Much has been written about how the Pittsburgh area has reinvented itself from a steel city to a tech town, how the region has held up as the gleaming example of never-say-die renewal.
I never experienced Pittsburghers' helpful nature first-hand like I did weeks before a biscotti-baking fiasco when Las Velas, the restaurant in Market Square that my husband and I own, caught on fire in the middle of the night.
The children’s department at Carnegie Library’s main branch has always been a wonderous place. This month is Library Lovers’ Month, so go check it out.
At Google’s Pittsburgh office, one of the major goals is to perfect mathematical equations and sequences of code to give users exactly the information they seek.
As you walk from the Cheez-It meeting space to the Nilla Wafers conference room, you could almost forget that the sprawling, 40,000 square-foot industrial space of Google Pittsburgh is no longer a Nabisco Factory.
Pittsburgh is on track to become a major player in the entertainment industry, generating jobs and revenue. But there are challenges to realizing this dream.