As Mike McCarthy takes over as coach of the Steelers, sportswriters across the country remarked about the Steelers’ ...

We asked Pittsburgh leaders to give their prescriptions for Mayor Corey O’Connor on how to build a bright future for ...

My mother died in late November at the age of 95. She was the last surviving member of her Irish American Catholic family.

We asked Pittsburgh leaders to give their prescriptions for Mayor Corey O’Connor on how to build a bright future for Pittsburgh. Their answers follow. Previously in this series: 50 Leaders Give Their ...

Ice Ball A couple of kids sniggering behind a corner mailbox in waitgot me good they did. One, off the top of my cool tossle cap and the second, a square plunk to the shoulder that stung.Then there ...

Editor’s note: The Pittsburgh Quarterly team has interviewed many of the most interesting and noteworthy people in our “city-state of Pittsburgh” as my old editor and friend John Craig used to call ...

“The air of Pittsburgh has been thicker today than at any time since the discovery and general use of natural gas,” intoned an unnamed editorialist for the Pittsburgh Post on September 19, 1886. “But ...

Editor’s Note: This article is based on the upcoming book published by Lyons Press: “From Swampoodle to Mellon Bank CEO; An Irish American’s Journey, the Autobiography of Martin G. McGuinn Jr.” When I ...

We tend to view “bohemia” through a hagiographic lens, but its inception, as depicted by the French writer Henri Murger in a series of vignettes entitled Scenes of Bohemian Life (1851), was hardly ...

The first time I visited Pittsburgh for more than a couple of days was Christmas week about 20 years ago. I stayed at the Omni William Penn and the only vivid memory I have is walking around Downtown ...

To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania have made to the world. The list has grown and grown, and despite our ...