16 April 1975) is

title: Euros Lewis

text: Euros Lewis Euros John Lewis (31 January 1942 – 23 June 2014) was a Welsh cricketer. Lewis was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Lewis made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against Somerset at Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare, in the 1961 County Championship. Early in his career, Lewis played as a hard-hitting opening batsman, before concentrating on his off break bowling, and dropping down the batting order. In his first season, Lewis appeared seven times in first-class cricket for Glamorgan, scoring 450 runs at an average of 34.61, with three half centuries and

title: Euros Lewis

title: Le Jeu des 1000 euros

text: case of an incorrect response, the audience member that provides the question. The prizes are 15 euros per blue question, 30 euros per white question, and 45 euros per red question. For the "draft" question, the "Banco" question, and the "Super Banco" question, the audience member that developed the question earns only 45 euros if the contestants respond incorrectly. "Le Jeu des 1 000 euros", the name of the original show, is the oldest quiz show in the French radio broadcasting world that is still aired. The first show was recorded on April 19, 1958 in a drawn marquee in

title: Exchange rate

text: purchasing power of the US dollar relative to that of the euro is the dollar price of a euro (dollars per euro) times the euro price of one unit of the market basket (euros/goods unit) divided by the dollar price of the market basket (dollars per goods unit), and hence is dimensionless. This is the exchange rate (expressed as dollars per euro) times the relative price of the two currencies in terms of their ability to purchase units of the market basket (euros per goods unit divided by dollars per goods unit). If all goods were freely tradable, and foreign

title: China Beijing Equity Exchange

text: from any other Equity Exchange in China, CBEX has developed a unique cross-border expertise and has carried out a large number of deals with foreign investors. CBEX has entered into co-operation agreements with Nasdaq, the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Zurich Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Reuters and Sunbelt. CBEX completed 4,151 transactions in 2008 for a combined value in excess of 10 billion Euros. CBEX is operative in Italy through the equity exchange platform CMEX (China Milan Equity Exchange). CMEX was founded in 2007 on the basis of an alliance agreement with CBEX on an exclusive basis.The alliance with

title: Euros of Hollywood

text: “Madonna of Albania” to a Prada-wearing Italian Renaissance man whose goal is to win an Oscar." The cast members include Isabel Adrian, Massimo Dobrovic, Fawni, Sascha Gerecht, Jannik Olander, and Bleona Qereti. In Australia, the first episode premiered on Arena on January 1, 2015, before the full series began on February 3, 2015. Euros of Hollywood Euros of Hollywood is an American reality documentary television series on Bravo that premiered on November 3, 2014. Bravo announced the series in April, 2014, as a show featuring a group of Europeans trying to make success in America. The nine-episode season concluded on

title: Euros of Hollywood

text: Euros of Hollywood Euros of Hollywood is an American reality documentary television series on Bravo that premiered on November 3, 2014. Bravo announced the series in April, 2014, as a show featuring a group of Europeans trying to make success in America. The nine-episode season concluded on December 30, 2014. The reality series follows six people from different European countries who all live in Los Angeles and try to deal with their own cultural differences while striving to achieve their version of the American Dream. The show features diverse and very ambitious people, "from a pop diva known as the

title: Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

text: total of 11 companies traded the last day with 3,100 shares. The stock exchange closed its Fourth Avenue "financial district" doors in August 1974 after computerization had consolidated trades in New York, Chicago and other global centers. Some academics posit the exchange closed due to an extended national bear market and increased computerization that would eventually centralize much regional stock market trading to New York City. From April 1, 1903 until October 1962 the stock exchange was located at 229 Fourth Avenue. From October 1962 until it closed in August 1974 it was located at the 2 story 8,500 square

title: Main Line (Pittsburgh to St. Louis)

text: Main Line (Pittsburgh to St. Louis) The Pittsburgh to St. Louis Main Line was a rail line owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The line ran from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania west via Steubenville, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, Dayton, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, Terre Haute, Indiana, and Vandalia, Illinois to East St. Louis, Illinois. In addition to its east end in downtown Pittsburgh, where it met the Main Line and Pittsburgh to Chicago Main Line, junctions included the Columbus to Chicago Main Line at Columbus, the C&X Branch (to Cincinnati) at Xenia, the

title: Forward exchange rate

text: at the spot rate of $1.27 = $1 U.S. dollar. Here, there are no accounting entries for the forward foreign currency contract since its fair value is zero. Debtors 4,000,000 Sales 4,000,000 To record the sale of 5 million euros at the spot rate of $1.25 = $1 U.S. dollar. Debtors 60,993 Exchange gain 60,993 To retranslate the seller of 5 million euros at the year end sport rate of $1.27 = $1 U.S. dollar. Profit on derivative 31,746 Derivative gain 31,746 To value the derivative at the year-end fair value which is the difference between the forward rate and

title: Transportation in Pittsburgh

text: in the metropolitan area, among them the Mars Station and the Wilkinsburg station. Transportation in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, surrounded by rivers and hills, has a unique transportation infrastructure that includes roads, tunnels, bridges, railroads, inclines, bike paths, and stairways. Pittsburgh has a high number of freeze/thaw cycles in the winter, sometimes blamed for the difficulty of maintaining local roads. The hills and rivers form many barriers to transportation within the city. The main highway connecting Pittsburgh to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) on the east is I-376, known to locals as the "Parkway East." It includes the locally-notorious Squirrel Hill interchange, where

title: Transportation in Pittsburgh

text: Transportation in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, surrounded by rivers and hills, has a unique transportation infrastructure that includes roads, tunnels, bridges, railroads, inclines, bike paths, and stairways. Pittsburgh has a high number of freeze/thaw cycles in the winter, sometimes blamed for the difficulty of maintaining local roads. The hills and rivers form many barriers to transportation within the city. The main highway connecting Pittsburgh to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) on the east is I-376, known to locals as the "Parkway East." It includes the locally-notorious Squirrel Hill interchange, where unusual traffic patterns and the adjoining tunnel often cause traffic congestion. Several accidents

title: Algiers Stock Exchange

text: Algiers Stock Exchange The Management Company of the Stock Exchange (SGBV) is the only stock of Algeria. It is in operation since 1997. Despite a 62% increase over one year SGBV remains one of the smallest stock exchanges in the world since 2011, because the four highly rated values total a market capitalization of 13,267,744,130 DA or about 13.3 billion AD (or 133 million euros). The idea of creating a stock exchange in Algiers appeared in 1990 as part of the economic reforms of 1988 . It is established by law : These laws introduced the distinction between state ownership

title: Fixed exchange-rate system

text: to maintain reserves in one or more of these currencies to intervene in the foreign exchange market. A popular and widely used composite currency is the SDR, which is a composite currency created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), consisting of a fixed quantity of U.S. dollars, Chinese yuan, euros, Japanese yen, and British pounds. In a crawling peg system a country fixes its exchange rate to another currency or basket of currencies. This fixed rate is changed from time to time at periodic intervals with a view to eliminating exchange rate volatility to some extent without imposing the constraint

title: Le Jeu des 1000 euros

text: A person can mention the "Jeu des Mille Fesses" - "Game of a thousand Butts" - of Lucien Lasemence from Pierre Desproges's satirical radio show on France Inter "Le Tribunal des flagrants délires" and recognize that it comes from the title of "Le Jeu des 1 000 euros". In addition, the game is found elsewhere outside of radio: Le Jeu des 1000 euros Le Jeu des 1 000 euros is a French radio game show broadcast by France Inter before 1 PM UTC+1. Created in 1958 by Henri Kubnick with the name 100 000 francs par jour, it was renamed

title: China Milan Equity Exchange

text: process by private enterprises. Foreign companies have the chance to participate to the bidding process for the privatization of Chinese state-owned companies through equity exchange platforms that are directly supervised by the State Assets Supervision Administration Commission (SASAC). CBEX (China Beijing Equity Exchange) is the Chinese largest equity exchange, having completed 4,151 transactions in 2008 for a combined value in excess of 10 billion Euros. Since 2007, CMEX is the exclusive partner in Italy of CBEX, operating as a collector and processor of financial information available through the CBEX platform for the scouting of Chinese private and State-Owned Enterprises. CMEX

title: Live in Pittsburgh 1970

text: be onstage, and the guys moved to and fro with him, trusting the journey. Sometimes The Doors were raging with fire and energy; at other times, when Jim jumped into the lyric of a different song, in the middle of something else, they were right there with him."" All songs written by the Doors, except where noted. Live in Pittsburgh 1970 Live in Pittsburgh 1970 is a live album by the American rock band the Doors. The concert was recorded at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh on May 2, 1970 and released in 2008 on Rhino Records. It is

title: Washington Stock Exchange

text: example of similar bodies in other cities and suspended business for the day." During a financial crisis, on August 5, 1914, the "New York Times" reported that the New York Stock Exchange and all regional exchanges had voted to close, including Washington, D.C., the Baltimore Stock Exchange, the Boston Stock Exchange, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, and others for Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, and San Francisco. On July 21, 1953, members of the Washington Stock Exchange board unanimously voted to merge with the Philadelphia-Baltimore Stock Exchange. The merger plan had been in negotiations at that

title: Pittsburgh Pirates minor league players

text: teams. The Orioles added him to their 40-man roster after the season. He spent 2017 with Bowie where he was 3–4 with a 4.85 ERA in 31 games (12 starts). Liranzo was designated for assignment on March 29, 2018. He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 2, 2018, in exchange for Luis Ysla but the Dodgers designated him for assignment the next day and he was claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jason Martin (born September 5, 1995) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Martin attended Orange Lutheran High School in Orange, California.

title: Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh)

text: stores for theater owner/managers." Motion-picture studios owned exchanges and used them to screen their films for potential exhibitors in a local market. Once videocassettes came into use in the 1970s, it was no longer necessary to screen a film in a screening room, and film exchanges fell out of use. The Paramount Film Exchange, which belonged to Paramount Pictures, was one of several film exchange buildings in the area. The Duquesne University Tamburitzans occupy the former location of the Warner Bros. exchange at 1801 Boulevard of the Allies, and the auction and real-estate firm Harry Davis & Co. is located

title: Foreign exchange market

text: so this behind-the-scenes market is sometimes called the "interbank market" (although a few insurance companies and other kinds of financial firms are involved). Trades between foreign exchange dealers can be very large, involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Because of the sovereignty issue when involving two currencies, Forex has little (if any) supervisory entity regulating its actions. The foreign exchange market assists international trade and investments by enabling currency conversion. For example, it permits a business in the United States to import goods from European Union member states, especially Eurozone members, and pay Euros, even though its income is in

title: Name of Pittsburgh

text: upon all federal government agencies, including the Post Office. The decisions were not, however, binding outside the federal government. Official city and state documents continued to use the old spelling, as did the Pittsburgh "Gazette", the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange and the University of Pittsburgh. Responding to mounting pressure and, in the end, political pressure from senator George T. Oliver, the Board adopted the "Pittsburgh" spelling on July 19, 1911, reversing its previous decision on the matter. The letter sent to senator Oliver to announce this decision, dated July 20, stated: Hon. George T. Oliver, United States Senate: Sir: At a

title: Baltimore Stock Exchange

text: Exchange, the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, and others for Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. On August 7, the Baltimore Stock Exchange forwarded an urgent request to the Committee of Five, a government group overseeing the matter, to reopen the exchange. Three members of the exchange, along with two members of the Chicago Stock Exchange, appeared before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress in 1918, to "most earnestly" protest the proposed tax on stockbrokers, which would be "based upon the value of seats on the respective stock exchanges and a percentage of the

title: Sheraden (Pittsburgh)

text: Sheraden (Pittsburgh) Sheraden is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Nearby neighborhoods include Windgap, Chartiers City, Crafton Heights, Esplen, and Elliott. The neighborhood was named for William Sheraden, a settler who gave land for the construction of a railroad depot in exchange for the naming rights. Sheraden's original homestead still stands at 2803 Bergman Street, easily distinguished for the two sycamore trees which grow together to form an arch, a legacy of Sheraden's horticulturalist grandson. Originally incorporated as Sheraden Borough in 1894, it grew quickly and was annexed by the City of Pittsburgh in 1907. Shortly thereafter,

title: Pittsburgh drug trials

text: Pittsburgh drug trials The Pittsburgh drug trials of 1985 were the catalyst for a Major League Baseball-related cocaine scandal. Several concurrent and former members of the Pittsburgh Pirates – Dale Berra, Lee Lacy, Lee Mazzilli, John Milner, Dave Parker, and Rod Scurry – and other notable major league players – Willie Aikens, Vida Blue, Enos Cabell, Keith Hernandez, Jeffrey Leonard, Tim Raines, and Lonnie Smith – were called before a Pittsburgh grand jury. Their testimony led to the drug trials, which made national headlines in September 1985. Eleven players were officially suspended, but all the suspensions were commuted in exchange

title: Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station

text: Pittsburgh Air Show and hosts an annual family picnic for Air Force and military families in the Metro Pittsburgh area. Pittsburgh's military heritage is also rekindled each summer as the complex hosts one of the largest air shows on the east coast, Wings over Pittsburgh. The first show was held on June 4 and 5, 2000. Roughly 200,000 spectators attended the two-day show in 2005. The military end of the airport complex has also been mentioned as the best relocation site for the region's Base Exchange (BX), operated by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). The 2008 scheduled

title: Philadelphia Stock Exchange

text: Exchange (often abbreviated as PBW). In 1969, the exchange acquired the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange. In 2007, PHLX was purchased by NASDAQ for $652 million. Over its 200 years the exchange has had various titles and has been located in various buildings around Philadelphia. Founded in 1790 as the "Board of Brokers," it was located at the Merchants Coffee House, now known as the City Tavern, at the corner of Second and Walnut Streets. In 1831, Stephen Girard’s Bank had formed the "Philadelphia Merchant’s Exchange Company" to erect a new building to house the Board of Brokers and other groups. The

title: Fixed exchange-rate system

text: The ECB will buy "ab" dollars in exchange for euros to maintain the limit within the band. Under a floating exchange rate system, equilibrium would again have been achieved at "e". When the ECB buys dollars in this manner, its official dollar reserves increase and domestic money supply expands, which may lead to inflation. To prevent this, the ECB may sell government bonds and thus counter the rise in money supply. When the ECB starts accumulating excess reserves, it may also revalue the euro in order to reduce the excess supply of dollars, i.e., narrow the gap between the equilibrium

title: Fixed exchange-rate system

text: services, and financial assets exceeds the foreign demand for goods, services, and financial assets from the European Union. If the demand for dollar rises from DD to D'D', excess demand is created to the extent of "cd". The ECB will sell "cd" dollars in exchange for euros to maintain the limit within the band. Under a floating exchange rate system, equilibrium would have been achieved at "e". When the ECB sells dollars in this manner, its official dollar reserves decline and domestic money supply shrinks. To prevent this, the ECB may purchase government bonds and thus meet the shortfall in

title: Fourth Avenue Historic District (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

text: Fourth Avenue Historic District (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) The Fourth Avenue Historic District is a historic district in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The district was the center of finance and banks for the city during the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th Century. Many ornate structures still exist from that era, including the location of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Smithfield Street from 1864-1903, the now vacant lot of its location at 229 Fourth Avenue from 1903 to 1962 and the still standing structure of the Exchange from 1962 until it closed in 1974.

title: Le Jeu des 1000 euros

text: are only allowed one response to the question but they are allowed a minute to respond. They can consult their team. If the response is correct, the prize has been 500 euros since September 2009. Before the euro replaced the franc in 2001, the "Banco" prize was 1,000 francs, which was the derivation of the name of the original show. The banco prize was 400 euros between 2001 and June 2009. If the response is incorrect, the contestants lose all their winnings and leave with a portable radio. Contestants that correctly respond to the "Banco" question can also try the

title: Le Jeu des 1000 euros

text: Le Jeu des 1000 euros Le Jeu des 1 000 euros is a French radio game show broadcast by France Inter before 1 PM UTC+1. Created in 1958 by Henri Kubnick with the name 100 000 francs par jour, it was renamed two more times (1 000 francs par jour and Jue des 1 000 francs) before taking its present name. In order, it has been moderated by Henri Kubnick, Albert Raisner, Maurice Gardett, Roger Lanzac, Pierre Le Rouzic, Lucien Jeunesse for 30 years from 1965 to 1995, Louis Bozon from September 1995 to June 2008, and finally by Nicolas

title: Pittsburgh A to Z

text: "P" in the program, they added extra stories from other WQED specials: Pittsburgh A to Z Pittsburgh A To Z is a 2001 documentary created by Rick Sebak about 26 things about the City of Pittsburgh for every Letter of the Alphabet. Sebak included a larger area than just the city. In addition to the city, they include Somerset County, Fayette County, and Lawrence County. They had no rules about what to include. However, double usage of any letter gave it an added attraction. They skipped the letter H because the historic spelling of Pittsburgh did not include an H

title: Pittsburgh A to Z

text: Pittsburgh A to Z Pittsburgh A To Z is a 2001 documentary created by Rick Sebak about 26 things about the City of Pittsburgh for every Letter of the Alphabet. Sebak included a larger area than just the city. In addition to the city, they include Somerset County, Fayette County, and Lawrence County. They had no rules about what to include. However, double usage of any letter gave it an added attraction. They skipped the letter H because the historic spelling of Pittsburgh did not include an H during a period of 20 years. Considering how they didn't pick a

title: Overheard in Pittsburgh

text: Overheard in Pittsburgh Overheard in Pittsburgh is a blog edited by Chris Griswold that publishes snippets of conversations overheard in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that are submitted by readers. Griswold created the site in September 2005, using the format originated by the Web site "In Passing" in 2000. According to "The Pittsburgh Metropolitan", the site became "wildly popular" and published more than 100 entries within three months. "Overheard in Pittsburgh" has been written about in the "Chicago Tribune", "USA Today", and the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". In 2006, the "Pittsburgh City Paper" named "Overheard in Pittsburgh" the best Pittsburgh Web site, the result of

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: the early 1900s, may have been involved in the first trade involving professional hockey players. In 1907, the WPHL was the first league to openly hire hockey players. The league played its games in three Pittsburgh hockey arenas, the Gardens, the Schenley Park Casino and the Winter Garden at Exposition Hall. The Casino, which was destroyed by a fire in 1896, had the first artificial ice surface in North America, was the first place in Pittsburgh where organized ice hockey was played and had the most modern indoor lighting system of the time era, that consisted of 1,500 incandescent lamps,

title: Euros Bowen

text: Llanuwchllyn with Llangywer, on the shore of Lake Bala in Merionethshire, from which parishes he retired in 1973. He spent the remainder of his life in Wrexham. Euros Bowen began writing poetry in earnest in 1947, during the heavy winter which left him snowbound in his rectory. In many ways a "late starter", for he did not publish his first volume of poetry until he was in his early 50s, he at once became notable for the way in which he developed the traditional metres of Welsh poetry. Compared by some with the writing of T. Gwynn Jones, who was

title: Euros Bowen

text: stature with his fellow priest-poet R. S. Thomas, Bowen is, nevertheless, considerably more celebratory in tone, and the transformations in nature, as he sees them, often appear as communicating a personal revelation. In the year after he retired Bowen published a selection of his poems, which included not only the Welsh-language originals but parallel English versions in verse His poems have also been translated by R. Gerallt Jones and the American Joseph P. Clancy, among others. Euros Bowen won the bardic Crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1948 for "O'r Dwyrain", and again in 1950 for "Difodiant". He

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: 11 arc lights and 4 white calcium lights. In 1905–1907, the city was represented in the International Professional Hockey League, the first fully professional hockey league, by the Pittsburgh Professionals. The Gardens housed the largest indoor rink in the world and was home to the city's first NHL franchise, the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1925 to 1930. The Gardens also was home to the Pittsburgh Shamrocks and the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the International Hockey League as well as the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League. In 1961, Pittsburgh Civic Arena was constructed for use of the Pittsburgh Civic Light

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: Sports in Pittsburgh Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball, hockey, and the first professional American football game had been played in the city by 1892. Pittsburgh was first known as the "City of Champions" when the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Panthers, and Pittsburgh Steelers won multiple championships in the 1970s. Today, the city has three major professional sports franchises, the Pirates, Steelers, and Penguins; while the University of Pittsburgh Panthers compete in a Division I BCS conference, the highest level of collegiate athletics in the United States, in both football and basketball. Local

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: a 50-mile radius of the city. Sports in Pittsburgh Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball, hockey, and the first professional American football game had been played in the city by 1892. Pittsburgh was first known as the "City of Champions" when the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Panthers, and Pittsburgh Steelers won multiple championships in the 1970s. Today, the city has three major professional sports franchises, the Pirates, Steelers, and Penguins; while the University of Pittsburgh Panthers compete in a Division I BCS conference, the highest level of collegiate athletics in the United States,

title: Transportation in Pittsburgh

text: century], and the New York Central Railroad [via the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie], Baltimore & Ohio and Pittsburgh & West Virginia). Despite the near-complete collapse of heavy industry in the Northeast, Pittsburgh remains an extremely important link in the nation's rail network. Current railroads in Pittsburgh include: Norfolk Southern operates the former assets of Conrail, composed of the Pennsylvania Railroad, instrumental in the formation of modern Pittsburgh. NS operates three lines through Pittsburgh: On the Mon and Pittsburgh lines over 60 trains a day pass through the city. CSX operates the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) and the Pittsburgh

title: Theatre in Pittsburgh

text: a living. Modern Companies include Attack Theatre, Bald Theatre Company, barebones productions, Bricolage Production Company, City Theatre, Jewish Theatre of Pittsburgh, Phase 3 Productions, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Prime Stage Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Quantum Theatre, Hiawatha Project, Cup-A-Jo Productions, Organic Theater Pittsburgh, 12 Peers Theater, The Pittsburgh Savoyards, Three Rivers Theatre Company, Throughline Theatre Company, Comtra Theater, No Name Players, Terra Nova Theatre Group, Caravan Theatre of Pittsburgh, Carrnivale Theatrics, Theatre Sans Serif, The Summer Company, Stage Right, Unseam'd Shakespeare Company and Saltworks Theatre Company. These are

title: Sheraden (Pittsburgh)

text: courts and picnic and playground areas. Sheraden (Pittsburgh) Sheraden is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Nearby neighborhoods include Windgap, Chartiers City, Crafton Heights, Esplen, and Elliott. The neighborhood was named for William Sheraden, a settler who gave land for the construction of a railroad depot in exchange for the naming rights. Sheraden's original homestead still stands at 2803 Bergman Street, easily distinguished for the two sycamore trees which grow together to form an arch, a legacy of Sheraden's horticulturalist grandson. Originally incorporated as Sheraden Borough in 1894, it grew quickly and was annexed by the City

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: and 1967 is from Pittsburgh as well. Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban and Basketball Hall of Fame member Jack Twyman were born in Pittsburgh. Olympic gold medalists Swin Cash and Kurt Angle, the latter of whom went on to become a major star in professional wrestling, were born in McKeesport and Pittsburgh respectively. Professional golfers Rocco Mediate and Arnold Palmer were born in Greensburg and Latrobe respectively. Author Jim O'Brien, who was born in Pittsburgh, has authored 20 books about Pittsburgh sports. The Pittsburgh region also has developed many notable athletes that have gone on to outstanding careers

title: Media in Pittsburgh

text: Media in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States, KDKA 1020AM; the first community-sponsored television station in the United States, WQED 13; the first "networked" television station and the first station in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, KDKA 2; and the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Until 2016 Pittsburgh was one of the few mid-sized metropolitan areas in the U.S. with two major daily papers; both the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" and the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" have histories of breaking in-depth investigative news

title: Erie to Pittsburgh Trail

text: (1021 m) Kennerdell Tunnel. The Kennerdell Tunnel is one of the longest rail-to-trail converted tunnels in the United States, and the 10th longest bicycle/pedestrian tunnel in the world. Erie to Pittsburgh Trail The Erie to Pittsburgh Trail is a rail trail currently in development in Western Pennsylvania and Western New York. When completed the trail will stretch approximately 270 miles from Erie, PA to Pittsburgh, PA. It will connect to the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal to create 605 miles of continuous off-road trail from Erie, PA to Washington, D.C.. It will also connect to the Erie Canal

title: Erie to Pittsburgh Trail

text: Erie to Pittsburgh Trail The Erie to Pittsburgh Trail is a rail trail currently in development in Western Pennsylvania and Western New York. When completed the trail will stretch approximately 270 miles from Erie, PA to Pittsburgh, PA. It will connect to the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal to create 605 miles of continuous off-road trail from Erie, PA to Washington, D.C.. It will also connect to the Erie Canal trail via the flat New York Bike Route 517 along Lake Erie. The trail features two old railroad tunnels: the 2868-foot-long (874 m) Rockland Tunnel and the 3350-foot-long

title: Theatre in Pittsburgh

text: Theatre in Pittsburgh Theatre in Pittsburgh has existed professionally since the early 1800s and has continued to expand, having emerged as an important cultural force in the city over the past several decades. The heritage of theatre in Pittsburgh stretches back to at least 1765, when it was recorded that "balls, plays, concerts, and comedies" were being performed at the British military installation at Fort Pitt. Subsequently, amateur "thespian societies" emerged, including the Thespian Society that was organized by students of the Pittsburgh Academy in 1810, the forerunner of the University of Pittsburgh, in order to stage popular comedies and

title: Overheard in Pittsburgh

text: the paper's annual reader poll. In discussing the site, the "City Paper" said "Overheard in Pittsburgh" represented the Pittsburghese word "nebby", which means "nosy," also a Pittsburgh tradition. Griswold tries to differentiate "Overheard in Pittsburgh" from similar sites by striving to reflect life in Pittsburgh as best as he can, rather than, as "City Paper" reporter Justin Hopper wrote, "[…] simply repeat stupid things people say […] with a classist or even mildly racist take like many 'overheard' blogs do." Also distinguishing "Overheard in Pittsburgh" from most other sites in the genre is that it does not rely on an

title: Media in Pittsburgh

text: The Pittsburgh DMA includes the following counties: Pennsylvania counties: West Virginia counties: Maryland counties: Media in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States, KDKA 1020AM; the first community-sponsored television station in the United States, WQED 13; the first "networked" television station and the first station in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, KDKA 2; and the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Until 2016 Pittsburgh was one of the few mid-sized metropolitan areas in the U.S. with two major daily papers; both

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: they finished 2nd in 1962. The most lasting legacy of pro roundball in Pittsburgh was the Pittsburgh Pipers-Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association from 1967 until 1972. In the first ABA World Championship in 1968, the Pipers defeated the New Orleans Buccaneers, which were owned by Harry Connick Sr.. After the ABA Pipers/Condors folded in 1972 the city hosted the Pittsburgh Piranhas of the CBA in the mid-1990s. The franchise made it to the championship round in the 1994–95 season only to come away second best. In the late 2000s the Pittsburgh Xplosion, a development league team owned by

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: professional level in their respective sports: the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL, and the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. Prior to 1876, three amateur Pittsburgh baseball teams—the Enterprise, the Xanthas, and the Olympics—competed, most often at Recreation Park. On April 15, 1876, Recreation Park was the site of a game between the Xanthas and the Pittsburgh Alleghenies (alternately spelled "Alleghenys"), an unrelated forerunner to the "Alleghenys" team which would later be renamed the Pirates. The Alleghenies won the game 7–3. The 1877 squad was the most successful yet, finishing within 1 game of

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: Pirates, the Pittsburgh Stogies, Pittsburgh Burghers and Pittsburgh Rebels played in various leagues from 1884 to 1915. The Rebels won the pennant in 1912 and finished just a half game shy of a pennant in 1915. The Pittsburgh Keystones, Homestead Grays (playing in the city limits), and Pittsburgh Crawfords played in the Negro Leagues. With players including Josh Gibson and Cumberland Posey the Grays won 12 league titles—the most by any Negro League team—including nine consecutive from 1937 to 1945. The Crawfords finished their eight-year existence with a .633 winning percentage, with a line-up including Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and

title: Overheard in Pittsburgh

text: editorial team of contributors; instead, all entires come from Griswold or the people of Pittsburgh. According to Griswold, popular topics have included the Pittsburgh Steelers' win in Super Bowl XL and Mayor Bob O'Connor's death. Many of the site's submissions come from Oakland and the East End, the location of several of Pittsburgh's numerous colleges, and the rate of submissions slows when school is out for the summer. Overheard in Pittsburgh Overheard in Pittsburgh is a blog edited by Chris Griswold that publishes snippets of conversations overheard in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that are submitted by readers. Griswold created the site in

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: United States Football League, in 1984, and the Pittsburgh Gladiators (now the Tampa Bay Storm), of the Arena Football League from 1987 until 1990. A second Arena Football League team, the Pittsburgh Power, played in the Consol Energy Center from 2011 until 2014. In addition, Pittsburgh is home to two women's full-contact football teams: the Pittsburgh Passion, and the Pittsburgh Rebellion. Founded in 2002, as members of the National Women's Football Association and having played in the Independent Women's Football League, the Passion are currently members of the Women's Football Alliance. and play their home games at West Allegheny High

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: States. The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, the last remaining vintage automobile race run on city streets in the United States, is held annually at Schenley Park. For 30 years Pittsburgh has also hosted a large 10K and 5K road race, the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race, which attracts nearly 10,000 athletes and has been ranked as a Top Twenty Multi-Race Events by USA Track & Field's publication "On The Roads". In addition, the 28th Pittsburgh Marathon will be hosted in the city in May 2018. Pittsburgh was previously home to the first national high school all-star basketball

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: Forge. The Pittsburgh Forge currently fields two (2) competitive men’s senior sides and one (1) competitive women’s side. The men currently participate in the Midwest Competition Region (NCR1) at the Division II and Division III levels, and the women also play in the Midwest Competition Region at the Division II level. The Pittsburgh Sledgehammers are a rugby league team based in Cheswick, Pennsylvania (outside of Pittsburgh) which was formed in 2010 and plays in the AMNRL competition. The Pittsburgh Harlequins are a rugby union team also based in Cheswick. The Pittsburgh Harlequins Rugby Club was founded in 1973 by a

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: coming in second place in 1908, 1911 and 1915. The "Black Fives" league enjoyed success in the city with Monticello-Loendi winning national championships in 1912, and four in a row from 1920–23. The Pittsburgh Pirates from 1937–39 and Pittsburgh Raiders in 1944–45 continued professional basketball in the city in the National Basketball League. Pittsburgh had one of the founding members of what became the NBA, the Pittsburgh Ironmen however only played a single season 1947–48 before folding. The Pittsburgh Renaissance (or Rens) played from 1961 until 1963 in the ABL, posting the city's best record in almost 40 years when

title: Tenants in common 1031 exchange

text: enables the seller to collect a stream of payments, leverage equity, earn a pre-tax return, and other benefits. This method is a tool for those who want to do a 1031 exchange but cannot find a property within the time frame, and it allows the seller to have a backup plan. Tenants in common 1031 exchange Tenants in common 1031 Exchange is a form of real estate asset ownership in the United States in which two or more persons have an undivided, fractional interest in the asset, where ownership shares are not required to be equal, and where ownership interests

title: Theatre in Pittsburgh

text: was founded in 1990 by Karla Boos; it has staged productions of plays, musicals, and operas from world culture in nontraditional spaces around the Pittsburgh area. The Pittsburgh New Works Festival was established in 1990 as well to provide a venue for new plays by playwrights from all over the country. Pittsburgh Musical Theater opened in 1990 as another venue for musical theater in the city. The performance art troupe Squonk Opera was formed in Pittsburgh in 1992 and has gone on to perform in venues across the globe in addition to performing in local venues. Unseam'd Shakespeare Company was

title: Theatre in Pittsburgh

text: a sense of civic theatrical identity grew in popularity; the still-active Pittsburgh Playhouse, established in 1934, is the most enduring theatre of this movement. Of the theatre companies in Pittsburgh currently in existence, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera was one of the first to be established; staging primarily musicals, it held its first production in 1946 at the Pitt Stadium. Over the years, the company has moved to various locations throughout the city and currently holds productions in the Benedum Center. University of Pittsburgh Stages emerged from various performance troupes at the school in the early 20th century to become the

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: own cricket league conducted by Pittsburgh Cricket Association which was founded in 2005. The league features about 16 teams and the games are held at "linbrook park" and edgebrook field. The Pittsburgh Cricket Association, revived in 2004 from the long dormant 1882 Pittsburgh Cricket Club charter, comprises 16 active teams and more than 250 members. PCA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation organized for charitable purposes to further the sport of cricket in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. The specific purposes for which this corporation is organized are: To promote, encourage, foster and cultivate interest in the sport of cricket; To initiate,

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: a 4–2 qualifying victory over Mexico in Rome, Italy on May 24, he tallied all four times, becoming the first American to score his first three international goals with the senior team in the same match. The region's interest in soccer continues as modern stars such as natives Justin Evans, Meghan Klingenberg, Don Malinowski, John Stollmeyer, A. J. Wood and Marvell Wynne II have all achieved international success. The Pittsburgh Forge Rugby Club are rugby union team based in South Side Pittsburgh. The club formed in 2018 when the Pittsburgh City RC and the Pittsburgh Highlanders combined to form the

title: Theatre in Pittsburgh

text: theatre professionals who were born in Pittsburgh or have worked and lived there for an extended period of time. Theatre in Pittsburgh Theatre in Pittsburgh has existed professionally since the early 1800s and has continued to expand, having emerged as an important cultural force in the city over the past several decades. The heritage of theatre in Pittsburgh stretches back to at least 1765, when it was recorded that "balls, plays, concerts, and comedies" were being performed at the British military installation at Fort Pitt. Subsequently, amateur "thespian societies" emerged, including the Thespian Society that was organized by students of

title: Pittsburgh

text: from Pittsburgh suburbs. The city is also where the popular band Rusted Root was formed. Hip hop artist Mac Miller's album "Blue Slide Park" debuted at the top of Billboard's album chart; its first #1 independent release since "Dogg Food" in 1995. Many punk rock and Hardcore punk acts, such as Aus Rotten and Anti-Flag, originated in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh has also seen many metal bands gain prominence in recent years, most notably Code Orange, who received critical praise and were nominated for a Grammy. Pittsburgh is home to the world's second largest furry convention known as Anthrocon, which has been

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: universities within the city that field athletic teams in NCAA Division I including the University of Pittsburgh (often referred to as "Pitt"), Duquesne University and Robert Morris University. Of these, Pitt is the only school that is a member of the so-called "Power Five" conferences that are primary partners in the College Football Playoff structure (the Atlantic Coast Conference). Other universities in Pittsburgh that field athletic teams include Carnegie Mellon University (Division III), Chatham University (Division III), Point Park University (NAIA), and Carlow University (NAIA). College football in Pittsburgh dates back to the University of Pittsburgh which first organized a

title: Sports in Pittsburgh

text: titles—and the Penguins have reached the NHL playoffs the last four years with back-to-back finals appearances, an Atlantic Division Crown, and a Stanley Cup championship, none of which won at home (the last championship won "in" Pittsburgh was in 1960 by the Pirates). The flag of Pittsburgh is colored with black and gold, based on the colors of William Pitt's coat of arms; Pittsburgh is the only city in the United States in which all professional sporting teams share the same colors. The city's first National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, the Pittsburgh Pirates were the first to wear black and

title: Pittsburgh in the American Civil War

text: in the 6th U.S.C.T.. The mayors of Pittsburgh during the Civil War were George Wilson (1860–62), Benjamin C. Sawyer (1862–64), and James Lowry, Jr. (1864–1866). The Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial is a National Register of Historic Places landmark. It is the largest memorial in the United States dedicated solely to honoring all branches of military veterans and service personnel. In 2014 a small park was proposed on Mount Washington overlooking Saw Mill Run where remains of earthwork defenses can still be seen. Pittsburgh in the American Civil War Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was a thriving and important city

title: Theatre in Pittsburgh

text: Company, Organic Theater Pittsburgh, Phase 3 Productions, Theatre Sans Serif, Carrnivale Theatrics, and Bald Theatre Company were all established in the late 2000s and early 2010s and have continued the expansion of Pittsburgh's thriving theatre community. Pittsburgh theatre draws from a rich and diverse community of actors, many of whom received training at well-respected theatre programs at local universities including Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Point Park University, and Seton Hill University. The theatre community of Pittsburgh provides many opportunities to local performers, to such a degree that actors from elsewhere find the city a desirable place to make

title: Media in Pittsburgh

text: stories on a national scale. In 2016, the Tribune-Review moved to an all-digital format. In 2018, the Post-Gazette moved to publishing five print editions a week. The alternative papers in the region include the "Pittsburgh City Paper"; "The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh"; "The New People", published weekly by the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Social Justice; the "New Pittsburgh Courier", one of the larger ethnic publications in the region; and Zajedničar, the only Croatian-language newspaper currently published in the United States. "The Pitt News", a financially independent student-written and -managed newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh, is closing in

title: Theatre in Pittsburgh

text: 1910s, concern over the lack of serious or "legitimate" theatre in Pittsburgh led to an "art theater movement" that involved the establishment of the Pitt Theatre Company of Pittsburgh in 1913, the Drama League of Pittsburgh in 1912, and in 1914, the establishment of the nation's first bachelor of arts degree in theater at Carnegie Tech. In the 1920s, vaudeville became very popular in Pittsburgh, and the Little Theatre Movement was represented by many independent, noncommercial theater companies such as People's Playhouse of the North Side, the Suburban Theater of the South Hills, the Tarkington Theater, the Pitt Players, and

title: Transportation in Pittsburgh

text: Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad lines. The Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad operates former Pennsylvania Railroad trackage on the Chartiers Branch and the Panhandle Route to the southwest. Union Railroad mainly serves the last remaining steel mills in the city. It has interchanges with the B&LE at North Bessemer. Union Station currently (as of 2015) serves as the primary railroad station in Pittsburgh. More stations once operated within the city boundaries, among them the Baltimore and Ohio Station, the Grant Street Station, the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Station, and the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal. Several more stations operated

title: Pittsburgh Line

text: arguably Norfolk Southern's busiest freight corridor, where 50 to 70 trains traverse the line daily. The Pittsburgh Line is formerly owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and it began as two rail lines, the Middle Division Main Line which was part of the PRR Middle Division and the Pittsburgh Division Main Line which was part of the PRR Pittsburgh Division. The Pennsylvania Railroad combined the Middle Division Main Line and the Pittsburgh Division Main Line into one rail line, forming the Pittsburgh Line, though at the time, the Pittsburgh Line was not refer to by that name. At the same

title: Investment Building (Pittsburgh)

text: Investment Building (Pittsburgh) The Investment Building is a 1927 neo-classical skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania located at 239 Fourth Avenue and part of the Fourth Avenue Historic District. The original name of the structure was the Insurance Exchange Building. Designed by John M. Donn, a Washington, D.C. architect, the tower is of the same approximate façade dimensions as its 4th Avenue neighbors the Arrott Building and Benedum-Trees Building, both built a generation earlier. Constructed from limestone, and a darker, more textured brick the tower is noted for simplicity and lightness of form and detailing. The roof corners feature chamfered obelisk-like elements.

title: Investment Building (Pittsburgh)