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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh is a 1979 American sports/fantasy comedy film directed by Gilbert Moses and coproduced by David Dashev and Gary Stromberg. It was produced by Lorimar and distributed by United Artists . The film was shot on location in Pittsburgh and at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena, as well as in suburban Moon Township, Pennsylvania .
My Girl #2 Nov. 29 – Dec. 5 #3 Dec. 6–12 #4 Nov. 22–28 Top 10 until Jan. 2, 1992. Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky. Diary of a Hitman. James Belushi, Forest Whitaker, Sharon Stone. Waterland. Jeremy Irons, Ethan Hawke, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (also known as Picking up the Pieces ...
The Pittsburgh crime family,[4]also known as the LaRocca crime family[5]or the Pittsburgh Mafia, was an Italian-AmericanMafiacrime familybased in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1][6]The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 Mafia families in the United States.[7] The boss and last known "made" member of the family, Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti, died ...
UTC-4 (EDT) South Side (or "Southside") is an area in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Monongahela River across from Downtown Pittsburgh. The South Side is officially divided into two neighborhoods, South Side Flats and South Side Slopes. Both the Flats and the Slopes are represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Bruce ...
This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1] The map of neighborhoods presented here is based on the official designations from the City of Pittsburgh. [2]
Nikola Tesla ( / ˈtɛslə /; [ 2] Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [ O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American [ 3][ 4] engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. [ 5]
Canton Avenue is a street in Pittsburgh 's Beechview neighborhood which is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Canton Avenue is 630 ft (190 m) long (the hill is about 213 feet long) and is claimed to include a 37% grade 21 feet (6.4 m) long. [ 4][ 5][ 6] The Guinness Book of World Records says ...
The mayor of Pittsburgh is the chief executive of the government of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Pittsburgh. [2] Prior to the 1816 city charter, the Borough of Pittsburgh had its council elect a chief burgess among themselves. After the borough was rechartered as a city, its ...