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118  NE W Y ORK CIT Y & THE MID-A TLANTIC REGION

The 42-story Cathedral of
Learning houses the
University of Pittsburgh’s
Natio nality Class rooms,
which seek to reflect the
different ethnic groups that
contribute to the city’s
heritage. Started in the 1930s,
each of the 30 rooms,the last
of which was completed in
2015, has authentic decor
and furnishings depicting a
unique time and place from
5th-century BC Greece to
16th-century Poland.
Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle, with its downtown skyscrapers In the city’s north side,
the tile-clad exterior of the
g Pittsburgh time, but most of the displays Andy Warhol Museum reflects
consist of dioramas that feature the workaday character of
* 305,900. ~ £ @ n 425 6th
Ave, 30th Floor, (800) 359-0758. taxidermy specimens. the neighborhood.
∑ visitpittsburgh.com At the Carnegie Science Appearances are deceptive
Center on Allegheny Avenue, here, and this former ware-
Located at the point where the the idea is to make science house conceals a brightly
Allegheny and Monon gahela accessible through play. More illuminated, ultra modern
rivers come together to form than 40,000 sq ft (3,716 sq m) of interior. The museum cele-
the Ohio River, Pittsburgh is an the 186,000-sq-ft brates the
American success story. It grew (17,280-sq-m) Pittsburgh-born
from a frontier outpost to center is devoted founder of
become an industrial giant, to numerous American Pop
home to the huge mills of the interactive exhibits. Art, Andy Warhol
US Steel conglomerate as well The Miniature (1928–87), through
as the food-processing company Railroad and selections of
Heinz and the Westinghouse Village displays works from its
electric company. From the Civil the rich historical, archives. These
War through World War II, architectural, and include paintings,
Pittsburgh was a thriving cultural heritage and video and
metropolis, but in the 1950s and of western Students relaxing at Pittsburgh film clips. Works of
1960s its fortunes faded. Pennsylvania. In the University related artists are
Endowed by steel magnate four-story Rangos also on display.
Andrew Carnegie, the Carnegie Omnimax® Theater, audience Located 5 miles (8 km)
Museum of Art offers a brilli- members recline while images southeast of Pittsburgh is
antly lit suite of galleries with are projected onto a 79-ft Kennywood Amusement
collections ranging from (24-m) domed ceiling. Park. It was built in 1898 as a
ancient Egyptian sculpture to “trolley park”, a popular name
Impressionist, Post-Impres sionist, for recreation areas located at
and modern American art by the end of streetcar lines.
Roy Lichtenstein and Alexander The park offers thrill rides, a
Calder. The Hall of Sculpture is stunt show, and a 1927
a two-storied columned hall carousel made by the Dentzel
that replicates the interior of Com pany – premier hand-
the Temple of Athena in Athens. carvers of carousel animals.
It is adorned with casts from the
Greek classical era. Next door, E Carnegie Museum
the Hall of Architecture is filled of Art
with reproductions of some of 4,400 Forbes Ave. Tel (412) 622-
the best examples of classical, 3131. Open 10am–5pm Mon & Wed–
medieval, and Renaissance Sat (to 8pm Thu), noon–5pm Sun.
architectural details. The Carnegie Closed public hols. & 8 - =
∑ cmoa.org
Museum of Natural History, in
the same complex, opens out E Andy Warhol Museum
on a central gallery and relies 117 Sandusky St. Tel (412) 237-
on filtered natural light as a 8300. Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun
part of its architectural charm. Hall of Sculpture at Carnegie Museum of (to 10pm Fri). Closed public hols. &
Exhibits change from time to Art, Pittsburgh - = ∑ warhol.org
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp122–4 and pp125–7

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