Spectacular photos! Wow! Another Super Job!

(I don’t much care for the UPMC sign atop U.S. Steel. It is the U.S. Steel Building! Not the UPMC Building - the sign looks ugly!)

Matt, what a wonderful job. I remember first looking at your photos when I lived in Denver and I realized Pittsburgh was one of the most underrated cities in the nation. It has character and beauty that other’s can’t even think of, and you capture it so well. Thank you for allowing me to again take more pride in the town that I live in.

Another great set of pictures! (I was getting worried that there wouldn’t be another one this year)

If I didn’t already live here, your photos would have sold me on the city.

Awesome Photos! Almost makes me want to move back to Pittsburgh!

Another SUPER job Matt! I like “Fish eye to the sky at PNC Park” And also - I CAN’T BELEIVE THE PENGUINS LOST! SO,SO, SO CLOSE TO A WIN. THAT IS A GREAT HOCKEY TEAM - LET’S GO PENS!!!!

What a beautiful city! Like my hometown of Milwaukee, Pittsburgh is successfully reinventing itself. I have to visit your city soon. I absolutely love the industrial grittiness and authenticity of Pittsburgh! If you live there, you are very blessed.

I live in Apex, NC actually and I love your Raleigh photos. But ever since I saw the pics of Pittsburgh I wanted to go there. LUCKILY! I have the chance now. I’m going with my friend this saturday for a whole week. And I’m going to two Pirates games. I can’t wait. It looks like such a beautiful city. I’m also into Photography I love taking pictures. I’m only 16 and I would love to be a photographer when I’m older. You inspired me even MORE to be one too!

THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!
HATS OFF PITTSBURGH, 250 YEAR!!!!!
LOVE THIS TOWN!!!!

Yep, it will take a while to get used to that UPMC sign. About 35 years, like everything else in the ‘burgh. Change is something Allegheny County area doesn’t do very well.

UPMC ruined our beautiful skyline.

I live in Florida now and I miss the beautiful city of Pittsburgh, there is no other city like it in the world. I most of all miss Steeler Sunday, the Bridges, mountains and wonderful scenery in Pittsburgh. This website is so nice to look at when you are homesick! What a wonderful site!

Hey you take awesome pictures!!! One quick question, have you ever thought about photographing the red, blue and yellow building that sits about 3/4 of the way up on Mt. Washington? I dont know what building it is but it would probably make a spectacular picture. If you have any info on this building could you please email me? I’m at camp31007@yahoo.com. Thanks soo much, keep up the fabulous pictures!!

- Liz

Sure do miss Pittsburgh. Wish I hadn’t had to leave.

Thanks again for a great collection of photographs!! I am currently in the Navy, serving half way across the world, and always come to your site when I feel homesick! Was glad to see a new collection of photographs today, and of course made me want to come on home on leave!!

Anyway…..thanks again for the photos!!

Tony

FINALLY, I’d been waiting for a new set of photos and every time they never disappoint. I’m so glad I live here and in love with how beautiful the city is becomes each year, wouldn’t you agree?

Love your photos. Pittsburgh is a great place and we return every fall. When I send these pictures to friends who have never been to our wonderful
city, they always comment about it being different than they had assumed. Steelers, of course, are my team, but I have the feeling we may soon be
more proud of our Buccos. Also, Pitt football on the way up and the Panther hoop team will remain one of the best in the nation.

Matt, you’ve captured the heart of a truly beautiful city. What a spectacular photo collection!
Like a grand old dame, Pittsburgh has such character — full of charm and strength and pride.
I’m now living in Michigan and it still stirs my heart to visit my home town, even via photographs.
Thank you for sharing your artistry.

P.S. I agree with folks about the UPMC sign

Well I have to say I was born at Magee hospital in 1966 and lived in Pittsburgh all my life. I moved to Florida almost two years ago and love it here too, but I will always be from Pittsburgh and they get tired of me being a Pittsburgher at work always himmhawwing about it there. These are truly fabulous pics of where I grew up and love. You will never find love like the love in Pittsburgh. GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alley to PPG is a stunning, breath taking photograph. And thanks for capturing one of Pittsburgh’s Bravest!

The “Steel City” has come a long way since the days of soot and smoke. I was born in Pittsburgh and have lived here all my life. I will always be a “Burgh Girl” and am pround of my beautiful city

I was born and raised in Toronto, Ohio. Used to visit Pittsburgh often for football and baseball. Have lived here in Arizona since 1965, Definitely not the Pittsburgh I remember from the fifties.

Wow….awesome pics! Didnt realize how much I miss the Burgh!

I’m from Pittsburgh and I lived there for 24 years before moving to Jacksonville, FL 2 years ago. I miss the Burgh! No other city is like it! So much culture, history, and pride. All of these pictures bring a lot of great memories. I want to move back!

Beautiful photographs of a beautiful, beloved city. Thank you for reminding me.

When we were growing up in Kittanning, it took two long hours to get to Pittsburgh. I hardly recognize the city now!

Outstanding. Am sending to all my Pittsburgh friends that moved away so they can be sooo sorry.

I’m from the UK. Just visited Pittsburgh last week. This is a fabulous city !

Sent to this 70 something former Burgher who is feeling homesick about having to leave that beautiful city. Thanks for the memories.

The pictures are magnificant, wish I lived in PGH. I used to visit frequently and always had a wonderful time. Good restaurants and nice boating. Great place.

I grew up in Pittsburgh, but moved away 16 years ago. I don’t get back as often as I should. Your pictures are excellent and make me homesick for the wonderful place where I used to live. Thanks for sharing.

AWESOME

Who started those awful corporate logos? Now the USS Tower is ruined. UPMC is worse than Mellon. Here in Tucson I show friends my cities pictures and always get a negative reaction to the logos.
Go Steelers!

The UPMC sign is much too large. It’s a visual distraction to an otherwise impressive skyline. The photographers did a great job and they were certainly mindful of the available light.

Absolutely wonderful! Born and raised in the “Burgh but now living in Vero Beach Florida. Will return for retirement years; just can’t get the greatest city in the world out of our blood! Thanks for the terrific photos!

Your pictures of our City of Pittsburgh brought tears of pride. What a wonderful tribute to the most friendly, beautiful city in the east.

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More wonderful pictures.

Your pictures are awsome as always. I,m currently in my 21st year of a 30 year work visa in Atlanta. The south can’t touch Pittsburgh. See you in nine years.

Oh how much I miss home Thanks for this summer breeze

I have lived in the burgh for 52 years of my life, it is a beautiful place, it does have culture, beauty, arts, the people are
very kind hearted. Moved to florida for 1 1/2 years hated it!! People were very rude and unkind so I moved to Texas
to be close to our son, people here are also kind, but, my heart will always be with the burgh, steelers, pens, pirates.
It is a breath taking city, even more so in the evening with the reflection of the lights in the water. Pens you played a hell
of a game this season you have NOTHING to be ashamed of, always next season “LETS GO PENS!!!!! “HERE WE GO STEELERS HERE WE GO” GIVE’M HELL BIG BEN!! Thanks for the wonderful pictures can’t wait to go home for a visit!! I don’t
miss driving in the snow though sorry burgh!!

i grew up in pittsburgh. Born there in 1957. i rode my bike many days through the cemetary you took the city photos on my way to springview’s ball field on romanoff street. i grew up at 911 haslage ave where you can get a great view of the city. i take the pretty view of the city lights for granted since i could see them every night before i went to bed. we still gather on my mom’s back patio on light up night and take our hike up to the springhill cemetary for our photos of light up night

Thanks for sharing the burgh with those of us who aren’t in the area. Left McKeesport in 1957 but still root for the Bucs, Pens and Steelers !

We will probably move back to the Burg. Have been gone 28 yrs but still miss all the action there.

Away from Pittsburgh and Murrysville for 53 yrs,still follow Steeleand Bucs,also Penns Thanks r F bissell

These shots are stunning, and they rev my engines for a permanent return to the ‘Burg. After 46 years away (37 of which have been in exile in Philly) and a few more till retirement, I have to start planning where to live as there are so many beautiful choices that you show so well in these scenes. Thanks so much.

These photos present Pittsburgh as a beautiful and unique city. When you return to Pittsburgh from being out-of-town, the view coming out of the Ft. Pitt Tunnels is spectacular. There is no place There is no place quite like it. I just wish more people would choose it as their home.

These photos show how truly beautiful Pittburgh is. Although I have not lived in Pittsburgh in 11 years, it will always be home to me. I recently was back in town for a long weekend with friends who had never been to Pittsburgh. I was so proud to show off my city to my friends. There was not nearly enough time for me to show them everything that make it so special. It was also great to be among Pittburghers, some of the warmest, caring, and fun loving people anywhere in the world. I am planning another trip back as soon as possible! You can take the girl out of Pittsburgh, but you can’t take Pittsburgh out of the girl!

My daughter’s wonderful Mother-In-Law sent this site to me. Kris is so right, Pittsburghers are unique in their acceptance of strangers, warm, and generous. I’ve been away for over 50 years; but have never considered anywhere but Pittsburgh my home. My heart will always be in Pittsburgh.

Been gone from the Burgh along time now. I am retired military and have watched the Steelers all over the world. We are in Georgia but our family flys the black and gold. We get back to the Burg about once a year. So, see yunz later.

I havn’t been back in years - cannot believe how the city has changed - just beautiful but then these pictures were taken in the summer!!! I do remember the winters…

Pittsburgh chick, born and bred…a Steeler fan ’til iI’m dead!!! Love the pictures. I’m always looking for beautiful pictures of the city. These fit the bill. I moved from Pittsburgh when I was 19 years old. I love the visiting the city but would not want to live there again.

Born and bred in the Burgh when Clemente and Maz were the the draws at Forbes Field, the Steelers played at Pitt Stadium and the walk up the hill for a 10 year old was like climbing Everest, waking up from sleep outs on my porch covered with mill dust. Been away 25 years and would move back in a heart beat. Alas, kids call Long Island home even though they root only for the Steelers Pirates and Pens.

Pittsburg is absolutely beautiful!

Absolutely magnificent photography!! Wow… the photos simply put you there!! I grew up just north of Pittsburgh, but moved away sixteen years ago. These photos certainly make me miss this amazing city! Always a faithful STEELERS & PENS fan!

Matt, you have a real eye for a great photo! What a wonderful gift God has given you. This is the first time I ever heard of you. How can I see more of your work?

As an 88 year old resident of the steel valley I take pride in the fact that our city has bounced back into a wonderful experience.

I live in Switzerland, with a view of the Alps. Almost as good as that view from Mt Washington. Never been a sports fan, but the people and the place are special.

I was so happy to receive these pictures! We moved to Louisville, KY 2 years ago and really miss the burgh! Louisville is nice but there is something special about the people in the BURGH!!!! You know we have the Sports Ticket and of course a great bar called “R” Place. Nothing but BURGHERS! Miss yens!

I was born in the Wilkinsburg Hospital, Oct. 1934, but have only vague memories of Pittsburgh — my family moved to OK when I was almost 2, then TX. My son’s mother-in-law emailed me these pictures so I could finally see their beautiful city - one we moved away from so long ago! Awesome! Thank you for these incredible photos!

Your photos are absolutely beautiful Matt! Loved going back in time. Sure do miss Pittsburgh. I came to Detroit to teach in the 60’s. I need to go back to see the changes in Pittsburgh for myself! It’s breathtaking! Sure wish you could photograph Detroit and make it look like that!

Born and raised there…although I live in California now, my home is PA. STEELER die hard fan and Pirate
and Pen….love love love the city….no wonder the rest of the family won’t leave there. Love the pictures.
You did a wonderful job and can’t wait to pass them to my friends here Thanks a bunch!

Absolutely beautiful photos!!! I have lived here in Pgh. all my life. There is no place I’d rather live than in ‘the burgh.’ Thanks for sharing your terrific photos; I will be sure to pass them along to all those who I know will appreciate them.

Northwest Ohio cannot even hold a candle ti the burgh! I was born in Magee in 1957, and lived in Sq. Hill for 8 years. I visit Pittsburgh often, and I would move back there in a minute!

BEING AMATURE PHOTOGRAPHER I CAN APPRECIATE THE SKILL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK THESE. I HAVE LIVED IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA ALL MY LIFE AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST PICTURES I HAVE SEEN.

I’ve lived in Pittsburgh all my life. I think the UPMC sign absolutely trashes the U.S. Steel Tower. They ought to be made take it down.

As for loving this city, I’d rather live somewhere else. The pictures are beautiful, but the economy isn’t.

I was born in the area in 1953 and moved to beautiful, Phoenix, Arizona in 1976 but my heart will always be in the Burgh!These photos are absolutely beautiful and give me chills and wonderful memories of a young gal growing up and going shopping with my Mom in the City. I don’t think we fully appreciate our surroundings until we’ve gone and look back on their beauty. I will always be a die hard Steeler fan and anything else that has to do with the Burgh! It’s the best area to be from without a doubt!

Although I live in a suburb of Pittsburgh — whenever I am asked where I live — I always say “Pittsburgh.” It is absolutely beautiful and so proud of it. These pictures are absolutely the best !!!!!!! A wonderful photographer. Thank you for sharing them.

Even down here in Sunny Naples, Florida, those of us from MONESSEN still thinh about and miss the Burg….What would also be nice would be a pictorial of Kennywood Park

I agree with everyone else about the UPMC sign. For some reason, U.S. Steel never felt the need to deface the architect’s artwork that way.

they were some really close up pictures. I really liked seeing AGH cause my son was born there nov 16,07 Hope to see more great pictures. thanks for sharing

It all looks so fabulous. I lived in McKees Rocks and haven’t been home in 5 years. I’m coming back in Sept. for a visit and can’t wait to see some of these sites. Good pictures.

I haven’t been back to Pittsburgh since 1996, when my Dad died. But I still think of myself as a “Pittsburgher’. My husband and I plan to take a trip back east next year, for our anniversary, (from Portland Oregon) to visit the burgh, see family, revisit my childhood at Kennywood, and observe the changes in Squirrel Hill, my old neighborhood. How about some pictures of Squirrel Hill? Last time I saw it, it was degenerating. Is it still on the decline or being refurbished to it’s former glorious self?

Fabulous photos! I don’t live in Pittsburgh but maybe I should!!!!!

Your photos were awesome. God BLess your talent in photography and thank you for sharing your photos of the burg.

HAVE LIVED AWAY FOR 24 YEARS AND STILL GET CHILLS WHEN I SEE PICTURES LIKE THESE.THEY ARE A TREASURE OF MEMORIES FOR A 79 YEAR OLD MAN

I am so proud that I was born and raised in Pittsburgh. Although I don’t live there now, the burgh will always be my one true “home”. These pictures make me so homesick. Thanks so much for showing the world how much character and personality our beautiful city has !!

i like the pic of the bird on the light post saying ” how yinz doin “

Your photos are beautiful!
I love sending your photos to all my relatives and friends who no longer live in our beautiful city.
I agree with everyone about the UPMC sign.

Reminds me of home.

I can remember car trips to Pittsburgh 40 years ago with family visiting Aunts and Uncles- beautiful! I truely miss the gorgeous terrain and wonderful folks there! Great Job on bringing back old memories! The detail on some of the older buildings and the lines of the new buildings are just amazing!

I miss my hometown every day — photos like this bring a tear to my eye — what an amazing city!

NC is nice, but Pittsburgh will ALWAYS be home. The photography is awesome. Kudos to the photographer.

The pictures are all great.

HELLO PITTSBURGH! I AM A FORMER RESIDENT OF N. VERSAILLES, AND USED TO WORK AT COLONIAL SUPPLY CO. THE
SKYLINE SURE HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AND MANY NEW THINGS ERECTED. PITTSBURGH IS STILL HOME TO ME, AND DURING THE HOCKEY FINALS (EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN MI.) I ROOTED FOR THE PENGUINS! THEY DESERVED STANLEY!!
AFTER VIEWING THESE PICTURES, I AM HOMESICK! THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THESE ONLINE SO MY BROTHER COULD SEND THEM TO ME. MY MOTHER AND BROTHER STILL LIVE IN N. VERSAILLES. WAY TO GO, PITTSBURGH!!!!

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Awesome pictures, Matt……..I had the priviledge of living and working in Pittsburgh 10 years ago. I get so homesick for it and enjoying these pictures just melts my heart. Thank you so much for taking the time to create this and sharing with us. While the economy in the East may not be great as a previous lady stated, believe me, it’s not good in the Midwest either…..so just enjoy and love what you have in Pittsburgh, it’s the best city with the most caring folks that I have ever seen. That UMPC sign is God Awful! Shame on them.

Moved from Pgh. to Wisconsin in 1967 but my heart will always be in Pittsburgh!

THESE PHOTOS JUST REINFORCE THE UNIQENESS OF PGH.THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE WORLD.THANKS FOR THE OUTSTANDING PICS.WE LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA NOW BUT WE’RE BURGHERS AT HEART.WE’LL BE MOVING BACK SOME DAY.WE LOVE OUR BUCCOS & STEELERS & PITT.THANK YOU!

Left the burgh in 1982.Was laid off ended up in Denver.I always said you can take a person out of Pittsburgh but you cannot take Pittsburgh out of the person. Great photos. It could bring a tear to a glass eye.

Love the pics of the burgh! I now live back in my hometown in Ohio, but miss my adopted city, Pittsburgh. The pictures made me cry. Especially liked the pic of the houses in the Westend.

One can take us out of Pittsburgh, but NO ONE can take Pittsburgh out of us.
I moved out of Pittsburgh in 1969 and it became beautiful. I love my return visits to the “Burgh!
So many of us moved from Pittsburgh. Is there anyone left? I live in San Diego, CA, but it’s not the “Brugh!
GO PENS, STEELERS AND PIRATES!!!

I love your pictures so much. I currently live in Denver and there is no place like home. I love Pittsburgh endlessly! Thanks for the loving shots!

Matt, you captured a lot of beautiful angles of our city. Some that I’ve never seen before. There are some that I see every day coming in to town to work. Your site reminded me to look around our town again and remember ‘the good shots’. I am going to send this link to my son in the Navy, so he can remember the good shots too. Thanks for the terrific photos & comments.

These are beautiful! My husband and I drove in from NYC in May for Carnegie-Mellon graduation ceremonies. We got to town around 8PM the Friday before. My first real view of the city after the Squirrel Hill Tunnel literally took my breath away. The sunny was shinning, the sky crystal clear blue. the sun reflecting off the buildings mad the city glisten and simmer. It was beautiful. Where was the smelly, sooty skyline I first saw 30 some odd years ago? I remember thinking then “My sister left NY for this!” We drove back into town in June for the Kenny Chesney contcert. I said to my husband we really should do the tourist things again, it’s been 30 years. I can’t wait for my next trip to town. Point Park, the Phipps and the incline top my list of things to redo.

Matt,
Your pictures are awesome!! I have lived in Pittsburgh most of my 48 years and you have really captured the transformation our city has gone through. They were forwarded to me by someone on else, though. I would consider it such an honor to be included on your email list for future pics!!! Thanks!

Matt,

A thousand thank you’s. I moved away 7 years ago to SW Florida, but I do come back twice a year. When I’m in between my visits I look at your pictures and realize how proud I am to say ” I’m from Pittsburgh!” Thanks Matt for bringing my home to me when I miss it.

Matt - These are awesome & I WANT MORE!!!! Born/raised in New Kensington, graduated Penn State - moved to Akron/Cleveland OH where I LOVED football season!!!! Browns fans certainly didn’t!!!! Now live in NC & will always be a Burgh girl…Kennywood, Gateway Clipper, Zoo, Phipps, Museums, Heinz pickle pin, Christmas Train set-up @ Buhl Planatarium, Horne’s, Gimball’s, Kauffman’s animated windows at Christmas, & of course STEELERS (Steel Curtain, Myron Cope), PIRATES (Bob Prince, Clemente, Maz), & MY FAVORITE PENGUINS! I agree…DOWN WITH THE UPMC sign!!
Thanks for the memories!

Great photos. You make a former Pittsburgher homesick. One quibble. I think the photo labelled homes in the West End is actually in Elliot.
Thanks.

Lucky me! I never left and these pics are part of the reason. I luv Pgh.

Makes me homesick!!!!

I left the Burgh when I was 21–sooty, dirty, no future. Now, at nearly 73, I sorely miss the Ol’ Girl. What fabulous photos of a Fabulous Town.

These pictures are amazing! It reminds me of why I love this city so much!

Great pics indeed. Grew up about 25 miles north of the burg, back when everything was covered in soot. Now coming into town from I79, seeing both stadiums and how clean everything now is truly awesome. And it sure was great to be able to watch the Pens throughout the playoffs. Hopefully next year our boys will be holding the cup!!! I would move back in a heartbeat if the salaries were better than they are.

Loving the photos of the ‘burgh..lived as a kid about 30 miles from there (Steubenville, Ohio), have lived in the Florida Keys, Cleveland, Ann Arbor, Mi, Chicago, Denver, and now Scottsdale AZ since then…seriously thinking about moving to the ‘burgh…I miss W. PA/E. Oh deeply.

Truly, truly wonderful pictures - your photography is simply stunning. Pittsburgh is absolutely a breathtakingly picturesque place. I would love to see what Washington D.C. looks like through your lenses….

re: new UPMC sign. You have a city to be proud of and to improve upon. Get over it Pittsburgh. Look how many Western Pennsylvanians are spending their paycheck from UPMC in the local economy. Wake up to the 21st Century. Your children are more likely to have rose pollen in their lungs than soot from steel mills. If you want to complain about something; focus on the roads and tunnels. End the political rice paddy look, work for consolidation. If you must whine about something choose the lake effect.

Super photos. Now if only some of those suburbanites (who call themselves Pittsburghers) and those who have moved even further out would move back into Pittsburgh, there might be hope for a turnaround.

Wonderful shots of the burgh that make me want to return for a visit. While Oakland is not part of downtown, some pictures of the Cathedral, even from a distance, would have topped it off for me.

Love the pixs!! I would like info on how to purchase some of these.

We who live in Pittsburgh sometimes forget what a pretty city this is. Thanks for the reminder.

I really liked the photos. It is a great job and show how spectacular is Pitt. Long ago Pitt was nice but now
seems fantastic. Congratulations to those who live in Pittsburgh.

live in florida now,and have traveled all over the country. But the “BURG’ is still one of the most beautiful cities in the country.. I would also like to purchase some of these,if anyone knows how

pittsburgh never looked better I live near las vegas these IDIOTS think that they have the most exciting city they dont know what a great city is, with great people. go pirates , lets go STEELERS, and long live WDVE,rock on.

I moved in 1968 after living all my life till that time. One never gets Pgh. out of the blood. I still visit every year and love it. We have a family reunion coming in August and I can’t wait. Love staying at the Rennassance Hotel, the old Fulton Bldg. Loved the pictures.
Audrey

I lived in the area off and on for many years. It wasn’t my hometown but I sure loved those years in Pittsburgh. Still a Steeler, Pirates & Penguins fan. Guess once the burgh gets in your blood, it sticks.

i feel in love with a girl in pittsburgh, i miss her and the town so much!,,what wonderfull pictures. i need to come back soon.

WOW - I was just in PGH, and it was amazing. When I lived there I don’t think I ever took time to REALLY enjoy it - seemed I was always too busy. I now live in North Carolina, and while it is beautiful, there is nothing like the ‘burg!
I still love the Steelers and always will.

Having been born and raised in Pittsburgh, and having been away all these many years, it gives ones heart a rise and a little faster beat when you see how really beautiful the city has become. All Pittsburghers have reason to be proud. We’ve come a long way. I don’t care how far I ever am from the ‘Burgh’, it’s always home.

Ed

Brings back a lot of memories of working on many of these bridges and buildings from 1952 through 1989. Thank you for the great shots of Pittsburgh skyline.

WONDERFUL PICTURES!!! MY HAT OFF TO WHO TOOK THEM!! THEY ARE AWESOME!!! BEAUTIFUL!!! I AM FROM WEIRTON WVA. NEXT TO PITTSBURGH. GREAT CITY!!!

I have visited Pitt several times……………….in the last several years…………..WOW……………wbb. Hannahbee

What a beautiful city in which we live. Our skyline, however, looks more like a billboard. The beautiful pictures and our enchanting skyline are both spoiled by the names sprawled across the tops of the buildings, especially the monstrous UPMC “advertisement.” Isn’t there anything that we can just leave alone?

Great city. . . . great pictures to prove it. Thanks for sharing them with all of us.

We moved from the ‘Burgh’ in 1992 and we’ve missed being there ever since.
These pictures remind us why!!

Two great places to live-the great city of Pittsburgh and Newmansville

My sister sent me this link as I have moved away from Pittsburgh 30+ years ago. I always knew it was and is a beautiful city and your pictures capture it. Wonderful job.

How do we get rid of that ugly UPMC advertisement on top of the US Steel building? It ruins the view!

Originally from Pittsburgh, I’ve been out of the state now for 20+ years. What a wonderful reminder of what my hometown is all about.

To bad there is not some way of showing how high the taxes are! From the property we live in to the beer we drink, Taxes are driving poeple away from this neat old city! Remember yoy can’t tax your way into prosperity!

Wow! Gorgeous pictures. I live in Florida and I love it here but Pittsburgh is always in my heart!

Thank you so much for sending me these pictures.

I live in Arizona, and have been away a long time, but my heart will always be in those Pittsburgh hills.
These wonderful photographs make me homesick and proud to be a Pittsburgh gal born and bred, and still rooting for the Steelers and the Pirates.

Just returned from a wonderful visit back “home”, even though we left it in 1961 to move to sunny southern California. As always, it was a bittersweet visit, not enough time, and over much too soon. Pittsburgh and all of the people who were smart enough to remain there are one in a million. Dorothy was right when she said “there is no place like home Auntie Em”. I have done a lot of traveling in my lifetime, and you just don’t find places and people like the native Pittsburghers.

We’ve been living in Michigan since 1973 but always enjoy visiting our HomeTown, “the ‘burgh”. These photos are top notch, very enjoyable. We always tell our friends about Pittsburgh with pride. Julie & I were raised in Oakland and Polish Hill (met at Schenley High). We will always be Pittsburghers !!!!!!

Northern California has the best weather but Pittsburgh is where the heart is. Bea

These photos make my heart miss the ‘Burgh! I live in MD but when asked where I am from, I still say Pittsburgh. Would love to see some photos of Pitt and Soldiers and Sailors Hall.

Wow. Had no idea how homesick I truly am. What beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing and for allowing me a brief return to my hometown (if only in thought).

Spectacular! My dear friend moved back home to Pittsburgh & I miss her terribly. Thanks so much for a quick tour of her home town.

I live in Southern California, and if you think “yunz” is funny, you should hear our governor. These pictures of Pittsburgh always make me homesick since I came from Charleroi
Thanks to the person who took the time to take them.

In 1927when I was 5 years old we moved to North Side from a very small country town. The city looked large to me and
exciting. We would walk to the park and I would sit on a statue of a deer–I wonder if it is still there. The circus would come to the area where the stadium now calls home. So many activities that we could walk to and enjoy. We moved to Beechview, Brookline and Dormont. I worked at the Mellon Bank in the Gulf Building. I have watched Pittsburgh grow from a smoky city, and I do mean smoky, into one of beauty. The cause of the smoke was the livelihood of the people so we put up with it. Today it is beautiful and a city to be proud of. I have been away for 20 years, but still consider myself a Pittsburger and proud of it.

Fanatastic job! A picture is worth…………………

Worked for National Alloy , Gulf Research and Westinghouse before moving to California in 1957. So just to let you know and I have been around, that there is no city in the world like Pittsburgh and vicinity. It is the most unique place ever,and I truly believe it will always be that way.. Even the suburbs are amazing.

Hopin to be there in September

The photos are fabulous, but could not help but wonder if this was a “dig” at Carnegie Melon. Last time I was there I was amazed to stand in downtown and without moving I could see 4 big buildings with Mellon’s name on it. Wonder where Pittsburgh would be without the Mellons. That spot would be a photo spot too.

I go back to Forbes Field, Hi DIDDLE ROGEL up the middle 3 yards and a cloud of dust. Bill Mazeroski’s home run, who married a school mate of mine, and prior to the Pens, the hockey at the Gardens in Oakland, and Central Catholic High School which produced a lot of big names, Like Dan Marino. The Burgh is now and always will be home, and there is no other place in the World Like It. I love being born and raised there, and have been gone for 25 years now. The Dreams, the hopes, the Produce Yards, Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Polish Hill and the Steel Mills made me what I am today. What a place.
Bob

I have been gone from Pittsburgh or over 7 years now, these shots around town are beautiful. Even though we have moved our hearts will always be in Pittsburgh. We are lucky to be able to come back for visit since we still have daughter and family still there. We also have many friends still living there.

I have been out of my beautiful Pittsburgh 30 yrs. stuck in Atlanta, want to move back so bad that I cry every time I see pictures of the glorious town I grew up in and stupidly left, I am sure others feel the same. I love the best city in the world and visit often, hopefully one day to move back!

THANK YOU FOR THESE AWESOME PICTURES!!! TO ME, THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN COMING THRU THE LIBERTY TUNNELS AT NIGHT AND HAVING THE CITY GREET YOU…..MISS YOU, PITTSBURGH!!!

Spectacular photos of our beautiful city..

Complain about UPMC to Mr. Kolano, Kolano Design he thinks it’s beautiful

Matt,beautiful work.These are some of the best photos of the best city in the world.Thanks for sharing.tom.

If I didn’t live here I would want to from the pictures.
Please do photography on the old steel mills. I would love to see what you do with that.

Fantastic job once again Matt you have the gift of a keen eye and really know how to tell a story with a picture.
Unfortunately no the Pirates will not make it to.500 (but we love’em regardless) and thanks to the photo of the firemen
on Eng 37, we all got a good scolding from the chief for not wearing seatbelts (LOL), keep those photos coming and I will keep coming back!
Thank You

Thank you so much for the pictures. I had to move for work 5 1/2 years ago and I have miss home ever sense. I come back as often as I can to have the “city life” I no longer have.

THANK YOU AGAIN

Thank’s for the beautiful pictures. I’m sure it took a long time for you to get all of this together.
I love looking at everything. I have a couple of friends that send some great pictures of different
things and will have to forward them to you.

Thank you for thinking of me.

Even thought I’ve lived in the burg all my life it’s still great to see the past in the future long live the burgh!!!!!!!!!!!We need no magizine to tell us we are no.1.Your pictures are great they show people places they never been to.

I always cried when I flew home over the triangle especially at night. It was the most beautiful sight to me knowing I was home. I live in Texas now, too old and too ill to fly anymore. Thank you for beautiful memories brought back. How Pittsburgh has grown to be a more beautiful city. Remember walking 5th Ave. many times….Loved to shop…

Your pix are amazing. If Pittsburgh would have looked like this in 1957 when I proudly graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing I probably would have never left for Southern California. We always have a great time when we come back for a visit. gotta love it!!! thanks for your work.

When I found out life was not always fair, I did not know it included leaving Pittsburgh. Your photos help to heal some
of the separation anxiety half my life ago, but the only real cure for the devastation is to return wearing my Pens
jersey and be asked “Jee chet?” by friends who still remembered to send me this website. The skyline has changed,
but not the spirit and I still miss Chilly Billy Cardille and Schenley Park most of all.

Thank you for these fabulous memories Matt. I moved from Washington Pa 14 years ago and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss my home town and Pittsburgh. There’s no other city like it. Everyone seems to agree that the kindness of Pittsburgers is unfounded. True Statement. The memories you give us is wonderful… thanks!

i LOVE THE PIC’S, CAN’T WAIT TO SHARE WITH MY BROTHER IN CALI! BORN AND RAISED IN DA BURG, THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!
As a sidenote, to all those with negative comments about the UPMC sign…consider how many people can thank UPMC for providing jobs in this area. I am curious how many folks complain as they’re rushed to Presby or Children’s Hospital??? We should all be grateful for UPMC here in our backyard!

I grew up north of Pittsburgh but went to the city often. My father-in-law grew up on the Southside and we visited my husband’s grandparents often. Now I live in Fuquay Varina NC. We have been down here for 11 years. Every year for my birthday I get the Sunday ticket so I don’t miss a Steeler game. I have my sister and all of our friends from the area every Sunday and it has become a tradition. We love NC but our hearts will always be tied to Pittsburgh.

These pictures make me very homesick. I have been gone for almost 50 years and I when I come back “home” I still love to go to the city and look around. I lived in Mars growing up and went to school in Pittsburgh. Great job with the photos and I do enjoy seeing them. My family sends them to me everytime a new series comes out. Thanks for helping those of us who have left “home” stay in touch. Great job

The photos made me very homesick. I have lived in rural Virginia for 27 years. I’ll always be “from Pittsburgh” and proud of it.

The military sent me two semesters to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1944. The place sure has changed a ittle bit. Are the trolleys still running on Forbes?

thank you very much for the photos. living in Phoenix but love the Burgh!
Any chance you could make the watermarks smaller? they really cover much of the beauty.

Great photography; brings back memories of the burgh. I knew she was clean but you really showcased a beautiful skyline form all angles. Keep sending them.

We loved living there in the late 60’s, ( when it didn’t have such a “clean” reputation ) and, we’re sure we would love living there today. It’s a phenomenal city and these pictures are quite exquisite!!

Matt: I like to say that I have “been everywhere, but never found a place I’d rather live than Pittsburgh,” and you have showed many of the reasons I feel this way. The only thing that matches the beauty of our city that you so ably capture are our people, the wonderfully diverse, absolutely civilized men and women who live in this special place. Thanks for the great work.

Seems there are a lot of Pittsburgher transplants in NC including me but we are never ex-Pittsburghers! My husband is from OK and was not a “Stillers” fan until he married me…he and our grown sons are true die-hard Steeler fans. Our local weather man is from Pittsburgh and always includes Pittsburgh’s temps when he gives the local weather report. In fact…Pittsburgh is on the top of his weather map! So you see…we may be gone but our spirits and hearts our in the city we love. Matt…although I come “home” a couple of times a year…these beautiul photos make me homesick…Ciao…and thank you.

Great photos. I moved south to the Sunshine State 2 years ago and the only thing I miss about Pittsgurgh is the Strip District and Islay’s Chipped Ham.
What I don’t miss are those cold sunless days, hot summers (hotter than here), Iron City beer and the corupt politics in the city, county and state.
“Pittsburgh is the only city where you can jump out of your basement window to commit suicide”

I live in Virginia…grew up in western PA…Pittsburgh will always be home for me…

great pictures. What a differance from the 20’s and 30’s.

What else is there to say other than, the picture of “Homes in the Elliot” is freakin’ genius! You always find great, new ways to look at things in this city.

what talent you have for capturing the essence of the burgh

the b&w fish-eye at pnc is beautiful

happy 250

These photos just lift your heart. Thanks! As for the UPMC logo that stains the USS building…THAT is not a sign of progress. It is a sign of greed and arrogance.

Great perspectives and photos. I was out on my bike recently, stopped on the Hot Metal bridge to take in the sunset and skyline. Beautiful—but yes, that UPMC sign just makes me cringe, not subtle at all. Again great shots, keep up the great work! Nice pigeon on the light. Things we take for granted each day, you make them look fab!

these are breathtaking photos Matt! You really have a talent there. ive lived in the suburbs of Pgh almost my whole life. First in bridgeville, then in carnegie. When i got married 10 years ago, we moved away… hated those 2 years we were gone. I am proud to say i am back in da burgh and could not be happier about it!!! Steelers fan til i die!!! Pens and Pirates fan too. Cant wait for more photos from you.

You truly are a very accomplished photographer. Your photos are so clear and crisp. I have lived in Northwest Georgia near Atlanta for 30 years, and still miss my home place in the Pittsburgh area (I have only been able to return 3 times). Atlanta does not compare at all to the awesome beauty you captured with your camera. Keep up the great work.
Thank You for Sharing.

It’s always nice to see my hometown! My compliments to the photographer, ” You do very nice work!!!

It’s always nice to see my hometown! My compliments to the photographer, ” You do very nice work” !!!

Thanks Matt, for making me smile yet again, with your beautiful photographs of the city so many of us who are transplanted elsewhere, know and love. Though I left to explore the west 25 years ago, and have been raising a family in south central PA, we visit a few times a year, and my heart always beats faster as we come down the parkway to the city. Pittsburgh is the whole package - great neighborhoods, friendly people, and adventures to be had all over the city. Not to mention those amazing Pens and Steelers. So many great memories - from Forbes Field, to Kennywood, to the inclines, to meeting friends under the clock at Kaufmanns. Keep up the good work!

These are such great photos.
I grew up in Homewood and then Wilkinsburg.
Moved to Texas in the 60’s and love Texas.
I will always miss Pittsburgh and the rivers!!

I was born in Pittsburgh in 1948 … left for NYC in 1968 or 1969. Pittsburgh is awesome! I got “homesick.” Especially when I saw Allegheny General Hospital … WHERE I WAS BORN! Thanks for sharing these beautiful pics. Brought back good memories.

What wonderful Pics. Lived in or near Pgh all but 7 years of our life. Having a large family never took time or had time to do those nice things. Even though they were free to go around and see things we just did not do it.
That is just like New Yorkers. They lived there all their life and never saw some o