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09/02/2026

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟖𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐀. 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨 — 𝐜𝐨-𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐳𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞

Today we celebrate a card-carrying member of the horror hall of fame, a Pittsburgh original who is still going strong. In 1968, George A. Romero, John Russo, and Russ Streiner — with help from a small circle of friends at The Latent Image and Image Ten — made Night of the Living Dead. Nobody else was doing this. Not Hollywood. Not the old voodoo pictures. They invented the modern zombie: the recently dead, risen, eating human flesh.

Russo’s part of that invention? It would not have happened without him. The opening credits tell the story:

"Screenplay by
John Russo
George Romero"

But Russo didn't just co-write the screenplay, he originated the idea that the attackers were dead people who eat the living. The modern zombie that we all know was John Russo's brainchild. Oh, he also worked the clap stick, loaded magazines, and played ghouls on camera — including the tire-iron zombie who comes after Barbara in the farmhouse. Romero directed it. The great Russ Streiner produced it and walked into that cemetery as Johnny--it would not have happened without Russ Streiner, either.

After 1968 Mr. Russo stayed here. Clairton. Glassport. Novels, films, classrooms, conventions. He's one of us, and he deserves our attention and thanks. If you’ve walked past 247 Fort Pitt Boulevard downtown, that's not only where the infamous basement scene where the little zombie girl eats her parents was filmed, it's also where the modern zombie was born, thanks to John Russo, Russ Streiner, and George Romero.

Happy birthday, John.
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09/01/2026

𝟓𝟓 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟏.

Three Rivers Stadium. Phillies in town. 11,278 in the seats. Both Pittsburgh papers on strike. Almost nobody wrote it down.

Danny Murtaugh’s card:
Rennie Stennett, 2B
Gene Clines, CF
Roberto Clemente, RF
Willie Stargell, LF
Manny Sanguillén, C
Dave Cash, 3B
Al Oliver, 1B
Jackie Hernández, SS
Dock Ellis, P

Five Black Americans. Four Latinos. From Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the United States.

The first six hitters were batting over .300.

It was not a ceremony. Hebner was sick. Alley and Robertson were hurt. Murtaugh was trying to win. A batboy looked at the lineup and said the Homestead Grays were in town. In the early innings Cash turned to Oliver: “Man, we got all brothers out there.” They laughed. Clemente told Sanguillén he never thought he’d live to see it.They won 10–7.

Six weeks later they won the World Series. Clemente was MVP.

Jackie Robinson broke the line in 1947. On this night in Pittsburgh, the whole lineup crossed it.

07/04/2026

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀: Here's a well-known Fourth of July coincidence so weird, it's downright otherworldly.

07/03/2026

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫)

𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 (𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭)

The fuse that ignited the French and Indian War ("the war that made America") and the Seven Years War (the first world war) was lit here in Western Pennsylvania by a Native American leader named Tanacharison (the Half-King) who lived near present-day Ambridge.

He was George Washington's ally, and he was with Washington in the area that is now Fayette County, at what is called Jumonville Glen (near Fort Necessity) when it happened. A shocked Washington was standing with him. (Watch the video--you'll see all this.) It was almost certainly the most significant event that ever occurred in our region simply because it set in motion events that changed the trajectory of the world.

It wasn't just the French and Indian War and the Seven Years War. Our American Revolution was connected, too. After the British prevailed in the French and Indian War, the Crown imposed onerous taxes on the colonies to pay for the war--that was a principal cause of the American Revolution.

It's not to say that these wars would not have occurred if the Jumonville skirmish didn't happen--at the very least, they would not have occurred the way they did.

06/26/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟔 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲.

The party's first organizing convention was held at Lafayette Hall on February 22 and 23, 1856 (Fourth and Wood--the building is long gone--most of us know that site as the YWCA building). The GOP lost the election of 1856, but four years later, it nominated Abraham Lincoln.

06/12/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄

Since 1871, minus a brief restoration period, the Dollar Bank building at Fourth Avenue and Smithfield Street has been guarded two massive stone lions. That's 155 years. These lions are not the originals--you'll see the originals in the video, they are now housed inside the building, safe from the elements. The Dollar Bank lions are among Pittsburgh's most beloved symbols. This is their story.

06/07/2026

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 (𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧). 100 years ago this month, construction commenced on the "Skinny Building" (Forbes and Wood):--80 feet long, just 5 feet 2 inches wide--and it was because of a legal dispute.

06/04/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐒𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐇

𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬--𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐮𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Harry Warner was selling suits at Kaufmanns when he saw the incredible success of the Nickelodeon across Smithfield Street. Many think this inspired him to get into the movie business. The brothers opened a theater in New Castle, but decided the real money was in film distribution. So, a few weeks later, the brothers started a film distribution company in downtown Pittsburgh called the Duquesne Amusement Supply Company--it was named after Duquesne University to tap into the school's respectability. Their offices were in a building on Grant Street where the large outdoor parking lot is now located across from the City-County Building.

Here is the way Chris Yogerst, author of "The Warner Brothers," put it: "You could look at Ohio [The family lived in Youngstown when it began showing films in nearby New Castle] as the starting point; Pittsburgh was the launching point."

05/30/2026

𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐘𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃: 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐒𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐇'𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒

Randyland has our vote for the wildest, most unique--and happiest--place in all of Pittsburgh. It's the all-outdoor courtyard museum and explosion of color in the Mexican War Streets neighborhood of the North Side: 1501 Arch Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (corner of Arch and Jacksonia Streets). It's the brainchild of artist Randy Gilson. We can't adequately describe it, so we thought we'd give you a preview of what it looks like.

Randyland's page says it's open every day from noon til dark.

05/26/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟗)

It stopped being an office building last year and is undergoing a massive makeover. This project is Pittsburgh's flagship venture to repurpose office-to-residential space. For the sake of the region, we hope it succeeds.

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