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Gesuale became famously known from the movie Goodfellas and he was nicknamed the "Pittsburgh connection" after selling Lucchese mob associates Henry Hill cocaine. [103] In 1985, an indictment charged Gesuale, his right hand John "Johnny Three Fingers" Leone and Pagans boss Daniel Zwibel with drug trafficking. [ 103 ]
The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) Historic Landmark plaque program was begun in 1968 in order to identify architecturally significant structures and significant pieces of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States's local heritage throughout Allegheny County.
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.
The Rooney family is an Irish-American family known for its connections to the sports, acting, and political fields. After emigrating from Ireland in the 1840s, it established its American roots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1880s.
Homewood was founded in 1832 by Judge William Wilkins. [4] The earliest black residents moved into the sparsely-populated area in the aftermath of the Civil War. [5] Homewood was annexed by the city of Pittsburgh on December 1, 1884 [4] and held in those years mainly estates for the wealthy, being the Pittsburgh residence of industrialists Andrew Carnegie and Thomas M. Carnegie until the late ...
In the 1960s a 92-mile (148 km) automated guideway transit system was planned fanning out to the north, south, east, southeast and west including connections to both the Pittsburgh International Airport the Allegheny County Airport, Monroeville Mall and adjacent to Kennywood Amusement Park. The modern subway/light rail system can be traced to ...
Bobby Lowe – first MLB player with 4 home runs in a game [6] Sam McDowell; Marguerite Pearson – utility player 1948–1954, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League; Heinie Smith [6] Trent Thornton – pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays; Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor – Pirates Hall of Fame member; Honus Wagner – shortstop, Hall of ...
The North Shore Connector is a light-rail extension opened in 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The connector extends the Pittsburgh Light Rail system from its previous terminus at Gateway Center Station in the Central Business District to the new North Side Station and Allegheny Station on the North Shore by way of a tunnel under the Allegheny River.