This is a special post in my Pittsburgh Has No Hills Only Valleys series. At the foot of the Homestead Grays Bridge. I have crossed those tracks that border the Waterfront hundreds of times, most of the time at proper crossings, oft' times not! (Notice the path of to the right?) That oncoming train means that I'll be five minutes later (if not more!) for work, at which time I and my co-workers would simply text <Train!> to each other if we were caught on the wrong side.
But back to the topic - The only flat places left in pgh (other than the horizon line!) are the riverfronts. It's the reason the steel mills and farmlands and the highways and rail lines were located there. Now it's an island of commerce. From this angle, The Homestead Stacks (truly massive when you stand next to them) kiss the flat top of the surrounding valley, as does the Whemco Steel Casings building to the left (I think the tallest building left on the flats?). But it's only because of the perspective that they seem even that tall - their immense height is dwarfed and it's incredible to think just how "underground" you truly are!
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