Iām trying something new. Not any presentation or anything. Maybe call it a book meet-up if you have questions, comments, rants, or I suppose raves, on all things Pittsburgh and steel.
Find me this Friday, June 19, 945am at Friendship Perk and Brew. Corner of Friendship Ave. and South Pacific.
Finally: Iām gonna write about the two ducks that went into a bar! Discretion and confidentiality, š¤£
Chris Briem (www.briem.com)
Isnāt your favorite restaurant closed on Mondays?
Isnāt your favorite restaurant closed on Mondays?
Where are my architects? But literally right next to the Rec, now Sciullo Field,in Bloomfield. Great views of Skunk Hollow I presume.
New: Pittsburgh MSA unemployment rate (SA) drops 1/10th to 4.0% for April 2026
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No, you donāt want to go to sleep. You want to watch all hour and a half of me speaking to the Battle of Honestead Foundation last week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=79kF...
The definitive history of Fat Heads and its predecessors in
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I titled this: Epilogue 2.0, but PublicSource went with: One year in, Nipponās purchase of U.S. Steel has changed much ā but not the Mon Valley.
But really, I call this double shot into the hull:
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Chris Briem (www.briem.com)
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David Rotenstein, Curator, Shrouded in Secrecy Archives
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YouTube video by Battle of Homestead Foundation
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"Unchanged, so far, is the regionās failure across so many levels to address the economic collapse of the communities of the Mon Valley. Now four decades since the contraction of the regional steel in...
I had a lot of fun writing about the history of a cool building in Pittsburgh's South Side Flats neighborhood. It checked lots of boxes for me: organized crime, architecture, booze, and ducks! šļø
David Rotenstein, Curator, Shrouded in Secrecy Archives
Did you know the building that housed Fat Headās (RIP) had a colorful history that includes drugs, sex, and a pair of mysterious ducks?
Pittsburgh City Paper
The popular brewpub's closure is just the latest chapter in the building's colorful history.
