ON THIS DAY: April 10, 1845, Fire destroys a third of Pittsburgh Matt Simmons
The city of Pittsburgh has had its fair share of tragedies and difficult times, always emerging stronger and more vibrant than before. The Great Fire of Pittsburgh in 1845 was no exception, destroying about a third of the city, but also binding its residents together for the monumental rebuilding that changed the face of the city and its surrounding neighborhoods.
By 1845, Pittsburgh’s haphazard growth and tightly packed wooden buildings were typical of early American cities. The booming population outstripped city services (there were only two water mains in all of downtown) and left the dense blocks of mixed housing and businesses ill-prepared for the coming disaster. The volunteer fire companies, such as they were, performed mostly as social clubs and were likewise not ready to defend the city.
The Cincinnati Health department is administering vaccines April 9-12 at various locations. (Source: WMBF) By FOX19 Digital Staff | April 8, 2021 at 8:48 PM EDT - Updated April 8 at 8:55 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Vaccine appointments are available at Cincinnati vaccination sites over heading into the weekend, according to the Cincinnati Health Department.
Instructions for signing up are provided below the locations:
Third Presbyterian Church
Most of the people working at the vaccine clinic at the Uniontown Mall volunteer their time.
They do it out of their love for the community, and the hope that they can make a difference during the pandemic.
Tiffany Guittap of Uniontown, a banker at Scottdale Bank & Trust, said she has been there since the launch of the clinic. Primarily, she helps people with the registration process. Throughout the day, she assists vaccine recipients through each of the clinic stations.
Guittap, also a board member of the Fayette Chamber of Commerce, has volunteered weekly, likely putting in more than 200 hours so far. If she is not at her office, she said, she is at the clinic.
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Jewish, Christian and Islamic leaders from across Pittsburgh will participate in an interfaith service March 18, one year to the day after the first covid death in Pennsylvania.
The Tree of Life Congregation will host the service to memorialize the more than 525,000 lives lost across the country since the pandemic began and acknowledge the suffering from the closing of businesses and schools and the disruption of family and religious traditions.
The virtual service, “Covid-19 One Year Later: A Service of Remembrance, Healing & Renewal,” will begin at 8 p.m. and include remarks from Gov. Tom Wolf and religious leaders representing many Pittsburgh communities.