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This Old Pittsburgh House: A Great Day at Vineacre The site of many gatherings throughout the years, a bucolic estate in Edgeworth was once home to composer Ethelbert Nevin. January 26, 2021 PHOTO BY MARK HOUSER It wasn’t the historic plaque on the front porch that convinced Tom and Eileen McConomy to buy their house along Woodland Road in Edgeworth. Like most Pittsburghers, neither of them had ever heard of its former resident, Ethelbert Nevin. Instead, it was the airy and light-flooded spac...

Holden Slattery2021-02-12T11:49:30-05:00January 22, 2021| Cantini, who was a vital part of Pittsburgh’s public art scene in the twentieth century, believed art should be free and available to everyone By Holden Slattery In 1930, eleven-year-old Virgil Cantini was struggling to adjust to his new life as an immigrant in Weirton, West Virginia. He’d recently moved from a sunny Italian village to a smoky American steel town. His father and oldest brother had already been in America for years, w...

Does Winning Heisman Mean National Title Success? On Tuesday Alabama wide-receiver Devonta Smith was announced as the 2020 Heisman Trophy winner. Throughout college football history there have been many to win the Heisman and also have their team win the National Championship. Here is a list of the top 5 Heisman Trophy winners to go on to win both awards.  Images Getty Images 1. Mark Ingram- Running Back (Alabama)- In 2009, Ingram had a phenomenal season for the Crimson Tide. Rushing for an i...