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If you are expecting or have a young child(ren) and will need of childcare during your residency, it is
recommended that you register with a day care as soon as possible after the Match. Here are some
UPMC-affiliated centers and other local centers that our residents, fellows and faculty utilize:

Carlow University Early Learning Center

3333 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-578-6314
http://www.carlow.edu/Early_Learning_Center.aspx

JCC’s Early Childhood Development Centers

5738 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
412-521-8010
http://jccpgh.org/early-childhood/ecdc/

Shady Lane School

100 N Braddock Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
412-243-4040
http://www.shadylane.org/

Small Wonders of UPMC

425 N. Craig Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-687-3677
http://child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com/PA/Pittsburgh/upmc/

Tender Care Learning Center

5030 Centre Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-683-1779
http://www.earlyeducationpros.org/

The Children’s Center of Pittsburgh (across the street from Magee)

327 Craft Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 641-1990
http://www.carriagehouse.org/

Useful website:

http://relocate.pghdocs.pitt.edu/study/

Updated: September 2019

Pittsburgh Highlights

INTERNET SITES FOR INFO

General Information & Relocating to Pittsburgh:
UPMC Relocate Info
Pittsburgh Event Directory
Greater Pittsburgh Convention Center
Neighborhoods
Pittsburgh Magazine City Guide

Nightlife/Shopping:
Pittsburgh Neighborhoods
Bakery Square
Southside Works

Culture and the Arts:
Andy Warhol Museum
August Wilson Center
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Carnegie Science Center
City Theatre
Mattress Factory Art Museum
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

Other Sites of Interest:
Pennsylvania State Parks
Allegheny National Forest
Great Allegheny Passage
Pittsburgh Parks
Pennsylvania

ORMATION ON PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh Quarterly Magazine
Getting to the Point
Bike Pittsburgh
New York Times – Built on Steel
Pittsburgh - Neighborhoods

Station Square
The Strip District

Pittsburgh Children’s Museum
Pittsburgh Civic Light Orchestra
Pittsburgh Glass Center
Pittsburgh History Center
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh Public Theatre
Pittsburgh Science Center
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Phipps Conservatory
RandyLand

Pittsburgh Facts

Statistics for the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Welcome to one of the country's most delightful surprises. No longer the dirty steel
town of old, Pittsburgh is now a true renaissance city. A city of modern cathedrals
and Old World, neighborly charms, filled with high-tech companies, friendly faces,
fun and adventure.

Pittsburgh Basics
Founded: 1758
Founded: 1758
Incorporated: 1816
City population: 302,500 (2019)
Known As: The 'Burgh, The City of Bridges (446 bridges)
Second largest city in the state of Pennsylvania

Allegheny County Population: 1.22 million (2019)
Pittsburgh Metro Population: 2.36 million (2019)
Median Household Income: $56,063 (2018)
Pittsburgh Median Property Value: $149,500 (2019)
Pittsburgh Unemployment Rate: 3.8% (July 2019)

Pittsburgh Median Gross Rent: $1,012 (2017)
Average High Temperature (July): 83° F
Average Low Temperature (January): 21° F

Geography
Area: 55.5 Square Miles
Rank: 13th Largest City in the Nation
Elevation: 1,223 Feet
Port: Pittsburgh is the nation's largest inland port, providing access to the extensive 9,000 miles U.S. inland
waterway system.

Fun Facts and Firsts About Pittsburgh

• First Heart, Liver, Kidney Transplant - December 3, 1989

The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done at Presbyterian-University Hospital.

• The First Internet Emoticon - 1982

The Smiley :-) was the first Internet emoticon, created by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist
Scott Fahlman.

• First Robotics Institute - 1979

The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established to conduct basic and applied
research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks.

• First Mr Yuk Sticker - 1971

Mr Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh after research indicated that
the skull and crossbones previously used to identify poisons had little meaning to children who equate the
symbol with exciting things like pirates and adventure.

• First Night World Series Game - 1971

Game 4 of the 1971 World Series was the first night game in World Series history, a series that Pittsburgh
went on to win, 4 games to 3.

• First Big Mac - 1967

Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald's, the Big Mac debuted and was test marketed in
three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald's restaurants in 1967. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald's
menus throughout the country.

• First Pull-Tab on Cans - 1962

The pull-tab was developed by Alcoa and was first used by Iron City Brewery in 1962. For many years,
pull-tabs were only used in this area.

• First Retractable Dome - September 1961

Pittsburgh's Civic Arena boasts the world's first auditorium with a retractable roof.

• First U.S. Public Television Station - April 1, 1954

WQED, operated by the Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Station, was the first community-sponsored
educational television station in America.

• First Polio Vaccine - March 26, 1953

The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas E. Salk, a 38-year-old University of Pittsburgh researcher
and professor.

• First All-Aluminum Building - ALCOA - August 1953

The first aluminum-faced skyscraper was the Alcoa Building, a 30-story, 410 foot structure with thin
stamped aluminum panels forming the exterior walls.

• First Zippo Lighter - 1932

George G. Blaisdell invented the Zippo lighter in 1932 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The name Zippo was
chosen by Blaisdell because he liked the sound of the word "zipper" - which was patented around the
same time in nearby Meadville, PA.

• First Bingo Game - early 1920's

Hugh J. Ward first came up with the concept of bingo in Pittsburgh and began running the game at
carnivals in the early 1920s, taking it nationwide in 1924. He secured a copyright on the game and wrote
a book of Bingo rules in 1933.

• First U.S. Commercial Radio Station - November 2, 1920

Dr. Frank Conrad, assistant chief engineer of Westinghouse Electric, first constructed a transmitter and
installed it in a garage near his home in Wilkinsburg in 1916. The station was licensed as 8XK. At 6 p.m.
on Nov. 2, 1920, 8KX became KDKA Radio and began broadcasting at 100 watts from a make-shift
shack atop one of the Westinghouse manufacturing buildings in East Pittsburgh.

• Daylight Savings Time - March 18, 1919

A Pittsburgh city councilman during the first World War, Robert Garland devised the nation's first daylight
savings plan, instituted in 1918.

• The First Gas Station - December 1913

In 1913 the first automobile service station, built by Gulf Refining Company, opened in Pittsburgh at
Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in East Liberty. Designed by J. H. Giesey.

• The First Baseball Stadium in the U.S. - 1909

In 1909 the first baseball stadium, Forbes Field, was built in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums
in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York.

• First Motion Picture Theatre - 1905

The first theater in the world devoted to the exhibition of motion pictures was the "Nickelodeon," opened
by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh.

• First Banana Split - 1904

Invented by Dr. David Strickler, a pharmacist, at Strickler's Drug Store in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

• The First World Series - 1903

The Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three in baseball's first modern World
Series in 1903.

• First Ferris Wheel - 1892/1893

Invented by Pittsburgh native and civil engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896), the first
Ferris Wheel was in operation at the World's Fair in Chicago. It was over 264 feet high and was capable
of carrying more than 2,000 passengers at a time.

• Long-Distance Electricity - 1885

Westinghouse Electric developed alternating current, allowing long-distance transmission of electricity for
the first time.

• First Air Brake - 1869

The first practical air brake for railroads was invented by George Westinghouse in the 1860s and
patented in 1869.

Revised: 9/2019