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A recent playful take on the final -h of Pittsburgh appears in the name of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority's brand of bottled water: PGH 2 O, which is a portmanteau of the abbreviation PGH and the chemical name for water, H 2 O. [29] "Da 'Burgh" or "Da Burgh" is a local and affectionate nickname for the city.
Pittsburgh (/ ˈ p ɪ t s b ɜːr ɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census.
Forging a Majority: The Formation of the Republican Party in Pittsburgh, 1848-18 (1969). Ingham, John N. Making Iron and Steel: Independent Mills in Pittsburgh, 1820–1920. Ohio State U. Press, 1991. 297 pp. Kleinberg, S. J. The Shadow of the Mills: Working-Class Families in Pittsburgh, 1870–1907. U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 414 pp.
Grant Street was named after British Major General James Grant, who was defeated by the French at that location during the French and Indian War. [1] The street's location on "Grant's Hill" strangled growth in downtown Pittsburgh, leading to several attempts in 1836 and 1849 to regrade the area to remove the hill. [2]
In 1939, [26] city officials decided to name the new bridge after the late Charles Anderson (1877–1939), a 20-year member of the Pittsburgh City Council who was a strong supporter of organized labor and whom the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph described as a "rugged, two-fisted politician". [27]
The remainder was named Forbes Street in honor of John Forbes (1707–1759), [1] whose expedition recaptured Fort Duquesne and who renamed the place Pittsburgh in 1758. In 1958 during the administration of Mayor David L. Lawrence , Diamond Street and Forbes Street were renamed and combined as Forbes Avenue.
• While General Washington is the most popular president to name a street after, the most expensive homes have addresses on a street named after President Calvin Coolidge --who led the nation ...
Pittsburgh boasts more bridges, owing to its location at the confluence of the Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela, than any other city or region in the world. [1] Steel City Pittsburgh and the surrounding area was once one of the largest steel producers in the world, gaining it international renown as such.