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Mill Creek near Youngstown is gorgeous, check it out, if you have not.

You can tell who in these comments have actually been to the woods by what they call it. No one in the south hills side of the city calls it hays woods to us that’s 40 acres

1:50 theres my old house! I dont miss living there. It was my first apartment after high school.

We used to take my jeeps all thru those woods and trails. Its amazing.

Sad thing is this bridge is now 100% off limits. About a month or two ago some guy un-alived himself from the bridge. Now state patrols are constant there

love this

The Drake slide in 😂

Excellent video. Subbed

Good shit

I don't currently live in Pittsburgh, but lived there for a number of years. I really enjoyed this!

So cool to see this as a Baldwin resident. Super cool to see my house on the aerial maps and see you drive on the same streets I drive on. Fantastic video!

Love this!! One small thing though… I hate to “push my glasses up” and there’s a chance Im wrong. I don’t think 65 runs through Hays though. I think it starts in town and runs north to Butler?? I maybe misconstrued. Im not 100%. If anyone knows for sure, lemme know

Wasnt expecting to see Blacklick s/o indiana county. Fun fact: nearby Torrance, PA used to be called Libengood Summit (then Blairsville Intersection before finally becoming Torrance) which was named after my family which there was a lot of in that area at the time

am i tweakin or is that penis at 3:24

Awe man, Homestead to the East? Do not raise your kids here folks.

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Hays is a DUMP. I've driven through it a hundred millions times, and it literally looks like the buildings are comprised of blocks of compressed, solidified depression. Which is not to say it's not a cool place to explore! The woods are REALLY creepy. I highly--HIGHLY--advise anyone against venturing there alone. I haven't heard of anything encountering anything or anyone dangerous there, but, believe me, if something untoward *were* to happen to you in those woods, you could scream for hours straight and *if* anyone even hears you, they won't care.

So cool! I have been the nationality rooms several times and never knew this room existed. I hope one day there will be an opportunity to see it in-person. ☺️

I don’t know how this ended up in my recommended for you, but I’m so glad it did! I live in Pittsburgh myself (near Highland) and I vaguely knew about Hays Woods but never thought to question why there was so much forest there. It makes me happy you made this video to put it’s history together so cleanly! I haven’t gotten to give it a proper visit yet, but I think now is a better time than never. :)

Thanks for sharing your work with us, Noles! Love learning these interesting stories from you.

Not every inch of land needs to be developed. Quit destroying forests

I'm fond of 84 and Laboratory.

I believe nine mile run is nine miles upriver from the point as opposed to nine miles straight from the point.

The William Pitt Union across Bigelow from the Cathedral used to be the Schenley Hotel!

Just found your channel but would absolutely love a video about the failed highway projects of Pittsburgh.

Ahhh. The Schenelys. I figured it was going to be them with the title of "scandle"

Yo. Finally. A pittsburgh channel

If you wanna look at someone to blame for land owners posting their property all over southwestern Pa the past 30 years or so don't blame them, you can thank the idiot people who've served on juries that've awarded money to the families of kids who got hurt playing in the woods on someone's property, what would you do if the property owner next to you lost everything he had after being drug through the courts over something like that? You'd get real busy the next day nailing up No Trespassing signs all over the place is exactly what you'd do.

There are also ongoing underground coal fires there, so there's that.

You might be interested in talking to Marc Barnes of New Polity. He’s over here in Steubenville. I think you two would have a fantastic conversation over this kind of topic.

11:51 I'm in frickin' stitches 🤣 I really hope your channel blows up, you deserve it!

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I've totally driven that tunnel, had family visiting and we wanted to visit one of the restaurants up on mount washington, somehow ended up riding thru it in a roundabout sorta way! was real fun, love your videos btw... if you haven't done anythingab out Jane Grey Swisshelm please do, been living Swissvale, & swisshelm park for decades now and have always wondered about that lady and can barely remember whats on her historical marker on braddock ave

Another great video! I'm currently involved in working on the restoration of the original Carnegie Library in Braddock. The first Carnegie Library in the U.S. Hopefully more projects like this in our region will follow!

As a fan of city planning TH-cam channels, the city of Pittsburgh, small content providers, and as an avid hiker, backpacker, and cyclist, I LOVED your video and can't wait to exlore the rest of your channel. Espcially the editorial part and I plan to look into the book you cited, having grown up along the Monongahela with a patch of "near woods" just beyond my backyards.

Holy shit a whole video about the area around my favorite park!!! I wish it was better maintained but they're still figuring that out. I love how I'll go out on a beautiful day and see maybe like 10 people. The meadow is maybe the most beautiful place in the city and it's an incredible spot for birding. Thank you for this!!

I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but every time I am like, "neat well, going to go to a different video" you come in with another tidbit of information or another thing that grows into a great story or explanation or literal room that I keep sticking around for. Good work!

Wow I grew up in this area (Brownsville Rd) and have lived my adult life in the Northside and I never knew this. I always assumed it was Baldwin's or Brentwoods or Hazelwood... But not Pittsburgh. Thanks.

Great video! As a lifetime Pittsburgher, it is truly appreciated.

I travel through here every day. So cool. Great video

Great perspective, thank you.

This information explains a lot

16:22 Damn!!! You said that, so I downvoted, lol, cuz I already upvoted, without being told, and I don't know what happened to humanity that they have to be told now, but it seems artificially backwards displacing of intelligence!

7:08 Onelook website also lists schenley apartments, schenley award, schenley farms historic district, schenley hotel, schenley industries, schenley quadrangle

Panther hollow is a hidden gem! I would ride my bike past it to get to the river front trails from Oakland.

Ooo! Love the Clark connection. The last archaeological project I worked on is a descendant of the Clark of Lewis and Clark and I’m sure he’ll get a kick out of learning his Pittsburgh connection.

Some of the best times of my misspent youth were years of daily runs exploring the bridle paths built by the WPA in the twenties inside Schenley Park during the time I was living in Oakland. Although I spent a similar amount of time running the Frick Park trails when I later lived in Edgewood, Regent Square, and Forest Hills it just wasn't the same.

Fantastic video.

MICHAEL!! when i was at Pitt, i was a tour guide for the Nationality Rooms, and Michael Walter was my boss. he's wonderful and is a veritable encyclopedia of art history and Pittsburgh history. i'm so glad you were able to meet him and see the room!

Another great video!