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Pomodori's is delish.

nice textures... OTR should be a world heritage site

I had Tim Horton's this weekend when I was in Columbus. My god, their honey cruellers are heavenly. Tim Horton's is expanding to the Lansing, Michigan and Syracuse, New York markets in 2007. I'm still waiting for them to expand to Pittsburgh (closest locations are Steubenville and Calcutta, Ohio).

One of my co-workers constantly raves about the Steel Trolley Diner. Columbiana County is one of my favorite counties in Ohio.

Allegheny West is a small neighborhood on the North Side that features some of the city's most beautiful historic housing. This 1920s brass factory has recently been converted into lofts. 1840s Greek Revival Western Ave. is the neighborhood's small, developing business district... many of these buildings look like converted homes to me. my favorite house

I go through Lisbon twice each weekend on the way to/fro Pittsburgh. It's a quaint, historic town. Drove through Carrollton once... trash.

overhead wires are awesome and provide an intimate sense of urban enclosure... long live overhead wires... i'll take the character of overhead wires in an urban setting over the sterility of buried utility found in the suburbs and sunbelt cities

So this is Lousville's Covington?

Are you sure? It looks like they just have flowers sitting in the street for the festival. Notice the hay bales (or bails?) supporting them? The flowers must've been a temporary installation as that area in front of the buildings is a small parking lot. The buildings are set back from the street behind the lot. 3 quarters of the "square" are parking lots (with a chintzy gazebo) and the northwest quarter of the square doesn't exist... because that's where the courthouse is. The major north-south and east-west through routes go through the middle of this imaginary square. I assume this square was more park-like at one time... but now it's more parking-like.

perhaps a new license plate slogan will do the trick... "Ohio... Cradle of Play-Doh!"

that was an amazing TD catch by Chad Johnson... looks like he's in pain though... Stupid comment of the day by CBS play-by-play man Ian Eagle: (about Oktoberfest) Can anybody tell Cincinnati it's September? October isn't til next month. Next week: Christmas!

Bearcats take an early lead.... OHHHHHHHH YEAH! :clap:

Tell that to a Pitt Panther fan. Pitt has more national championships than Penn State and until the last 20 years of mediocrity (the university decided to de-emphasize the football program)... was every bit the respected national powerhouse that Penn State and Ohio State are. The Pittsburgh Panthers football team has claimed 5 unanimous NCAA National Championships and parts of 10 others for a total of 15 National Titles: 1981 (Montgomery, NCF) 1980 (FNG, CFR, DeVold, Howell, Self, NYT, Sagarin, Eck, Fleming) 1976 (unanimous) 1937 (unanimous) 1936 (unanimouss shared with Minnesota) 1933 (Kirlin) 1931 (FNG, Kirlin, Davis) 1929 (Davis) 1927 (Esso) 1925 (Sorenson) 1918 (unanimous) 1917 (Weyand, Wilson, Jessen, Koger, Smith, NSF) 1916 (unanimous) 1915 (Libby, Koger, Smith, Davis) 1910 (Century, Morgan, Smith, Premo, NCF, FNG) Penn State National Championships: 1986 1982 though they had several undefeated seasons when they were screwed over... 1994 being the most obvious

maybe YSU is trying to make a step up to Division 1-A with its scheduling of teams like OSU, PSU and Pitt.

The Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate is in Indianapolis. Not sure how the relationship there is. Despite Pittsburgh's quest to set the all-time record for consecutive losing seasons... it's minor league squads are usually quite successful from a win-loss perspective (like anyone cares).

Slavic Village due to its unique gritty character and quick access to Steelyard Commons power center.

Johnsonburg (pop. 3000) is a small industrial town located in the north-central Pennsylvania county of Elk (34,000) about 9 miles northwest of my hometown of St. Marys (pop. 14,000). It is about 2 1/2 hours south of Buffalo and 2 1/2 hours northeast of Pittsburgh. Buffalonians and Ontarionians may recognize Johnsonburg because it's located on US219, a critical north-south highway connecting those regions to points south. The defining feature of Johnsonburg is the Weyerhaeuser paper mill located in the center of town, one of the biggest employers in Elk County. If you've ever read a Harry Potter book... you thumbed through Johnsonburg paper. Nicknamed the Paper City... Johnsonburg is frequently the butt of jokes by those in neighboring towns due to the distinctive stench produced by the mill... something like rotten cabbage. Located along the Clarion River (a national scenic and recreation river), the town has virtually no interaction with it... as it flows through the mill area. Johnsonburg's is nestled in a narrow valley with its neighborhoods climbing the steep hillsides... surrounded by the dense forests of northern Pennsylvania. Despite a healthy and productive paper mill, the town itself is rapidly losing population, has a high poverty rate and has become quite gritty. The town was frequently visited by Ulysses S. Grant, who enjoyed fishing in the area. Johnsonburg has an Italian plurality, and was a center of mafia activity in the 1920s and 30s... earning the nickname "Little Chicago". Meco, who did a famous disco remix of the Star Wars theme in the late 70s, hails from Johnsonburg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAps4xZkkww The paper mill from the Deckertown neighborhood Deckertown housing The main part of town south of the mill... from Deckertown (there is another major part of town north of the mill) Downtown... Market St. The Armstrong Brick Block... built in 1890... stands as the centerpiece of the downtown business district a portion of the paper mill the former Armstrong Opera House at right climbing the hill into the residential sections Deckertown in the distance I couldn't help think that Johnsonburg reminds me a lot of Altoona... the dense frame housing.... the extreme topography... the dead downtown... US219 Centre Ave / US219 ... quite trashy one of the few remaining businesses The ugly backs of Market St. buildings are what you get to see from the main through route... US219 fin

There's a small lunchtime restaurant here in Wooster that serves Schmidt's sausages.

beautiful photos as always, MayDay... you have quite the eye for detail and contrasts... and the corporate blandness comment made me laugh

Seneca County Jail expansion ahead of schedule Fostoria Review Times, 8/19/06 One change to the Seneca County Jail expansion project has been denied by the county commissioners and another is being considered. Contractors met at the jail for their bi-weekly update meeting Friday and discussed the possible changes. Ray Weithman Jr., vice president of the general contracting company Weithman Bros. Inc., asked for verification that the recreation area change order was denied. Weithman stated he needed the verification in order to continue with ordering the fence. The change would have extended the fencing to utilize the asphalt on the west side of the building to give inmates an extra walkway, Tom Stuckey, Poggemeyer Design Group project representative, explained. The commissioners decided Monday not to construct the recreation area after an estimated cost of $30,000 came back from the general contractor.

1970s Pittsburgh Pirates logo

cool site... I used to run 2 to 3 loops around State College, PA's downtown every day up until about last August... but unfortunately I've been a shut-in since moving to Wooster... many people I know always preferred running in isolated places... but I like running "where the action is"... seeing all the people and buildings and urban activity takes my mind off the running... and in fact, is inspiring (especially when running past all the pretty college girls lol) Here's the map... it would usually be 3-5 miles: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=383952 I've been telling myself that I'm going to start going to the YMCA before work to get back in shape... but every time that alarm clock goes off at 5AM, I sleep for another 2 hours... bah.

As an avid reader of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I'm not suprised that the Toledo Blade is of such high quality. It seems to win many awards.

Anybody got numbers on Canton and Youngstown?

Great thread, CDawg. I've never been to Duluth... but have always been curious... and I am not suprised by your observations. Big populations and lots of money DO NOT buy great functional urban cores. Many of the biggest, richest areas in the US are some of the crappiest and most suburban. I'll take a vibrant, walkable, functional small urban core over the usual major American city wasteland any day. I you sure it wasnt Ironwood, Michigan? That town is closer to Duluth. Iron River, Michigan, is further to the east. Dude... he said Iron River, WISCONSIN. I'd like to hear more about Hurley though. I have a co-worker from Ironwood, MI.