july 12, 2008.

no, there was no mexican war fought in pittsburgh but general william robinson who would later become mayor named the area streets after places where he fought battles in the mexican war.

the area has changed quite much since i bicycled the streets as a boy growing up on brighton road, and i was a lil surprised to see tour bus after bus cruising the narrow alleys on a saturday night.

my photos are here.

july 12, 2008.

i trekked to pittsburgh with amy for her opening at the moxie dada gallery which is located in the mexican war street section of the lower north side just a couple blocks from the ‘mattress factory’.
this show was a group show entitled ‘urbanic: sightlines and microcosms’ and curated by kyle fischer. grant bobitski who usually curates at the MD also had a couple pieces in the show and their website states that he actually ‘coined’ the word ‘urbanic’ which i’m a little skeptical of but regardless, the gallery is a nice space and they seem that they have a foothold in the pittsburgh art scene.

i have several photos of the show here.

this game was right before the 2002 winter olympics and starred mario lemieux who was captain of the penquins and the canadian olympic team.

the photos of this february 9, 2002 game from the civic arena are here.

pittsburgh at night shots were taken from mount washington.

these december 19, 2001 shots are here.

PNC park is the pirates new home in pittsburgh. i have not been to a game here yet but i checked it out pretty well from the outside.

here are the july 6, 2001 photos of the park.

i went to my old hometown of pittsburgh pa and captured many shots from mount washington and other areas around downtown.

checkout those shots from july 2, 2001 here.

this photo here was shot with a cheapy digital camera. the plant is the heinz factory in pittsburgh pa.

i have some other shots from january 31, 2001 here.