Good Question!
What have you always wondered about Pittsburgh? WESA's Good Question! podcast and series investigates your curiosities about our city's history and culture.
So: What have you always wondered about Pittsburgh? Are you curious how your neighborhood originally received its name? Or maybe why the Mon and Allegheny Rivers are different colors when they merge at the Point? Or maybe you've always wanted to know what happened to all of our street cars and inclines? From serious to silly, we're here to help.
The Good Question! Podcast is sponsored by Baum Boulevard Automotive, Eisler Landscapes, and the CPA firm Sisterson and Company.
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The region is often celebrated for its transition from manufacturing to higher education and medicine, but it’s long been a place for health care innovation, even if it didn’t look exactly like it does now.
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On a sunny Sunday afternoon, a group of a few dozen people wearing baseball caps and athletic gear carry bags of baseball bats and buckets of balls to…
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Lenore Williams was living in Homewood when civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. She learned about King’s…
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The southern hilltop neighborhood of Allentown is a walkable community with a number of historic buildings and beautiful murals. Approx. 25 minutesAnnexed…
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Few Pittsburgh neighborhoods have seen development as rapidly and drastically as East Liberty. Since the construction of Forbes Road in 1758, to the…
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Before highways and railroads crisscrossed the commonwealth, a series of linked waterways and inclined planes brought people and goods across the state.…
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Lawrenceville is one of Pittsburgh’s oldest and largest neighborhoods. Founded in 1814, it was named for Captain James Lawrence, who served in the War of…
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From Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, the Koppers Building somewhat blends in with the city’s looming skyscrapers. But when it was first constructed, the 475-foot limestone and granite tower was one of the most distinctive buildings in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh’s three rivers are one of the original reasons people settled in the region, and while we self-isolate due to the nationwide coronavirus…
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Going a little stir crazy? Pittsburgh residents can take a break from idle time and work-from-home routines and get to know the city’s history while…