THE US PITTSBURGH DESTINATIONS Steel


ot one but three rivers run through it, hills surround it, and 446 bridges link the land lying in between. It makes for a spectacular skyline, with high rises at the centre of Pittsburgh marking downtown and neighbourhoods of vintage houses peeping out from behind trees on the inclines. Look carefully and you’ll see


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the odd factory smoke stack in the distance: odd now, but once a dominant feature. Pittsburgh was a city built on steel mills and the coal mines that powered them. When the industry collapsed in the 1980s, the city began to reinvent itself. Now it leads the way in robotics and medicine, and the cash generated, then as now, supports a groundbreaking


arts scene, cutting-edge culinary culture and a trio of showstopping sports teams. Pennsylvania’s second city has a small-town-meets-big-city feel. With a population of around 300,000, no traffic issues and walkable neighbourhoods, you can see a lot in a short time, quickly finding your favourite spots and soon feeling like a local.


Pittsburgh’s industrial heritage has given way to pop art, diverse cuisine and sports, discovers Jo Cooke


w ART OF THE ACTION Andy Warhol, the pop art powerhouse, hails from Pittsburgh. A museum dedicated exclusively to him starts with a touchingly tender account of his early years before bursting into life with floors of giant screen prints, movies and celebrity images (adults $20, children $10; warhol.org).


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For more information about Pittsburgh, see visitpittsburgh.com


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