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Pittsburgh is the second largest city in Pennsylvania and its metropolitan area ranks as the largest in both Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley while being the 22nd largest urban area in the United States.

Pittsburgh is dominated by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers which form the Ohio River. This strategic juncture was a major site of the North American theater of the Seven Years' War, with Great Britain winning control in 1758 to establish Fort Pitt in honor of "The Great Commoner", William Pitt. Following the American Revolution, the area grew as an important transportation center and primary gateway to the American frontier. 19th century coal and iron production made Pittsburgh into the world leader of steel and by 1910 the city was the eighth largest in the United States. With the collapse of American industries in the 1980s, Pittsburgh lost population but has successfully transitioned its economy into a world leader of healthcare, technology, education, and financial services.

Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "The Steel City", for its continued leadership in steel production, as well as "The City of Bridges" for its world record 466 structures. The city's official colors of black and gold are so symbolic that all pro-sports teams from the area, the Penguins, Pirates, and Steelers have also adopted them. Multiple publications have named Pittsburgh the "most livable city" in the United States for its low crime, affordability, and plentiful educational, cultural, and recreational amenities with its skyline vistas ranked by USA Today as second only to the Grand Canyon.

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~Art Rooney

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The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix on Serpentine Drive in Schenley Park

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Panther Hollow Bridge seen from Panther Hollow Lake in Schenley Park
Schenley Park is a large municipal park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between the neighborhoods of Oakland, Greenfield, and Squirrel Hill. It is also listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.

The park is made up of 300 acres (1.21 km²) donated by Mary Schenley in 1889 and another 120 acres (0.49 km²) that the city subsequently purchased from her. Another 36 acres (0.15 km²) were acquired at a later date, bringing the park's total size to 456 acres (1.85 km²), and making it the second largest municipal park in Pittsburgh.

The park borders the campuses of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.

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Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), better known as Michael Keaton, is an American actor, well known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift, Mr. Mom, Johnny Dangerously, Beetlejuice, and for his dramatic portrayal of Batman in Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns, as well as lead roles in other films including The Paper, Jackie Brown, Jack Frost, and White Noise. His most recent film role was as the voice of Ken in Toy Story 3. From the Pittsburgh suburb of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Keaton first started in film on local station WQED in 1975 as one of the "Flying Zucchini Brothers" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Keaton returned home to the city twice to film major motion pictures on location with 1986's Gung Ho and 1998's Desperate Measures.

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The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is one of only six major zoo and aquarium combinations in the United States. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Highland Park, the zoo opened in 1898 and sits on 77 acres (310,000 m2) of park land where it exhibits over 4,000 animals representing 475 species, over 70 of which are threatened or endangered. The zoo also participates in 64 Species Survival Plans.

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Duquesne Dukes
The Duquesne Dukes is the name of the athletic teams of Duquesne University located in Pittsburgh. Duquesne fields varsity teams in NCAA Division I in Atlantic 10 Conference and also fields Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football and more recently Women's Basketball. Dukes Football began in 1893 and had a rich history with two appearances in present day BCS bowls and five seasons in the top 25 AP Poll. More recently the FCS squad has claimed 11 MAAC titles.

Duquesne's most popular and successful sport though remains men's basketball, which plays games at the A. J. Palumbo Center and began play in 1914. Duquesne's men's basketball team has appeared in 21 postseason tournaments including the 1940 Final Four and made back-to-back appearances in the National Invitation Tournament in 1954 and winning it all in 1955. The basketball team has a major cross-town rivalry, termed the City Game, with the Pitt Panthers.

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WikiProject Pittsburgh

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You are invited to participate in WikiProject Pittsburgh, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about the City of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area. Please see the Pittsburgh WikiProject page for more information. See yinz there!

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