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storyThe Three Rivers Had A Fourth Current: CashPittsburgh’s maps show three rivers, but an older power structure moved on a fourth current: cash that rarely appeared in ledgers — through mills, ward clubs, and protected rooms.Historypittsburgh historycorruption
storyWho Really Owned The City?No single organization owned Pittsburgh. The city was governed through competition among institutions powerful enough to control different parts of life. Industrial corporations controlled capital.Historypowercorruption
storyThe Week Pittsburgh’s Grief Became FireAfter Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, grief, anger, unrest and a later peace march transformed Pittsburgh’s Hill District in different ways across the same week.History1968Martin Luther King Jr