The Point of Pittsburgh

My Tale of Two Cities - Coming Home to Pittsburgh

2008-11-24T05:08:11Z

A part of “Pittsburgh’s Homecoming Weekend” celebrating the city’s 250th birthday, Pittsburghers everywhere are invited for a special Thanksgiving weekend red-carpet screening of “My Tale of Two Cities”, a funny and poignant “comeback” stor...

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Homestead Town - The Story of a Glory Boom Town

2008-11-12T07:50:59Z

Homestead Town - By Mike Stout Homestead Town – The Story of a Glory Boom Town In the two decades since the Homestead Steels Works closed in 1986, a generation of Pittsburghers has grown up knowing little about the major events and that to...

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Blood on the Rocks - 13 Killed in McKees Rocks

2008-10-25T20:30:49Z

Blood on the Rocks Workers Unite Against "The Pit of Infamy" Our last blog about Crystal Eastman’s landmark book “Accidents and the Law” examined the dangerous working conditions of Pittsburgh area factories and mines that lead to the death of ...

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You're Invited to Celebrate The Point of Pittsburgh

2008-10-21T21:08:33Z

The Point of Pittsburgh Celebration Nov 21, 2008 7:30 PM Carnegie Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue (Oakland) Pittsburgh, Pa. Hear Pittsburgh celebrities tell the untold tales of Pittsburgh heroes in story and song in an event to benefit the Gr...

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You're Invited to Celebrate The Point of Pittsburgh

2008-10-21T21:08:21Z

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America's Most Dangerous Woman - Crystal Eastman

2008-10-12T15:44:45Z

Crystal Eastman America’s Most Dangerous Woman Pioneer of Worker Safety and Worker's Compensation At turn of the 20th century America’s fifth largest city, Pittsburgh was booming. It was the center of the growing steel and coal industries....

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Labor Leader Fannie Sellins Brutally Assassinated in Brackenridge

2008-10-04T15:32:16Z

Fannie Sellins Angel of Mercy Fannie Sellins, a union organizer known as the “Angel of Mercy”: gave her freedom and life defending free speech, demanding the right to organize, and helping the poor struggling mining and steel families of West...

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Axe Wielding Women Storm the Northside Cotton Mills

2008-09-25T03:22:22Z

When the Cotton Mill Women Rose In the 1840’s cotton mills were the primary employers of Pittsburgh’s young women and children. Allegheny City, now the North Side, was the location of seven cotton mills employing thousands of women and childr...

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Telling the Story of Pittsburgh on its Anniversary

2008-09-19T02:45:31Z

The Point of Pittsburgh Blog To commemorate Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary, historian Charles McCollester’s new book on the history of Pittsburgh and singer-song writer Mike Stout’s latest CD about Pittsburgh heroes and are being jointly released...

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Abolitionist Leader Martin Delany -Renaissance Man

2008-09-18T12:04:46Z

One of Pittsburgh’s unsung heroes discussed in The Point of Pittsburgh is abolitionist Martin Delany a national leader who fought for the end of slavery and equal rights throughout his life as a physician, speaker, author, soldier, and judge. ...

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