Thomas Bell’s historical novel “Out of This Furnace” chronicles his family’s experiences as Slovak immigrants in Braddock and Homestead (across the river) from the 1880s thru the Unionization drives of the 1930s. It is a great read if you ever get a chance.
The statistics really give you a glimpse into the past and present. It's always sad to see a town that has been in a steady decline for 100 years. It reminds me of Northwest Indiana and East Chicago. Brought to life by the steel and oil industry but as it began to collapse in 1960's and 70's it slowly hollowed out leaving so many people without jobs and forcing them to move away. This was a hustling bustling city at one time. Plenty of history. Thanks for the tour. I always appreciate it. 🤠👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for this! Watching it, my wife remembered the cinnamon star cookies from Guenthert's Bakery and many of the stores that are now long gone. It was a vibrant town and children walked Braddock Avenue at night unchaperoned. There were many ethnic clubs, churches and in general a tight knit community. Maybe your next steel town that you visit could be Wall, which is nearby. I'd like to second the comments about the Fetterman's and their contributions to Braddock. They worked very, very hard to bring back that community feeling and that "vibe" you felt was due to their efforts and those of the existing community to lean into what it meant to live in Braddock. A great little town that is neither gone, nor forgotten.
I lived in Turtle Creek. I worked for Westinghouse Switchgear. Once, my friend an I splashed the steelworkers out front of the Braddock Mill in a 1966 Ford pickup. I laughed so hard I had to make myself calm down. That was in the 80's. Downtown looks much the same. Seems some things never change. Sadly....Nice thing crime is down. IMO, it's because nobody has nothing.
Can see why England is called toy town compared to america!this seems like a huge place what a dam shame.gonna have to read about the history of Braddock for sure. 1600 people is staggering to me!
Digging these night vids. That 4K is amazing! What are you shooting with? And what time of night are you out? Most of the inhabited homes are dark, and there’s very little to no traffic, either vehicles or people, downtown. Also loved that big industrial plant! This is still one of my top favorite channels! 😊
Thanks so much for watching! As far as times, it just depends on when im going through the area it could be as early as 9, late as 4am. This one here, I believe it was around 11-12. Camera wise im experimenting with about 4 different ones, this was a sony a7 series. It is VERY difficult to get really good quality at night with cameras unless you go to extremes. Up till recently thats why I didnt do many at night videos because I wasnt satisfied with the quality, I've literally went through dozens of cams. I think I got it dialed in pretty good now but I'll always be trying to make it better, and yes I love those industrial cities at night so cool :)
Being a suburbanite taking a job delivering landscaping materials in the North Versailles area, I will admit to being nervous working in those areas. The people from Braddock that I’ve dealt with have been very nice and respectful. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know that area and spending time with the people
Thanks for posting this one! We lived in Pittsburgh when John and Giselle Fetterman were starting their efforts to make Braddock better for the people of the town before he was mayor. Politics aside, I will always remember Giselle helping the town with the local “free store”. We would stop by and donate whatever we didn’t need anymore. Again, not focusing on politics, they did a lot of great things for people that needed support and not useless verbal promises. 👍
The silence is deafening and this makes the video more hypnotic. I hope I don’t receive a phone call where someone on the other end whispers “Garlic Pickles” activating me against my normal good natured will. Ugh.
i can see often little so called "orbs" (for example at 11:39 - this little bubble) - it appears often infront of light. Do you have any idea about this phenomenon?
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Thomas Bell’s historical novel “Out of This Furnace” chronicles his family’s experiences as Slovak immigrants in Braddock and Homestead (across the river) from the 1880s thru the Unionization drives of the 1930s. It is a great read if you ever get a chance.
I remember the movie "Out Of The Furnace" where it takes place in Braddock, PA. I never thought it would look like this.
The statistics really give you a glimpse into the past and present. It's always sad to see a town that has been in a steady decline for 100 years. It reminds me of Northwest Indiana and East Chicago. Brought to life by the steel and oil industry but as it began to collapse in 1960's and 70's it slowly hollowed out leaving so many people without jobs and forcing them to move away. This was a hustling bustling city at one time. Plenty of history. Thanks for the tour. I always appreciate it. 🤠👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for the video. I enjoy the night drives. I just wish you had the sound on. The whirring sound of the car driving is soothing.
Im not sure what happened on this one, but i always , well almost always, leave the sound on
another mega episode keep them coming excellent footage. always awesome
Thanks John youre awesome!
Thank you for this! Watching it, my wife remembered the cinnamon star cookies from Guenthert's Bakery and many of the stores that are now long gone. It was a vibrant town and children walked Braddock Avenue at night unchaperoned. There were many ethnic clubs, churches and in general a tight knit community. Maybe your next steel town that you visit could be Wall, which is nearby. I'd like to second the comments about the Fetterman's and their contributions to Braddock. They worked very, very hard to bring back that community feeling and that "vibe" you felt was due to their efforts and those of the existing community to lean into what it meant to live in Braddock. A great little town that is neither gone, nor forgotten.
I lived in Turtle Creek. I worked for Westinghouse Switchgear. Once, my friend an I splashed the steelworkers out front of the Braddock Mill in a 1966 Ford pickup. I laughed so hard I had to make myself calm down. That was in the 80's. Downtown looks much the same. Seems some things never change. Sadly....Nice thing crime is down. IMO, it's because nobody has nothing.
Your night footage looks great! What camera do you shoot on?
Can see why England is called toy town compared to america!this seems like a huge place what a dam shame.gonna have to read about the history of Braddock for sure. 1600 people is staggering to me!
Digging these night vids. That 4K is amazing! What are you shooting with? And what time of night are you out? Most of the inhabited homes are dark, and there’s very little to no traffic, either vehicles or people, downtown. Also loved that big industrial plant! This is still one of my top favorite channels! 😊
Thanks so much for watching! As far as times, it just depends on when im going through the area it could be as early as 9, late as 4am. This one here, I believe it was around 11-12. Camera wise im experimenting with about 4 different ones, this was a sony a7 series. It is VERY difficult to get really good quality at night with cameras unless you go to extremes. Up till recently thats why I didnt do many at night videos because I wasnt satisfied with the quality, I've literally went through dozens of cams. I think I got it dialed in pretty good now but I'll always be trying to make it better, and yes I love those industrial cities at night so cool :)
Being a suburbanite taking a job delivering landscaping materials in the North Versailles area, I will admit to being nervous working in those areas. The people from Braddock that I’ve dealt with have been very nice and respectful. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know that area and spending time with the people
Why no awesome liminal sound for my work town Braddock? I’m there every day and it sounds beautiful.
Thanks for posting this one! We lived in Pittsburgh when John and Giselle Fetterman were starting their efforts to make Braddock better for the people of the town before he was mayor. Politics aside, I will always remember Giselle helping the town with the local “free store”. We would stop by and donate whatever we didn’t need anymore. Again, not focusing on politics, they did a lot of great things for people that needed support and not useless verbal promises. 👍
The silence is deafening and this makes the video more hypnotic. I hope I don’t receive a phone call where someone on the other end whispers “Garlic Pickles” activating me against my normal good natured will. Ugh.
i can see often little so called "orbs" (for example at 11:39 - this little bubble) - it appears often infront of light. Do you have any idea about this phenomenon?
Yeah its glare from the lense look it up
Buddy, while you are PA,will you please do chesterbrook, Galleria Mall,wayne, Kingswood apartments...😊😊
Dangerous, like mckees rocks
Another great video. I would love at least some environmental noise, and narration of the text.
I just looked, forgot to put the audio. That's a first, ill see if i can fix it.
I googled street view of Braddock years ago, nite ride neat.
it (mostly) looks like neighborhoods of working families doing the best they can.
Even if the jobs returned, I can't see families with kids wanting to live there. There aren't any yards to speak of where kids could play.
Very clean town. I'm impressed!😊
Oh damn, I live like 15 minutes from here.
Too bad there is no sound. The mills are terribly noisy! The noise level is about 90 bd at a mile from the mill at times.
Please do Midland, PA!
I have a daytime of midland up right now but I’ll do a night time one in the near future!
@hoodsnhollers , thanks! Can you send the link of Midland? My dad grew up in Midland
Do Jamestown NY please.
That’ll be coming up in the near future
No sound?
looks clean
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