Category: General Information

  • Railroad Street

    State Street at Railroad Street

    Why do you suppose they call it Railroad Street?

    Locomotive crossing

    Oh.


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  • A Whirlwind Tour of the Architecture of Sharon

    State Street in Sharon, Pennsylvania

    Old Pa Pitt usually publishes pictures of Pittsburgh, but in the winter of 2026 he spent a whole day, plus an evening and a morning, in Sharon, a city in the Shenango Valley notable for its unusually fine collection of architectural landmarks. He spent that time wandering around the city and accumulated hundreds of pictures—enough that he had to build a whole new site to hold them. He hopes to return soon, and when he does he will add to the site.

    Much of the information that goes with the pictures comes from the Sharon Historical Society, which published nineteen “History Walk” booklets available from local businesses. Father Pitt bought half a dozen of them, covering the areas he visited, because they are models of the genre and stuffed with good information.


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