The Story of Pittsburgh: City of Bridges

[@jpatrick113]

Thanks for visiting our city! I hope you had a lovely time! I really enjoyed this mini doc and have been awaiting it since you mentioned it was on the way!

[@TheDailyConversation]

Awesome! I had a great time in the ‘burgh! My dad is from there and went to CMU. After many visits growing up to my grandparents farm out in Irwin, and occasional trips into the city for a ballgame, it was really cool to explore on my own for a few days as an adult for this project. Which neighborhood do you live in?

[@cubancarp3019]

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[@cubancarp3019]

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[@cubancarp3019]

@@TheDailyConversationI hate trump for banning trans ppl from the military. We definitely should not be protecting those “people”

[@cubancarp3019]

@@TheDailyConversationtrump was an idiot for banning trans ppl from the military. If a trans person wants to commit suduko, we need to let them

[@SeanA099]

Geographically, Pittsburgh is probably one of the most unique cities in America

[@holt6092]

Explain… thinking about moving and it’s Raleigh or Pittsburgh

[@JeremyMontejo16]

Top 2 Cagayan de Oro city Philippines Bigbys Cafe and restaurant Mkjhggg

[@The_WarriorsWay]

Listening to Rich Fitzgerald is truly a pleasure; his intellectual discourse is captivating.

[@JeremyMontejo16]

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[@adamclabaugh1945]

I've driven through the Fort Pitt tunnel over a 100 times and that view of the city when you come out still takes my breathe away.

[@twoinchtape]

man i wish i could see this

[@stephen_dmg2003]

10 years ago if you would've told me pennsylvania would be one of the most desirable places to live in the US, i would've laughed. now though, i can't stop thinking about moving there

[@JamesSantelli]

Thanks for visiting! I’ll add that Mr. Fitzgerald, after being term-limited out of office, is now head of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission - our region’s official Metropolitan Planning Organization. He will continue to have an impact on the Pittsburgh area’s transportation plans for years to come.

[@Soccerdog2009]

Being from the Pittsburgh area I never thought of it as how big and how many people used to live here and how much money in taxes leaves but all the infrastructure stays.

[@paulpittsburgh]

MY HOMETOWN FOR 66 YEARS AND COUNTING. YOU SHOWCASED THE CITY VERY WELL. SOME OF THE SHOTS WERE BREATHTAKING. FITZGERALD REALLY EXPLAINED THE PULSE, BRILLIANCE, ON THE FOREFRONT OF SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE AND THE BEAUTY OF PITTSBURGH.

[@StoreyofGee]

Beautiful city and landscape. Didn’t realize how hilly the region was. Great video, thank you for the insights.

[@KillerTacos54]

Absolutely fantastic. Massive hats off to Fitzgerald

[@DannyPimienta]

Pittsburgh is a great city to visit. I used to take my kids there several times a year. May go back again someday on my own since the kids are grown up now.

[@shaq56uspk]

Absolutely beautiful city Pittsburgh.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

Pittsburgh is a hidden gem and forgotten economic powerhouse of America that no one thinks about.... A half a year ago, I had never seen a video pop up on my KZbin, but in the last half year or so it seems like so many more videos covering the city have started to be made, and the revolations and unveilings of the city make it hard not to click and watch...

[@markanthony1004]

Pittsburgh became one of my favorite cities after going there for a job assignment. The Duquesne Incline has a great view of downtown and Heinz Field and the rivers. Wish there was more going on at the top but the bar restaurant there is legit. Boston, Dallas, Denver, and Pittsburgh are definitely my favorite U.S. cities by far. Also, you can see Pittsburgh from a plane depending on the route and I guess the runway assigned. I got a great view on one flight there and they used the cross runway so maybe but idk. Still, I'd recommend it to anyone and I got to stay in the strip district. Never even needed to drive I just walked to the hospital and the Incline. I wish I'd explored Downtown more though.

[@FGH9G]

Major props to them for cleaning up the rivers and allowing them to be swam in! Take notes Paris! New York! Philly! Pretty much every city ever LOL

[@branwen8009]

Every summer Pittsburgh hosts a River Regatta with jetboat races, river tours on The Goodship Lollipop, and the ANYTHING That Floats race. My college crew of engineering students 😂 built a 'raft' out of 55 gallon drums and plywood. It did NOT float with 10 of us on it, but after capsizing we hung on and floated to the finish line. Such good memories of my town!

[@classic.cameras]

As a Penguins fan in Canada I have always wanted to go to Pittsburgh (wow big dreams eh?) but it would be cool to visit Pittsburgh and walk across a bunch of these bridges. And also, from this video, I never knew how beautiful it is. Nice city.

[@TheDailyConversation]

It's funny how that happens as sports fans across the vast N American landscape :) Definitely recommend a trip to Pittsburgh. Maybe Oct or early April when it's not too hot/cold to catch a game at PPG and take some strolls along the river. Even when I was there in early August it was warm and humid, but still beautiful.

[@SmartStructuresTV]

Fascinating interview! Keeping Pittsburgh's bridges in top shape is a huge job.

[@Dumbledore6969x]

Happy to learn about the cities I’ve only heard of because they have a football team. Sounds like they have competent people in charge

[@thebestbaseballguy]

Well naturally, this documentary focused on the positives. We are doing a lot of things well here. But there's still massive problems to tackle. Our land bank, the URA, is heinously corrupt and as a result there's many blighted properties in the city, and it's very difficult to buy one of those properties from the URA. Our city and county governments have a lot of red tape for real estate and renovations, the permitting system here is a mess and you need a permit for even minor repairs in many instances. Our transit right now is kind of a mess; they've had a hard time with staffing, which has lead to decreased reliability, which has lead to decreased ridership, which has lead to cuts in service. We have an increasing homeless problem that the current mayor is totally inept at handling. I could go on and on with the issues we have. I mean for goodness sake, a bridge literally had to fall over for us to admit we have a massive issue with deferred maintenance on our infrastructure! Obviously we have some issues as a city. Despite those problems, this is easily one of the best places in the US to live, especially when compared to the cost of living. The parks and trails are incredible, as mentioned in the video (homeless problem along the trails notwithstanding) and there's a solid job market and tons to do. What I get in terms of amenities compared to cost is waaaaaay better than back in NJ. It's hard to imagine living anywhere else.

[@e.g.5806]

we are moving to pittsburgh and cannot wait to be full time residents in one of the most amazing cities i've ever visited and worked in!

[@discinjohn]

11:20 Parks and trails. awesome i

[@FrankMichaelSmith]

Pittsburgh is not the midwest. Only piece missing from this wonderful video

[@OnyxandChico]

Excellently made video. The topography of Pittsburgh is unique in the world.

[@mikerwriter]

I think maybe I'll make Pittsburgh my next home. Thanks for this informative and inspiring video!

[@pvant23]

Overall, great video. One area I wished he touched on more was how car-oriented development contributed to the deterioration of the infrastructure. Cities built for cars are inherently inefficient and unsustainable. This design eventually leads to the bankruptcy of cities. The focus for reviving these cities should be on people-oriented development, not car-oriented. Cities should design dense, walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods, with access to transit and bike lanes. This kind of development leads to sustainable and thriving cities.

[@HeavenhoundGiuseppe]

I've never had any trouble walking around Pittsburgh. Get off the parkway and into the first parking garage I see, and I'm happy to walk to wherever I'm going. Certainly better than driving around our street grid. Whoever laid that out (before cars existed btw) was drunk as a skunk! I'd probably be singing a different tune if I actually lived in the city and had to get around it every day. But, if I'm only there for sports or concerts maybe once a month, what we have is good enough for me.

[@robertlunderwood]

​@@HeavenhoundGiuseppe My biggest problem with walking around the city are the hills. That's also why I never bought a bike when I lived there. There are the city steps but that's a whole discussion.

[@oreodepup]

I’m actually in awe of that city. I went there once and I’m from NY but that city looked so well run despite it being so much smaller. This video opened my eyes up about this city.

[@heathermeister1732]

446 is just in the city. In Allegheny County it’s like 2K over all.

[@kazikian]

What a beautiful city!

[@2strokeFORever]

I think Pittsburgh is one of the coolest looking cities from an aerial view

[@willliamjocz3606]

Fitzgerald a common sense democrat. Good job reviving metro Pittsburgh.

[@anthonydpearson]

Awesome! Love hearing stories about towns working together to reinvent themselves.

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

BRUNO SAMMARTINO !!! Studio Wrestling ! WIIC TV 11 Saturdays, with host Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille. THAT...was Pittsburgh.

[@47AndyT]

Totaly agree; remember very well your comments! I worked in a steel mill for one summer before college.

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

Thankfully enough people in government are willing to make the necessary investments and not just cut taxes and spending.

[@mentalmachete2273]

446? Wow! I must visit. Looks beautiful. Reminds me of the Pacific Northwest.

[@DK70707]

Cincinnati, similar to Pittsburgh also has a nice welcoming view when coming in from the airport

[@TheOneCity1]

Real civil engineer will love this ❤❤

[@AnthonyGentile-z2g]

Yeah...and when you exit the tunnel you have about 2 seconds to decide which of five lanes you need to be in to get where you're going

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

Tourist : "Can you give me directions to ( fill in the blank ) ? " Pittsburgher : "Yinz can't get there from here... "

[@IntravenouslyDruggedSloth]

​@@JohnWilson-wg4gkhahaha 🤣 pretty much

[@SincerelyFromStephen]

Ayyyeeee home city mentioned!

[@timeghost5000]

I can’t believe this is 1 day old and has so many views already. PGH she doin numbers!!! #412

[@user-yi7zj3lv5t]

we definately weren't a one-industry town but its an easy misnomer due to how big it was. also the guy who praised marcellus shale, that did not work out as he says, most the profits go to of course the oil shareholders, and our environment and people will suffer due to those activities.

[@StLouis-yu9iz]

Would love to see you cover the most underrated city in the Western Hemisphere soon, St. Louis! ⚜️

[@TheDailyConversation]

Great suggestion!

[@arresthillary9502]

Fitzgerald seems like a gooberment official with a good brain. logical, rational, reasonable thinking type of man. Pitt is lucky to have him

[@Swindy1794]

I hate driving in Pittsburgh… if you’re not a local, you’re screwed. Come out of a tunnel and you have about a 1/4 mile to decide which ramp you need… it’s a zoo of expressways and truly a maze. Not to mention the traffic.. omg!

[@thedankpanda8995]

Not a local either. Either you got the city driver in you or you don’t. It’s not that bad, just can’t get caught sleeping or someone will capitalize on that. Just like every other city in the US

[@lennysmom]

There's no nice traffic grid here. Roads follow the rivers and the terrain. Avenues that were running parallel will become miles apart. That said, I love the city.

[@DavidFiorillo-m3o]

I really like your channel Your performing an important service.

[@Titoroski187]

This was good.

[@kimberlylewistyner2070]

0:32 my dad loves Pittsburg because the settlers!

[@jamesg2382]

Cool, great report. Thanks from Sydney

[@TheDailyConversation]

Cheers, thank you!

[@Thatguyinyourclass]

You can tell Fitzgerald grew up in the Pittsburgh area, he sounds like half the people I know (Pittsburgher here)

[@jaypalmerittas4607]

God bless the USA and President Biden.

[@sglenny001]

The same happened with Sheffield here in the UK

[@deepmedsing9961]

I did drive around Pittsburgh for a week, but tbh, i didnt quite enjoy it. apart from the view of downtown from the tunnel. I remember there was a bridge where 2 4-lane roads merged and traffic from both the roads had to pick a lane within 800 ft because the bridge would again diverge into 2 4-lane roads, that was just too stressful for me as a driver.

[@4ironblovksonepumokinheady845]

Driving here is not for the faint of heart

[@brianarbenz1329]

All but 1 of the state's Republican Congressional representatives voted against this infrastructure plan that is going to help the nation vastly. Oh, but they offer thoughts and prayers.

[@shrekdaddy6912]

I use the Smithfield Street bridge everyday they're working on it extensively.

[@realeestatereaction]

Great comeback story for Pittsburgh, but they really need to clean up the litter along the roads and highways!

[@MisledNeNick]

This video is out just in time for AnthroCon! :3

[@GreyFoxenB]

Anthrocon! :3

[@TheDailyConversation]

Hah, I had to look up what that is! You getting yer furry on this year?

[@MisledNeNick]

@@TheDailyConversation I won't be able to go this year, but many of my friends will be there! I at least get to go to 'Midwest Fur Fest' every year in Chicago though. x3

[@apricotcomputers3943]

KEEP THAT DAM ON!

[@AGoodJoe]

My favorite of the east

[@JBG1968]

More than international pressure . The American steel industry invested almost nothing into innovation and upkeep in their existing mills . They just couldn’t keep up as time went on

[@VusalTahir-v2k]

thanks

[@chriswalls5831]

My new idea fix bridges in wv, Iowa

[@sadenb]

I did my graduate studies from U. Pitt

[@joelouis5118]

Nice city

[@user-tr5tr3xf2d]

Pittsburgh should offer a formal apology to the African-Americans for the 1909 raid on their community that had devastating consequences to their community

[@Ypacino12345]

Do Milwaukee!

[@danieleborsari6394]

Survive...

[@NQUINNT]

If you haven’t done Cleveland or Buffalo pls do. Erie, PA could be a could location too

[@kylesmith5392]

Pixburgh

[@toytacambery9427]

I live in the rust belt and it drives me crazy when people excuse the way politicians have sold our country's means of production on the global market by saying stupid stuff like "they relied on the steel industry. A 1 industry town." Yeah, bud. We went from a one industry area to a 0 industry area. We're soooo much more better off now. Lmao.

[@JeremyMontejo16]

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[@Nigel42687]

W Pitt

[@Yinyang33_66]

my grandfather had his back crushed by a steel beam while inspecting one of these bridges back in the day

[@TheDailyConversation]

Oh that's horrible!

[@darkchocolate3390]

Woah. I was wondering where this channel went.

[@fastfreddy3103]

STAY AWAY FROM THE DAMN RIVER That’s all we ever heard from our elders. Hell, you had to cross twelve sets of RR tracks to get to it. Old Pittsburgh- a church and tavern on every block.

[@joannturi3968]

There's no place like home.

[@Fluxwux]

Why does the layout and geography of Pittsburgh look almost identical to Kaunas, Lithuania? 😅

[@TheDailyConversation]

Oh you're right! Same west-facing point where the Nemunas and Neris rivers converge. I bet the rivers made it an ideal regional transportation hub, but I wonder if it was coal - like in Pitt - they were moving...

[@thomasjcox]

Could imagine people in 2024 working the way people worked back in the day? Efficiently ?

[@Owl350]

HELP STOP FASCISM SOME STATES ARE SUFFERING !!!

[@just_in_key]

Tlou part 1

[@spacey118]

Hmmmmm… were 18 lost?

[@rudepekin708]

Why every US cities have a history of fire

[@OneManSpacecraft]

As a citizen of Pittsburgh I can confidently say that next to nothing is being done to help improve our infrastructure, Even if we have the money.

[@kuta424]

You must not actually be from the city then.. literally everything is improving lol

[@timeghost5000]

You have not recently driven over the Highland Park Bridge…

[@TempoDrift1480]

This was going real good till we got the lip service from politicians. I think I puked in my mouth a little bit.

[@jakejohnson9827]

wya autovlog ]

[@alexfaeth9673]

Cincinnati next!!!!

[@njnikusha]

Looks so beautiful Definitely worth visiting

[@anastasiaburr3959]

No…the current government, especially the secretary of transportation, has done nothing for our beautiful city to fix a least 50 bridges!!😡😡😡

[@geocookinc]

Funny how dude spent 3 seconds talking about shale gas and NGL production contributing to the revitalization of the city. There is a reason why it was the first thing his interviewee mentioned.

[@cryptosminem1946]

Huevos

[@anastasiaburr3959]

No Buttigieg has done nothing for my beautiful city’s bridges! Nothing.

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Damn, American cities sure are ugly..

[@timeghost5000]

this is the most beautiful american city. and we created parts of europe here. this is childsplay 💅

[@azulaquaza4916]

Being the most immigrated to country in the world says otherwise

[@robsch21]

@@azulaquaza4916Huh? People don’t move there for the looks of the cities haha they want to get rich or do crime which is much more lucrative in the US then it is in South America.

[@azulaquaza4916]

@@robsch21 My guy American cities look better than 90% of the world. From New England villages to Miami and Cascadia you have 0 credibility when it comes to making anyone believe you lol.

[@martijnkeisers5900]

I travelled the US, all of them ugly. Sorry.

[@WillieFungo]

This guy makes it sound like Pittsburg is a relevant city in America.

[@IntravenouslyDruggedSloth]

Apparently it is. I mean, I'm from here and I don't think it is but to each their own I guess

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

It is, much research in the medical field, this city has world class medical facilities. A number of Universities are located in this city. You should do some research before running your mouth. robotics is huge and many companies in this city work closely with NASA. Same with the Pittsburgh symphony orchestra. Carnegie science center which is closely connected to the Smithsonian Institute. So much more that I am sure I have forgotten. It is not a damn smoky steel city as you would I'm sure like to believe.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

@WillieFungo Where do you live Cleveland?

[@jameshaxby5434]

I just watched a thing about PB, and the bridges were neat, but they painted all an ugly military cream color.

[@gcb345]

Retired military here. What is a 'military cream' color? Please explain.

[@jameshaxby5434]

@@gcb345 It's a very faded yellowish color they used to paint a lot of military vehicles these days. I think it is supposed to match the terrain in Iraq.

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

Yes. It looks like the painters put the primer coat on then quit. The bridges need a top coat, like silver metallic.

[@johnjensen2217]

Except for the Smithfield street bridge most of the major river crossing bridges in the downtown area are painted a golden color….I can’t remember the official name. It comes from the colors used on the seal of the city of Pittsburgh, black and gold. It’s the same reason all of the sports teams (Steelers, Pirates, Penguins) have black and gold uniforms.

[@jameshaxby5434]

If that color that I saw was supposed to be gold it was an awfully wimpy gold. It looked more like vomit.

[@kengray3273]

FJB

[@geoms6263]

Pittsburgh is probably one of the most ugly city

[@jeffreywoodin8549]

You should not be making this a political issue, UNLESS you want to discuss the FULL so-called "Infrastructure Bill" and EVERYTHING that was in it and why some people may have voted No on that particular Bill or version of it. To just say "Democrats Good" and "Republicans Bad" (as if Republicans are against good bridges) is just dumb, shallow and dishonest. Please try and do better next time.

[@gcb345]

Guess what. Many republi-CAN'TS who voted AGAINST the infrastructure bill, went to their home districts and bragged like they had something to do with benefiting their constituents! Why did they do that? Its because they know their voters don't know any better and will never do the work to know the truth! In other words, they were played for the fools that they are!

[@_al_7210]

I don’t understand why you had to bring politics into such a great video. You say only one republican voted for the bill but you give no context as to why. For a content creator that’s so informative. No I’m not Republican or Democrat. But it’s really tiring to see political party bashing in every day life. It’s a beautiful video about bridges bro. The bill got passed. It was really unnecessary.

[@overbanked]

Bingo! He might as well have said "Make sure you vote for Joe Biden in November"

[@thedamnedatheist]

But you aren't tired of seeing parties vote along party lines to deny needed funding for communities? Curious....

[@overbanked]

@@thedamnedatheist I bet you that wasn't a clean bill strictly on infrastructure; it likely was loaded with tons of pork. Dems are notorious for doing that

[@alittlebitgone]

The why is that it was Biden, that alone is enough for R's to vote it down, even when it would massively benefit their own voters, as this bill did.

[@overbanked]

I bet you this bill had tons of Marxist pork; nevermind that...Act like it was some stand alone bill concerning infrastructure...

[@alittlebitgone]

It's a myth that Pittsburgh has nearly 500 bridges, in reality there are fewer than 300, fewer even than Philly has.