The Steps of Pittsburgh

[packman]

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The city of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, the United States, is located over an unruly terrain of hills, hollows, valleys and three intersecting rivers. Back in the late 19th and early 20th century, when Pittsburgh was growing as a coal and steel town, factory workers built houses in the hills rising above the flat riverbanks that were lined with factories. In order to commute to work, city officials and residents built staircases along the mountainside, originally of wood and later with concrete that ran up and down and all over creating a chaotic place that is notoriously difficult to navigate.

More on the strange, chaotic and quaint steps of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - My city of days gone by:

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/08/the-steps-of-pittsburgh.html

[tonyt53]

1. Neat stuff!

[Freddie]

2. Fascinating!

I love trivia about my state.

[malthaussen]

3. I lived on a 45 degree hill...

... it might even have been steeper.

Was back in Pittsburgh a few months ago, and my cabdriver took pleasure in telling us how the city had only 30% level terrain. I could easily believe it was less.

-- Mal

[nolabear]

4. I lived there several years and didnt know that. The Incline, tho!

I still dream about that thing.