For a city only two centuries old, Pittsburgh has amassed a surprising amount of history. To assemble this collection of 50 of the region’s most fascinating historical artifacts, we hunted through museums, archives and private collections. We also looked for things many of us might pass each day without appreciating their significance. History, at its core, is a story. Each of these objects is a part of a bigger story — of a confluence of three rivers flowing down through the ages, and of the people who came to live by those rivers, and what they made and said and did.
#pixburgh: A Photographic Experience features images from the Sen. John Heinz History Center vault, which contains close to 1 million images. The show features a sampling of 400 images from the 1850s through today — including landmarks, fun, folly and floods.
In a region known for world-class care, a career devoted to nursing in western Pennsylvania has never been more rewarding, challenging or packed with new opportunities. Meet Pittsburgh Magazine’s first-ever “Excellence in Nursing” honorees for 2016. Each may practice medicine in a different way, but they share one goal: to improve the quality of every life they touch.
Honeybees are essential to our ecosystem, and the environment in Pittsburgh is ideal for cultivating your own hives. Local beekeepers are eager to share the basics to help you get started.
A program at California University of Pennsylvania pairs students with coaches who will help them to create education plans that are tailored to their needs and experiences.
PittGirl blasts what she sees as a dangerous trend by attorneys who seem to be wiling to say anything, no matter how atrocious, in defense of their clients.
Figuring out who to invite — and not to invite — to your wedding can be tough. To make those hard decisions a little easier, we asked experienced wedding planners for their advice.
Get ready to eat Pittsburgh — because a number of new restaurants are expected to open this fall. Here are a few I'm most looking forward to trying out.
Pittsburgh Magazine consulted dozens of power brokers and behind-the-scene players to determine and rank the 50 individuals who, in Pittsburgh, make things happen.
