Above: Spring Garden Avenue was closed Monday afternoon after a house collapsed, leaving one worker injured. Below: Work crews finished the demolition work before more of the unstable building could collapse. (Photos/Kelly Thomas) The roof of 839 Spring Garden Ave. collapsed around noon Monday while...

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Clear skies above two of the three telescope domes at the Allegheny Observatory on Oct. 1, when more than 300 people came to its annual open house. (Photo/Matthew Cichowicz) Almost 400 light years away from Earth, Alberio appears as a single star of average brightness to the naked eye, but through t...

Dumbledore, the Aviary's Eurasian eagle owl, shows what he can do in the recently completed Helen K. Schmidt FliteZone Theater. (Photo courtesy the National Aviary) On Oct. 5, I headed to the Northside’s National Aviary, a trip once reserved as a childhood treat, for the first time in years. This ti...

Steven Hughes graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Pittsburgh in 1994, and has worked with many types of cuisines in chef positions across the country. He has also worked as the culinary director for the "Mind of a Chef" cooking school at In the Kitchen, located in the Strip District.  He has worked under ...

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What kind of food are you thinking up for holiday entertaining this year? Party size boxes of frozen bites from a food club? Rather than racing to the freezer section, I’ll show you how to create hors d’oeuvres from scratch. In order to succeed in creating hors d’oeuvres like a chef, you must first ...

John Canning is the vice-president of the Allegheny City Society , which is dedicated to preserving the history of the Northside prior to its annexation to Pittsburgh.  John is a life-long resident of the Northside and writes a monthly column about its history and current Northside traditions.  He c...

The quote “misery loves company” has always baffled and disturbed me. Why is it that misery is so diligent in its attempt to make everything around just as miserable, but happiness tends to keep to itself? I mean, if misery is not successful the first time, it will come back again and again until it...

After 16 years, a Husky named Maverick is still able to truly admire nature sitting alongside his owner, Greg Clifford, on a pleasant day in Riverview Park. (Photo/Jacob Flannick) To view more doggie photos, check out the Riverview Dog Park Gallery ! With the ferocity of a miniature bull right out o...