• The culture of Pittsburgh stems from the city's long history as a center for cultural philanthropy, as well as its rich ethnic traditions. In the 19th...
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  • A Pittsburgh rare steak is one that has been heated to a very high temperature very quickly, so it is charred on the outside but still rare or raw on the...
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    The Pittsburgh left, also known as the holeshot[citation needed], is a colloquial term for the driving practice of the first left-turning vehicle taking...
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  • to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle (or The Century Cycle)...
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    A Pittsburgh toilet, or Pittsburgh potty, is a basement toilet configuration commonly found in the area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It...
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    Pittsburgh (/ˈpɪtsbɜːrɡ/ PITS-burg) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the second-most populous...
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  • The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is a zoo and aquarium in the United States, one of only six major zoo and aquarium hybrids in the United States. Located...
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  • nicknames for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. City of Bridges Pittsburgh boasts more bridges, owing to its location at the confluence of the Allegheny,...
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  • Jagoff (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    the Pittsburgh area and Pennsylvania in general, along with wide use in the City of Chicago, particularly in the Irish taverns. The Dictionary of American...
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  • Pittsburgh Filmmakers was one of the oldest and largest media arts centers in the United States, operating from 1971 to 2019. The non-profit institution...
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  • Yinzer (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    city of Pittsburgh and its traditions. "Yinzer" (or "Yunzer") was historically used to identify the typical blue-collar people from the Pittsburgh region...
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    Yinz (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    prominent in Pittsburgh, but it is also found throughout the cultural region known as Appalachia, located within the geographical region of the Appalachians...
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    The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a...
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  • Mr. Yuk (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    image, created by UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and widely employed in the United States in labeling of substances that are poisonous if ingested...
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  • The Pittsburgh crime family, also known as the LaRocca crime family or Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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    more narrowly as Pittsburgh English or popularly as Pittsburghese, is a dialect of American English native primarily to the western half of Pennsylvania,...
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    Fred Rogers (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    Pittsburgh and Misterogers (1963) in Canada for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1968, he returned to Pittsburgh and adapted the format of his...
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    79°48′W / 40.4°N 79.8°W / 40.4; -79.8 The Pittsburgh Comicon, later known as Wizard World Comic Con Pittsburgh and since succeeded by Steel-City Con, was...
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  • The University of Pittsburgh (also known as Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university...
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    City of Asylum (more formally City of Asylum/Pittsburgh) is a nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that helps writers exiled from...
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    Italians from the Abruzzi region and has been a center of Italian–American population. Pittsburgh architectural historian Franklin Toker has said that Bloomfield...
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    The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (PCT) is an American, nonprofit, arts organization that was formed in 1984 to promote economic and cultural development in...
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    greed and the influence of corporations and lobbyists on government. The protest has taken place at several locations in Pittsburgh, notably Market Square...
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  • Clark Bar (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    formula of the Clark Bar was pioneered by Irish immigrant David L. Clark in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1917. Its manufacture took advantage of a recently-developed...
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  • Pittsburgh Fashion Week is an annual fashion week held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh model Miyoshi Anderson, created the event to help highlight...
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  • Pirate Parrot (category Culture of Pittsburgh)
    is a costumed mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He was introduced in 1979 in response to the popularity of the Phillie Phanatic...
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    the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It has three zip codes (15206, 15213, and 15232) and representation on Pittsburgh City Council...
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  • below Club Pittsburgh, a private gay club and bathhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The event indirectly grew out of Pittsburgh's LGBT, disco...
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  • compile a list of Pittsburgh's performing arts companies and venues, past and present. Academy of Music (also known as Harry Williams' Academy of Music) Allegheny...
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    The Frick Pittsburgh is a cluster of museums and historical buildings located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, and formed around the Frick...
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