Images of Pittsburgh on this Super Bowl Weekend.
Heinz Stadium (Steelers Home) – On a Regatta Day
Cathedral of Learning – University of Pittsburgh
Downtown Pittsburgh on a beautiful sunny day…………….Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh
Photographs © Vijay Singari
Very detailed and well written article about the condition of Pittsburgh for burgh fans by Charles McCollester from Monthly Review.
“Pittsburgh is little known or appreciated nationally despite the important role that the city played in the rise of U.S. global power. Pittsburgh’s birth occurred at the cutting edge of imperial French and British expansion into the heartland of the continent. The city’s rapid decline coincided with the recent assumption of global imperial power by the United States. In between these two eruptions of global imperial realities into southwest Pennsylvania flows a story of collective work, struggle, and skill that arguably created the most productive region on the earth between 1880 and 1950 considering both diversity and volume of production.”
“Plant-closing activists in the 1980s used to refer to what was happening to Pittsburgh and other manufacturing centers as “breaking America’s backbone.†Now the once muscular city lies on the operating table surrounded by ideologues with knives, its public services and union contracts are of being eviscerated. While the black and gold faithful from coast to coast sport colors in salute to their team, Pittsburgh itself is being gutted economically without anesthesia or mercy.”
“The glory that is Pittsburgh today derives from its stunning beauty and historic character, its people and its memories. Sitting in a natural amphitheater carved by the three rivers, its hillsides green and leafy, its rivers once again filling with fish, its neighborhoods a crazy quilt of accommodation with its convoluted geography, the town has character and complexity. Pittsburgh has always been a proud place despite the often bitter labor relations that played a significant role in its history. What has remained true is an intense loyalty to this rooted locale: its neighborhoods and hollows, its forgotten corners and “seldom seens,†its churches, teams, taverns, schools, and unions. A loyalty from the heart beats in the Pittsburgh Nation, at home and away, waving the ‘terrible towel’ of memory.”
Hi Indira,
In case you are interested my fourth grade students are cheering for Pittsburgh 14-11. (That’s 14 students to 11 students in the poll we took.)
Indira replies..
Yay for Steelers. They sure know, how to pick the winners. (I’m sure they got it from their excellent teacher.):)
Thanks for linking to my post in your ‘Bolgher’ post. Really appreciate it.
Comment by Kalyn — February 4, 2006 @ 10:23 am
Beautiful pictures.
hey i was looking under wheat and came across your Honey with Raisins and Walnut bread recipe. i cannot tell you how much i appreciate it since i have two bag full of flour sitting around and also cos we are not much into wheat. thanks a ton Indira.
Indira replies,
Thanks Parna.
If you try it out – let me know how you like it.
Comment by Parna — February 4, 2006 @ 5:40 pm
CONGRATULATIONS to the DMBLGIT win! It’s a wonderful photo, love the light! Bravissima!
Indira replies,
Thanks Ilva and congratulations to you too. Yours was a really beautiful photo and a well deserved win. Congrats!
Comment by Ilva — February 5, 2006 @ 2:21 am
Amazing pictures. very professional!
Indira replies,
Thanks!
Comment by anthony — February 5, 2006 @ 2:50 am
Great show at DMBLGIT Indira. Congrats! Pittsburgh Pictures are really a treat for the eyes. Venkateshwara temple – is that a replication of thirumala?
Indira replies.
Thanks VKN.
Yes, it’s constucted according to Hindu vastu, temple guidelines. Pujaris are from SV Temple, Tirumala.
Comment by VK Narayanan — February 5, 2006 @ 9:48 am
Oh! I’m full of nostalgia!
Gorgeous photos, happy memories. “You gotta Regatta!”
I know I’ll be on the edge of my seat; the city of Pittsburgh will positively *erupt* if the Steelers win today!
Comment by Stephanie — February 5, 2006 @ 4:21 pm
Beautiful pictures Indira..I love them..and Congratulations!!! on winning the contest!!!
Comment by dharinisathya — February 6, 2006 @ 1:28 pm
Hello. I didn’t know you were in the ‘burgh. Until recently, I’ve had trouble reading your blog, because of color definition problems with my computer. These seem to have now resolved, and I’m enjoying your blog and lovely photos.
Greetings from another Pittsburgh food blogger.
Indira replies…
Hello Lindy, we lived in Pittsburgh for almost about 4 years, then we moved here to Ohio, not that far from Burgh, often make weekend trips to meet friends and do shopping etc.,
I’ve known only one food blogger until now, Mika of ‘The Green Jackfruit’ (but just last month she moved to another city). Now you. Thanks for contacting me, didn’t know that you are blogging from ‘burgh”.
Comment by lindy — February 10, 2006 @ 9:16 am