interesting article about a small town in pa

wa bluska wica · Feb 16, 2011

that's trying to fix itself:

“We’ve lost 90 percent of our population and 90 percent of our buildings,” he said. “Ninety percent of our town is in a landfill. So we took a two-pronged approach. We created the first art gallery in the four-town region, with artists’ studios. We did public art installations. And, I don’t know if you consider it arts, exactly, but I consider growing organic vegetables in the shadow of a steel mill an art, and that has attracted homesteading.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/magazine/13Fetterman-t.html

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Braddock is a dump.. always will be. As long as Kennywood park does well <they really dont care about the people in Braddock....Just Ask UPMC..

The English learned that Fort Duquesne had a garrison of only 45 men. Braddock's aide-de-camp Washington suggested sending 1,200 men ahead to attack Fort Duquesne before it could be reinforced; but he was ill and stayed behind. Shawnees and Delawares had often been told that the English would remain east of the mountains, and Contrecoeur sent them to harass the English army on the road. On July 9 he sent Liénard de Beaujeu with 72 French marines, 146 Canadians, and 637 Indians to attack Braddock's force. Lacking Indian help, the English had not scouted their flanks well and were ambushed a few miles from the fort. The British troops met the charge and killed Beaujeu. Jean-Daniel Dumas took command and ordered his troops to hold the narrow road while the Indians from behind trees shot down the British soldiers. Braddock refused to let his men disperse and take cover. He had three of his horses shot and two disabled before he was mortally wounded. Washington arrived for the battle and had two of his horses shot and three bullets pass through his coat and one through his hat. In this defeat 63 of 86 officers were killed or wounded, as were 914 of the 1,373 English soldiers with about 600 killed. French losses were only three officers, three Canadians, two Marines, and fifteen Indians. As the English fled, they left behind wagons, packhorses, cattle, equipment, Braddock's papers, and £25,000 sterling in a chest.
http://www.san.beck.org/16-3-AngloFrenchWar1754-63.html
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wa bluska wica · Feb 16, 2011

nothing wrong with being a "dump"

as long as it's a livable dump

Sam_Stoned · Feb 16, 2011

Lot of dumps in Pa

We really love landfills here, our own contribution to the appalachian trail.

FritzDaKatx2 · Feb 16, 2011

Love Allentown and the rusted out Mill towns (The Blacksmith in me trying to sneak out I guess, and now I'm close enough to visit (once I work out transportation of course. )

deleted · Feb 22, 2011

Braddock =looks simply pathetic. Next to the billion dollar Waterworks mall..

Sam_Stoned · Feb 23, 2011

They said Russia was painted rust. We'll we're not far behind now are we?

deleted · Feb 23, 2011

my neighborhood would be just the same as Braddock, only the other way down river from shitsburgh... Thriving railroad and steel community. thats now a dump..

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