Evergrey

haha... agreed... it's a rarity... Pittsburgh, Cincinnati... and I guess Tulsa... are the only city names in the Top 25

very neat! i hate it when awesome churches are blocked by tons of power lines! and what is up with all the hideous 1960s/70s public schools? they're everywhere! blech!

I was trying to be kinda "gothic"/"noir" with this one... not sure if i succeeded

AP Top 25 * 1.Alabama (44) * 2.Texas Tech (21) * 3.Florida * 4.Texas * 5.Oklahoma * 6.USC * 7.Penn St. * 8.Utah * 9.Boise St. * 10.Ohio St. * 11.Oklahoma St. * 12.Missouri * 13.Georgia * 14.Ball St. * 15.TCU * 16.BYU * 17.North Carolina * 18.Michigan St. * 19.LSU * 20.Florida St. * 21.Pittsburgh * 22.Cincinnati * 23.Oregon St. * 24.South Carolina * 25.Tulsa

Future City, Illinois

http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-1/1226050358113430.xml&coll=2 Pittsburgh to start nonstop flights to Paris on Delta in June Delta announces new year-round service starting in June Friday, November 07, 2008 Susan Glaser The Plain Dealer Pittsburgh soon will be saying bonjour to Paris, too. Delta Air Lines Thursday announced new nonstop service between Pittsburgh and Paris, starting Wednesday, June 3. Delta's new flight begins about a year after Continental Airlines launched nonstop service between Cleveland and Paris. But unlike Cleveland's flight, which runs late May through early September, Delta's service will be year-round.

here's National City's Pittsburgh HQ

Right Here: GLUE gets young people to stick to the Rust Belt Friday, November 07, 2008 By Annie Tubb, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Abby Wilson traveled across the world, only to return to Pittsburgh to revitalize it. She grew up in Penn Hills, went to Columbia University in New York City for college and lived in South Africa and Scotland before returning to Pittsburgh in 2006. She worked on political campaigns in Pittsburgh for two years before beginning law school at the University of Pittsburgh in August. More at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08312/926099-294.stm

Pittsburgh perspective http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08312/926071-68.stm Changes expected as National City joins PNC Friday, November 07, 2008 By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Although PNC Financial Services Group has said the process of gobbling up like-size rival National City Corp. could take up to two years, it likely won't be long before Pittsburgh-area customers begin to feel the reverberations of the blockbuster in-market merger. For now, PNC says it isn't ready to comment on any changes in store for customers, employees or the marketplace as it works toward the acquisition's projected Dec. 31 closing. Following the announcement of any bank merger, customers of the target bank are courted, both by the acquiring institution as well as by other banks hoping to add to their depositor base. Mr. Ely said PNC might minimize the looting of customers by offering some sweeteners to National City customers, such as a reduced rate on a credit card, a break on fees, an enticing rate on a certificate of deposit or other goodies, such as a free safe deposit box. Rivals, too, will probably run advertisements dangling their own offers. Patricia Sabatini can be reached at [email protected] or 412-263-3066. Staff writer Len Boselovic contributed to this story.

Whose interests are served by PNC-National City deal? Posted by Christopher Brandt, Akron November 07, 2008 05:15AM Categories: Letters While many Northeast Ohioans (politicians included) are distressed about the sale of National City Corp. to PNC Financial Services of Pittsburgh for $5.08 billion, let's attempt to separate fact from fiction: PNC talked with NCB about acquiring the bank earlier this spring, but NCB instead opted for a $6 billion infusion by private-equity firm Corsair Capital. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2008/11/whose_interests_are_served_by.html

http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/11/03/daily45.html?surround=lfn&brthrs=1 National City loss for 3Q balloons Pittsburgh Business Times National City Corp.’s deal to be acquired by PNC Financial Services Group Inc. led it to take a $1.34 billion non-cash write-off of goodwill in the third quarter. The charge widened the troubled Cleveland bank’s third-quarter loss to $2.07 billion from a previously reported $729 million loss, the company said Thursday in a regulatory filing. The impairment, the company told investors in a Securities and Exchange Commission document, deepened its loss to $7.40 a share in the quarter from $5.86. Stockholders’ equity dropped to $15.8 billion from $17.2 billion, but the write-off did not impact regulatory capital. A year earlier, National City had lost $19 million, or 3 cents a share, before mounting troubles in the financial services and housing markets began to batter the bank, taking its stock price from more than $23 a share to as low as $1.25. Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Inc.(NYSE:PNC) last month struck a deal by acquire National City (NYSE:NCC) for about $5.58 billion, which was less than the Ohio bank’s book value at the time. That prompted National City to re-evaluate its goodwill, an accounting measure of the difference between what a company pays in an acquisition and the net tangible asset value of the acquired company. The goodwill write-off was tied to National City’s corporate banking operations, the company said. All contents of this site © American City Business Journals Inc. All rights reserved.

awesome... I love "Shake It"... I found Kent's "Hagnesta Hill" there (an import) for only $15!

here's the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08309/925069-28.stm Howard Hanna buying Cleveland's Realty One Tuesday, November 04, 2008 By Ann Belser, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette First, PNC Financial Services Group announced it was purchasing National City Corp.

I figured this was appropriate after today's victory...

that's a really nice Starbucks

Dubrovnik, Croatia

dayum!

Sears is a million times better than Wal-Mart or Target. Sears rules.

yay!

amazing

good for Ohio... a literate population is an innovative and productive population

Nice shots of my favourite City of Cleveland neighborhood!

believe it or not, this town is fantastic!

Wasilla

what a great idea for a trip... pleasant, gentle countryside... though the exurban mcmansions are loathsome... DESTROY THEM!