Did you say to yourself, "Gosh, Bill's blogging from Pittsburgh was entertaining, but I wish there were pictures?" Well you're in luck. Today, I am going to post some pictures from my trip. Maybe the rest later.
Here is historic Heinz Hall. Pittsburgh has the Heinz name written all over it.
Here is PNC Park from across the river. At night the letters light up.
Here you can barely see Heinz Field in the background. The two stadiums are close to one another. Must be hell when they are both playing at the same time.
Another view of PNC Park
This is the statue of Pirate great Roberto Clemente in front of the bridge that was renamed in his honor.
The PNC Park was open. You couldn't get to the field, but I was able to take a picture of it.
This is the statue of Willie Stargell in front of the staium.
The cross street PNC Park is on is named after Bill Mazeroski.
Heinz Field, from a distance.
Heinz Field is located on Art Rooney Ave.
I took this picture just to prove that I was there.
The entrance to the Great Hall at the field. Unfortunately, it was closed.
But this is what the inside looked like.
This is what downtown Pittsburgh looks like from Heinz Field.
Me with the statue of Art Rooney, which is in front of the front gate (Not actual size)
The front of the stadium was infested with geese. And where there is geese, there is...
Geese guano. Seriously, it was like negotiating a mine field walking through the sidewalk.
Me in front of the front gate.
Yeah. I hugged the stadium. I am not proud.
The stadium still hasn't returned my calls.
The front gate, with signage.
Heinz Field is also used by the University of Pittsburgh (as Fred Taylor famously complained about). Here is the staute of the Pitt Panther from out front.
Oh, if only I could buy tickets that day!
Here is the statue of Honus Wagner from the other side of PNC Park.
Here is a view of the interior concourse of PNC Park. There are more statues in there. I wish Heinz Field employed more statuary.
This is the hallway outside our hotel room. The hotel was, as you can see, undergoing renovations.
Market Square in Pittsburgh, where Christmas lasts into January.
The legendary Primanti Brothers Bar and Grill, home of the sandwiches with fries and cole slaw place inside the sandwich. The only way to appreciate this is to see it.
Here you go. The Baloney and cheese sandwich. It actually tasted good.
I know what you are thinking. "Geez, Bill. That was a lot of pictures." Well, I have news for you. This was only one day. And I weeded the number down to a managable number. More might be coming in the next few days.
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