Delve deep into Pittsburgh’s diverse music scene in this four-part series by DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh. First, learn about the Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall, a historic music venue that has...
Kennywood Park has been Pittsburgh’s playground since the 19th century, when baseball games, track races and pony rides were more common than Potato Patch fries and amusement rides! One of...
We will take a walk through Isaly’s history to learn why so many Pittsburghers have fond memories of the company, why its ice cream and chipped ham are still regional...
Everyone who is old enough remembers where they were on April 12, 1955 when the Polio Vaccine was heralded. Horns honked, church bells rang, people celebrated in the streets. It...
Get virtual access inside the City’s Vault. The City Vault is where hundreds of years of legislative records are stored and preserved. In 2016 the City hired the first-ever archivist...
Pittsburgh has evolved in all things having to do with food and culinary. With humble beginnings dating back to the produce terminal in the Strip District to Pittsburgh being a...
Ever wonder what it might be like to live in a “tiny house?” DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh invites you into a Pittsburgh astronomer’s tiny house. This 500-square-foot house was built by...
Get nostalgic and reflect on the lost treasures of Pittsburgh with local author Rossilynne Culgan who is writing a book about the lost treasures of Pittsburgh. Rossilynne will share her...
Did you know that Pittsburgh represents the birth of the “movie theatre?” This story begins in 1896, on the day that an image first flickered on a screen on a...
Frank Lloyd Wright was the most talked about “starchitect” of the mid-20th century and inventor of Prairie style architecture. He had a twenty-year relationship with Pittsburgh. Fallingwater was only the...