Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania recent comments:

Hitachi Rail now

Originally a Howard Johnson's

Dave "El Pres" Portnoy rated the pizza a 6.7, said it was greasy

It's fascinating that the city geographical map is very similar to Kaunas, Lithuania.

It looks like the headquarters of H.J. Heinz are here, or today, rather, the Pittsburgh headquarters of Kraft Heinz.

When I was 11 years old my mother and dad took us on Business trips and we always stayed at the Pittsburger Hotel which now is the Lawyers Bldg. I have fond memories of Pittsburg when it was a coal city and going to KennyWood Amusement Park was always a thrill for me.

Closed now but is used for the set of Mindhunter series.

After a fire at the nearby Gloekler building at 1311 Penn Avenue, Mr. Bernard Gloekler decided his next building would be fireproof and so the concrete construction. For a short time it was the tallest building in Pittsburgh.

Back in 1975, my first year in college, I walked from downtown Pittsburgh to CMU along Bigelow Blvd to Oakland. I noticed a small park along the wwa with a path. Back then, the map said it was called Crescent Park, IIRC.

I work in the Pittsburgh plant for 25 years. After the Exxon Valdez incident any plant near rivers where in jeopardy. Exxon received it base product by barge. To much chance, risk couldn't take. I understand

The Pittsburgh plant was updated in 1990 The Bakerstown plant was obsolete. It had to do with patent of white grease. Exxon then bought Mobil. Obsoletes plants closed.

FBI,rules,i like this.

The Georgtowne Inn was sold, completely renovated, and opened as Altius in 2014.

This is a research facility of Carnegie Mellon University

Distinctly recall when this theater was a respectable place to see a good movie for only $ .25. Much like the neighboring Kenyon Theater.

St. Martin Cemetary is located in Elliott, a southwest neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.

I'm not sure why Kydland was the only nobel laureate mentioned, as he is one of nine associated with the GSIA. The "Idea Factory" is responsible for: "satisfice," with regards to organizational decision-making - Simon, 1978 "life-cycle theory" - Modigliani, 1985 "Modigliani-Miller theorem" - Miller, 1990 "rational expectations" - Lucas, 1995 "time-inconsistency," with regards to macroeconomic business cycles - Prescott & Kydland, 2004 “transactions cost economics” - Williamson, 2009 "search frictions" - Mortensen, 2010 several econometric ideas useful in empirical analysis of asset prices - Hansen, 2013 It is hard to say which of these contributions, if we are to choose only one, is most influential. If Kydland's ideas are thought to be most important, however, we must be obliged to recognize his research partner and jointly awarded laureate Edward Prescott. Anyway, GSIA Alum is correct; the North wing is Posner Hall, and the Southwest portion of the building is still called the GSIA. The building houses the Tepper School of Business. Part of Tepper's $50mm "gift" buying the naming rights is going towards a wholly new and separate building, scheduled to be completed some time around 2020. Source: I'm currently a doctoral candidate with an office on the third floor of GSIA.

Woefully under assessed for property taxes, I suspect the home is much greater that 6000 sq ft and it has a lot double the size of any other. Gumberg's doing no doubt. Supposedly the bishop sold the lavish home across the street (an embarrassment to the church).

The Loeffler Building on Forbes and Meyran Avenues and owned by the University of Pittsburgh, is named after my Great-Grandfather, William Loeffler, who served multiple terms on the City of Pittsburgh Public School Board of Education, including the year of its inception in 1911. This was the site of his home.