2026 Fall Archives - Pittsburgh Quarterly

Imagine a migrating Broad-Winged Hawk, crossing Pennsylvania from northeast to southwest. Along the way, steep climbs, dramatic drops, and ridgelines with spinning wind turbines mark its route. Born in a large, unbroken tract of mixed forest, high in a nest of sticks, the bird emerged from one of four eggs incubated for a month, mostly …

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Nature Nonprofits

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy at 30

by Catherine Qureshi

When we talk about quality of life in Pittsburgh, we often point to neighborhoods, schools, or cultural institutions. But for me, it begins somewhere simpler — and more profound: access to our parks. Access means different things to different people. For one person, it’s a peaceful morning walk beneath tree canopies. For another, it’s experiencing …

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Opinion

My Football Story

by Douglas Heuck

Not everyone in this football-crazy city has to have a football story, but I do. And after 41 years here, maybe the time is right to finally tell it. After all, at this time of year, is anyone in Pittsburgh not thinking about football? My story begins just downriver from Pittsburgh, in a little town …

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Opinion Pittsburgh Tomorrow

All Aboard! The Burgh Train’s on the Move

by Douglas Heuck

After all the success of the NFL Draft, many Pittsburghers wanted to keep the momentum going. And it is. For the past year, Pittsburgh Tomorrow has sought to coalesce a dozen disparate economic development groups, each with its own conference and small pitch competition, into one big conference with the mass and gravity to attract …

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