Schenley Farms Historic District — Attraction in Pittsburgh

If you are native to Pittsburgh, you have been to Soldier's and Sailors countless times. My issue isn't with them per se.. It is with the security that they have on the weekends and that was used for the City High graduation a couple Saturdays ago.

There was a lot of construction on Forbes that day, and just busy in general. And unbeknownst to a few people attending(myself included), we needed to be at the graduation at 9:45am because the doors were being locked at 10am, and then reopened at 10:15am. Well as people, elderly people included were walking up to the door,a tall security guard slams the door closed locking. He didn't say why or anything. Then when they opened the doors back up and one of the ladies was addressing it, he did not care and proceeded to joke and use racial innuendos about the incident. It was totally out of line. The security at Soldiers and Sailors needs to be...

Schenley Farms Historic District is a great and quaint jewel of a neighborhood within the city of Pittsburgh limits. It is walking distance to the University of Pittsburgh (my college alma mater); Carnegie Mellon University and Carlow College. Serious walkers and runners can walk or run to Chatham University within 30 minutes or the trendy Shadyside business district from this great neighborhood.

Its' grand stately houses are simply breathtaking while its' modern condominiums are tre' chic!!! I encourage you to take a stroll through the neighborhood in the early morning i.e. 5 - 7 am or 7- 10 pm when it is enchantingly quiet. You simply must experience it for...

This is a fantastic place. We spent four hours here-two adults and two 10 year olds-and didn't see everything. I especially liked the exhibit on printing. The gentleman working the exhibit gave a fine summary of the printing press history, showing off actual pieces of the developing technology, then set type and printed cards for each of the children. Don't miss this place if you're anywhere near Burlington and have at least a couple of hours of...