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Pittsburgh (pronounce /ˈpɪtsbɚg/ (originally pronounced /ˈpɪtsb(ə)rə/)) is the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with a population of 334,563 and the 20th largest metropolitan area in the United States, and the 50th largest metropolitan area in North America, with a population of 2,358,695. It is the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Built on land surrounding the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, where they merge to form the Ohio river, Pittsburgh features a skyline of 151 high-rise buildings, 446 bridges, two inclined railways and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Residents of the city are called Pittsburghers. The downtown area is located on the triangular parcel at the confluence of the rivers. Pittsburgh is noted for bridges of all types throughout the city and is commonly known as the "The City of Bridges" or "The Bridge Capital" of the United States. Pittsburgh's other nickname is "The Steel City" due to its one-time prominence in steel making.

Trivia about pittsburgh

  • It's the only city whose teams won the Super Bowl & the Stanley Cup in the same calendar year
  • Founded in 1758, it's named for a British prime minister who was a noted defender of the American Colonists
  • The Pitt Fall is a scary free fall ride at Kennywood, near this second-largest Pennsylvania city
  • The Penguins, the Pirates & the Steelers represent this city, Pennsylvania's second-largest
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Where Pirates steal bases
  • The U.S. Steel Tower towers 841 feet above this steel-making city
  • The team whose Penguin logo is seen here calls this city home:
  • The area between this city's Allegheny & Monongahela Rivers is called the Golden Triangle
  • In his first novel, Michael Chabon revealed "The Mysteries of" this steel city
  • It's the Pennsylvania city where the Ohio river begins
  • Steeler city (10)
  • Three Rivers Stadium is located where 3 rivers meet in this city
  • USX Tower
  • Of Pittsburgh, Cleveland & Detroit, the city that's farthest east
  • Birmingham, Alabama is known as this Pennsylvania city "of the South"
  • A fountain at its Point State Park symbolizes the confluence of the Ohio, Monongahela & Allegheny Rivers
  • This Pennsylvania city's Civic Arena or "Igloo" has a retractable roof
  • This team's Chuck Noll is the winningest Super Bowl coach with 4 victories
  • Ranked as the nation's largest inland port, it's home to Carnegie-Mellon University
  • You can get a panoramic view of this city's Golden Triangle from the top of Mount Washington
  • At 64 stories the USX Tower in this Steel City is one of the tallest buildings in the eastern U.S.
  • To get into this city's Golden Triangle you can use the Fort Pitt Bridge
  • Anselm Kiefer & Richard Serra shared the Carnegie Prize at this city's "International"
  • This city's Mellon Arena was formerly Civic Arena
  • This city's annual Three Rivers Regatta features live concerts & the National Dragon Boat Championships
  • In 1754, the French built Fort Duquesne on the present-day site of this city
  • The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city
  • Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola
  • Now that this city's Civic Arena is the Mellon Arena, its citizens can be full of Mellon pride
  • The western tip of this city's Golden Triangle--where the Ohio River begins--is called the point
  • The Carnegie Science Center,The Carnegie Museum of Natural History,The Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Aluminum Company of America
  • Thousands of Whiskey Rebels marched to "The Point" in this Penn. city, but were persuaded not to burn the town
  • The Carnegie Museums
  • Founded in 1895, the Carnegie Library is this city's main public library
  • A study says it's the most misspelled city in the U.S., but you got it right, with the final "H"
  • This city's Point State Park at the tip of the Golden Triangle contains Fort Pitt Blockhouse, built in 1764
  • In "Mrs. Soffel" warden's wife Diane Keaton helps Mel Gibson escape this city's Allegheny County Prison
  • 2008's "The Mysteries of ____" was based on a novel
  • It's known as both "The Steel City" & "The Iron City"
  • Lloyd Brown, once an inmate of this city's Alleghany County jail, based his novel "Iron City" on life there
  • The USX Tower rises 841 feet in this city
  • This city's Carnegie Museum of Natural History has the first Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, found in 1902
  • Frick Park borders Squirrel Hill in this Pennsylvania city
  • In November 1920 pioneering radio station KDKA went on the air in this city
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a vantage overlooking a certain skyline.) I'm in this city, whose air used to look different until a movement called the Renaissance after World War II

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