Carnegie Museums and the Universtiy of Pittsburgh
The Pitt Panther When I visit a city I often try to get to the neighborhood near a college or university. If you want to find inexpensive food and good small museums, this is the part of town to head for. This being true, the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh and its Oakland neighborhood have had a particular draw on me. When I was 19 I spent a summer in Pittsburgh. I had a chance to explore much of the city, I spent most of my time in Oakland. I even had a crappy phone sales job based in that area. When I returned ten years later it was to bring a runner that I was coaching on a college visit to the University of Pittsburgh. So, my visit to the Steel City this year of course brought another chance to spend time in this neighborhood and to visit the Carnegie Museums. The University of Pittsburgh is one of the oldest state colleges in the United States. It was founded in 1787 as the Pittsburgh Academy, a preparatory school on what was then the far, western edge ...