Search PittsburghEverything
Search the entire local guide — including all 37 Steel City Stories chapters.
2 results for “excellent quality of life”
storyThe Price of a Pittsburgh CouncilmanPittsburgh’s early-twentieth-century graft investigations showed how council votes, bank interests and public business could acquire a private price—and helped destroy the old council structure.Historycity hallgraft
storyThe Day Pittsburgh Swallowed an Entire CityAllegheny City voted against consolidation, but Pennsylvania counted Pittsburgh and Allegheny together; Pittsburgh’s larger majority prevailed and the fight ended at the U.S. Supreme Court.HistoryAllegheny CityNorth Side