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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the 67th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city is located in southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.457 million residents and is the largest metro area in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the 26th-largest in the U.S. Pittsburgh is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–Weirton–Steubenville combined statistical area which includes parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Pittsburgh is known as "the Steel City" for its dominant role in the history of the U.S. steel industry. It developed as a vital link of the Atlantic coast and Midwest, as t ...
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Pittsburgh City Council
The Pittsburgh City Council serves as the legislative body in the City of Pittsburgh. It consists of nine members. City council members are chosen by plurality elections in each of nine districts. The city operates under a mayor-council system of local governance. Current membership The current members of the city council are: † Denotes Council President (since 2024) ‡ Denotes Council President pro tempore (since 2024) Past presidents * Bruce Kraus 2014–2020 *Darlene Harris 2010–2014 *Doug Shields 2006–2010 * Luke Ravenstahl 2005–2006 *Gene Ricciardi 2002–2005 * Bob O'Connor 1998–2002 * Jim Ferlo 1994–1998 * Jack Wagner 1990–1994 *Ben Woods 1988–1990 * Sophie Masloff 1988 *Ben Woods 1985–1988 *Robert Rade Stone 1985 *Eugene "Jeep" DePasquale 1978–1984 * Richard Caliguiri 1977–1978 *Louis Mason 1970–1977 *John F. Counahan 1968–1970 *Thomas Gallagher 1936–1959 *Robert Garland * James F. Malone * James Ross 1817 Past members Source: *R ...
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Cathedral Of Learning
The Cathedral of Learning is a 42-story skyscraper that serves as the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh's (Pitt) main campus in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standing at , the 42-story Gothic Revival architecture, Late Gothic Revival structure is the tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere and the second-tallest university building (fifth-List of tallest educational buildings, tallest educationally purposed building) in the world, after the main building of Moscow State University. It is also the second-tallest gothic-styled building in the world, after the Woolworth Building in Manhattan. The Cathedral of Learning was commissioned in 1921 and ground was broken in 1926 under general contractor Stone & Webster. The first class was held in the building in 1931 and its exterior finished in October 1934, prior to its formal Opening ceremony, dedication in June 1937. It is a Pittsburgh lan ...
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City
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent and Urban density, densely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, Public utilities, utilities, land use, Manufacturing, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations, government organizations, and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, bu ...
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Ed Gainey
Edward C. Gainey (born February 19, 1970) is an American politician who is the 61st mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 24th district. In November 2021, Gainey became the first African-American to become the mayor of Pittsburgh and assumed office on January 3, 2022. He ran for a second term in the 2025 Pittsburgh mayoral election but lost in the Democratic primary on May 20th to Corey O'Connor. Early life and education Gainey was born and raised in Pittsburgh by a single teenage mom with the help of her mother. When he was very young, the family moved from the Hill District neighborhood to Lawn Street in the South Oakland neighborhood, where they were the second black family to live on the street. When he was seven, the family moved to the East Liberty neighborhood. There he attended Peabody High School, where he played basketball, graduating in 1988. After high school, Gainey attended ...
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Area Code 878
Area code 878 is an area code in the North American Numbering Plan for Southwestern Pennsylvania, centered in Pittsburgh. It forms an overlay complex with two distinct numbering plan areas, 412 in Pittsburgh and some suburban areas and 724 in an area surrounding 412 in the southwestern corner of the state. Area code 878 was activated on August 17, 2001. History Area code 412 had served southwestern Pennsylvania for 41 years since 1947, before area code 724 was created for most of the old 412 territory outside of Pittsburgh in 1998. Bell Atlantic (now part of Verizon), the main telephone provider in the area, wanted to implement 724 as an overlay to spare residents and businesses the burden of changing their numbers. However, overlays were still a new concept at the time, and met with considerable resistance due to the need for ten-digit dialing. Thus, the relief plan was changed to a geographic area code split. Within two years, however, both 412 and 724 were in jeopardy of ...
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Area Code 724
Area code 724 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in western and southwestern Pennsylvania, including a portion of the suburbs of Pittsburgh. It was created in an area code split of area code 412 on February 1, 1998, which made the 412 numbering plan area (NPA) an enclave for the city, with 724 surrounding 412. In 2001, area codes 412 and 724 were overlaid with area code 878, so that the entire southwestern corner of Pennsylvania is served by area code 878. History In 1947, area code 412 was assigned as one of 86 original North American area codes to a numbering plan area that comprised the entire southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. The regional carrier Bell Atlantic wanted to implement area code 724 as an overlay complex with 412 at a time when overlays were still a new concept, and were met with resistance because of the requirement for ten-digit dialing. As a result, 724 was implemented by assigning nearly all ...
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Area Code 412
Area code 412 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the city of Pittsburgh, most of surrounding Allegheny County, and small portions of Washington and Westmoreland counties. The area code was one of the original North American area codes created in 1947, when it was assigned to the entire southwestern corner of the state. On August 17, 2001, the numbering plan area was converted to an overlay complex with area code 878, which also forms an overlay with area code 724, in the surroundings of the 412 service area. History When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan for the continental United States and Canada in 1947, Pennsylvania was divided into four numbering plan areas. Area code 412 was assigned to the southwestern part of the state, from Butler County to the West Virginia border. On February 1, 1998, ...
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Yinzer
Yinzer is a 20th-century term playing on the Pittsburghese second-person plural vernacular "yinz." The word is used among people who identify themselves with the city of Pittsburgh and its traditions. History "Yinzer" (or "Yunzer") was historically used to identify the typical blue-collar people from the Pittsburgh region who often spoke with a heavy Pittsburghese accent. The term stems from the word ''yinz'' (or ''yunz''), a second-person plural pronoun brought to the area by early Scottish-Irish immigrants. Johnstone, Barbara (2013). Speaking Pittsburghese: The Story of a Dialect'. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 228. . Over time, ''yinzer'' has been used by many Pittsburgh residents to self-identify, even if they don't speak with a thick accent. The concept and use of the word gained popularity in the 21st century as the area's population loss slowed, and the city became a hub for revitalization. As the city gained note as a desirable place to live,
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26th
26 (twenty-six) is the natural number following 25 and preceding 27. In mathematics *26 is the seventh discrete semiprime (2 \times 13) and the fifth with 2 as the lowest non-unitary factor thus of the form (2.q), where q is a higher prime. *26 is the smallest even number ''n'' such that both ''n'' + 1 and ''n'' − 1 are composite. *With an aliquot sum of 16, within an aliquot sequence of five composite numbers (26, 16, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1,0) to the Prime in the 3-aliquot tree. *26 is the only integer that is one greater than a square (5 + 1) and one less than a cube (3 − 1). *26 is a telephone number, specifically, the number of ways of connecting 5 points with pairwise connections. *There are 26 sporadic groups. *The 26-dimensional Lorentzian unimodular lattice II25,1 plays a significant role in sphere packing problems and the classification of finite simple groups. In particular, the Leech lattice is obtained in a simple way as a subquotient. *26 is the smallest number th ...
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30th
30 (thirty) is the natural number following 29 and preceding 31. In mathematics 30 is an even, composite, and pronic number. With 2, 3, and 5 as its prime factors, it is a regular number and the first sphenic number, the smallest of the form , where is a prime greater than 3. It has an aliquot sum of 42; within an aliquot sequence of thirteen composite numbers (30, 42, 54, 66, 78, 90, 144, 259, 45, 33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0) to the Prime in the 3-aliquot tree. From 1 to the number 30, this is the longest Aliquot Sequence. It is also: * A semiperfect number, since adding some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 5, 10 and 15) equals 30. * A primorial. * A Harshad number in decimal. * Divisible by the number of prime numbers ( 10) below it. * The largest number such that all coprimes smaller than itself, except for 1, are prime. * The sum of the first four squares, making it a square pyramidal number. * The number of vertices in the Tutte–Coxeter graph. * The meas ...
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List Of Municipalities In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is a state located in the Northeastern United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002,700 inhabitants and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning of land. Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,560 municipalities. Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities in the Commonwealth. From those largest in population to smallest, and excluding the single town of Bloomsburg, they are: * Cities (see cities list) * Boroughs (see boroughs list) * Townships (see townships list) Pennsylvania also contains many unincorporated communities with often better known or famous names; for example, Levittown is a sizable census-designated place that straddles multiple municipalities. Many others today are neighborhoods, once organized about a railroad passenger station or post office. Municipalities Cities List † -- ''County seat'' ^ -- ''Consolidated city-county '' ...
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