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Thanks Tim. Brings back memories of our drag racing years down at the strip. We were some of the first to use this newly built strip of highway back in the 70s. We used to sit and party at the end of Broadhead Fording road waiting for the action to start. Back then you were lucky to get 3 runs in before the police arrived.
The racing videos brought back memories. Used to run down there in the early 90s. I can remember the Pittsburgh Police used to show up in an unmarked Buick Grand National and a late model Olds 442 to chase everyone away.
I love your videos & I am glad you put some footage of "the strip" in there as it was definitely a huge part of my youth back in those days! Part of the history no doubt. I just found your videos & have been going through them all since.... great find for me!! Amazing job on all of these!
This is amazing. I grew up on the high part of S. Grandview across the valley which used to be a golf course. I remember always hearing the sound of the racing at night. Now I live in Moon Run. My family has always been from here and I have a few neat old photos from when they were constructing I-79 and when my street (Old Steubenville Pike) used to be Steubenville Pike proper. Thanks for making these wonderful videos. I'm fascinated by this stuff.
Tim, thank you for sharing this timeline of information on the Thornburg Bridge. I grew up in Ingram from 1962 through HS graduation, June 4th, 1980.. I can't say how many times I'd gone across the bridge, both as a passenger and as a young teenage driver - LOL.... My memories of the massive potholes on the bridge just before it closed for rebuild is quite vivid, to this very day..... Again, thank you for sharing.....
Great video, as always, Tim. I had always wondered about the grandiose plans for the highway to nowhere, having grown up in Chartiers City. It was obvious they had some big plans there that fell through, but never knew the back story.
Drag racing in 1999 and in the dark? I used to go there on Sunday afternoons in 1973 and watch the racing. Cars parked in Hornes warehouse lot. There were a lot of them. Only got rousted by the Pgh police one time. The made everyone leave. Orange 69 Chevelle SS 396, yellow 69 383 Roadrunner, maroon 70 GTX, 68 Gold Z28 Camaro, orange 65 GTO, - watched them all run. Muscle cars were dime a dozen back then. Remember, all stores were closed on Sunday. We had nothing better to do.
Gee, I didn't realize I was such an "influencer." LOL! Be careful with all the trailer trucks using that road because of all the truck depots and warehouses back there now. The good thing is you could probably beat them on your bicycle.
Highly under-rated channel. Love your work. Would like to see a video on noble manor in greentree/westwood, raceway plaza in Heidelberg, parkway center mall area, and anything in carnegie.
Thank you! Most of my old pictures come from a trove I was able to access at the County Office Building before they moved them. So if it wasn't an Allegheny County project, I probably don't have the pics. (Though some additional ones come from the Historic Pittsburgh website. But don't go there unless you have a LOT of time on your hands. It's a deep hole. 8>) historicpittsburgh.org
Thanks Tim, that brought back a flood of memories from the 60's! Have to admit, the current road surfaces and buildings along the paths you shot seemed to be the same as I remember. I can't recall the name of the road that turns right at the bottom of Baldwin Rd and just before crossing the Thornburg Bridge into Crafton, but I remember a tennis court in Thornburg that we used to sneak on (was for residents only) and play tennis quite often. Seems like not much has changed in 60 years!! Great video and history. Keith Grgurich
Tim. Great video. The audio is a little low... Having been out of the Burgh for more than three decades now, it's interesting to see how different things are from other cities, and how things seem to change at a much slower pace in Pittsburgh vs. other cities.
Thanks, Rob! One other person mentioned the audio, too. But it plays perfectly for me. I'll make sure it is cranked up for the next video and people will have to turn it down. (Better that than not hearing it at all!) Thanks!
Everything always looks dead in the old photos from the 20s. Probably from the pollution from the steel mills, which looks like is in the background of every photo
Many of the old pictures in these video were taken in the spring, late fall or winter when the leaves were off the trees. But the biggest thing I've discovered since making these videos is that, between building, fuel, and farming there were very few trees around. Here's a good article about it: www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/a-century-ago-pennsylvania-stood-almost-entirely-stripped-of-trees/Content?oid=1848219#:~:text=But%20that%20canopy%20camouflages%20an,acreage%20forested%20before%20Europeans%20arrived.
For more historical videos about roads around Pittsburgh and Allegheny County visit the Time Travel With Tim channel: th-cam.com/channels/0t3xdSJ5UAlIyy0ViFw8Ng.htmlvideos
Thanks Tim. Brings back memories of our drag racing years down at the strip. We were some of the first to use this newly built strip of highway back in the 70s. We used to sit and party at the end of Broadhead Fording road waiting for the action to start. Back then you were lucky to get 3 runs in before the police arrived.
TH-cam was invented for creators like Tim. Thank you from a Pittsburgh native - you've shown me stuff I never saw in 25 years living there!
The racing videos brought back memories. Used to run down there in the early 90s. I can remember the Pittsburgh Police used to show up in an unmarked Buick Grand National and a late model Olds 442 to chase everyone away.
I love your videos & I am glad you put some footage of "the strip" in there as it was definitely a huge part of my youth back in those days! Part of the history no doubt. I just found your videos & have been going through them all since.... great find for me!! Amazing job on all of these!
I seriously love these videos. Sometimes I wish I could revisit these areas before they were developed.
This is amazing. I grew up on the high part of S. Grandview across the valley which used to be a golf course. I remember always hearing the sound of the racing at night. Now I live in Moon Run. My family has always been from here and I have a few neat old photos from when they were constructing I-79 and when my street (Old Steubenville Pike) used to be Steubenville Pike proper. Thanks for making these wonderful videos. I'm fascinated by this stuff.
so nice to see the history of where i grew up
Some pretty famous movies have used the highway to nowhere. Dogma jumps to mind
I didn't know that! I'm curious about others . . .
Tim, thank you for sharing this timeline of information on the Thornburg Bridge. I grew up in Ingram from 1962 through HS graduation, June 4th, 1980.. I can't say how many times I'd gone across the bridge, both as a passenger and as a young teenage driver - LOL.... My memories of the massive potholes on the bridge just before it closed for rebuild is quite vivid, to this very day..... Again, thank you for sharing.....
Great video, as always, Tim. I had always wondered about the grandiose plans for the highway to nowhere, having grown up in Chartiers City. It was obvious they had some big plans there that fell through, but never knew the back story.
Thanks, Jason!
I'm curious as to how difficult it would be to actually complete the road to as planned, would it possible help eliminate some traffic congestion?
Drag racing in 1999 and in the dark? I used to go there on Sunday afternoons in 1973 and watch the racing. Cars parked in Hornes warehouse lot. There were a lot of them. Only got rousted by the Pgh police one time. The made everyone leave. Orange 69 Chevelle SS 396, yellow 69 383 Roadrunner, maroon 70 GTX, 68 Gold Z28 Camaro, orange 65 GTO, - watched them all run. Muscle cars were dime a dozen back then. Remember, all stores were closed on Sunday. We had nothing better to do.
Thanks for endorsing drag racing, Tim! Yo! I'm going to go try that on that same stretch of road. Thanks for the idea and support/endorsement.
Gee, I didn't realize I was such an "influencer." LOL!
Be careful with all the trailer trucks using that road because of all the truck depots and warehouses back there now. The good thing is you could probably beat them on your bicycle.
Love your channel
Highly under-rated channel. Love your work. Would like to see a video on noble manor in greentree/westwood, raceway plaza in Heidelberg, parkway center mall area, and anything in carnegie.
Thank you!
Most of my old pictures come from a trove I was able to access at the County Office Building before they moved them. So if it wasn't an Allegheny County project, I probably don't have the pics. (Though some additional ones come from the Historic Pittsburgh website. But don't go there unless you have a LOT of time on your hands. It's a deep hole. 8>)
historicpittsburgh.org
Thanks Tim, that brought back a flood of memories from the 60's! Have to admit, the current road surfaces and buildings along the paths you shot seemed to be the same as I remember. I can't recall the name of the road that turns right at the bottom of Baldwin Rd and just before crossing the Thornburg Bridge into Crafton, but I remember a tennis court in Thornburg that we used to sneak on (was for residents only) and play tennis quite often. Seems like not much has changed in 60 years!!
Great video and history.
Keith Grgurich
Another great Video. Thanks. I’m sure I got a few of those in race video after the city ran them out and they would come into Robinson. Lol
Great video! I'm subscribing!
As a family in the 40s and 50s we drove over the bridge many times to see family in Robinson and Coraopolis.
I remember the bridge demolition. It took three attempts to blow it up. It just didn't want to fall.
Do you know the name of the apartments that were built before the Hornes warehouse? How long those apartments were there?
Need more Robinson Twp/ Moon Twp.
Tim. Great video. The audio is a little low... Having been out of the Burgh for more than three decades now, it's interesting to see how different things are from other cities, and how things seem to change at a much slower pace in Pittsburgh vs. other cities.
Thanks, Rob! One other person mentioned the audio, too. But it plays perfectly for me. I'll make sure it is cranked up for the next video and people will have to turn it down. (Better that than not hearing it at all!) Thanks!
Great video but I could hardly hear your commnetary. You may want to redo it and put it out again.
Figured they make a dragstrip.
Have my audio all the way up and i can't hear it. So... Goodbye
Bye - working for me and apparently others can hear it. It's a common TH-cam problem apparently. Sorry.
Patrice King-Browns father was killed while sitting at a red-light on the bridge. Rear ended by a truck.
Audio is too low
Everything always looks dead in the old photos from the 20s. Probably from the pollution from the steel mills, which looks like is in the background of every photo
Many of the old pictures in these video were taken in the spring, late fall or winter when the leaves were off the trees. But the biggest thing I've discovered since making these videos is that, between building, fuel, and farming there were very few trees around. Here's a good article about it: www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/a-century-ago-pennsylvania-stood-almost-entirely-stripped-of-trees/Content?oid=1848219#:~:text=But%20that%20canopy%20camouflages%20an,acreage%20forested%20before%20Europeans%20arrived.
Also could have included the Crafton Golf Course
Yeah, if I had pics...