PPG Arena

My Red Wings didn’t make it into the NHL Playoffs, which was disappointing.  Locally the Pens fans had their season come to an end this week as well.  This statute is outside the Pens’ stadium in downtown Pittsburgh.  Honestly, I don’t know which players are represented.  I’m sure a Pens fan could tell us.

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PPG Place Tree

Now that Thanksgiving holiday is complete, I feel safe sharing Christmas holiday photos.  Here is one I took on a past excursion to PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh.  I took this late in the day on a weekday so that I could avoid having a bunch of ice skaters getting in my photo. 

By the way, the ice rink is elevated above the sidewalk.  So, I had to stand on top of a patio table to capture this perspective, which resulted in me getting yelled at by the PPG Security Officer.  No wonder why I didn’t get a Christmas gift that year….I was naughty.

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PPG Skyview

Pittsburgh is a very pretty city.  Frankly, it’s underrated and should be a travel destination for those who’ve never been here before.  I took this photo looking down on the PPG building with Heinz Field and the three rivers in the background.

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Holidays in the City

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.  This is of downtown Pittsburgh with the PPG Place building in the foreground and the Pittsburgh Christmas tree at the Point State Park in the background.  Of course, the photo also includes the three rivers (Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela).  Anyway, enough of that….again enjoy your weekend.

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PPG Place

As you’ve probably noticed, I love my drone.  Not only do I like flying it, but I love the photo perspectives I can get with it.  Today’s post is from a recent flight in downtown Pittsburgh.  This is the top of PPG Place.  If you’ve never seen it, the complex is amazing.

 

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The Burgh

Most of my photos are extremely colorful.  I usually push the limits of color because that’s the way I like them.  Tonight’s photo is toned down compared to my normal.  I took this photo with my drone a few months ago at sunset.  Downtown Pittsburgh is a beautiful spot.

 

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412 Christmas

Merry Christmas!!  I hope you have a wonderful holiday season (however you celebrate) and have a great 2019.

 I took this photo from Mt. Washington looking towards downtown Pittsburgh with the PPG Holiday tree displayed on Market Tree.

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Copy-Cat Photo

I don’t know who took this perspective first, but I’ve seen a ton of Pittsburgh based photographers post this exact composition over the last 6 weeks.  So, while we were downtown walking around yesterday capturing the city holiday scene, we captured this as well.  Dave posted his version yesterday…  Now it’s my turn.  I hope you enjoy this copy-cat photo.  Happy Holidays.

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PPG Christmas Tree

I got up way to early today (430am) to go into downtown Pittsburgh to meet up with @bradtruxell and @dtruxell .  We were on a mission to capture some Christmas themed photos before they disappear for the season and without tons of tourist in the way.  We accomplished the mission…..

I took this photo at PPG Place.  Every year they turn this courtyard into an ice-skating rink and put a giant holiday tree in the middle.  About the only person we ran into was a security guard who was on us in about 30 seconds.  He was nice, just watching us closely.

 

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