J*, I know you are young but haven't you heard of Exposition Park, located where 3 Rivers Stadium was? J* At 02:07 PM 11/7/2001, you wrote: >Pittsburgh was the first city in the world to do a lot of neat things! >Here are a few of the most well-known. > >First Heart, Liver, Kidney Transplant - December 3, 1989 >The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done at >Presbyterian-University Hospital. > >The First Internet Emoticon - 1980 >The Smiley :-) was the first Internet emoticon, created in 1980 by >Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Scott Fahlman. > >First Robotics Institute - 1979 >The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1979 >to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to >industrial and societal tasks. > >First Mr. Yuk Sticker - 1971 >Mr. Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Children's Hospital of >Pittsburgh after research indicated that the skull and crossbones previously >used to identify poisons had little meaning to the children of today (for >most children it means exciting things like pirates and adventure). >Covering 27 counties and 33 percent of Pennsylvania's population, the >Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is the largest >such center in the United States. > >First Night World Series Game - 1971 >Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in Series history. >Pittsburgh tied the series in that game with a 4-3 win and went on to win >the series, 4 games to 3. This was one of the last big moments in the career >of well-loved Pirate, Roberto Clemente. Fourteen and a half months after the >1971 World Series, he died in a plane crash off the coast of his native >Puerto Rico as he attempted to take food, clothing and medical supplies to >earthquake victims in Nicaragua. > >First Big Mac - 1967 >Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted >and was test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald's restaurants >in 1967. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald's menus throughout the >country and, eventually, the world. > >First Pull-Tab on Cans - 1962 >The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and was first used by Iron City Brewery >in 1962. For many years, pull-tabs were only used in this area. > >First Retractable Dome - September 1961 >Pittsburgh's Civic Arena boasts the world's first auditorium with a >retractable roof. > >First U.S. Public Television Station - WQED - April 1, 1954 >WQED, operated by the Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Station, was the >first community-sponsored educational television station in America and was >also the first to telecast classes to elementary schools (1955). > >First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953 >The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, a 38-year-old >University of Pittsburgh researcher and professor, and his staff at the >University of Pittsburgh. > >First All-Aluminum Building - ALCOA - August 1953 >The first aluminum-faced skyscraper was the Alcoa Building, a 30-story, 410 >foot structure with thin stamped aluminum panels forming the exterior walls. > >First Zippo Lighter - 1932 >George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932 in Bradford, >Pennsylvania. You can even find the name of the manufacturing location, >either Bradford or Niagara Falls, Canada, stamped on the bottom of every >Zippo lighter. The name Zippo was chosen by Blaisdell because he liked the >sound of the word "zipper" - which was patented around the >same time in nearby Meadville, PA. > >First Bingo Game - early 1920's >Hugh J. Ward first came up with the concept of bingo in Pittsburgh and began >running the game at carnivals in the early 1920s, taking it nation- wide in >1924. He secured a copyright on the game and wrote a book of Bingo rules in >1933. > >First U.S. Commercial Radio Station - KDKA - November 2, 1920 >Dr. Frank Conrad, assistant chief engineer of Westinghouse Electric, first >constructed a transmitter and installed it in a garage near his home in >Wilkinsburg in 1916. The station was licensed as 8XK. At 6 p.m. on Nov. 2, >1920, 8KX became KDKA Radio and began broadcasting at 100 watts from a >makeshift shack atop one of the Westinghouse manufacturing buildings in East >Pittsburgh. > >The First Gas Station - December, 1913 >In 1913 the first automobile service station, built by Gulf Refining >Company, opened in Pittsburgh at Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in East >Liberty. It was designed by J. H. Giesey. > >The First Baseball Stadium in the U.S. - 1909 >In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, >followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago,Cleveland,Boston, and New >York. Forbes Field closed in 1970 when Three Rivers Stadium opened. PNC >Park is the newest replacement with opening set for 2001. > >First Motion Picture Theater - 1905 >The first theater in the world devoted to the exhibition of motion pictures >was the "Nickelodeon," opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street in >Pittsburgh. > >First Banana Split - 1904 >The banana split was invented by Dr. David Strickler, a pharmacist, at >Strickler's Drug Store in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. > >The First World Series - 1903 >The Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three in >baseball's first modern World Series in 1903. The Pirates lost the final >game 4-3, before a crowd of 7,455 in Boston. Four of the series' games were >played in Pittsburgh. > >First Ferris Wheel - 1892/1893 >The first Ferris Wheel, invented by Pittsburgh native and civil engineer, >George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896) was in operation at the World's >Fair (Columbian Exposition) in Chicago. It was over 264 feet high and was >capable of carrying more than 2,000 passengers at a time. > >Long-Distance Electricity - 1885 >Westinghouse Electric developed alternating current, allowing long-distance >transmission of electricity for the first time. > >First Air Brake - 1869 >The first practical air brake for railroads was invented by George >Westinghouse in the 1860s and patented in 1869. In the same year he >organized the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. With additional automatic >features incorporated into its design, the air brake became widely accepted, >and the Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes >compulsory on all American trains. > > > >--- > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 11/1/2001 > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, >Palm-Gen, and Westie > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Nope, can't remember anything before Three Rivers was there. J* ----- Original Message ----- > J*, > > I know you are young but haven't you heard of Exposition Park, located > where 3 Rivers Stadium was? > > J* --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 11/1/2001