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Pittsburgh - August 10th, 2019

Started by noelbotevera, August 30, 2018, 02:13:08 PM

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Postmeet Activities

Kennywood Amusement Park
1 (16.7%)
Bridge tour (Three Sisters, West End)
4 (66.7%)
Tunnel tour (Wabash, Armstrong, Liberty)
4 (66.7%)
Nike missile sites
2 (33.3%)
Monroeville Mall
4 (66.7%)
Bigelow Mosaic (in case I choose not to have it on the tour)
3 (50%)

Total Members Voted: 6

Alps

Quote from: rickmastfan67 on May 30, 2019, 10:54:22 PM
Quote from: Alps on May 30, 2019, 08:55:47 PM
My notes have an entry, "PA 130 embossed shield on old alignment near old 993 text sign". I don't see any old alignments near PA 130/993. Any idea what this note might be?

My guess would be somewhere in Turtle Creek maybe?
Nah, I've checked out Turtle Creek already. PA 993 is well east of there. It would be a really cool find for the tour (or a note for pre/post meet).


rickmastfan67

Quote from: Alps on May 31, 2019, 12:05:35 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on May 30, 2019, 10:54:22 PM
Quote from: Alps on May 30, 2019, 08:55:47 PM
My notes have an entry, "PA 130 embossed shield on old alignment near old 993 text sign". I don't see any old alignments near PA 130/993. Any idea what this note might be?

My guess would be somewhere in Turtle Creek maybe?
Nah, I've checked out Turtle Creek already. PA 993 is well east of there. It would be a really cool find for the tour (or a note for pre/post meet).

But 993 used to go to US-30 in the past.  That's the only reason I mentioned it.

CanesFan27

Quote from: Alps on May 30, 2019, 08:55:47 PM
My notes have an entry, "PA 130 embossed shield on old alignment near old 993 text sign". I don't see any old alignments near PA 130/993. Any idea what this note might be?
It was a cutout and it's gone. As is the button copy text sign .

CanesFan27


Alps


CanesFan27

Quote from: Alps on May 31, 2019, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: CanesFan27 on May 31, 2019, 12:23:54 PM
This was the sign.

http://www.gribblenation.com/papics/oldsigns/pa130_1090.jpg
Now I'm sad.

I double checked because Bruce gave me the heads up on it back in 1999.  I got a photo that winter and then he took that photo the next year.  It was on Penn Ave. Extension/Airbrake Avenue in Turtle Creek.  I double checked street view because it's been a while and I may have been incorrect on the location. 

Guessing it went away when they rebuilt the Greensburg Pike Bridge....it was an old truss bridge over Turtle Creek

wphiii


wphiii

Also for the deadmall folks, Century III is fantastic because it's still somehow inexplicably open. I try to make a habit of stopping by randomly once or twice a year just to see what's gone and the last time I did so an entire wing of the mall was barricaded off and the food court had zero tenants. Just a staggering decline for something that has managed not to get completely abandoned/condemned yet.

rickmastfan67

Quote from: wphiii on June 04, 2019, 12:56:00 AM
Quote from: Alps on May 31, 2019, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: CanesFan27 on May 31, 2019, 12:23:54 PM
This was the sign.

http://www.gribblenation.com/papics/oldsigns/pa130_1090.jpg
Now I'm sad.

If it's any minuscule consolation, this wild ass anachronism might still be around (though I haven't checked in probably about a year).

Also have this relic of PA-380 ALT in Downtown still as far as I know. https://goo.gl/maps/oRPfpkFi2AKRr4S77

Shame this old PA Turnpike relic was removed. :(  Was removed sometime between 8/14 & 6/16.

CanesFan27

Quote from: wphiii on June 04, 2019, 01:02:55 AM
Also for the deadmall folks, Century III is fantastic because it's still somehow inexplicably open. I try to make a habit of stopping by randomly once or twice a year just to see what's gone and the last time I did so an entire wing of the mall was barricaded off and the food court had zero tenants. Just a staggering decline for something that has managed not to get completely abandoned/condemned yet.

Unless you want to go to JC Penny the entire mall is now closed.

wphiii

Quote from: CanesFan27 on June 04, 2019, 07:15:35 AM
Quote from: wphiii on June 04, 2019, 01:02:55 AM
Also for the deadmall folks, Century III is fantastic because it's still somehow inexplicably open. I try to make a habit of stopping by randomly once or twice a year just to see what's gone and the last time I did so an entire wing of the mall was barricaded off and the food court had zero tenants. Just a staggering decline for something that has managed not to get completely abandoned/condemned yet.

Unless you want to go to JC Penny the entire mall is now closed.

Damn, there was still a haggard crew of like 10 stores that were clinging on the last time I stopped in, I believe around Christmas.

I'm reading now, looks like the tenants were told to vacate in February after a fiasco in which the sprinkler system broke. Glad at least the comic shop found a new home at the Waterfront.

PAHighways


rickmastfan67


CanesFan27

Quote from: rickmastfan67 on June 04, 2019, 04:30:12 AM
Quote from: wphiii on June 04, 2019, 12:56:00 AM
Quote from: Alps on May 31, 2019, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: CanesFan27 on May 31, 2019, 12:23:54 PM
This was the sign.

http://www.gribblenation.com/papics/oldsigns/pa130_1090.jpg
Now I'm sad.

If it's any minuscule consolation, this wild ass anachronism might still be around (though I haven't checked in probably about a year).

Also have this relic of PA-380 ALT in Downtown still as far as I know. https://goo.gl/maps/oRPfpkFi2AKRr4S77

Shame this old PA Turnpike relic was removed. :(  Was removed sometime between 8/14 & 6/16.

Both are great examples of the old Pittsburgh Department of Public Works style of signage.  It's been modernized over the years but like Allegheny County Sign Shop signage - still have their own uniqueness

Alps

Quote from: kevinb1994 on May 29, 2019, 11:24:46 PM
We're going to make this our only meet for this year, so I can say that we're 100% committed at this point.
I'm pretty sure you've scared off a number of people by saying that.

A.J. Bertin

Quote from: kevinb1994 on June 16, 2019, 12:46:44 AM
Quote from: Alps on June 15, 2019, 10:47:52 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on May 29, 2019, 11:24:46 PM
We're going to make this our only meet for this year, so I can say that we're 100% committed at this point.
I'm pretty sure you've scared off a number of people by saying that.

Yeah, you may be right about that; it seems like not many people are considering attending this meet, at least not right now.

I, for one, am going to Pittsburgh the weekend of August 10 even if the meet falls through. At this point though, I don't think I have reason to believe that it will fall through.
-A.J. from Michigan

A.J. Bertin

Quote from: kevinb1994 on June 16, 2019, 02:13:50 PM
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on June 16, 2019, 01:05:55 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on June 16, 2019, 12:46:44 AM
Quote from: Alps on June 15, 2019, 10:47:52 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on May 29, 2019, 11:24:46 PM
We're going to make this our only meet for this year, so I can say that we're 100% committed at this point.
I'm pretty sure you've scared off a number of people by saying that.
Yeah, you may be right about that; it seems like not many people are considering attending this meet, at least not right now.
I, for one, am going to Pittsburgh the weekend of August 10 even if the meet falls through.
I can't say at this point whether or not we're going, as we have not finalized our travel plans.

Earlier you said you're 100% committed to going. Maybe not?
-A.J. from Michigan

rickmastfan67

I know I'm planning on being there since this is my backyard. ;)

jpi

Quote from: Alps on June 15, 2019, 10:47:52 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on May 29, 2019, 11:24:46 PM
We're going to make this our only meet for this year, so I can say that we're 100% committed at this point.
I'm pretty sure you've scared off a number of people by saying that.
Yeah, that's what I am thinking too :-D
Jason Ilyes
JPI
Lebanon, TN
Home Of The Barrel

74/171FAN

I personally have not committed as I am unsure how much I will be needed at a church event that day.
I am now a PennDOT employee.  My opinions/views do not necessarily reflect the opinions/views of PennDOT.

Rothman

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webny99


MNHighwayMan


A.J. Bertin

Quote from: kevinb1994 on July 03, 2019, 04:46:03 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on July 03, 2019, 04:39:21 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on July 03, 2019, 12:49:13 AM
Quote from: Rothman on June 17, 2019, 09:39:20 PM
I am scared of commitment.
As am I.
That explains the Jacksonville meet.
Which explains why it got canceled, after initially being postponed until late February of 2022. I'm hosting the Orlando Meet in Early 2021 in its place for now.

How do we know that your fear of commitment won't prevent the Orlando meet in 2021 from being cancelled at the last minute like the Jacksonville meet was?
-A.J. from Michigan

Rothman

Quote from: A.J. Bertin on July 03, 2019, 06:11:39 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on July 03, 2019, 04:46:03 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on July 03, 2019, 04:39:21 PM
Quote from: kevinb1994 on July 03, 2019, 12:49:13 AM
Quote from: Rothman on June 17, 2019, 09:39:20 PM
I am scared of commitment.
As am I.
That explains the Jacksonville meet.
Which explains why it got canceled, after initially being postponed until late February of 2022. I'm hosting the Orlando Meet in Early 2021 in its place for now.

How do we know that your fear of commitment won't prevent the Orlando meet in 2021 from being cancelled at the last minute like the Jacksonville meet was?
No kidding.  Planning this far in advance is begging for issues.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.



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