Painted Pittsburgh Yellow (officially ‘Aztec Gold’), the bridges run north/south and are named after prominent Pittsburgh residents. The Sixth Street Bridge is called Roberto Clemente, the Seventh Street Bridge is named for Andy Warhol and the Ninth ...
Pittsburgh has many museums to choose from and we choseThe Clemente Museum. Our guide was a fabulous story teller, and while Greg, the baseball fan, already knew the story of Roberto Clemente, I was inspired by his humanitarian efforts and bravery in the face of racism. I highly recommend ...
Roberto ClementeDwight Evans In addition to winning four batting titles, an MVP award and two World Series championships with the Pittsburgh Pirates,Clemente established the modern day standard for right fielders, earning Gold Glove awards every year from 1961-1971 while patrolling Pittsburgh’s spacio...
We took hours in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, with its incredible Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture, unique architectural details, and murals by Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, Jorge Gonzalez Camarena, Roberto Montenegro, and Manuel Rodriguez Lozano. But the capstone...
as well as rotating exhibitions of contemporary architecture at the museum. The highlight of this attraction is its interiors which are adorned with murals by famous artists, such as Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente. Tourists who purchase a ticket for a performance, get fr...
Frank Lloyd Wright is not a native Pittsburgher, but one of his most acclaimed works,Fallingwater, was built in the 1930s for a notable department store owner from the city. This house, located in theLaurel Highlandsabout an hour southeast of the city, is famous for its distinctive perch ...
1972: Roberto Clemente hits 3,000 In his final at-bat of the 1972 season, Roberto Clemente doubled for his 3,000th career hit. Just three months later on New Year's Eve, he died in a plane crash. Clemente, as good a humanitarian as he was a ballplayer, was on his way to Nicara...
taking the reader into the tight Pittsburgh clubhouse and his encounters with Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, and Dock Ellis, among many others. The “brotherhood” of the Bucs is certainly the anchor of the tale, in a time when Pittsburgh was the first team to field an all-black and ...