Historical Locations

Pittsburgh sits at the Forks of the Ohio. Named “Golden Triangle,” for the wealthy corporations headquartered there, it is bound on the north by the Allegheny, on the south by the Monongahela, and at the “Point,” westward flows what Natives and the French called: Ohio, la belle rivière, the beautiful river.

For natives and settlers, the Point marked the gateway to the heart of a continent. For union folk the beauty of the city has a particular significance since virtually every building downtown was built and most are maintained and serviced by union labor.

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