Still no drones…
Thursday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Your humble narrator had to get out of the house, for a variety of reasons, so the Mobile Oppression Platform was loaded up with the camera bag and I drove ‘into town.’
As a note: I’m not observing any of those mega drones y’all back around NY Harbor keep talking about seeing in the sky, here in Pittsburgh.
Stairs, you see a lot of municipal stairs here – the Yinzers call them ‘City Steps.’ One was recently privy to a heated conversation about local slang debating whether chunks of Pizza are called ‘cuts’ or ‘slices.’ They got’s their own language around these parts.
Me? I was heading towards a rail yard I’ve been wanting to take a look at, in an ‘on the triangle’ Pittsburgh neighborhood called ‘Hazelwood.’
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Along the Monongahela Riverfront, you’ll notice an enormous empty property which used to be some sort of steel mill (Eliza Furnace). Rail infrastructure, including a former roundhouse which is now disconnected from the tracks, runs through here on multiple paths. The bridge pictured above is called the Hot Metal Bridge, and it was discussed in prior posts.
I’ve walked the opposite side of the river multiple times, but this spot in Hazelwood is a bit harder to access on foot than it is by car. Additionally, and allow me to say this gently – Hazelwood can be a rather rough section of town – so it’s best to drive rather than scuttle through it.
Also, given that my ankle is still mending – scuttling isn’t really on the agenda for a bit.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Across the water, on the southern bank of the Monongahela, is the water facing section of a parcel called ‘Hay’s Woods.’ Haven’t been there yet, but apparently it’s a fairly wild parcel which hosts a lot of critters, including nesting Bald Eagles. Neat! I plan on scuttling through there this spring. See what you can see and all that.
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