VIRTUAL STORYTELLING CATALOG | DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh

If you missed the opportunity to register for a live virtual storytelling event, not to worry!

All our live DOP Stories have been recorded and are available in our catalog, so you can continue to explore the history of Pittsburgh’s remarkable landmarks, neighborhoods, and people.

Viewing is on-demand. Cost is $5 per story. Length is 45-55 minutes.

Virtual Storytelling Event Recordings

Virtual storytelling event featuring Chuck Beard and his Abandoned Pittsburgh project

Abandoned Pittsburgh: Gears & Ghosts

Join photographer Chuck Beard for a look inside some of Pittsburgh’s iconic and historic sites, including Duquesne Steel Works, Carrie Furnace, St Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church, Overholt Distillery, Hazelwood Brewery,

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Virtual storytelling event of the Bayernhof Museum

Bayernhof Museum: Music Boxes & Other Obscure History

We invite you for an on-location peek inside one of Pittsburgh’s most unusual mansions – the Bayernhof Museum. This mansion contains a world-class collection of music boxes and other antique

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Behind the Beer: A Peek Inside Penn Brewery

Let us take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of Penn Brewery where you will learn the fascinating history behind our 19th-century building, as well as show you how we make

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Learn more about this venue and the blues and rock performers who have graced this stage from current owner John Pergal, and relax and enjoy a live acoustic performance by Ric Proudfoot duirng this virtual storytelling event

Behind The Stage Doors: Rocking at the T-Bird

The Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall had humble beginnings. In 1933 this space was known as Michalski’s Café and was granted the 2nd liquor license in city of Pittsburgh after

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During this virtual storytelling event meet one of Pittsburgh’s prominent concert promoters, Rich Engler, of DiCesare-Engler Productions.

Behind the Stage Doors: A Promoter’s Life

Do you enjoy large-scale concerts in the 70’ and 80’s here in Pittsburgh? Ever wonder who makes that happen? Meet one of Pittsburgh’s prominent concert promoters, Rich Engler, of DiCesare-Engler

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Behind the Stage Doors: If These Walls Could Talk

Go inside Pittsburgh’s only “juke joint” and meet Moondog’s owner, Ronnie Esser. Moondog’s is one of the region’s most significant stages for Blues music over the last 30 years, consistently

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Duirng this virtual storytleling event Johnny Angel invites you into his museum, Ginchy Stuff, to take a stroll through local music history

Behind the Stage Doors: Shama Lama Ding Dong

If you are a music fan who grew up in Pittsburgh over the last 50 years, you know the name Johnny Angel. Johnny invites you into his museum, Ginchy Stuff,

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Learn more about these long-standing staircases that dot our neighborhood hillsides from Laura Zurowski during this virtual storytelling event

City Stairs: Stepping Back into Pittsburgh’s History One Staircase at a Time

City steps were the first mass transportation system, designed to bring workers from the hills to the mills. Did you know that Pittsburgh has the most stairways of any other

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Virtual storytelling event of Roberto Clemente to celebarae MLK day

Clemente Museum: Telling the Humanitarian Story

We commemorate MLK Day 2021 by celebrating Roberto Clemente, a black Latino, known as The Great One. Incensed by the injustice, inequality and racism, Clemente extended his humanitarian activism to

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Cuilinary Journey Portugal to Pittsburgh

Culinary Journey from Portugal to Pittsburgh

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

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Burnham's Pittsburgh skyscrapers include the iconic Frick and Oliver buildings and Union Station, and some others explored during this virtual storytelling event

David Burnham: Made No Little Plan in Pittsburgh

Did you know that, outside Chicago, no other city has more Burnham buildings? Learn more about this man and the buildings he built in Pittsburgh from local author and historian,

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Development of Oakland

Oakland is home to museums, universities, and medical centers, but do you know how it all started? You will learn how Mary Schenley’s land holdings, combined with major philanthropy of

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Finding Solitude virtual storytelling event, showcasing the private residence of Pittsburgh inventor and industry titan, George Westinghouse

Finding Solitude: George Westinghouse

What happened to the mansion called Solitude – the mysterious Pittsburgh home of one of the world’s greatest inventors and industrialists? Why can’t we visit it today…or can we? RECORDED 6/6/2020

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Frank Lloyd Wright in Pittsburgh

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

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We all know about the ketchup and pickles. But what do we know about H.J. Heinz the man at this virtual storytelling event

H. J. Heinz—Secrets of a Pickle King

We all know about the ketchup and pickles. But what do we know about H.J. Heinz the man? Sunday schools and opulence, alcohol and purity, love, and betrayal. This is

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Virtual storytelling event of Engine House 25 Wines

Holiday Cheers! A Truly Unique Winery Experience

Join head vintner, Duane Rieder, on-location at the Engine House 25 Wines, a discreet and private wine cellar under the Clemente Museum. DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh gives you an on-location tour

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I Shall Always Love You Isaly’s

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

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Inside the City of Pittsburgh Vault

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

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Jonas Salk Ends Paralyzing Summers

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

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Lost Treasures of Pittsburgh

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

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antique skyscrapers in Pittsburgh, virtual storytelling

Multi-stories: Skyscrapers and the Tycoons That Built Them

Back when skyscrapers were a new invention, business tycoons in Pittsburgh and across the country invested in this new form of high tech to proclaim their power. Learn about some key

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Virtual storytelling event of Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly: How a Sassy Girl from Pittsburgh Became a Legend

This is the story of a girl from Pittsburgh who proved her mettle one front page headline after another. She took on prickly social issues. She went undercover when undercover

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Painting Pittsurgh virtual storytelling event, 90 Neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Ron Donoughe

Painting Pittsburgh Neighborhoods, by Artist Ron Donoughe

Join DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh for a virtual visit to the studio of artist Ron Donoughe. He has been painting Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania for the last 30 years. RECORDED 6/20/2020 Get

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Pittsburgh Astronomer’s Tiny Abode

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

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Pittsburgh’s First Pandemic: The White Plague

Join DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh for the inside story behind the White Plague that ravaged Pittsburgh at the turn of the century. Little was known about tuberculosis and we can learn from

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Pittsburgh’s Lost Chinatown

In the early 1900s, Pittsburgh’s Chinatown was thriving. With more than 20 restaurants, bakeries, import shops, and food markets, it was a lively center for commerce. This story reveals why, how,

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Significant African-American Buildings in Pittsburgh

Let’s kick-off Black History Month 2021! Explore the region’s historically-significant buildings documents the accomplishments of Pittsburgh’s African American Community. We share the architecture and more importantly the pride, perseverance, and perspective

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