Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Alcoa Building (a.k.a. the Regional Enterprise Tower) is a 410-foot-tall (120 m) skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1953 and has 31 floors. It is the 15th tallest building in the city and is adjacent to Mellon Square. In 2016, the top half of the building (floors 14-31) was converted to apartments known as ...
Eleanor Schano was born and raised in Green Tree, near Pittsburgh, the daughter of Joseph J. Schano and Eleanor Daley Schano. [1] She graduated from Dormont High School in 1950, and from Duquesne University in 1954. [2] She mentioned the Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip as one inspiration for her seeking a career in journalism.
Anonymous (hacker group) Anonymous. An emblem that is commonly associated with Anonymous. The "man without a head" represents anonymity and leaderless organization. [1] Individuals appearing in public as Anonymous, wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Formation.
The Mattress Factory is a contemporary art museum located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a pioneer of site-specific installation art and features permanent installations by artists Yayoi Kusama, [3] James Turrell, [4] and Greer Lankton. [5] The museum's roof itself is a light art installation and part of Pittsburgh's Northside evening skyline.
Alt News is an Indian non-profit fact checking website founded and run by former software engineer Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair. [2] [3] It was launched on 9 February 2017 to combat fake news . In October 2022 Harsh Mander (author, activist and director of the Center for Equity Studies in New Delhi), along with the campaign he launched in ...
The Pittsburgh crime family, [4] also known as the LaRocca crime family [5] or Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [6] The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 mafia families in the United States. [7] In 2021, the boss Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti died, he was also the last known ...
Union Station, also known as Pennsylvania Station and commonly called Penn Station, is a historic train station in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It was one of several passenger rail stations that served Pittsburgh during the 20th century; others included the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, the Baltimore and Ohio Station, and Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, and it is the only surviving ...
The chapel was a gift of German-American Henry John Heinz, founder of the H.J. Heinz Company, who wanted to honor his mother, Anna Margaretha Heinz, with a building at the university. Upon his death in 1919, Heinz's three surviving children (Howard, Irene, and Clifford) added to his bequest to memorialize their grandmother and honor their father.