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Pittsburgh Pirates great and future Hall of Famer Honus Wagner helped promote the 1922 film In the Name of the Law by catching baseballs thrown off the roof of City Hall. [23] [24] Mayor Magee and the City Hall were featured in 1924's Fording the Lincoln Highway. [25] 1992's Lorenzo's Oil used the building to shoot scenes depicting Johns ...
The mayor appoints (with City Council approval) the position of Pittsburgh Police Chief.The city and its immediate suburbs are served by the four-year elected Allegheny County District Attorney to prosecute criminal offenses and the congressionally appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania for federal offenses.
Drivers are being urged to plan their journeys in advance with a series of closures on the M4 set to begin. National Highways is carrying out resurfacing work on the eastbound carriageway between ...
A blaze producing thick plumes of smoke and debris broke out close to the M4 in Berkshire on Saturday, April 16, prompting the closure of a 16-mile stretch of the motorway between Snelsmore and ...
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] The successful removal of the hill in 1912 cost $800,000 ($25.3 million in 2023 dollars), plus $2.5 million in reimbursement costs for property damaged by the project ($78.9 ...
Parts of the M4 around Newport will be closed for essential repairs over the next three weeks.
The city briefly made an observation site available, but closed it by February 2, [42] [43] as the reconstruction effort began. [ 44 ] In November 2023, victims took the city to court over access to bridge maintenance records. [ 45 ]
The David McCullough Bridge, commonly and historically known as the 16th Street Bridge, is a steel trussed through arch bridge that spans the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 16th Street Bridge replaced the Mechanics Street Bridge, completed at the behest of the State of Pennsylvania in 1838. [ 3 ]