Very cool Mount Washington time-lapse video from Ski Man Productions. The music by Rodrigo y Gabriela is perfect for the video and is so upbeat that it almost makes you forget about the cold, dreary winter in Pittsburgh. We would love to see them do another time-lapse like this in the summer when the fountain is on at the point!
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South Asia Unreeled: That’s Why I’m Working - Sunday, March 7, 2010, 2:00pm
There has been an ongoing Asian film festival happening at Winchester Thurston School on Morewood Avenue. While there have been other Asian film festivals in Pittsburgh, the films in the Asia Unreeled Film Series are all documentaries. In February they showed a South Korean documentary exposing the high rates of plastic surgery among young women in Korea (Good for Her) and a Japanese documentary about World War II kamikaze pilots (Wings of Defeat). The film series continues this Sunday…
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Wendy's at Pitt on Fifth Ave in Oakland has closed!
What used to be a Wendy’s on the corner Fifth Avenue and Atwood Street is now a huge empty space in Pitt’s campus (and heart). The doors closed in February and local fast food lovers where heartbroken when they found out the last day to get a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger and Frosty was Valentine’s Day.
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This is old news but in case you haven’t seen this video from Ashley Klinger (aka productsofhearts) have a look on the TV above. Ashley is a dance major at Point Park University and was on her way to an audition when she got stranded overnight at the airport during Snowmageddon 2010. Her video has become a hit on YouTube and already racked up close to 25,000 views!
Does this remind you of that Tom Hanks movie Terminal?
My adventures in the Pittsburgh International Airport during the worst snow storm of the century. After arriving late for a flight at 7:40 PM to LGA I decided to stick around my gate until my flight at 5:40 and had a BLAST!
The Classic Pittsburgh Parking Chair
Welcome to Pittsburgh’s Official Parking Chair Museum. We’ve compiled this gallery to celebrate a local phenomenon that has become the universally accepted no parking sign in the Burgh – or should we say “sNOw parking” sign. Thanks to the Blizzard of 2010, the streets of Pittsburgh are starting to look like a cross between Ikea and a flea-market. Help us add some witty captions to the pictures below…
If you’re proud of your parking chair, send a picture to snOMG@boringpittsburgh.com and we’ll feature it here!
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In case you missed the 2010 International Auto Show because of the snow, Pitt News reporter, David Beitzel give us a mini tour of the show – with a great sense of humor.
The auto show ran between February 11th and 15th at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Surprisingly, they kept the doors open all throughout the blizzard.
So what’s it gonna be, the Smart Car or the monster truck?
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CreationRex over at CMU engaging in an epic snowball battle
While everyone was crying about the blizzard, a little bit of snow wasn’t stopping Creation Rex from having fun. The students at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh were being boring, so he took a stroll all the way over to CMU to see “how the smartypants were doing”. He found fun all right… a massive snowball fight with 15 against 1!
Who do you think won the battle?
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The Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand exhibit at The Andy Warhol Museum is over but his artwork is still lingering around. If you are wondering how he got those creepy looking faces all over the buildings around town, watch the TV above as he and his crew hit up the Brillobox in Lawrenceville. He also talks a little about the difference between the art community in Pittsburgh and New York (and how the Burgh is better!).
Find all of Shepard Fairey’s outdoor murals on this map.
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How's My Street road condition map
The snow plows are doing a lousy job of clearing the streets, don’t wait for the news to tell you which streets are ok. CityZenMobile recently launched a free service called How’s My Street that allows you to instantly report road conditions and snow removal progress in Pittsburgh. Perfect timing in light of the blizzard and countless unplowed streets!
How’s My Street was invented by the creators of YinzCam and iBurgh. It’s easy to use and does a great job of spreading the word about which streets are passable or not passable. Just find your street on the map, click, then fill out the report. Your report is sent to Twitter so all of the @howsmystreet followers are automatically notified of local road conditions.
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National Guard called in to help with the blizzard in Pittsburgh
On Monday, the mayor of Pittsburgh welcomed the National Guard to help out in the aftermath of the 2010 Blizzard. About 300 troops were called upon to assist the city’s public safety workers. In addition to lending a helping hand, Humvees have been seen patrolling the streets of city neighborhoods.
This might not be the worst winter storm in Pittsburgh’s history, but it might be the first time the military was called in because of snow. According to the original news report by KDKA, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said:
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Or should we say the meteorologists in the Burgh are aren’t as funny as Jim Kosek when they deliver the weather report. We thought Pittsburghers were freaked out about the snow! People in Baltimore must be going bananas! Speaking of bananas, just picture Giant Eagle if this guy was forecasting the blizzard on KDKA or WTAE…
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The The Blizzard of 2010, part 2 is on the way… are you ready? We are expected to see a second wave of about 8-10 inches! As if Pittsburgh doesn’t already have more snow than we can handle – the weather is so bad, even the snow plows aren’t coming out.
What are your plans for the next blast of the blizz?
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From the Carnegie Mellon "Campus Alerts" page
After a long weekend of record setting snowfall, most of the roads and sidewalks are completely covered in packed snow. A lot of people can’t get their cars out, and the smart ones don’t bother. Schools and businesses posted Monday closings well before the weekend was over. But not every school planned on following suit.
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Before the snow started going all cats-and-dogs on us, there was speculation all over the place about how much total snowfall to anticipate. The Pittsburgh Snowmageddon has run its course and we want to know what the outcome was.
Did you measure the snow in your backyard? Tell us your neighborhood and how much snow accumulation you got in the comments below. Send your measurement pics to snOMG@boringpittsburgh.com and we’ll post it here.
We all want to know, does your snowfall measure up?
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Skiiing in the street was as common today as stranded cars.
At this point, you might think the snow is becoming boring like everything else in the burgh. At least some Pittsburghers know how to make the best of snowmaggedon. People were out everywhere today and all across the city cars were stuck, trees were broken, lines were down, and people were cross-country skiing like it was Seven Springs. It helped that the roads are jam packed with at least 3 inches of snow – even the main streets. The way the temperature is dropping right now, those skiers will be able to ice skate from Squirrel Hill to Downtown!
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