On the cover: Plein Air painter Ron Donoughe’s “Wightman Light” captures the play of dappled summer sunlight on a tree-lined Squirrel Hill street. Our cover shows a detail from the original 20x30” oil painting.
FEATURES
The Seniors come to Pittsburgh
How a major golf tournament landed, suddenly, at Fox Chapel
How a major golf tournament landed, suddenly, at Fox Chapel
225 years of Pitt
The region’s largest and oldest university celebrates a milestone with “acts of caring”
The region’s largest and oldest university celebrates a milestone with “acts of caring”
the green issue //
A world leader
The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens launches the Center for Sustainable Landscapes
The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens launches the Center for Sustainable Landscapes
Greening the region
Phipps extends Pittsburgh’s legacy of green building
Phipps extends Pittsburgh’s legacy of green building
Was Rachel Carson right?
Fifty years after Silent Spring was published, how many of the Pittsburgh environmentalist’s claims have come true?
Fifty years after Silent Spring was published, how many of the Pittsburgh environmentalist’s claims have come true?
Warning signs
Scientists are trying to stem the further decline of Pennsylvania’s rattlesnakes
Scientists are trying to stem the further decline of Pennsylvania’s rattlesnakes
special energy report //
An industrial renaissance
Why Pittsburgh is poised to become the nation’s energy capital; Early believers in the natural gas revolution; The coming of the ethylene cracker; New life for the region’s chemical industry
Why Pittsburgh is poised to become the nation’s energy capital; Early believers in the natural gas revolution; The coming of the ethylene cracker; New life for the region’s chemical industry
special finance section //
Financial focus
Looking long term
Looking long term
DEPARTMENTS
Private equity investor and philanthropist Jacqueline C. Morby
First You Try Everything: a novel by Jane McCafferty
Preserving a fine specimen: bird taxidermy
A new country classic: This Sarver home looks as if it’s always been there
Try your hand at the art of judging wines
The Hyeholde in Moon Township
Health section
Sitting disease: Is sitting the new smoking?; Concierge medicine: A specialized, personalized healthcare option; Our stem cells: can they reverse the effects of aging?
Christopher Donahue, CEO of Federated Investors
Sit, Stay, Play: Misty Pines Dog Park Company in Franklin Park
(Part II in a series) The problem of price: the effects of low natural gas prices
EVERY ISSUE
Publisher’s letter / Changing the cottage
Stocks & pedestal / Lack of GED test centers & Pitt’s handling of threats
Arrivals / Professionals new to Pittsburgh
Arts & events / Happenings in Downtown’s Cultural District
Last Chapter / Noting the passing of Pittsburgh citizens
Place / Quebec Run Wild Area, Fayette County
