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6 days ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Richard Peterson |Samuel Hazo |Barbara Eichenlaub |John Beale
To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania have made to the world. The list has grown and grown, and despite our best efforts, we know we’ll leave out key contributors. I think you’ll find that this small city at the confluence of three rivers has played an astonishingly outsized role in the creation of this country and the world we inhabit.
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2 weeks ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Samuel Hazo |Richard Peterson |Barbara Eichenlaub |John Beale
To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania have made to the world. The list has grown and grown, and despite our best efforts, we know we’ll leave out key contributors. I think you’ll find that this small city at the confluence of three rivers has played an astonishingly outsized role in the creation of this country and the world we inhabit.
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2 weeks ago | 
nextpittsburgh.com | John Beale
As PNC Park celebrates 25 years as the home of the Pirates, we celebrate some familiar faces at the ballpark. Each season, the Pirates say they hire about 2,000 seasonal workers. Here are some of the players on the Pirates’ “other” team working at PNC Park. David Wolf of Castle Shannon is one of the first employees you see at PNC Park. He works as a greeter at the center field gate. David said he’s in his 10th year working for the Pirates.
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3 weeks ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Samuel Hazo |Richard Peterson |Barbara Eichenlaub |John Beale
To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania have made to the world. The list has grown and grown, and despite our best efforts, we know we’ll leave out key contributors. I think you’ll find that this small city at the confluence of three rivers has played an astonishingly outsized role in the creation of this country and the world we inhabit.
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4 weeks ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Samuel Hazo |Richard Peterson |Barbara Eichenlaub |John Beale
To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania have made to the world. The list has grown and grown, and despite our best efforts, we know we’ll leave out key contributors. I think you’ll find that this small city at the confluence of three rivers has played an astonishingly outsized role in the creation of this country and the world we inhabit.
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1 month ago | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | Samuel Hazo |Richard Peterson |Barbara Eichenlaub |John Beale
To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania have made to the world. The list has grown and grown, and despite our best efforts, we know we’ll leave out key contributors. I think you’ll find that this small city at the confluence of three rivers has played an astonishingly outsized role in the creation of this country and the world we inhabit.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
nextpittsburgh.com | John Beale
If Punxsutawney Phil appears bleary-eyed when he emerges from his burrow to makehis weather prediction on Groundhog Day, it may be because the 139-year-old father ofyoung “twins” has a lot going on at home. Phil, who the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club says has been predicting the weathersince 1887, and his wife, Phyllis, became parents to groundhogs “Sunny” and “Shadow”last March. “We were excited when we discovered the addition of the twins.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nextpittsburgh.com | John Beale
As a fifth grader, Josiah Golojuh faced a dilemma. His teacher had assigned the class to write a descriptive essay about a family vacation, but Josiah hadn’t been on a vacation he thought was interesting. So, Josiah wrote about a fictional vacation that included far-fetched interactions with the supernatural. Josiah’s classmates voted his essay one of the best, and Josiah was hooked on writing fiction.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
nextpittsburgh.com | John Beale
John George says he has more than a million vinyl records in stock at his record store in downtown Johnstown. But his business, George’s Song Shop, may be best known for a different kind of record. The shop is believed to hold the record as the oldest record store in America. George’s Song Shop was founded in 1932 by John George’s father, Eugene George, and his uncle, Bernie George. John’s Uncle Bernie sold his share of the business to John’s father in 1941.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
pittsburghquarterly.com | John Beale |Jeff Sewald |Mark Schwartz |Tracy Certo
So many people waiting. In Monroeville, paramedic Dave Sherman was waiting to respond to another emergency call. In Indiana Township, Lucas Goeller was waiting for a life-saving liver transplant. In Mt. Lebanon, Emily Eagleton and Laura Handy were waiting to become parents. In East Deer Township, dozens of motorists were waiting in a construction zone. At times, we are all waiting for something.
