G20 here in Pittsburgh

[Cinder & Smoke]

Here are some pics he took the other day.

Photo 1:
What's an Incline Car ??

Like a trolly car or a San Francisco Cable Car . except the Incline has only two cars
operating on a track that is "inclined" about 45* and runs straight UP and DOWN the
side of Mount Washington. While one goes UP, the other car goes DOWN.
Don't worry - the floor is counter-inclined 45* too - the passengers ride
on level seats on a level floor. FHAN-TASTIC view of Pittsburgh!

Photo 2:
The Incline "Upper Station" where the winch cables are controlled by the Operator.

PS: The entire Incline System - down to two lines from a high of a dozen,
is a Card-Carrying "Antique" - but still hauls passengers up & down Mt Washington
EVERY Day! The "Inclines" are a Must Ride if you're ever in P-Burgh!

Phto 3:
"The Point" - aka Point State Park ... the juncture of our Three Rivers !

1 ~ the Allegheny River - flowing south towards the point is visible above
the Indian's nose.

2 ~ the Monongahela River - flowing west towards the point from the east / southeast,
is visible under the settler's chin.

Those two rivers flow together at "The Point" and become
3 ~ the Ohio River - which heads west under the Indian's chin.

When I was a lil kid growing up in the P-burg suburbs, standing near that statue's
location on Mt Washington - you'd be hard pressed to see the other side
of the Monongahela River because of the famous Pittsburgh SMOG!
And there was NO fountain at the Point!
Instead there was a horrible collection of old, run-down steel mill production
and processing buildings, railroad tracks, and steel products covering every
inch of what later became the "Golden Triangle" - a modern group of
skyscrapers, parks, and Interstate highways.

Pittsburgh has come a LOOOOOONG Way in my lifetime!

[blue]

Big difference from the 9/12 Tea Party.

Police threw canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers as US President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, arrived for a meeting with leaders of the world's major economies.....

Elsewhere in the city, there were reports of rocks being thrown at buses in the Bloomfield district, where the windows and ATM of one bank were damaged.....
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In the city's Lawrenceville district, about a mile from the summit venue, police deployed tear gas in order to disperse crowds after warning everyone in the area to "leave the immediate vicinity regardless of your purpose." Protestors responded by throwing bottles at the officer.

Those gathered came from a variety of groups and causes, including Code Pink – which is a female-led anti-war group - Greenpeace, and some calling themselves the G20 Resistance Project.

Source.

[RICHARD]

Go police!
I saw some clips of the idiots running up the street with trash bins, sticks and masks on.

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DJ,

You are so right.

We focus on the divisions rather than the answers.

Beat them all up, let the ER docs sort them out.

[bobsmom]

Contrary to some of what you may have seen or heard on TV, the G2o Summit in Pittsburgh was quite uneventful!!! Lots, and lots of police and Secret Service - and lots of folks carrying cameras (some with 3-4 hanging over their neck with extra zoom lenses and what not), but very little to photograph.

The few demonstrations that took place and went awry were on the outskirts of town, surrounding neighborhoods like Oakland (Pitt and CMU Universities) and Bloomfield. I was truly disappointed as I would have like to have seen some "PEACEFUL" protesting - as the groups tend to be colorful and interesting and just fun to photograph. BUT no such luck. My husband works in the heart of town and he "got nothing".

Here are few of the police presence and one of our beautiful city (classic point shot) if you've never seen it and one of Phipps Conservatory (where dignitaries met to dine). If you would like to see more shots of Pittsburgh, you can find some on my husband's website, www.daygraphics.net. He's primarily a retoucher (Pittsburgh's Best Retoucher), but he does his fair share of photography.

P.S. Thank you Cinder for the exceptional, wonderful descriptions of previously posted pics.

[Medusa]

Being from the Pgh. area, a girlfriend and I would visit Phipps Conservatory, the Museum and the zoo every year. I miss those days. Pgh. has quite the skyline.

[phesina]

Pittsburgh has become absolutely beautiful. What a fantastic turnaround!

[davidpizzica]

I think Pittsburgh did a great job of showing it's best face to the world. I hope the city changed the minds of those who still think of Pittsburgh as a dirty, smoky city.