BikePGH Message Board Archive

Please forgive this slight tangent, but I was playing around with Steven's spreadsheet (thanks for ALL of your record keeping & mapping!) because I was interested in how many people are playing the game over time. I had the feeling that more people were playing back in the olden days and that only a handful are playing now. So here's a graph of what I found: Players per month http://i.imgur.com/vp33Xxj.jpg The data's not perfect since I treated group pick ups as their own player, but it does show a drop off in players over time - but we still have between four and eight players each month. And here's the number of Tags over time http://i.imgur.com/aMlR5rw.jpg

marko82

2016-05-13 08:27:39

That pretty much puts the kibosh on the "this game is going to hell" theme. Things have been pretty consistent for 3 or 4 years. Even a slight upswing in the last year. BTW, the original Tag-o-Rama game, the motorcycle game in Ohio, is still going strong on one thread. Computers are amazing.

jonawebb

2016-05-13 08:52:04

This game is not my thing; I didn't have the time to play even when my own property was a tag. That said, I have a few tag suggestions for anyone who wants to venture up 18th Street to the hilltop neighborhoods: 1) The upper end of the former Knoxville incline; 2) The new Black Forge coffee shop on Arlington Ave; 3) The piece of artillery in the cemetary across from the old Dairy Queen in Carrick; 4) The new catering place on Warrington, called Sweet Peaches. 5) The italian restaurant on Warrington; 6) Some custom bike racks that Dan B. and I built, which are in front of a shared working space/business incubator on Warrington; 7) Various other cemetaries up in that area; 8) The plaque commemorating where three workers were killed when the old printing press on Allen Street collapsed during a snowstorm in the 1990s. It is now a parking lot for sugggestion #5. 9) The Japanese-style entryway to a home next to the old Knoxville High School. Maybe this will help get the game into some new areas.

jmccrea

2016-05-13 11:51:29

oh-oh I was afraid this might happen. This tag is now on the move, fortunately just across the street.

No word on its sentience, but be careful out there.

ahlir

2016-05-13 16:04:57

Mom's weekend already passed, didn't it?

paulheckbert

2016-05-13 16:21:45

The Hallmark Mother's Day may have passed. But on this coming weekend, I conjecture, some mothers look forward to a reward for their years of selfless sacrifice. Or so I thought. Maybe this tag is a mother. In search of its spouse, for a meal. Like I said, be careful. [Just tossing a pellet of clue into the limpid waters of the Koi pond of Tag... watching ripples spread peacefully to the edges. Perhaps one of which is you.]

ahlir

2016-05-13 16:58:10

CMU, corner of Frew & Tech. The sculpture appears to be stuffed with alfalfa sprouts. https://flic.kr/p/Ha2vGg

paulheckbert

2016-05-14 14:22:53

new tag https://flic.kr/p/GeLgPn

paulheckbert

2016-05-14 15:30:18

https://twitter.com/redinthe412/status/731797853627154432

rustyred

2016-05-15 05:48:03

New Tag! https://flic.kr/p/GL4mnU

rustyred

2016-05-15 07:30:49

5110 Dresden way

jonawebb

2016-05-15 11:34:59

It's pretty nice to have a path Right In the city Even if it ain't pretty

jonawebb

2016-05-15 12:25:52

https://twitter.com/redinthe412/status/731912913498185728 Penn Plaza Apartments East liberty from the Enright parklet. With Marko82.

rustyred

2016-05-15 13:24:42

I figured out where this is, but there are a whole lot of people who are closer to it than I am. All yinz who want to pick up a tag, I'll head out that way Monday late afternoon to get it, if it's still there.

stuinmccandless

2016-05-15 13:25:37

New Tag! with Marko82 http://imgur.com/9IShGMm Clue? It's in the bag.

rustyred

2016-05-15 15:19:45

https://flic.kr/p/H46Zp5 Aldis parking garage in friendship

kieran

2016-05-15 19:48:53

go, tag-o-rama!

paulheckbert

2016-05-15 20:03:28

https://flic.kr/p/HdQcxP If only this were paved

kieran

2016-05-16 13:20:09

Hi, I checked in to offer a couple of comments on Marko's evaluation of game players and tags. I tried to play early on in the game, but since I live in the north/western quadrant of the "box" most of the tags were too far away for me to even consider getting, given that most players lived or worked in the more heavily tagged eastern portions of the box. Even after I stopped playing, I would continue to check in, to learn more about this awesome city. I rarely even stop in any more. Too many tags are too obscure for my limited range of movement/regional familiarity. I am thrilled that the game continues for the rest of you. It was fun. But, I worry that with the continuing sophistication and/or obscurity of the clues, will new participants be able to get their wheel in the door?

swalfoort

2016-05-16 14:51:00

Railroad St past 32nd St, Strip District. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/732348296509947905 Photo taken with my helmet cam because I left my cell at the office. Because of that, I couldn't get online to line up the exact pose as the tag drop, but I'm pretty sure this is the same spot. Same bridge in the background, same tracks.

stuinmccandless

2016-05-16 18:14:39

New tag! https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/732354540234756096 The Hippocratic Oath says physicians should do no harm, but hemlock is poison.

stuinmccandless

2016-05-16 18:44:42

What do others think: is Stu's picture of the railroad tracks and the bridge a tag pickup? I see bent tracks versus straight tracks, steel bridge support versus concrete abutment, trees versus no trees.

paulheckbert

2016-05-16 22:22:08

We should let Kieran weigh in.

rustyred

2016-05-16 23:07:19

@ph, apply the rule that you applied picking up the eaglet tag. Just move on...

yalecohen

2016-05-16 23:55:41

I'm pretty sure those are the wrong tracks, though the correct tracks are not far away. So it doesn't look to me like a good pickup.

steven

2016-05-17 08:35:46

Well, here's the problem. If you have a camera but not a cell phone, how are you supposed to tell when you're in the right spot? I figured out which bridge it was, as noted by the thin railing or fencing on top of the bridge, and I remembered there was some sort of grade crossing or very high gravel level between the tracks. I tried a spot the other side of the bridge but came back to this one because it showed the crossing and the bridge. I wasn't about to bike 22 blocks back downtown to get the cell phone when I had a perfectly operable camera on me. To require being in the exact spot means you need fully operable mobile Internet service, which I didn't have myself for the first almost four years of the game. Back then, after figuring out a tag, I had to drag my laptop with me along with my old flip phone, hope I remembered to bring the connector cord with me, take a photo as best as I remembered it, then chase off to a library or coffee shop or my office, whichever was closest, get online, upload the picture to the PC, then to Flickr, then putz around with the URL to embed it in a post here. I did that from the start of the game until August 2013. Being in the exact spot was less an issue for 10-foot-high "@" signs or Snoopy doghouses or anchors than for 70-feet-high bridges. Last night, after figuring out I didn't have the cell, I snapped the photo with the helmet cam, biked back to my office (where the cell was sitting on my desk where I left it), plugged in the helmet cam, sent a tweet from there, then linked it in a post. The tag drop was easier, since I had the cell in my hand. So, really, you're going to say we have to memorize the exact spot before getting a tag? Define exact. Note also that the helmet cam has a much wider field of view than does the cell.

stuinmccandless

2016-05-17 09:36:24

Not the same set of tracks but very close. It was indeed on 32nd st. I think in the spirit of the game the Stu's new tag should be accepted. Im not sure having to bike back to go an extra 100 yards adds much to the game

kieran

2016-05-17 10:32:21

Kieran's call, I think, so it's a good pickup. But Kieran, your tag was on 33rd, right, not 32nd? From Streetview, it looks like your tag was just northeast of 33rd, on the tracks right next to the river, and looking SSW toward the 31st Street Bridge in the distance. You were roughly behind this truck. That's about 700 feet from Stu's pickup, which is looking NNE toward the same 33rd street railroad trestle, but from the opposite side. No 31st Street Bridge, since he's pointing the opposite way. So, really, you’re going to say we have to memorize the exact spot before getting a tag? Define exact. I'd think being at 32nd instead of 33rd and Railroad instead of the river, and looking in the wrong direction, would usually not be exact enough, but Kieran is clearly nicer than me. :-)

steven

2016-05-17 12:57:46

Gad I hope this works... I'll defer from details of location until I'm sure this posts...

ornoth

2016-05-19 12:13:21

I see it; the back-side of Allegheny General loc: 40.457917, -80.003344 good snag!

ahlir

2016-05-19 12:22:00

On Hemlock Street. Next to a hospital. (For those who weren't getting the clue...)

stuinmccandless

2016-05-19 12:45:53

Yups. The dark backside of Allegory Genital Horspital. Sadly, all my photos of my new tag came out horribly. This is the best I got. That unidentifiable blob in the foreground is my saddle nose, BION.

Although there are several ways to get from the south pole to the north pole, there’s only one official way. But by thinking a mile and a half outside of the box, I didn’t have to use the airport to find the shortest flight from pole to pole. This image probably admits of two different solutions; show me one with lots of flowers... or both solutions!

ornoth

2016-05-19 15:32:48

Arctic way and flight way

Also, Flight way and Antarctic way

jonawebb

2016-05-19 18:08:28

And not far from Official Way! Dang, that was fast. How is it an Allegheny Hospital tag goes unclaimed for three days, but my tag out in Mifflin is claimed in less than 3 hours? Despite the clues, I really thot it'd take at least a day or two for someone to decide to hike up there to fetch it. Well-earned!

ornoth

2016-05-19 19:18:06

How is it...? ... Mysteries of Pittsburgh

ahlir

2016-05-19 19:30:04

I got lucky figuring out the clue and my wife was at her book club so I had time to pick it up after work. It is a real climb out there. I went up Ravine, and Google maps kept trying to make me turn into roads that aren't there. New tag We're not in Kansas anymore But we've got space for six bikes or more

jonawebb

2016-05-19 20:39:14

I'd thought last weekend somebody would get out and roam Is it just the weather that's keeping everybody Home?

jonawebb

2016-05-23 15:13:41

I've thought about that fallout shelter symbol. There can't be that many of those around anymore. But I have no idea where this is.

stuinmccandless

2016-05-23 17:41:29

Kentucky Ave School has a fallout shelter sign. But that ain't KY Ave School.

edronline

2016-05-24 16:04:08

If you want to find this you can do it today Just seek out the advice of Jake McCrea

jonawebb

2016-05-24 17:35:51

Unpacking this a bit: * Definitely a building that had to have existed pre-1960, when those fallout shelter signs went up * Probably also a building that existed in the 1930s or earlier, when sidewalk access elevators were installed in a lot of commercial buildings * In general, a business district that was built up enough pre-1930 to warrant having sidewalk access elevators, and there aren't many: downtown, SSide, Oakland, East Liberty, Squirrel Hill, maybe bits of Bloomfield, Shadyside, even Beechview or Wilkinsburg. Most of the old North Side (a.k.a. Allegheny) business district is gone, and what's left isn't likely to have a six-bike permanent rack. I've made several passes through bits of downtown I don't frequent, and I haven't found it. McCrea's office is in Steel Tower, which does not fit the asterisk points above.

stuinmccandless

2016-05-25 12:34:02

I have a good idea of where this might be. I'll try to pick it up this evening

chrishent

2016-05-25 13:13:39

He mentioned ravine. That's honest, no?

edronline

2016-05-25 13:19:12

*

ka_jun

2016-05-25 13:23:37

honest = homestead

edronline

2016-05-25 18:14:17

Dorothy 6 Blast Furnace Cafe, 224 E. Eighth Ave, Homestead https://flic.kr/p/H87t7d

paulheckbert

2016-05-26 10:58:35

Yes. BTW Jake McCrea made the bike rack there. See http://localhost/mb/topic/best-watering-holes-for-cyclistsrides/page/2/#post-327243

jonawebb

2016-05-26 11:08:57

new tag (some carriage of bicycle involved) https://flic.kr/p/GBYddE

paulheckbert

2016-05-26 12:25:35

This is an interesting place. A clue would be nice.

jonawebb

2016-05-28 06:20:03

hint: https://flic.kr/p/Hsd56Q

paulheckbert

2016-05-28 07:23:17

Are people trying?

paulheckbert

2016-05-29 08:45:40

Need a real clue, Paul!

jonawebb

2016-05-29 09:02:47

Looks like a good clue to me

teamdecafweekend

2016-05-29 09:26:39

https://flic.kr/p/Hur8Rh Near highland park bridge

teamdecafweekend

2016-05-29 10:51:43

Is this on the Sharpsburg side?

edronline

2016-05-29 12:20:29

Yes, just below Highland Park dam. Here's another view. I assume the railing got bent by ice slabs! https://flic.kr/p/HAsT6Q

paulheckbert

2016-05-29 14:38:27

How do you get there? Do you need to go through the river access by Silkys crows nest?

edronline

2016-05-30 06:06:52

The photos were taken at the red star. Two access points are marked by the yellow icons. https://flic.kr/p/HysJmx

paulheckbert

2016-05-30 06:45:40

I tried Silkys first, nope. Went north to try from Aspinwall Park, nope. Then used Paul's southern access point. That's at the entrance to Ace Bindery's parking lot. Lots of tracks and an old scrap yard (full of metal shards and glass) to traverse, plus a short, steep dirt path. As I approached the path, a guy walking asked if I knew how to get to the fishing spot, nope, not yet.

teamdecafweekend

2016-05-30 07:01:25

If I were rich and owned a big house, I might pay someone to create a good clue for this hummin' tag.

teamdecafweekend

2016-05-30 15:44:04

Mansion and Glenwood

jonawebb

2016-05-30 16:46:54

We got stacks and stacks Of bike racks

jonawebb

2016-05-31 12:22:19

Squirrels of Steel. Beacon at Murray, SqHill.

ahlir

2016-05-31 17:59:22

First Tag-o-rama pickup attempt, first Bruce-ing: https://www.flickr.com/gp/68912815@N04/7pu8Cg Squirrel racks at corner of Beacon and Murray. This game is cruel

chrishent

2016-05-31 18:21:44

A place, traditionally, to enjoy Ungulates in varied presentations. I wouldn't say that the game is cruel. But I can allow that perhaps you might find reason to call it Game of Tags. (Now in its 5th season!) Still, it's a game.

ahlir

2016-06-01 20:41:36

Your new tag photo isn't showing up for me.

steven

2016-06-01 21:58:21

@ahlir: photo taken at about 4:20pm?

paulheckbert

2016-06-01 23:51:24

I switched to Flickr for this reason.

jonawebb

2016-06-02 05:57:22

I probably didn't follow my own instructions. Typical.

A place, traditionally, to enjoy Ungulates in varied presentations.

ahlir

2016-06-02 10:18:44

Former Charlie Ung's Tea Garden in East Liberty, Tamello Way, East Liberty (back of what's now Tana Ethiopian restaurant). Apparently their egg rolls and duck sauce were very popular. "The sweetness of the plum sauce definitely needs the curse of the violent heat of Ung's mustard sauce, which leaves you almost unconscious for a split second, and when you are back to reality, you realize that your sinuses are completely opened". http://old.post-gazette.com/food/20000330dnotes8.asp https://flic.kr/p/HCpuiq

paulheckbert

2016-06-02 13:29:02

new tag https://flic.kr/p/HMaGL8

paulheckbert

2016-06-02 14:17:43

Brilliant at Lincoln loc: 40.462891, -79.904886

ahlir

2016-06-02 16:55:24

Poor fellow, left behind. Neither headed to a Presidential Library nor scheduled for a flowery Finale. (To the best of my knowledge.)

ahlir

2016-06-03 19:03:57

@ahlir: maybe another hint? (Incidentally, the hint for the Chop Suey restaurant did not help me find that one.) I think the game is most fun when the tags are easier and the game moves faster.

paulheckbert

2016-06-06 14:14:49

A little while ago some folks posted here noting that maybe tags should show up in some new neighborhoods. A couple were suggested. This tag picks up on one of those suggestions. It's on what I think of as a pretty well traveled bike route; a couple of riders even passed by while I was there. I try to set my tags in public places, preferably ones that regular bikers might pass and not hidden from the street. But of course it's up to you to look around. This one is adjacent to a stop light; you may even have stood there at some point. Would it help for you to know that our boy-o didn't make it to the U.S. Naval Academy either? And, sadly, he missed out on the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Maybe life is cruel after all. Does anyone know where this is yet? If not I'll keep hinting.

ahlir

2016-06-06 17:20:44

Mohamed would need to go to the Mount to get this tag. Pick the right one, though.

ahlir

2016-06-07 10:43:06

Of which there are two. This would be the lesser one... so less climbing ( think). Please let me know if you want more hints. I would like to see this picked up soon.

ahlir

2016-06-07 17:06:01

A-ha, that clue is useful. Now to figure out how to find time to get out that way. Kinda the wrong direction for me, and that's even before I go exploring for the actual tag. As I recall, it takes 18 minutes to climb the hill from nearby flat places. Don't get too glassy eyed when you get to the top, or you might get framed.

stuinmccandless

2016-06-08 11:38:26

darn. i thought all of them were useful...

ahlir

2016-06-08 16:32:29

Well, that one helped me narrow my search. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/740664868085338112 Johno's Art Studio, Arlington Av at S.18th. And it took me only 12 minutes to climb from SSide Flats.

stuinmccandless

2016-06-08 17:03:31

Bruced at Johno's. “Mount” and “well traveled bike route” were helpful hints. The rest of the "hints", uh ... no whining. https://flic.kr/p/HVtg8m

paulheckbert

2016-06-08 18:22:54

I don't get all the other hints, either: not whining, just inquisitive.

jonawebb

2016-06-08 18:35:41

Speaking of well biked parts of town with few tags, for all the thousands of cyclists who've passed here, this entire street has never had a tag dropped on it, until now. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/740696659554795521 Would Rodney eat a Reuben sandwich?

stuinmccandless

2016-06-08 19:09:09

As you come up 18th and are about to turn R on Arlington to get to Mt Washington (unless you already did an R onto Mt Oliver), or are headed on to (say) Nobles or just headed for an L on Arlington, you come up on this sight on your L:

Pretty much all the clues were off of it. To me that sight is one of the rewards you get for climbing up 18th. But whatever. It was never a tag candidate: you can google each of those phrases and get yourself to Johno's. I've never seen the shop open (it has limited hours) so I can't say if Johno is still around or whether the property is just sitting there, part of the slowly vanishing Old Pittsburgh.

ahlir

2016-06-08 19:30:29

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Woods Run Branch https://flic.kr/p/HVaveD

paulheckbert

2016-06-10 13:05:31

For anyone not getting the clue, the library is nicely sandwiched between Rodney and Reuben Streets, both of which edge off to the north of Woods Run Ave.

stuinmccandless

2016-06-10 15:26:03

new tag https://flic.kr/p/HVDMsK

paulheckbert

2016-06-10 19:54:52

hint: what comes after the A?

paulheckbert

2016-06-12 10:11:17

L Ohio valley Hospital, McKee's Rocks

jonawebb

2016-06-12 13:20:31

Kennedy Township, actually, west of McKees Rocks

paulheckbert

2016-06-12 21:41:48

This castle tower Used AC power

jonawebb

2016-06-13 19:40:30

This castle tower ’tis outside the box so this tag seems sour unlike Sto-Rox

paulheckbert

2016-06-13 19:56:47

Slightly outside

jonawebb

2016-06-13 20:04:49

Y'all need another clue?

jonawebb

2016-06-17 07:23:44

Nah, if I can figure it out, anyone can; I've just had a hard time overcoming the inertia of rest. I'll head out to pick it up this morning, but I'm gonna try a new 60-mile route to get there. See ya this afternoon!

ornoth

2016-06-17 08:10:43

Okay, here we go, the recently-sold for $100k Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building in Wilmerding. 40.392551, -79.808792 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Air_Brake_Company_General_Office_Building http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2016/06/17/Wilmerding-residents-react-to-sale-of-Westinghouse-Castle/stories/201606170004

Not sure it was worth the road rash from the digger I took on the ride, tho... ;^(

ornoth

2016-06-17 13:51:24

Oh, I saw that on the post-gazette website today and I knew it from the tag-o-rama pic. Props @jonawebb on being timely. Sorry about the road rash, @ornoth.

edronline

2016-06-17 18:47:24

New taggum. Too damn easy. Only hint you're gonna get is that the photo was taken in a highly pvblic location.

ornoth

2016-06-18 09:02:14

Tag pickup: ACTA Program Center, 2410 Fifth Avenue https://www.flickr.com/gp/68912815@N04/0DGf2r

chrishent

2016-06-18 10:13:33

'at's 40.437016, -79.970917

ornoth

2016-06-18 10:28:07

Let's keep this rollin' New tag: Over a hill and not that far away: https://flic.kr/p/HmbMRK

chrishent

2016-06-18 11:14:23

bruc'd

ahlir

2016-06-18 12:20:23

I know where the current tag is located, which I guess is good (except that I have other stuff I have to do just now). In the meanwhile, here's a story on a somewhat related activity that's been around for ~35 years. It developed clue issues. http://www.vice.com/read/the-35-year-long-hunt-to-find-a-fantasy-authors-hidden-treasure Good thing our Tag-o-Rama has all those rules.

ahlir

2016-06-18 16:23:01

^I'd rather hunt for this http://www.npr.org/2016/03/13/469852983/seeking-adventure-and-gold-crack-this-poem-and-head-outdoors

marko82

2016-06-18 19:51:09

Yinz need another hint?

chrishent

2016-06-20 07:51:57

"Over a hill and not that far away" could be almost anywhere in Pittsburgh, couldn't it?

paulheckbert

2016-06-20 08:19:30

*tries to think of a clever clue, but is unable to do so* "Over a hill and not that far away" from @Ornoth's tag. As in, there's a direct, if slightly obstructed, sight line between the two tags. Go out and pedal!

chrishent

2016-06-20 09:44:44

loc: 40.427619, -80.000737 Belvedere at the edge of a reclaimed field in Emerald View Park. At some point it was festooned with string lights; a cool hang out. Then the lights disappeared and there's been no apparent upkeep for the last couple of years...

ahlir

2016-06-20 14:44:51

Actually, I counted 53 but I could be wrong. In any case, 57 sounds much better. Yes, that's a Little Library down there. There's a clear sight line to the previous tag (and vice-versa). I checked. Well ok, there's foliage and you do have to step a bit over the the left. But close enough, like the step count. The view is definitely finer in winter.

ahlir

2016-06-20 15:32:32

Lots of water nearby, but none you can swim in. Almost makes me see red, big time. I'll pick this up later, if someone else doesn't beat me to it.

stuinmccandless

2016-06-21 13:38:30

Sorry, I didn't count steps. But I did go through some of the books in the little library. There's one in it about the construction of I-279. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/745377371578990593 Red Way, above Biggs St., next to McNaugher Reservoir. I hiked the bike up the 370-ish steps of Rising Main Ave to get here. I'll drop the next tag on my way in tomorrow morning if it isn't storming too badly.

stuinmccandless

2016-06-21 17:11:58

Couldn't get a nicer morning to drop a new tag! Continuing my recent series of well biked streets that don't have tags anywhere on them, find my bike's Spring green bar tape behind this memorial. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/745604483883868160

stuinmccandless

2016-06-22 08:13:22

World War 1&2 Memorial. Catalano Parklet at Spring Garden Ave & Arcola Way https://flic.kr/p/HZP5Bm

paulheckbert

2016-06-22 14:19:41

new tag https://flic.kr/p/HupR5f

paulheckbert

2016-06-22 16:19:36

"I can’t say if Johno is still around or whether the property is just sitting there, part of the slowly vanishing Old Pittsburgh." As fas as I know he is still in business; we got a print of one of his paintings as a Christmas gift maybe 2 years ago - it was the painting of the group of road bikes traveling in a pack through the South Side.

jmccrea

2016-06-23 14:19:51

https://flic.kr/p/HyYV3V Behind St Charles Court, Blawnox. With campV

teamdecafweekend

2016-06-25 08:24:32

New Paint, Old Road, Way Cool.

teamdecafweekend

2016-06-25 19:40:43

https://twitter.com/redinthe412/status/747072724971954177 Strawberry Way. Love the paint job! With Marko82

rustyred

2016-06-26 09:25:44

https://twitter.com/redinthe412/status/747084633481879552

rustyred

2016-06-26 10:11:29

https://flic.kr/p/HBagLY 3600 block of butler. Across from Frankie's.

kieran

2016-06-26 14:52:28

Pretty awesome tagging this weekend, for tags with minimal or no clues!

jonawebb

2016-06-26 16:07:05

Pretty awesome tagging this weekend, because tags had minimal or no clues?

paulheckbert

2016-06-26 16:47:42

I like tags with clues, myself. It seems unfair to people who are less familiar with the area to not include a clue. At least they have a chance if there's something they can Google etc. And you're supposed to provide a clue, by the rules.

jonawebb

2016-06-26 17:35:46

But some written clues add more confusion than clarity.

paulheckbert

2016-06-26 18:49:59

https://flic.kr/p/J8XZx7 Little sure shot

kieran

2016-06-27 06:46:03

Oakley St (stairs, really) between Josephine St & McCord St https://flic.kr/p/JwfwU7

paulheckbert

2016-06-27 13:57:39

new tag hint: {} https://flic.kr/p/HDdkmq

paulheckbert

2016-06-27 14:37:36

hint: two chimneys per tube

paulheckbert

2016-06-28 07:02:07

Liberty Tunnel Fan House https://flic.kr/p/Jsseob

ddeeff

2016-06-28 17:34:46

Here is ddeeff's picture: https://flic.kr/p/Jsseob (when grabbing URLs to share from flickr, click the curved right-arrow, then copy and paste the URL given there)

paulheckbert

2016-06-28 17:39:32

Welcome back, ddeeff!

rustyred

2016-06-28 17:56:51

Thanks! First solo tag n post. @paulheckbert also thx, I was trying to add extra HTML tags to the URL.... I finally got it though! Thx for the help. Good tag.

ddeeff

2016-06-28 18:10:54

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paulheckbert

2016-06-28 22:08:42

That was Secane Ave & Harwood St. Some history about the Liberty Tunnel: "A ban on horses trotting through the 1.1-mile-long tubes was lifted when gasoline was rationed during World War II as part of the American war effort." http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/February-2016/Underground-Pittsburgh-Explore-our-City-of-Tunnels/ The Pittsburgh Press had a little story on March 16, 1922, page 12, about the purchase of 8 houses to build the fan house (ventilation so drivers would no longer pass out in the tunnels). https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19220316&id=Xx8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xEkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3594,110339&hl=en

paulheckbert

2016-06-28 22:23:29

What neighborhood is that (on top of the tunnel). Is it considered mt. Washington at that point?

edronline

2016-06-29 20:30:16

The city's map of neighborhoods says yes, it's still Mount Washington, though the boundary with Beltzhoover isn't very far to the south.

steven

2016-06-29 23:04:58

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dviewz21/27999421265/in/dateposted-public/ Hint: Above a road well..., biked.

ddeeff

2016-06-30 08:50:34

"Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image" https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600889/google-unveils-neural-network-with-superhuman-ability-to-determine-the-location-of-almost/ When the day comes that a robot can ride a bicycle, the robot horde will be ready to enter this game... Oops! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT3vfSQePcs

paulheckbert

2016-06-30 14:22:21

Another clue would be nice

jonawebb

2016-07-02 12:28:49

Above a road that becomes a Boundary that leads to a trail well biked.

ddeeff

2016-07-02 14:42:37

Around 4719 Forbes

jonawebb

2016-07-02 16:45:53

That was a nice tag. Especially with the 90mm focal length compressing the distance; made it look different from what you'd casually see (like in the pickup).

ahlir

2016-07-02 18:46:52

Bikes restrained While kids are hands-on trained

And, BTW, how I hate Flickr for screwing with their mobile UI and making it impossible to get a link to the JPG!

jonawebb

2016-07-03 12:28:01

Jon, since I know you're on Twitter, do what I do. Tweet the pic, the pick up the link to the tweet and paste it here.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-03 17:46:39

I found a different website—postimg.com—that does what I want.

jonawebb

2016-07-03 18:39:33

Andrew Fisher Memorial Bike Rack Pittsburgh Montessori School, Friendship

40.462172, -79.935723

ahlir

2016-07-04 09:22:11

Photo's not showing up for me. Looks like a permissions problem.

steven

2016-07-04 15:42:11

During my search for a solution to this problem, I found that Google+ and Flickr and image-sharing sites, not image-hosting sites. That's why they're making it so hard to do what we want. There are free image hosting sites, though. So we can just use them instead.

jonawebb

2016-07-04 16:38:58

I guess it's to be expected that our friendly platform providers would want to force themselves into the loop when we post images, even as they wish us to labor under impression that these belong to us. argle-bargle... feh [ I googled @jonawebb's img posting website; mostly I found posts complaining about viruses and NSFW images. I assume that these reference sketchy bait-posts and not prima-facie legit posts, as say by people on this board. Then again, the About or FAQ doesn't explain the business model. Be careful out there... ] [mea culpa: I skipped the important step of moving my image to a "public" album before posting the url. In google, the url changes when you do that. So you have to do it before you share the image url. (And on a related topic, I should of course be posting pick-ups in the field; but I prefer to post everything from a desktop, despite the occasional brucing.) ]

ahlir

2016-07-04 16:44:21

Still no photo. And I count just 164 words, still 836 short of being photo-equivalent. :-)

steven

2016-07-04 18:15:23

I hope this works. I chose to go over to the DarkSide and post on Flickr...

Ominously, my previous posts no longer show the image, either in Chrome or in Edge. Maybe it's true: That AI stuff is taking over, just like those crappy Arnold movies predicted (and you thought were pure adolescent fantasies). Or I screwed something up. Again.

ahlir

2016-07-04 19:32:02

I see it! I see it! (I was able to see the first image when it was first posted, but then it disappeared.)

rustyred

2016-07-04 20:35:52

Maybe Google wants us to play Speed Tag-O-Rama: Find the location before the image hosting site deletes the photo. (Tastes like regular Tag-O-Rama, but now with twice the swearing!)

steven

2016-07-05 03:10:06

I checked, BTW: McAfee etc say postimage.org is safe. And it's pretty easy to use from mobile.

jonawebb

2016-07-05 07:47:15

Will the new bike website have a better system for pics?

edronline

2016-07-05 09:40:07

What with the rain, I had to wait All Night before I could get out to set this tag:

ahlir

2016-07-05 10:27:21

Huh, @ahlir, your image is gone again. You aren't violating Flickr's terms of service, are you? Correction: I guess you tried to use Google+ again. Not working.

jonawebb

2016-07-05 15:11:39

hm. It works for me, but I'm obviously missing something; let's try this:

ahlir

2016-07-05 16:27:37

I can see it.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-05 18:06:46

I see the images, Ahl. They look a lot like this:

"Scott Electric" aka Arsenal Terminal, 39th & Buttles, location of Aht All Night. 40.468037, -79.964340

ornoth

2016-07-05 20:19:35

Next up...

And here's your hint:

As always, click for teh bigness.

ornoth

2016-07-06 09:23:55

Church building at Coal & Rebecca, Wilkinsburg 40.438766, -79.881004

[flickr]

ahlir

2016-07-06 16:49:50

What was the hint? I knew the church because I used to live on Biddle but couldn't tell what the clue was supposed to be clue-ing

edronline

2016-07-06 20:20:13

The monogram stands for Rebecca de Winter; it's a plot element in Hitchcock's 1940 film "Rebecca", and (I presume) the du Maurier novel it is based upon. A pointer to Rebecca Ave.

ornoth

2016-07-07 06:53:57

I sort of think of this tag as self-clueing. Let me know if it's not. Or try this recipe substituting mulberry.

ahlir

2016-07-07 17:49:40

Has anyone tried the recipe yet? It has all the ingredients for a clue, and then some. You might try stirring it with a scant yardstick.

ahlir

2016-07-08 19:33:06

Recipe tastes yummy. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/751586974255943680 On Charlotte by 35th St.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-08 22:25:11

That's a portrait of Harry Houdini, from Jeremy Raymer's Outdoor Art Gallery. Many more images at Pittsburgh Murals. It keeps changing; Google Streetview has some large images from December 2015 that are particularly striking. Thanks for finding this place!

steven

2016-07-09 04:25:39

Y'know what, I'm not going to be able to set a tag before Monday afternoon. So I'm going to throw this back open to let someone else have a chance. I feel good that I figured it out, though. Had it not already been dark, I might have set the tag last night.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-09 10:37:44

I dunno, Stu. I could use a day off...

ahlir

2016-07-09 15:49:40

Well, let's see if anyone else picks up the tag before late Monday. @ahlir, I think you're off the hook. I already have my tag site picked out, but it's far from my house.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-09 20:59:21

https://flic.kr/p/J4236a Thanks, Stu

teamdecafweekend

2016-07-10 09:10:45

On reflection... If someone picks up a tag then declares that they can't/won't set the follow-on this should not count as a reset of the existing tag. At that point the world is different: The location has been identified, and the point of the exercise is moot. Specifically all that matters to "win" is reading the mb/ at an opportune time and having the time (and proximity) to get to the location. That's not the Game: it's leveraging internet randomness. I would rather the original finder get credit, and the original setter have the option to propose a new tag (perhaps set at, or around, the time of the original or thereafter, but not contingent on the triggering condition). For context: At some point in this game I luckily picked up a tag. But before getting to my destination tag, I had the misfortune of crashing (and ended up in a hospital). The Game noticed that a new tag had not been set. Someone stepped in and the Game went on. That's an extenuating circumstance. The current case isn't. So: don't just give up a tag. Let the clock run out. Maybe you'll discover that you did have the time (more or less). Or, you get the opportunity to set a tag outside the "inner" rectangle/polygon. To the benefit of the Game. [Dan: It's not personal. Just me being willfully abstruse.]

ahlir

2016-07-10 17:40:19

@Ahlir If you're talking to me, it's Dan, not Don. Nothing personal taken. The willingly abstruse thing kinda says it all to me. So I have this cool tag ( I think, anyhow). Should I post away or are you asking to have the opportunity to reset the tag?

teamdecafweekend

2016-07-10 18:06:49

Let's not make this more complicated. Stu announced he couldn't set a tag in time, so, following the rules, the tag was open again. TeamDecaf has it. That's fine.

jonawebb

2016-07-10 18:31:26

Dan: I realized my error whilst away from the computer. But managed to fix it during the edit interval (for those of you trying to this follow at home). Ok, it's Dan's... But really. There should be a rule.

ahlir

2016-07-10 18:46:56

This beautiful oasis has a collection of plants from an ancient, sacred land. @Alhir, following up on your previous tag, the bottom right image is a mulberry tree. And jeez, there are plenty of rules, plenty.

teamdecafweekend

2016-07-10 19:12:01

Adding to the "oh-crap-I-should've-just-kept-it"-ness of this handoff, I found a wonderful could-be-a-tag much closer to home, just Sunday morning. So now I have to find two tags in short order so I can use these. This game is far from dead. We just need more people playing.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-10 22:05:26

In @TeamDecaf's "new tag", are we looking at three photographs, or four? The bike saddle pic looks like a fourth photo. If four, then we'll have to trust that these photos were all taken at the same location.

paulheckbert

2016-07-11 01:18:44

That's 3. The saddle I'd up against a piece of wood at the bottom of the top photo.

edronline

2016-07-11 05:37:15

I'm OK with multiple photos. With this tag, though, I'm more concerned with it being inaccessible. I don't think it's Randyland, but my hunch is that like Randyland, it's not something you can easily see from the street or some other public spot. I'm OK with "No Outlet" streets, anything along a trail, fountains in parks, little streetside gardens and the like. Just making sure it isn't private property.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-11 08:03:26

It's 3 photos, all taken within minutes of each other, in various parts of the same location. The top photo has my bike against a railing with the background of the pond. It's a public place and it can be photographed from the "outside" (albeit a little tougher to see) as well as inside the garden.

teamdecafweekend

2016-07-11 08:18:34

It's definitely private property, but they encourage the public to enjoy their garden. (if it's where I think it is)

marko82

2016-07-11 08:24:13

Ahh, yes, marco82 - Private property, yes. Public access, yes.

teamdecafweekend

2016-07-11 08:40:13

Agreed. And only worth visiting in the summer.

edronline

2016-07-11 10:06:58

Rodef Shalom Biblical Garden

40.447603, -79.943944 Lillies therein:

ahlir

2016-07-11 11:08:11

History, in its many expressions. Some willfully scratched out. All close together.

ahlir

2016-07-12 21:06:21

History, in its many expressions Some carefully preserved Some willfully scratched out All so close together

ahlir

2016-07-14 19:59:02

Under I-279 next to Heinz History Center. More info in tweet. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/754116602421927936

stuinmccandless

2016-07-15 19:56:23

Yep, this is within the box. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/754123372116803584 Same building, 15 feet away. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/754123965187158016 I might try to get better photos of the building in broad daylight tomorrow morning (driving the bike there), but these were legitimately picked up under my own power.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-15 21:30:20

To elucidate some of the clue for the previous tag:

[from May 17, 2015]

ahlir

2016-07-16 14:08:54

https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/754427601918328833 There are only so many ways to get from downtown to McCandless. One of them is through Blackburg, Kentucky.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-16 16:32:38

Aw, Stu. You're making this too easy. If I hadda working bike I woudda posted this one already...

ahlir

2016-07-16 21:14:40

40.480508, -79.976253 Off Howard St, Millvale. You pass it on your way to climb up Hoffman. This is a location for a TV series being filmed locally. http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2015/04/22/Outsiders-series-to-begin-filming-in-Pittsburgh-next-month-WGN/stories/201504220173

ahlir

2016-07-17 08:45:15

A hexagonal base, in a triangular space. A Park, not a Field.

ahlir

2016-07-17 12:09:07

It's getting late in the day. I hope you're not all watching those petrol-powered antiques screeching around. I mean, there's not even a bike heat. Sad. Anyway, I had trouble formulating the clue the way I wanted. I still can't quite get there, so here's the best I can manage so far: A hexagonal base, at the pentagonal center, in a square of triangular shape. [re the pickup: Those cars belong to people attending the church (after all, it's Sunday morning). They have a great solution to the parking problem (3 lanes: everyone arrives, and leaves, at the same time). The Crockett markings are on what looks like a hall or maybe school. If it's the latter it would imply a Catholic congregation. But the spires are all wrong. Anyway, it doesn't much matter. ]

Why do TV writers feel they need to make hicks sound like, well, hicks?

ahlir

2016-07-17 14:45:00

Responding to the quip about the Vintage Grand Prix, how old does a bicycle or car have to be considered old, or even unofficially called an antique?

helen-s

2016-07-18 12:30:37

8th Ward military memorial, parklet at Liberty-Baum-Aiken-Centre. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/755523457740185601

stuinmccandless

2016-07-19 17:06:41

You can be sure, if it's in sight of 30,000 people a day if they look out the window. Well, 15,000 anyway. They'd have to be on the proper side of the bus. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/755532124753625088

stuinmccandless

2016-07-19 17:40:58

Need another hint? It's within a quarter mile of FreeRide.

stuinmccandless

2016-07-22 15:41:45

Westinghouse Park, N Murtland St & east busway. So what is "Foamers Point"? https://flic.kr/p/JtxWX9

paulheckbert

2016-07-23 12:43:28

new tag https://flic.kr/p/JZ3CNC

paulheckbert

2016-07-23 13:10:13

hint: the future of this building is uncertain, as far as I know

paulheckbert

2016-07-24 20:01:45

hint: https://flic.kr/p/KtBYRL

paulheckbert

2016-07-26 13:25:44

Wilkinsburg high

jonawebb

2016-07-26 17:48:35

A foamer is a railfan, so obsessive about trains that they foam at the mouth: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Foamer

paulheckbert

2016-07-26 20:25:08

Eureka! I heard, "Pika Pika!"

jonawebb

2016-07-27 18:33:54

Do anything that you want to do But uh-uh, honey Lay off of my shoes Don't you step on my blue slide shoes…

jonawebb

2016-07-30 20:44:54

Hey, just wanted to let everybody know that there's a good chance that the website and messageboard will be going down tomorrow for up to 48 hours. There's a thread explaining more details. One other thing to know is that posts and threads that are posted TODAY (Monday) may be lost and may not make it to the new board. Everything else should be fine

erok

2016-08-01 08:53:12

40.431441, -79.908839 Frick Park, past the Blue Slide (which would be just past the trees in the distance). We used to Sunday-brunch at the next tree down...

ahlir

2016-08-01 11:35:57

Bruce, damn you, at 40.379833, -79.891037.

ornoth

2016-08-01 11:50:19

Congrats. That is, or was, a good place to hunt Pikachus. There's a nest nearby.

jonawebb

2016-08-01 12:03:47

Question: I have a next tag that I can post, But I feel I should wait until after the cataclysm, once the mb has risen, phoenix-like, from its ashes. Or maybe I'll just end up having to repost the pick-up. "the phoenix dies in a show of flames and combustion, although there are other sources that claim that the legendary bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again". Wondering which one we get to see.

ahlir

2016-08-01 12:03:52

Like you, when I thot I had the tag I planned to defer posting a new one, so that makes the most sense to me, too.

ornoth

2016-08-01 12:17:25

Hey, we're back in action!

rustyred

2016-08-08 10:26:01

*scratches microphone* testing...1,2,3 Seems to be working. Now, can we haz a new tag, pleeeez?

stuinmccandless

2016-08-08 14:38:03

Hmm, the subscription emails seem to be broken.

rustyred

2016-08-08 18:10:24

If @ahlir doesn't post a new tag, @ornoth has every right to at this point, I think.

jonawebb

2016-08-09 15:54:57

Yaaaaa, the subscription emails are fixed!

rustyred

2016-08-09 15:58:12

Just sent Ahl a DM; if mail notifications for that are working, he should receive notification. It makes sense to give the tag-earner some leeway under the circumstances. I figure it's fair to start the 36h timer as of the DM, so if there's nothing by Thu morning, I'll scream Bruce and post something new. Glad to see people are enthused to get back to it! ;^)

ornoth

2016-08-09 16:13:51

Chompin'? Here's a tag! Go git it.

I took the high road to get there. And I got there before you.
Danny Chew would have taken the low road, and got there before me.
Peek at the third road, but only if you have a good reason.

ahlir

2016-08-09 17:18:10

Hah! That's what you get for asking for a new tag! ;^))))

ornoth

2016-08-09 17:40:00

Hey, I had the whole week-end. What did you expect?

The "DM" thing works; I found Ornoth's msg in my mailbox. And ~~finally~~ at last we have some actual html markup to work with. Now, if they would only trust us with stuff like And is that dangerous? ☹

ahlir

2016-08-09 18:01:46

Oh, you can't post a photo directly? We still have to load an image elsewhere and IMG it in here? OK then, gimme a sec to tweet the pic like I always did, then grab the tweet. Like this: https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/763387177434804225 Hazleton at Glenrose.

stuinmccandless

2016-08-10 09:48:01

New tag: A colorful sidewalk adjacent to a soon-to-be-colorful house. Near another colorful house. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/763394088225771520 The bike is in the photo if you click through to the full size pic on Twitter. What happens if I grab the URL of the image itself and link it directly?

stuinmccandless

2016-08-10 10:19:28

Across the street from RandyLand; 40.457942, -80.009490 Randy was about and we waved to each other. Only later did it occur to me that I should have stopped and asked him what was up with this building. Sigh.

ahlir

2016-08-10 18:26:21

I hear that bitcoin is currently at a good price. Here's a place to pick some up, along with your Cheetos and ice tea. Personally I'd want a beer but that's no longer available thereabouts.

ahlir

2016-08-10 20:11:05

Is the weather?

ahlir

2016-08-12 16:02:45

Note that this is on a popular bike commuter route. If you look close you can even see the bikes lanes on either side of the street.

ahlir

2016-08-13 12:50:49

I think there is only one bitcoin ATM in Pittsburgh btw.

edronline

2016-08-13 19:32:03

https://flic.kr/p/L9uVLB Liberty and Herron, quick stop convenience store

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-14 08:20:24

With campV

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-14 08:21:02

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-15 20:24:33

and the clue is... ?

ahlir

2016-08-15 20:56:16

How about this... (Note the edit after the first post... OAR replaces OR) THE CRAWS OAR RAN

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-15 21:17:31

Anagrams to AN ORCHESTRA WAR. Hmmm.

paulheckbert

2016-08-17 12:45:38

Well, it is 3 words and one of your words is really all you need to get you nearby.

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-17 12:50:15

Need hint

paulheckbert

2016-08-21 11:28:36

WAR

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-21 12:43:14

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-21 12:44:15

I didn't find it around Heinz Hall, but on Eloise St at Resaca Pl (Mexican War Streets): "First Historic District", granite & porcelain, by Glenn Olcerst.

paulheckbert

2016-08-21 16:49:44

Nice catch. That Heinz possibility had me fooled but the view turned out not to match. Which left the War [Streets]. Interestingly Streetview is of two minds about it, depending on which angle you view it from... But what is this thing about? Especially with the surveillance camera.

ahlir

2016-08-21 19:17:10

I poked around back alleys in the FtDuqBlvd-Stanwix-Liberty-9th block on Friday but came up empty. (I was thinking "orchestra" might mean something near Heinz Hall or the Benedum.) This is not whining, merely indicating that I have not forgotten about this. But thanks for the tip, not that it matters now that it's been picked up. (Again, not whining.)

stuinmccandless

2016-08-21 19:41:18

new tag

paulheckbert

2016-08-21 20:39:38

More about Glenn Olcerst's mosaic here: http://www.pghmurals.com/First-Historic-District-by-Glenn-Olcerst.cfm. Note: I found the Eloise St. tag not thru the web but by biking up and down several streets, with the help of The Iguana.

paulheckbert

2016-08-21 20:46:34

Strange, I thought I posted this immediately after Paul's pick up, must have forgotten to hit SUBMIT: WAR NORTH RESACA

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-21 21:21:17

Security camera is to make sure people don't deface it.

edronline

2016-08-22 06:55:55

An earlier tag, in the news: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2016/08/22/Hong-Kong-artist-organization-clash-over-North-Side-mural/stories/201608180162

ahlir

2016-08-22 08:18:00

hint: the hello people are ready to take your brand experience to the next level (whatever that means)

paulheckbert

2016-08-22 12:21:28

hint: flooded badly in 1900

paulheckbert

2016-08-23 15:06:06

hint for street name: flooded badly in 1900

paulheckbert

2016-08-24 13:06:02

1213 Galveston St, or should I say LOVES TAG N

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-24 14:43:52

Eat Drink and Be Rats

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-24 21:12:11

Heh. The time I could have picked up "hello", I instead was at SBC. Maybe I'll pick this up tonight on the way to the undies ride.

stuinmccandless

2016-08-25 13:12:00

Bayardstown Social Club, Penn & 30th. https://flic.kr/p/Lu2LUy

paulheckbert

2016-08-25 14:25:16

paulheckbert

2016-08-25 14:26:23

Broken photo link

jonawebb

2016-08-25 14:59:10

new tag

paulheckbert

2016-08-25 17:48:47

Starlite lounge, Blawnox. Alley parking lot. With campV and LindaP

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-27 08:13:38

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-27 08:15:58

Ja, Hamburg! With campV and LindaP

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-27 11:50:48

Fallow Grounds for Sculpture

teamdecafweekend

2016-08-28 06:44:25

http://imgur.com/EqVtDp4 Giant Hamburger, Chestnut St, Deutchtown With Marko82 Many thanks to the two crossing guards who helped us find it, we rode right past it opting to keep our eyes on the Chestnut St streetcar tracks instead.

rustyred

2016-08-30 08:13:07

New Tag! (with Marko82) http://imgur.com/LbRjNqm Keep your eyes to the sky for (occasionally) falling objects.

rustyred

2016-08-30 09:43:15

PNC Park along river, Floodline, sept 18th, 2004, Remnants of Hurricane Ivan

paulheckbert

2016-08-31 12:21:20

new tag. Where?

paulheckbert

2016-08-31 13:35:22

hint: where baklava is one block away

paulheckbert

2016-09-01 08:06:16

here's a more revealing photo:

paulheckbert

2016-09-02 01:07:47

Ah, of course. I wonder what's on special this week? And whether I could fit it into a pannier.

ahlir

2016-09-02 20:12:10

Restaurant depot 33rd st
@ahlir showed up https://twitter.com/jonawebb/status/772048961850974208?s=09

jonawebb

2016-09-03 08:28:47

Catch a dratini Down by the fountini https://twitter.com/jonawebb/status/772077902280192000

jonawebb

2016-09-03 10:27:42

Restaurant Depot is a cool place (especially the refrigerated section). Of course you should be able to use stuff in the quantities that they carry. For example, you can get 1lb of (Canadian) yeast for $1-2, as opposed to $4.95 for an ounce at your (allegedly) friendly Whole Foods. Make daily bread? They have a nice selection of flours. Note that you need a PA business tax number to shop there. They check.

ahlir

2016-09-03 17:10:28

jonawebb or ahlir: new tag?

paulheckbert

2016-09-06 11:34:26

My last post is the new tag

jonawebb

2016-09-06 11:43:22

Is the Hurricane Ivan plaque by the second set of stairs to the trial (ie the set father away from the 6th at bridge)? I run and bike there at least once a week and never saw it!

edronline

2016-09-06 11:44:00

I can see the new tag, and I'm really surprised no one's picked it up yet. I chalked it up to the busy holiday weekend.

rustyred

2016-09-06 11:45:05

Point State Park fountain, minus Pokemon. http://imgur.com/a/BpSUy I could't get a Dratini to spawn for me anywhere near the fountain, this Poliwag and Dratini further into the park will have to suffice. http://imgur.com/a/VSRpt http://imgur.com/a/EyoG9

rustyred

2016-09-06 13:13:40

Cute. I love the way they pose for their photos. Esp. D.

jonawebb

2016-09-06 13:21:50

@edronline, yep the plaque is at farthest steps from the bridge.

marko82

2016-09-06 16:06:34

Jon's picture at the fountain wasn't a tag drop because his bike wasn't in the picture. EDIT: rustyred: you're right. I see the bike if I click on the picture.

paulheckbert

2016-09-06 16:22:06

The Imgur and Twitter images are getting the bottoms of them bitten off by the forums. If you click on the image, you'll go to the original which contains the entire image.... bike and all.

rustyred

2016-09-06 16:24:31

Yes, I noticed that on my tag drop a couple weeks ago across the street from Randyland.

stuinmccandless

2016-09-06 21:30:54

NEW TAG! http://imgur.com/a/pLg9D This Guy looks like he's kneeling on my bike.

rustyred

2016-09-06 22:39:02

TEST

rustyred

2016-09-06 22:39:53

RustyRed: is that guy a warrior or is that guy a suitor?

paulheckbert

2016-09-07 12:24:21

x

paulheckbert

2016-09-07 12:29:42

Not sure but maybe you should check your spelling in an un a bridged dictionary.

sped

2016-09-07 12:53:39

xx

sped

2016-09-07 12:54:38

Chief Guyasuta (R) & Christopher Gist (L), Manchester Bridge Portal, North Shore Dr & Art Rooney Ave, http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2016/07/08/Manchester-Bridge-portal-sculptures-get-new-life-on-North-Shore/stories/201607070188 https://flic.kr/p/LAHzrG

paulheckbert

2016-09-09 09:24:10

new tag https://flic.kr/p/L67vHN

paulheckbert

2016-09-09 09:52:23

Hint: Play me a toon.

paulheckbert

2016-09-11 06:57:26

Did anyone see 'em yet?

edronline

2016-09-11 16:56:48

Liberty and Smithfield

ddeeff

2016-09-11 22:08:07

Smithfield and Liberty with melange396

ddeeff

2016-09-11 22:10:43

Trying again. Sorry all, I'm sure everyone is annoyed. ;)

ddeeff

2016-09-11 23:26:41

ddeeff

2016-09-11 23:33:34

It seems the permissions on your Google photos are the issue. Perhaps try Imgur?

rustyred

2016-09-11 23:53:38

Since the edit function doesn't seem to work for me, I'm going to keep trying to post!!! Sorry for the spam/noise!

ddeeff

2016-09-12 00:23:56

ddeeff's first post today contained the url (underscore added to prevent special treatment). http_://flic.kr/p/M5tMs1 Flickr links like this should work! Trying it without underscore: http://flic.kr/p/M5tMs1

paulheckbert

2016-09-12 00:25:19

Holy crap - blast from the past. Long time ddeeff and melange396

teamdecafweekend

2016-09-12 08:45:11

Of art/architectural interest: The sculpture is called "Liberty Avenue Musicians" by James Simon. http://www.pghmurals.com/Liberty-Avenue-Musicians-59.cfm

paulheckbert

2016-09-12 10:52:37

ddeeff: Rule 2a says: After you pick up a Tag, a new tag must be placed within 36 hours. If the new tag is not set within the time limit, the first Bruced posted gets the tag. If no Bruce was claimed, tag will revert to the previous tag, and somebody else will get their chance. If you won’t have the time to drop off a new tag, don’t pick it up to begin with.

paulheckbert

2016-09-13 12:54:41

http://imgur.com/EDBnd5z Bruced.

rustyred

2016-09-15 14:56:28

New tag! With Marko82 It's no longer August. http://imgur.com/SvGz493

rustyred

2016-09-17 11:41:47

Another hint? You don't need to hop any Fences to get to this tag.

rustyred

2016-09-19 14:40:47

Ah. I got the hints. Just no time to pick up the tag because I have too much to read today.

edronline

2016-09-20 12:47:25

At Lyon and Bryn Mawr.

little-pedro

2016-09-20 14:58:23

I don't get the connection to Mr. Wilson. Could someone please explain? Also, on Google Streetview, the candy bar goes away as you turn the corner. As if the sign used to be there one time the car went through, and then was removed. How can that be?

jonawebb

2016-09-20 15:08:14

That Clark Bar mural was a prop for the Fences (August Wilson) movie filmed over the spring/summer in the Hill District. That's why it won't show up on older versions of Streetview. It's brand new, but looks old. http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2016/04/25/Fences-filming-turns-back-the-clock-in-Pittsburgh-1/stories/201604250144

rustyred

2016-09-20 15:21:14

NEW TAG. Work your booty here.

little-pedro

2016-09-20 15:25:58

August Wilson also grew up in the Hill and also set his famous Pittsburgh Cycle in the Hill.

edronline

2016-09-20 17:55:35

Yes, his house (currently undergoing major restoration) is on Bedford Street, nearby. I tagged it a while ago and was looking nearby for this tag without luck. Cool about the Clark ad.

jonawebb

2016-09-21 08:47:23

Pittsburgh Playwrights did Seven Guitars in his backyard this summer.

edronline

2016-09-21 11:54:48

An allusion: not alley, near Allegheny, I allege, sits alloy, that’s all-iterative.

little-pedro

2016-09-22 08:40:27

The [Pittsburgh] Brass [Mfg Co.] Building; Penn Ave at 32nd, in the Strip. The cladding is (artfully rusting) steel.

No copper

No zinc

Rusting steel

A tag,

unalloyed

Note: The bboard's "Add Media" button doesn't seem to be working.

ahlir

2016-09-24 17:19:20

Ok, time for some Heavy Metal: Your clues:

Woof

Bridge

PedalPgh

ahlir

2016-09-24 18:17:40

South side dog park at Birmingham Bridge. With LindaP

teamdecafweekend

2016-09-25 09:49:30

Time to melt down some bicycles. The Workers sculpture, Southside. I don't see a picture with TeamDecaf's post. Does his count? https://flic.kr/p/LCqcDP

paulheckbert

2016-09-25 10:20:05

new tag, with The Iguana https://flic.kr/p/MzRQQe

paulheckbert

2016-09-25 10:51:40

oh dear...

ahlir

2016-09-25 13:24:30

No pictee, no countee, no whinee

teamdecafweekend

2016-09-25 13:30:10

Ok, it's been a week. I'm pretty sure that most of the regulars on this thread know this location. It is not a happy place. Somebody died here, recently. I don't want to go there, as part of a game. Do you?

ahlir

2016-10-02 20:33:25

^Ditto that.

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-02 20:38:26

RustyRed and I were just talking about that earlier today, not to mention that it's dangerous. How about taking a mulligan and resetting it somewhere else.

marko82

2016-10-02 21:01:17

Sidewalk is bikeable. That's how I got there. Do people want me to post a new tag? Would that be within the (all-important) rules?

paulheckbert

2016-10-02 21:18:00

Yes.

ahlir

2016-10-02 21:21:59

New tag: Spank the Drumpf and let him meet the fate of the wicked https://flic.kr/p/LTAffa

paulheckbert

2016-10-03 11:23:24

The missing bottom of that Spank the Drumpf/Trump photo: https://flic.kr/p/LTJ3FJ

paulheckbert

2016-10-03 13:07:02

On Biddle across from Biddle's Escape

jonawebb

2016-10-03 19:59:38

Folks can save a lot of fuss By sitting on this bench, while waiting for the bus

jonawebb

2016-10-04 21:19:25

Dream Catcher Bench, Ross Ave near Medicine Way, Wilkinsburg https://flic.kr/p/MuBNrQ

paulheckbert

2016-10-06 13:21:55

new tag https://flic.kr/p/MPqCaX

paulheckbert

2016-10-06 15:23:12

https://flic.kr/p/MXdWGN With campV LindaP. Main and 22nd, Munhall

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-08 14:45:27

With campV and LindaP

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-09 19:13:02

New tag

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-10 10:10:04

If the 10:10 post was supposed to have a photo, I cannot see it. That said, it would be helpful if a photo could be posted that shows a little more of the tag. Between the "New Tag" block and the bikes, and the amount it's zoomed in, there isn't that much I can see of it. I understand the 10:10 post to mean that this is a very new mural, somewhere, probably so new the paint is hardly dry on it, which makes it all the more necessary to show more than about a two-foot square.

stuinmccandless

2016-10-10 10:52:28

The 10:10 post is a clue. And the tag is on a heavily traveled route. And while the mural is new, the clue refers to something else distinct about the tag.

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-10 10:55:25

What about the building or road or whatever reflected in the mirror? That may be a clue. I have no idea myself but just helping others out.

edronline

2016-10-11 17:28:01

Think it over while you have a fried jumbo or double yoi sammich. You'll know you're not in Europe when you enter their doors.

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-11 17:51:04

Van Gogh Museum quality, eh?

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-12 09:05:29

New to the game and having much more trouble with posting the photo than finding the tag. Seeing if this works: Edit: it's beyond my technical skills. Tried to "upload media" but keep getting errors. Pasted the instagram embedded link into a bunch of different places and no luck. Any guidance would be appreciated.

A photo posted by Daniel Berlin (@danielfberlin) on Oct 12, 2016 at 9:18am PDT

dberlin

2016-10-12 12:24:40

Yeah, looks like Instagram and the forum software don't play nice either. Booooo.... I'm helping! Here's Daniel's photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLeCR4mARi_/ http://imgur.com/qDWbEbN

rustyred

2016-10-12 12:37:43

Thanks! Howdja do that? Tag at New Amsterdam on Butler at 45th.

dberlin

2016-10-12 12:47:58

@dberlin, congrats. So far as posting the link goes, it's easier on the desktop than on a phone. Since the message board update I always have to monkey around with things to get it to work. But the key thing is to get a link to the actual image (usually a URL that ends with ".jpg"). This is sometimes hard or impossible to do with one of the image sharing apps on a phone; using a browser and going to the app website works better. Once you're there, you can usually get an image link by long-pressing and choosing something like "Copy image address". Then, once you've got that, either type in "less than sign" img src="your link goes here" "right slash" "greater than sign" or use the "IMG" link at the top of the page to do the same thing. Sometimes you'll get a broken link when you do that. It means the image sharing site is blocking the access from the BikePgh website. Probably because they want to get people to access their website.

jonawebb

2016-10-12 12:51:22

Ok, trying this for a new tag: https://www.flickr.com/photos/145782612@N07/29987413100/in/dateposted-public/ [url=https://flic.kr/p/MFTkaN][img]https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8133/29987413100_12341c15ab_z.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/MFTkaN]IMG_2325[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/145782612@N07/]D Berlin[/url], on Flickr

dberlin

2016-10-12 13:08:38

As far as I can tell, the phone upload doesn't work. I've recently lost a tag thinking it was uploading (screen showed upload activity), but it didn't upload. The upload wouldn't work from my desktop this morning either, though occasionally it has worked. I use flickr or my own websites for images. New is New, VanGogh Museum is in Amsterdam.

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-12 13:29:46

Trying again

dberlin

2016-10-12 14:21:15

Yay!! (thanks for your patience!) And a clue: Directing lost hipsters to drunken gnomes.

dberlin

2016-10-12 14:22:25

Great to have a new player!

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-12 14:35:25

Fwiw, my workaround is Twitter. I tweet the photo, go back into Twitter, get the link to the tweet, copy (grab) that, then paste that into the message board.

stuinmccandless

2016-10-13 07:24:18

S Main St, under 62nd St bridge, Sharpsburg (has been tagged before, but that's OK) https://flic.kr/p/MKtPVN

paulheckbert

2016-10-14 15:55:04

new tag https://flic.kr/p/N9HFKQ

paulheckbert

2016-10-14 17:19:30

hint: what bridge is that, at right?

paulheckbert

2016-10-15 22:06:51

Almost 3 days later. Nothing. No idea what bridge. Or what road to the left. Also looks like a bit off the beaten path (literally). How far is the nearest path?

edronline

2016-10-18 18:59:21

hint: big river to right of tracks. hint: you can bike to within 20 feet of here, but the last 1/2 mile is gravel road.

paulheckbert

2016-10-18 21:07:49

I have a pretty good idea where this is. IIRC, it might be quite smelly a half mile in the direction you're looking. Correct? And if it is where I think it is, the most direct way there is suicidal, but there's a much nicer parallel road a half mile away and 200 vertical feet higher up the slope.

stuinmccandless

2016-10-18 23:33:13

If it is still open after work I will head that way and claim my first tag.

jstalnaker2112

2016-10-19 09:49:53

Here is my first attempt at posting an image.

jstalnaker2112

2016-10-19 19:13:20

Congrats! Geez, braving trains too. *yikes*

rustyred

2016-10-19 19:26:39

You have to post address too. :)

mikhail

2016-10-19 19:26:44

Good going, @jstalnaker2112. I've found that if you stay away from the tracks, the trains won't come near you. They're better behaved than cars, that way.

paulheckbert

2016-10-19 20:10:54

Yaaaaaeeeeeees, congrats ! New tagger, two in one week!

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-19 21:05:03

My bad on the address: End of Farragut Ave, down some sketchy gravel road and standing under Rt 65. Fortuntaly the train wasn't moving so the danger level was low. New tag coming soon!

jstalnaker2112

2016-10-20 11:17:17

Not sure if this has been tagged before, but from here you can observe most of the city, the rivers and the sky.

jstalnaker2112

2016-10-20 13:19:25

oooh, a north-ish tag.

stuinmccandless

2016-10-20 20:45:06

Need new tag

paulheckbert

2016-10-22 15:00:32

Jstalnaker2112 already posted a new(ish) tag. Just look up. :-)

steven

2016-10-22 18:15:16

Sorry, I think I was looking at a stale web page.

paulheckbert

2016-10-22 19:45:28

An Observation (something this particular place is good for): I am somewhat out of contention for a while. I am one of the few people who would not have to climb a major hill to get to it. So I will let someone else grab this. I hope none of you are Undaunted by hills (and McDowell has nothing to do with this clue).

stuinmccandless

2016-10-22 20:15:12

Observatory, North Side. I happily come here again for tag-o-rama. I set this location as the 200th tag many moons ago. https://flic.kr/p/Mxj9zh

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-23 16:47:21

https://flic.kr/p/MzN6Wy NEW tag Almost another been-there-done-that tag, but not quite.

teamdecafweekend

2016-10-24 21:40:07

mural by Laurie Lundquist on route 28 below Troy Hill, 40.457861, -79.987596, http://www.pghmurals.com/Route-28-Historic-Scenes.cfm Thomas Carlin’s Sons Company specialized in bar and billet shears, grinding machinery and contractor’s supplies. Besides being a large employer along River Road, the foundry may have been most well known for the fire that destroyed most of the plant and the replacement warehouse that was built to be almost fire proof. https://flic.kr/p/MCLfTN

paulheckbert

2016-10-26 13:51:34

new tag. Wilde: "Life is far too important to take seriously" https://flic.kr/p/NAM9qa

paulheckbert

2016-10-26 16:15:56

hint: a century ago, it's a safe bet that Polish Jews rolled their safety bicycles through here, and they were probably not dressed like this

paulheckbert

2016-10-27 21:47:12

hint: above ground, the passageway looks like this: https://flic.kr/p/MFZzRd

paulheckbert

2016-10-28 11:14:59

Sorry the angle's a bit off. Bigelow & Herron, pedestrian underpass.

ahlir

2016-10-28 17:45:27

The hint pic for the last tag included an old tag that worked the theme of acute corner buildings. Since then I had wanted to post this one, a cute corner building. You should be able to situate it by inspecting the background. The only other thing that I might add is that it's (just) a bit of a let-down after the last one. [PM to my fellow OCDs Paul, Dan, Jon: Can we let this one float for a day or so? I bet some other folks could snag it. Didn't mean to pick that last one up, really. But the weather was so, so gorgeous. This 12-tag program is hard to stick to; so far I've only managed Step One.]

ahlir

2016-10-28 20:11:08

You're right, @ahlir, my above-ground photo was the same building as a tag from 2014 http://localhost/message-board/topic/tag-o-rama-3/page/15/#post-296786

paulheckbert

2016-10-28 21:22:07

A cute acute house at Wiggins & Harmar https://flic.kr/p/NzTooF

paulheckbert

2016-10-30 11:06:54

new tag https://flic.kr/p/Nghrgm

paulheckbert

2016-10-30 12:04:56

loc: 40.452507, -80.012898 Allegheny Commons Park West. The rail tracks are just past the trees; behind is W Ohio St

ahlir

2016-11-01 13:32:10

Where Episcopal churches retire A multi-lingual/cultural clue:
Phó Sapeurs-pompiers Арсенал (not FC)

ahlir

2016-11-02 18:16:42

It's a beautiful day for a pickup! The three clues are arranged is descending order. You could coast from the first to the last (well, if you turn a right corner at the second). The tag should be on your right most of the way, though I guess it's somewhat overwhelmed by a larger building that's been trying to eat it up. If that's not enough, I just might start quoting Chaucer...

ahlir

2016-11-06 10:30:16

You've been watching too many Premier Cup matches.

edronline

2016-11-06 11:31:41

And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open eye

ahlir

2016-11-06 12:58:45

So priketh hem Natúre in hir corages, Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes, To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes; And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
Travelling down a common commuter street...

ahlir

2016-11-06 19:30:18

Canterbury Tales. I had to read those in college in Middle English for a class. I just don't remember where they took Place?

edronline

2016-11-07 09:31:15

You seem to have that proper sense of Place. Perhaps.

ahlir

2016-11-07 10:30:02

Canterbury Place, @ 40th and Penn. My mom stayed here for a while, and I got scolded over the intercom more than once for parking my bike in places I apparently shouldn't have while visiting.

dberlin

2016-11-07 23:11:00

New tag: Just a little monkeying around on my morning commute.

dberlin

2016-11-08 09:02:50

Guibara's monkey sculpture, Firstside Park, Second Ave near Grant St http://www.post-gazette.com/frontpage/2007/06/11/Architecture-Notes-At-Firstside-Park-a-rabbit-to-sit-on/stories/200706110187 https://flic.kr/p/NyLEkE

paulheckbert

2016-11-08 13:58:43

new tag https://flic.kr/p/NTCgrr

paulheckbert

2016-11-08 14:16:50

South Busway Intersection of Smithfield Bridge and W. Carson. Apparently I can only pick up tags with tracks. Tried waiting for a T, but had to get work.

jstalnaker2112

2016-11-10 08:32:54

This should be an easy pick up. Also thanks to the regulars who I am sure had to hold off on the last tag for me to grab it.

jstalnaker2112

2016-11-11 13:21:52

Dang, that's not it. Extraneous crack. https://flic.kr/p/P47xVo

paulheckbert

2016-11-11 14:28:28

Grrr. This one's wrong, too. Misplaced bird poop. https://flic.kr/p/P7tidg

paulheckbert

2016-11-11 16:30:48

Ok, maybe it's the lighting. But it still doesn't look like the post. The original looks to be offset and the caulking is different. But hey, there's 3 rivers... Or maybe just post the location(s). ?

ahlir

2016-11-11 17:24:28

Oh no! Not this one either ! This one has an orange line! https://flic.kr/p/NWjiPS

paulheckbert

2016-11-11 17:44:33

Found it! In order, the above are 1. Southside Trail just upstream of Birmingham Bridge. 2. Northside Trail just upstream of 31st St Bridge. 3. Eliza Furnace Trail just upstream of Birmingham Bridge. 4. Below: Chateau Trail just upstream of Penitentiary. https://flic.kr/p/P4soWS

paulheckbert

2016-11-11 18:15:36

A long time ago someone sent in a letter to Dear Abby (does anyone remember that perennial column in the daily papers, back when they were actually on paper?) asking the age-old (trick) question "why is it that the thing I'm looking for is always in the last place that I look?" To my consternation, Abby took the question seriously and published what I remember being an earnest answer. I did a ½-hearted web search for it just now but no luck. So here's the deeper question: @ph found what looks like (to me) the right marker on his 4th try. Can we safely assume that he found all of them? or is there perhaps a 5th one, somewhere? Perhaps in a warehouse; in a box of backup replacements or ones held in reserve for the day when all six banks rightfully have their bike trails and we have finally declared victory? Or maybe today, on some lonely spot on the south shore of the Allegheny or Ohio? Mysteries of Pittsburgh... But seriously. That was an awesome saga of tag + pickups.

ahlir

2016-11-11 18:40:36

There is no Three Rivers Heritage Trail near the 31st St Bridge in the Strip, or on the Ohio River in McKees Rocks, unfortunately. Not this year, anyway. new tag! https://flic.kr/p/P4B5jJ

paulheckbert

2016-11-11 20:52:04

You got them all! You have a complete set. Maybe you can publish photos of all the markers on all the trails. (:

edronline

2016-11-12 07:28:13

hint: squeal like a pig

paulheckbert

2016-11-12 18:22:07

Dear message-board-god-that-maintains-the-map: that "2.5 miles" tag pickup was at N40.46766 W80.04068

paulheckbert

2016-11-12 22:36:31

@ph good job on the pick up, I didn't realize every trail coming into the city had the same freaking plaque. You are right on #4 being the right one. Funny part is I took a picture of 1mi, 1.5mi, 2mi, and 2.5 mi because even though I ride the trail every day I couldn't remember how far out was the last distance marker.

jstalnaker2112

2016-11-12 23:42:24

Maybe Paul should have tagged the 6 mile medallion. There's only one.

yalecohen

2016-11-13 00:06:42

Thanks for the coordinates! Map's updated. FWIW, Google says that point is 2.3 miles from the fountain, as the crow flies, or 3.1 miles routing via the trail. I wonder how they figured 2.5 miles.

steven

2016-11-13 02:48:33

On the Southside part of the trail, if you are at the 0.0 mile marker and you turn your head to the left, the point is directly across the Mon. So, they draw an imaginary line across each river from the point and mark that 0.0. Of course, you could get super technical about how the line is drawn, but someone made that decision a long time ago. My guess is that it is a due N-S line as the point is pretty much pointing due W.

edronline

2016-11-13 05:54:12

hint: this is in one of Pittsburgh's flattest neighborhoods

paulheckbert

2016-11-14 16:50:21

.. and sacristy (?) walls featuring Reuleaux triangle windows.

ahlir

2016-11-14 20:14:46

I think of them as Wankel Engine windows

paulheckbert

2016-11-14 20:35:12

I mean, it's cool.

ahlir

2016-11-14 21:07:45

Bonus points if you get a Mazda in the pic when you get the tag?

stuinmccandless

2016-11-15 15:24:50

Mazda or not, I am not finding the Wankel window church. I've biked, I've Googled, nada. I need another clue.

stuinmccandless

2016-11-17 17:40:05

I'm glad someone has been doing their homework. hint: was RC, now original COG

paulheckbert

2016-11-17 21:47:50

cornerstone hint: https://flic.kr/p/PrR6Wb

paulheckbert

2016-11-22 10:17:52

Thank you for the hint. This country never ceases to amaze me for its variety of religions. Where I grew up there was Catholic and Protestant. The latter was some mix of established denominations, mostly with roots in the UK. I was slotted into the Catholic partition so never really had cause to pay attention to the other ones. In this country it seems like anyone with enough rent money can start their own church and build a congregation around it. Exceptionalism at maybe its best. The red door implies Anglican, but I'm guessing that's not what we have here (unless the Pentecostals are also into color signifiers; sorry I don't follow this stuff that closely). [Bear with me...] A number of years ago I was in Bonn, outside a church in the evening, with a choir inside singing in a truly heavenly way and people streaming in. The church looked catholic, which didn't seem right. I asked a passerby if this was a catholic church. No, he said, it's lutheran. But the architecture is catholic, I said. Yes, he replied, we took over their buildings when we threw them out.

ahlir

2016-11-22 19:34:50

It says RC on the sign so Roman Catholic.

edronline

2016-11-22 21:29:00

Unless Coke or Pepsi moved in after throwing out those R.C. folks. (Or perhaps the guys who built that structure worshiped model airplanes.)

steven

2016-11-22 23:08:31

And looking back the original hint said was RC now COG. church of...

edronline

2016-11-23 05:30:47

I had no idea this would be so difficult. I've spent hours biking all over (Millvale, Stowe, McKees Rocks, SSide, NSide, Bloomfield), searching databases of church buildings, and pawing through StreetView. Still nothing. I probably biked right past it and didn't notice; it wouldn't be the first time I did that. COG=Church of God, probably also includes Church of God in Christ, but that hasn't turned up anything, either. I'm not giving up, but I gotta go work on something else.

stuinmccandless

2016-11-24 16:57:35

Taking that as a challenge, after some online research I found it. It's a very easy pickup once you know the location. Not giving any hints, tho. Sadly, I can't claim it myself, as I was exiled to Maine last month and don't yet have a return date.

ornoth

2016-11-24 20:00:23

It's in Pittsburgh (city), so that rules out McKees Rocks, Stowe, and Millvale. It's in a very flat neighborhood, so that rules out Bloomfield (and McKees Rocks, Stowe, and Millvale). It's not just COG, it's Original COG, as mentioned. hint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsC4kf6x_Q0

paulheckbert

2016-11-25 09:47:40

Finally figured it out, now it's just a matter of getting my butt on a bike.

stuinmccandless

2016-11-25 10:31:54

Too late, Stu. Deliverance center original church of God, Liverpool and Fulton, Manchester
Bruced ahlir. https://twitter.com/jonawebb/status/802191898614124544

jonawebb

2016-11-25 11:43:35

Bruce #2, then. Heh. Well, at least I found a bad drain grate I had not previously documented. Found that by looking for a Mazda to get in the shot. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/802207712041910272

stuinmccandless

2016-11-25 12:56:42

Brucéd indeed. (Bonus content: the Brucer himself, caught in the act of upload.)

ahlir

2016-11-25 13:14:05

Rude boys and girls love this hill Though they may sometimes take a spill https://twitter.com/jonawebb/status/802589625944457217

jonawebb

2016-11-26 14:09:58

is your bicycle in the picture?

paulheckbert

2016-11-26 20:53:34

You have to click on it. The shifter is visible.

jonawebb

2016-11-26 21:49:36

On my iPad, clicking on it gives me a new tab with the same cropping, so the bike part does not appear. On my laptop, it opens a new tab (Twitter) and the bike part does, indeed, appear.

stuinmccandless

2016-11-27 10:05:38

Another try. I got image upload to work with my browser but it still doesn't work with the bikepgh website.

jonawebb

2016-11-27 13:39:35

Dirty Dozen folks rode to the top. But you don't have to; you can walk and stop.

jonawebb

2016-12-01 12:59:15

Dirty Dozen? pesticides in produce? https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty_dozen_list.php Oh, this must be on Strawberry Way!

paulheckbert

2016-12-01 13:20:00

I think most people know where it is. I think the combo of the out of the way location plus the work week plus the cold makes it a slow pickup.

edronline

2016-12-01 20:13:22

I know. I was just giving it a bump.

jonawebb

2016-12-01 21:02:03

@edmonds59 suggested I look into getting there from the West End, and if I actually head that way, I might just try this: * West End Circle * South Main St * L Wabash * R Greentree * L Carnahan * L Younger * R Chappel * straight across onto Coast

stuinmccandless

2016-12-02 05:47:05

It has been 10 days since the tag was put up. I think we all know where this is, but it is out of the way for most people and although the weekends typically are better for longer rides to pick up a tag, there is supposed to be 1-3" of snow on Sunday. what are the rules about not picked up tags?

edronline

2016-12-07 14:45:32

The rule is, go pick it up.

jonawebb

2016-12-07 15:23:26

The prior tag sat for almost two weeks, then three of us showed up within an hour to grab it. No worries. Problem right now is, earliest sunset of the year is right now, 4:53 p.m., so it's totally dark even before I get out of work, never mind the half-hour-plus trip to get there.

stuinmccandless

2016-12-07 16:17:52

Snow? Not that big of a deal. Just watch out for any ice... But seriously, we have photographic proof that it's possible to ride out there. Though admittedly Jon was in a crowd of people egging each other on which probably made the whole thing easier to do. Maybe the idea is make an excursion out of it. I might be free this Sunday. 😊 Or maybe you could get this dude to lead a ride out there?

ahlir

2016-12-07 18:49:42

Having a group of people shouting at you and being surrounded by other people attempting it and maybe falling over isn't necessarily an advantage. But, seriously, snow? Oh, boo hoo. You live in Pittsburgh. It's December.

jonawebb

2016-12-07 20:23:05

Snow = generally ok Snow + bricks + hill + city of Pittsburgh and their sparse plowing/salting = sometimes not so ok :)

edronline

2016-12-07 21:13:47

Snow + drivers on one or the other of West Liberty, or Greentree and Carnahan, is what concerns me. My not having grabbed this tag already is mainly a function of not getting out of bed at 3:45 a.m. on a weekday and riding there before traffic starts building around 6:15.

stuinmccandless

2016-12-08 08:02:54

Slacker!

edronline

2016-12-08 08:53:23

Got the tag. Lets see if I can post a picture. https://twitter.com/rickined1/status/807237645025812480/photo/1

edronline

2016-12-09 10:35:01

Says your tweets are protected. Excellent, BTW. And in 20° weather! Pittsburghers are tough.

jonawebb

2016-12-09 10:37:32

"This account's Tweets are protected"

rustyred

2016-12-09 10:37:48

edronline

2016-12-09 10:49:16

I think it worked. I'll post another tag later today. I figured out a work around -- using my own website for my office.

edronline

2016-12-09 10:50:19

Beautiful view.

jonawebb

2016-12-09 10:54:07

great tag. great pickup.

paulheckbert

2016-12-09 10:54:26

Stu asked me how I got there-- no good route at all. And I don't know the south hills, so I followed google maps bike routing. And used the sidewalks for some scary streets. From downtown - Smithfield street bridge, East Carson, 12th street, Brosville, E Warrington, route 19 to liberty tunnel (this was scary), W Liberty, Cape May... Makes me see how lucky I am in the places I live/lived in Pittsburgh (Greenfield, Wilkinsburg, Fox Chapel area) re: bike routes. I shall never complain about the Highland Park Bridge again. At least for another month. Will pick up a tag and post the pic later today (Just one picture, not the same one 1000 times). I promise.

edronline

2016-12-09 10:57:23

New tag "Winning was easy young man, governing's harder." [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="3120"] New Tag[/caption]

edronline

2016-12-09 12:34:53

Herr's Island, near Three Rivers Rowing. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/808738692504440834 Lat/Long from StreetView, as near as I could navigate: 40.4681883,-79.97489

stuinmccandless

2016-12-13 13:22:57

Not getting the clue.

jonawebb

2016-12-13 13:26:20

From HAMILTON: [WASHINGTON] Winning was easy, young man. Governing’s harder ...W's LANDING

yalecohen

2016-12-13 14:07:43

Got it! I'm all about Hamilton. For the first few hours I had the jpg posted with the exif information still attached. With the GPS coordinates in the jpg file! Whoops. I fixed that so hopefully no one had an unfair advantage. This is on the end of the island with the tennis courts.

edronline

2016-12-13 14:48:33

I didn't see the EXIF. I just knew where this was, from biking all over tarnation, because of looking for a tag about four years ago. Which is the point of this game, right? (Plus, it was four days from set to pickup. I was worried this was too easy.) New tag coming shortly, as soon as I can get my phone to cooperate.

stuinmccandless

2016-12-13 16:49:00

New tag! Not far from a trail, a railroad, a work of art, and a big hill. Code name GTYP1. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/808790548710588416

stuinmccandless

2016-12-13 16:52:19

re the previous tag... I've been in Pittsburgh for a long time, back when this place really was known as Herr's Island. Filled with Pittsburgh's rendering plants. Actually they had been shut down by the time I got around to biking there. But it was a totally surreal experience. Like when I peered into a tank next to the river that had been used to store rendered fat (waiting, I imagined, for its trip to some soap factory down the Ohio). The tank had had been neatly scraped with shovels, to get as much out as possible. No waste, even at the end. And then there was the main building. It felt too creepy to explore (back then I was still young and impressionable). But I do remember these ramps leading down to what I imagined were the delivery docks, where day after day left-over animal parts (and maybe an occasional gangster) were dumped into vats for simmering. So when this tag came up I wondered. Was that wall a part of that very same plant? (It would be the north wall, maybe; the ramps were on the south.) From a time when even base industrial architecture included some bit of ornament, irrespective of its purpose.

ahlir

2016-12-13 17:43:30

It is part of the Gamma Sports building which looks new-ish. It is landscaped into the hill.

edronline

2016-12-13 18:01:45

It is part of the Gamma Sports building which looks new-ish. It is landscaped into the hill.
Not all that functional is it? Old rendering plant, then.

ahlir

2016-12-13 18:53:08

It does have that look of Dachau-a-few-decades-later, doesn't it? "/>

stuinmccandless

2016-12-13 19:29:50

I found this. Looks like that part of the island is the "southern" end. It was heavily contaminated with toxic crap from some sort of salvage operation. The tennis courts are on top of all the encapsulated toxic waste. So most likely that wall, if it was left over, is from the salvage plant. From the marina on down is the central and northern part of the island. That was the Western Packing plant. They took all the leftover organics and dumped it into a landfill. Looks like that ended up in the URAs hands in the late 70s. washington's landing (herr's island) - Carnegie Mellon University https://www.cmu.edu/steinbrenner/brownfields/Case%2520Studies/pdf/washingtonslanding1herrs%2520island.pdf

edronline

2016-12-13 21:58:11

I corrected @edronline's link: https://www.cmu.edu/steinbrenner/brownfields/Case%20Studies/pdf/washingtonslanding1herrs%20island.pdf My understanding is that the old name was Herr's Island, and "Washington's Landing" was the rebranding in an attempt to remove the figurative stench associated with the old name.

paulheckbert

2016-12-14 00:50:47

Gerty's Run, Stanton Ave near Grant Ave, Millvale https://flic.kr/p/QdCr1i

paulheckbert

2016-12-14 16:40:13

new tag, with The Iguana https://flic.kr/p/NZ5taX

paulheckbert

2016-12-14 16:42:50

I feel clueless...

ahlir

2016-12-14 18:05:37

How do you get to the banks of Girty's Run in that part of Millvale? Do you need to go through a parking lot? I know it gets culverted around that Draai Laag and then ends up in the Allegheny.

edronline

2016-12-14 19:42:54

this isn't a hint, but the mural looks like a muppet put into a dryer without a dryer sheet.

edronline

2016-12-14 19:51:42

hint 1: very close to a dumpy little post office hint 2: photo shot in the afternoon; savvy tag-o-ramers know to analyze shadows.

paulheckbert

2016-12-14 21:14:59

Getting to my tag is quite simple. Come up to the traffic light at the river end of Grant Avenue, then turn right. Go past the first building and veer right into a parking lot. There's a dumpster in the back. I took my photo just to the right of that dumpster. Paul's is a couple feet to the right, looking more downstream than across. As to clues, it's obviously on the Millvale end of the river trail, the railroad track is just the other side of the big intersection, the church with the Maxo Vanka murals is directly behind you, and of course, Logan Street is mere yards away.

stuinmccandless

2016-12-14 23:40:52

Need hint?

paulheckbert

2016-12-16 21:18:20

Yep

jonawebb

2016-12-16 21:50:57

hint: Smoke from Homestead drifted nearby

paulheckbert

2016-12-17 03:14:04

I know where this tag is and jogged by it today. I'm clueless in that I can see how clue #1 applies but not #2 and #3... So maybe another clue mid week if no one gets it. Will pick up the tag Friday if weather is decent and no one else has. Edit: was able to work backwards and figure out #3. These are hard clues! I commend your trickiness.

edronline

2016-12-18 11:23:08

Re shadow analysis, why do you think I asked @Ahlir if his Chop Suey photo was taken at 4:20pm? (I estimated 4:18). Also discernible from the photo: azimuth of wall about 252 degrees, same as Baum. Duuh! http://localhost/message-board/topic/tag-o-rama-5/page/2/#post-328027

paulheckbert

2016-12-18 12:40:58

with clue #2, I'm playing checkers while you're playing chess, obviously. https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/736240030033797120

edronline

2016-12-18 14:26:09

Chess? No! It's 3-D chess. Foolish earthing.

ahlir

2016-12-20 19:35:38

re @ph's comment: Yes, everything matters. But obfuscation is not the point.

ahlir

2016-12-20 19:51:06

Banner & Eden

jonawebb

2016-12-22 16:04:01

Yay! Ok, so how does clue #2 fit this? The nasty lawrenceville post office is around the corner. the "Smoke from homestead" refers to the restaurant Smoke, which is directly behind the garage on Butler. I couldn't figure out #2...

edronline

2016-12-22 16:41:12

The shadows don't tell you location, but if you know the photo's taken in late afternoon and you see the sun is grazing the wall, from the right, you know the sun's in the west and you're looking south so you're probably on a street that runs roughly east-west. It's possible to get more quantitative if you know or can guess the time more precisely. There are tools to help with this: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/ . Think sundial...

paulheckbert

2016-12-22 18:36:42

Eden Way is actually a bit closer to north-south than east-west (around 42 degrees from north). Seems like one might need to get slightly more quantitative with this method in order to have more than zero significant digits. :-)

steven

2016-12-23 06:19:25

The Dirty Dozen finishes And the end of the year approaches This was the annus horribilis And I'm not sad to see its end

jonawebb

2016-12-23 16:32:31

loc: 40.416613, -79.930011 Calvary Cemetery, Greenfield. Over yonder hill to the right is Tesla St, hill 13 of the Dirty Dozen. Fun fact: In trying to figure out the above coordinates, I discovered that someone had already taken a picture of the mausoleum and posted it to Google Maps.

ahlir

2016-12-25 13:29:18

On a street we all know well, and talk about regularly. There's a good chance that it's the longest one in town, but I'm not certain. Know that if you search for such on the web you'll find the wrong answer.

ahlir

2016-12-26 16:37:45

http://trumpdicpic.com/ posters at Nail Design, 6119 Penn Ave near Centre Ave, East Liberty. "Why can't I use nukes?" https://flic.kr/p/Pp8jEk

paulheckbert

2016-12-27 15:55:21

new tag https://flic.kr/p/PmpvQd

paulheckbert

2016-12-27 16:00:32

hint: 谷神不死，是謂玄牝。玄牝之門，是謂天地根。綿綿若存，用之不勤。

paulheckbert

2016-12-27 18:29:29

By the way, per Wikipedia Forbes isonger than Penn but question is whether you accept the rule that a street ends when the numbering changes. Ie, when Penn hits Wilkinsburg

edronline

2016-12-27 19:20:02

Penn and Fifth start out pretty close in downtown. Fifth more or less wanders straight east. Penn loops north, east, the curls southwards, intersects Fifth and keeps going on to Wilkinsburg. Penn has already arced out wider by the time they intersect, and then it keeps going to the Wilkinsburg line. The Wikipedia article simply calls Fifth "one of the longest". Maybe, but so what? It's just the interweb. Call up a map and see for yourself. Or fire up Endomondo or whatnot and trace out the routes.

ahlir

2016-12-27 21:05:02

Mellon's gate, 5800 block of Pierce st

jonawebb

2016-12-28 14:14:41

Tay Way and Pierce St. (Not Pier Street, near where I thought it was.) Can anyone shed light on the story behind the wall? What's with the historical marker visible on StreetView, so helpfully obscured by Google?

stuinmccandless

2016-12-28 14:48:50

There's a copy of the Tao te Ching at the end of the fence, so I assume that's what the writing is. I don't think the historical marker is related.

jonawebb

2016-12-28 14:56:12

The whole thing is the Daodejing (older romanization "Tao Te Ching"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching The 6th Daodejing http://ctext.org/dao-de-jing translates to: The valley spirit dies not, aye the same; The female mystery thus do we name. Its gate, from which at first they issued forth, Is called the root from which grew heaven and earth. Long and unbroken does its power remain, Used gently, and without the touch of pain.

paulheckbert

2016-12-28 16:41:24

Someday we'll drive Someday we'll ride a bike And we'll know why Just you and I Will find this tag

jonawebb

2016-12-29 15:54:40

I almost nailed a six-point buck at that very spot a week or so ago. Fortunately, he went one way, not my way. I shudder to think what might have happened if he'd challenged me instead of being startled and running off.

stuinmccandless

2016-12-30 13:09:29

New Greenfield Br, now with deck.

ahlir

2016-12-31 13:40:24

ho ho ho. Merry New Year! Clue?
La Le Li Two are crossed One is not Near the former You will find me

ahlir

2017-01-01 15:14:28

Is it La Le Li, or is it Le La Li?

paulheckbert

2017-01-03 13:24:02

Ah. You noticed the possible ambiguity. Are you fishing for for a hint? If so, I am glad to provide a couple: - "r" is in the odd one - the sun is on the left More tomorrow.

ahlir

2017-01-03 20:03:05

It's on the grounds of a Buddhist temple. (ok, duh) On your way there you might find yourself on a bridge under a bridge. And it's a bit of a climb.

ahlir

2017-01-04 16:33:20

Roads should be fine this weekend (they're well-traveled). But bundle up. It's a Vietnamese temple. There's several around town but they tend not to advertise themselves (unlike ones for the natives). If you're persistent you might find traces on the web; don't rely on it though.

ahlir

2017-01-06 20:31:08

Satyamuna Buddhist Temple, 7074 Lemington Ave, in Li-Le. https://flic.kr/p/Qrrzxh

paulheckbert

2017-01-07 14:32:13

Sorry, typo above. The correct name is Sakyamuni Buddha Temple. As you can see in the photo, Buddha is pleased to have a dollop of snow in his face. They've got some other nice sculptures there. In case you're unfamiliar with the vertical-striped flag, that's the buddhist flag: The six colours of the flag represent the colours of the aura that emanated from the body of the Buddha when He attained Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. The horizontal stripes represent the races of the world living in harmony and the vertical stripes represent eternal world peace. The colours symbolise the perfection of Buddhahood and the Dharma. The Blue light that radiated from the Buddha's hair symbolises the spirit of Universal Compassion for all beings. The Yellow light that radiated from the Buddha's epidermis symbolises the Middle Way which avoids all extremes and brings balance and liberation. The Red light that radiated from the Buddha's flesh symbolises the blessings that the practice of the Buddha's Teaching brings. The White light that radiated from the Buddha's bones and teeth symbolises the purity of the Buddha's Teaching and the liberation it brings. The Orange light that radiated from the Buddha's palms, heels and lips symbolises the unshakable Wisdom of the Buddha's Teaching. The Combination Colour symbolises the universality of the Truth of the Buddha's Teaching. https://flic.kr/p/PJpGp7

paulheckbert

2017-01-07 16:30:35

new tag. You might need to brush up on your photogrammetry for this one. https://flic.kr/p/PJnj7L

paulheckbert

2017-01-07 16:33:00

Does the tag pick-up photo need to be so arty to count?

edronline

2017-01-07 16:48:42

How about this? It's in, uh, full color. I like the b/w version; more Pittsburghy, somehow. loc: 40.459916, -79.888161 — Mohler St, North Homewood. At first glance the tag looked like it might involve climbing to the Brushton water tower. Fortunately it didn't.

ahlir

2017-01-08 15:29:39

There's a good view of Squirrel Hill from a block away, at Brushton & Upland. I don't know many other places where you can look and see "oh, that broad hill there, that must be Squirrel Hill".

paulheckbert

2017-01-08 17:55:14

Where is the church? There is a steeple And here are the people

ahlir

2017-01-09 13:00:15

I used to work in that building.

edronline

2017-01-09 16:11:22

You can see the reflection of 2 other buildings in the photo. Nice camera work.

edronline

2017-01-09 19:28:17

Fifth and Bellefield

jonawebb

2017-01-10 19:24:14

Love the reflected Mellon Institute column in the original photo. Nicely framed by the aluminum window brackets.

edronline

2017-01-10 21:11:18

I've wondered, occasionally, whether the people shown were parishioners at the time the church was demolished to make way for an (ugly) office building. (Which my wife also worked in, for a while.) I do sort of hope they're those parishioners, a snapshot in time. It would have made sense for it to be a part of the sales agreement. (Yes, I could have googled around for the actual story, but I didn't.) Apart from that, all that's left is the tower: I had to take a ride around the block before I could snap this. The doorway seems to be a hangout for smokers who work in the office building.

ahlir

2017-01-10 21:18:57

That church tower is at the center of this photo from about 1897. It was Bellefield Presbyterian Church, I believe. http://gigapan.com/gigapans/39820

paulheckbert

2017-01-11 03:37:01

Not only is the building ugly but the elevators are painfully, painfully slow. And there's something about psychiatric treatment and smoking.

edronline

2017-01-11 10:04:53

And there’s something about psychiatric treatment and smoking.
Yeah. It always bothered me that residential facilities were set up with token economies based on cigs. I mean, isn't the idea to help people get healthy mentally but also physically? (Ok, wait. It never was about helping people get better, just about making them manageable.)

ahlir

2017-01-11 20:00:52

The man left some land and money This place is what came of it It's actually sort of funny Because he was a pile of shit

jonawebb

2017-01-11 20:11:04

Tough one. The original tag appears to have somehow been defaced. It's either this: Or this:

ahlir

2017-01-13 17:18:03

Yes, the first. Good work.

jonawebb

2017-01-13 21:52:11

First off, let me apologize for that flesh-colored blob at the top of the frame. It is indeed one of my fingers. It happens that this pic turned out nicer than the other ones I took. So there you are. Anyway, depending on your commuter route(s) you've likely passed this aquila many times. Coming home, I expect.

ahlir

2017-01-14 16:26:08

Rain today. Rain tomorrow. Probably Wednesday as well. I miss the snow. But I'm happy to supply hints if so requested.

ahlir

2017-01-16 19:23:25

"Depending on your routes you’ve likely passed this many times." Hmmm. Depending on your taste, you probably love to eat horse eyeballs.

paulheckbert

2017-01-17 13:01:38

Oh yeah? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAy4zULKFDU

ahlir

2017-01-17 13:16:37

Our friendships in life pass through times meeting in different places, some regular, some occasional and some final. Standing on the street in front of this tag you might catch sight of each nearby.

ahlir

2017-01-18 12:58:56

Friendship Ave and Joliet Way https://flic.kr/p/RhTSbY

paulheckbert

2017-01-18 15:57:13

new tag note: pickup requires a bit of off-road walking (pickup need not be this arty; I was having fun) https://flic.kr/p/R8pPk3

paulheckbert

2017-01-18 20:54:03

loc: 40.457060, -79.947395 Off Gross St. underneath the S. Millvale Br connecting Oakland and Bloomfield. Sorry I couldn't get the levitation to hold; the bike stayed up for maybe 10 sec then fell down, always before I could get my camera up. But at least I got a PAT bus in there.

ahlir

2017-01-19 18:10:41

HTH.

steven

2017-01-19 23:29:29

Yes, but you'd only win if it was the same bus

edronline

2017-01-20 08:16:22

A nice little tag, featuring a small little house.

ahlir

2017-01-20 16:11:17

In case you're playing "Where's Vélo?", here's a closeup:

ahlir

2017-01-20 18:39:00

223 N Atlantic

jonawebb

2017-01-21 16:45:56

You got it. I like the little touches there, like that (small) xmas tree. One might perhaps pause to reflect on this whole tiny phenomenon... But, hey, it's Tag-o-Rama. We soldier on to the next tag.

ahlir

2017-01-21 18:00:59

I'd like to be under the sea

jonawebb

2017-01-22 20:38:11

Aiken, between Coral & Penn. It's also Tag #41. But this pickup pic is of the backside.

ahlir

2017-01-23 10:49:15

I'm glad to see it still exists. As I recall, way earlier in this thread, there was some concern it would be removed.

stuinmccandless

2017-01-23 11:39:47

Chez Scott...

ahlir

2017-01-23 17:41:57

The same spot, from a few days earlier. I just happen to like this version better. But what could I do? Rules is rules. Bonus hint: hot-dogs.

ahlir

2017-01-23 19:45:28

Can I call for a Christmas tree?

edronline

2017-01-23 21:08:42

@TeamDecaf used that technique in 2012: http://localhost/message-board/topic/tag-o-rama-2/page/79/#post-211776

paulheckbert

2017-01-24 11:22:18

That would be mean. It's a person, not a regular business. Be nice. I did try to move the yellow bucket over to hide some of the phone number, in the first pic. Maybe not far enough. And then I posted that 2nd pic. Mistake. I'm actually surprised it hasn't been picked up as yet. I think of this place as a bit of a landmark. Well, maybe just in my mind. I'll post a hint tomorrow.

ahlir

2017-01-24 18:32:38

Frankstown and Lowell

jonawebb

2017-01-24 18:58:12

Hmmmm, I didn't think of it as mean. Rethinking.

teamdecafweekend

2017-01-24 19:00:30

Scott is an amazingly cool person. I first met him back when he was selling hot dogs in front of the Hillman Library. Later I got to know him as the guy running this place (a former gas station). If you go by there you always notice something interesting. Sure, it's a dump. But it doesn't mean that a keen mind isn't always adding things, rearranging stuff, continually engaging with his world. I've been buying xmas trees from him for a few years. He gets nice ones and sells them at a reasonable price. Every time, he asks me where I'm from. "Squirrel Hill" I'll say and he'd reply "Yeah but where are you *really* from". So I end up having to tell him I moved from Montreal. And then he insists I teach him something in French; "how do I say _____?". Which I do, even working on the pronunciation. He'll get it. Still need to go by and move the pail back one notch to the right.

ahlir

2017-01-24 20:33:59

Woodn't it be nice if it were warmer? Then the lawn would start to grow so long And wouldn't it be nice with better weather Then we'd go out riding all day long

jonawebb

2017-01-25 12:34:31

should the car parked smack dab in the middle of a lawn give us a clue about the neighborhood?

edronline

2017-01-25 13:18:41

I didn't plan it that way, but yes, the car parked on the lawn wood be a clue.

jonawebb

2017-01-25 15:20:21

Must be in the Lawnpark neighborhood.

paulheckbert

2017-01-26 01:14:37

Woodlawn Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, with penguin wearing a poncho https://flic.kr/p/QZXhQY

paulheckbert

2017-01-26 14:26:10

Observation: The car is now facing the opposite way, but still on the grass.

stuinmccandless

2017-01-26 16:13:41

new tag https://flic.kr/p/RoLcNZ

paulheckbert

2017-01-26 16:33:03

That may be Woodlawn cemetery in an alternate universe, then. Does that count re tagorama rules?

edronline

2017-01-26 17:25:30

Wait maybe Paul found a way through to the other world. Paul, is Trump still President over there?

jonawebb

2017-01-26 18:10:00

This world is a little worse. Police everywhere. https://flic.kr/p/Rw7vnu

paulheckbert

2017-01-26 18:27:56

For the record, that car across from the Cemetery actually sits on a pad... To the best of my knowledge it's unlikely that Holly Woodlawn is buried in Wilkinsburg.

ahlir

2017-01-26 19:13:35

If alternative facts are a thing now, can I post a picture of, say, Mickey Mouse in response to the next tag and then tell everyone I made the pick up?

edronline

2017-01-26 20:39:29

Maybe let's wait a while and see if how that general approach to life pans out then decide if it should be adopted by our particular community. We tend to be a bit conservative (not to mention picky) when it comes to reality. Some might argue that Tag-o-Rama has always been great. Like the country, actually.

ahlir

2017-01-26 21:20:46

What's your excuse? A few snowflakes?

paulheckbert

2017-02-01 15:33:26

You didn't post a clue.

jonawebb

2017-02-01 15:45:35

hint: there's a steel mill in the picture

paulheckbert

2017-02-01 19:36:41

I have a pretty good idea where this is, but don't have the time to get out there. It's most of two hours each way.

stuinmccandless

2017-02-01 22:15:50

Well, there are three active steel plants in the area; only one of them, Edgar Thomson, has old equipment like that pictured and is in the Tag-o-Rama box. And I bicycled past that plant yesterday, looking for a vantage point similar to the photo, without success. So I'd like another clue.

jonawebb

2017-02-03 11:42:17

hint: tag is in this photo https://flic.kr/p/Rz1kTE

paulheckbert

2017-02-03 13:04:29

I'm pretty certain I know where this is, and how to get to the specific vantage point for the pic. But the earliest I can get out is tomorrow morning. Yinz go for it. It's a real nice day for a ride...

ahlir

2017-02-04 12:24:29

tomorrow will be even nicer...

edronline

2017-02-04 12:58:38

tomorrow will be even nicer…
exactly

ahlir

2017-02-04 18:46:53

Edgar Thompson Works, from the environs of Lock & Dam #2. Other bike is @tol. loc: 40.391920, -79.857992. @ph's pic is from around 40.392611, -79.860524 This particular view of the mill is also visible from the GAP, near the amusement park.

ahlir

2017-02-05 15:15:25

It's Monday. Double portions! There are other options nearby.

ahlir

2017-02-06 14:44:41

The new host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday has nothing to do with this place, I am fairly certain.

stuinmccandless

2017-02-06 16:18:30

It was cited by the health department a few months ago and people still went in even with the big yellow notice on the front door.

edronline

2017-02-06 18:51:51

It was cited by the health department a few months ago and people still went in even with the big yellow notice on the front door.
Yeah, most eaters I know stay away from the place...

ahlir

2017-02-06 20:28:00

If they closed, where would the homeless panhandle on that street? It is serving an important function.

edronline

2017-02-06 21:11:22

I don't care what you say, I like this place. Yum Wok.

jonawebb

2017-02-07 18:20:31

You can like it. Just keep antibiotics nearby just in case. You can go down Atwood and take your next tag at Las Palmas if you want to get a place that has been warned twice in the past 6 months. Lulu's has only been cited once.

edronline

2017-02-07 18:41:26

Ramen soup is pretty safe, I think. .

jonawebb

2017-02-07 18:46:04

Or, Lu Lu's Noodles. Anyway, you should also try that new ramen place across the street on Craig (next to the inedible-sushi place). Eating cyclists might want to know which is better. Las Palmas... They really have/had good tacos. The trick was to load up on the super-hot sauces at the condiments table: no bug could possible survive that onslaught.

ahlir

2017-02-07 19:46:23

Sorry. I was wrong. 4 violations for Las Palmas, the last within the past month. http://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2017/01/11/Health-department-again-issues-consumer-alert-for-Las-Palmas-in-Oakland-pittsburgh/stories/201701110155 Lulu's seems as sterile as an operating room in comparison. http://www.post-gazette.com/life/dining/2016/09/16/Health-department-post-consumer-alert-at-Lulu-s-Noodles-pittsburgh-oakland/stories/201609160207

edronline

2017-02-07 20:39:52

In case anyone was wondering about my hint, NPR's Sunday morning show is hosted by Lulu (Lourdes) Garcia-Navarro.

stuinmccandless

2017-02-08 12:20:18

I think it's the tagger's job to give hints or not.

paulheckbert

2017-02-08 13:04:18

No, other folks give hints all the time.

jonawebb

2017-02-08 13:06:44

I think part of the thinking was that Lulu's is super well known and probably most if not all playing knew it was Lulu's. Ditto with the Canton Ave clue. So we weren't really giving anything away by piling on.

edronline

2017-02-08 13:21:06

It's a way of participating without actually having to get on a bike and ride there. And if it helps someone else nail down where the place is, or offer something else to think about or look for upon getting there, so much the better. I haven't been able to ride much this winter, so this is one way of staying in the game.

stuinmccandless

2017-02-08 17:29:04

@jonawebb, do you have reflective tape around your rims, or is that just a flash artifact? On my old all-weather beater bike I have that thing super reflective. Reflective stickers all over it, including stickers that fit on the outside of the rims. Pgh made: http://www.aerotechdesigns.com/fiks-reflective-3m-scotchlite-wheel-stripes.html?gclid=CMSUkLXUgdICFUZMDQodYaoCug On my very old bike I have reflective stickers that went on the inside of the rims between the spokes, and when the wheel was spinning it looks like a solid wheel.

edronline

2017-02-08 18:31:13

They are Scwalbe tires with reflective sidewalls. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A TILL THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A BILL. THEY HAVE EVERYTHING IN STOCK AND THEY NEVER USE A PADLOCK

jonawebb

2017-02-08 19:36:23

Oh, I had a great set of those on my beater bike. 26x1.95. Indestructible.

edronline

2017-02-08 20:16:05

This is not really an extra hint, just a suggestion: Maybe your bike should have been facing in the other direction, with the saddle properly aligned. And, yes, I know where this is.

ahlir

2017-02-08 20:49:20

Agreed. Can we declare that the pickup tag is only valid if the saddle matches up perfectly with the rider? Maybe a BikePgh executive order?

edronline

2017-02-08 21:20:38

Braddock Ave & Fifth St, Braddock Free Store (not the one in Old Crow, Yukon) https://flic.kr/p/RNeaVZ

paulheckbert

2017-02-09 15:50:58

A+ for saddle alignment

edronline

2017-02-09 16:38:01

Braddock Free Store: https://www.freestore15104.org/, open T,R,S 11-1 Next door is the Red Lantern Bike shop: https://www.facebook.com/Braddocks-Red-Lantern-Bike-Shop-118124355043735/, open Saturdays 11-1 starting in April

paulheckbert

2017-02-09 17:33:22

new tag https://flic.kr/p/RNkRhT

paulheckbert

2017-02-09 17:33:46

hint: turn 180 degrees, and you'll see this: https://flic.kr/p/QNUuUn

paulheckbert

2017-02-11 23:47:20

Guys & gals: wake up! Tag, waiting to be picked up! In case another hint is needed, see big blue building.

paulheckbert

2017-02-17 13:29:27

Busy week, iffy weather. The usual excuses. We know where this is and it will likely be picked up in the next couple of days. Maybe @jonawebb is on his way there right now. Or Bruce will put in an appearance tomorrow.

ahlir

2017-02-17 19:26:24

It's just a long, long way from McCandless. I've biked out there maybe three times, ever. Less a matter of distance, more a matter of getting there when there's light enough to take a picture.

stuinmccandless

2017-02-17 20:49:52

A view of Carrie Furnace from Miller St. loc: ~ 40.416580, -79.886963

ahlir

2017-02-18 07:46:40

A beautiful day for cycling that took me far and wide, over hill and into vale... And then I saw it: A tag confirming the greatness of my leadership. Classy!

ahlir

2017-02-19 16:53:49

Ok, it's been 48h... Does anyone know where this is? Otherwise I'll start hinting.

ahlir

2017-02-21 21:23:15

What time of day was the photo taken?

paulheckbert

2017-02-21 21:40:10

I know.

teamdecafweekend

2017-02-21 21:48:51

Go for it, Dan... But to be fair: according to my digital image acquisition device pic time was 12:21 EST.

ahlir

2017-02-21 22:23:33

Black Alley & Farragut St, Millvale https://flic.kr/p/R88wF4

paulheckbert

2017-02-22 14:46:32

new tag https://flic.kr/p/R8e72c

paulheckbert

2017-02-22 16:03:56

I'm going right by there tonight and will be able to pick up the tag. Getting it to show on this forum after my first 2 successes has been impossible. :)

edronline

2017-02-22 17:21:17

https://mobile.twitter.com/rickined1/status/834539231796199424/photo/1 Allegheny landing. Refurbed mural. Can somebody please make this show up as a picture? I hate this interface.

edronline

2017-02-22 18:04:52

[not me]

go to the 'TEXT' tab (above the right of the comment input field)

type in

You may need to right-click and "Open in new tab" over a succession of tabs before you get to the actual image (typically a .jpg).

ahlir

2017-02-22 18:08:26

New tag. Which won't show either. Hint: upper right corner. https://mobile.twitter.com/rickined1/status/834544477331144704/photo/1 If someone can fix this too I'll be happy.

edronline

2017-02-22 18:26:10

ahlir

2017-02-22 18:27:36

got it. Old school HTML is what's needed I guess since I can't use the "add media" button. ): thanks ahlir!!!

edronline

2017-02-22 18:29:21

GAH! BRUCED! http://imgur.com/a/BpWbl

rustyred

2017-02-22 18:30:47

for the full story (the squid was cut off, at least in my browser) This opaque web design stuff is getting to be as annoying as dealing with contemporary cars. Used to be all you need to fix most stuff was some tools and a free Saturday afternoon. These days you have push the sucker to a garage...

ahlir

2017-02-22 19:46:33

Rusty, your pic is better than mine! (; The plaza being closed for a while was almost worth the refurb. I guess there's no plans to get the fountain fixed.

edronline

2017-02-22 19:52:26

Rusty, your pic is better than mine! (;
Because there's nakkid dudes in it, that's why. :D

rustyred

2017-02-22 20:12:52

P cool that 7 years in, you still have people racing to pick up tags. And in mid-winter.

jonawebb

2017-02-23 07:25:17

This is late spring. Not winter. I was also heading by the tag to get to the new tag to volunteer. So none of this was out of my way. (:

edronline

2017-02-23 08:18:49

https://flic.kr/p/ScNXEk 210 Grant

teamdecafweekend

2017-02-23 17:43:02

Yay! After a certain orange Cheeto was elected I figure I'd better start walking the walk and not just talking the talk. I've been volunteering my time at the GLCC since then, there on Wednesday nights to keep keep the center open for people who need resources. I've also been volunteering with the monthly Outrageous Bingo, which is not only their largest source of income (and income for Shepherd wellness, an HIV positive community in Bloomfield), but the most fun you can have in 3 hours for just $18 a person So figured since I was headed that way anyway last night I'd use the tag o Rama to buzz market.

edronline

2017-02-23 18:23:44

P cool that 7 years in, you still have people racing to pick up tags. And in mid-winter.
Is there a Guinness category for this? Here's hoping it's not the one with the world's longest hoagie in it...

ahlir

2017-02-23 19:36:29

This gorgeous fairy angel watches over our equally gorgeous city

teamdecafweekend

2017-02-23 20:37:19

I didn't know we had fairy angels.

paulheckbert

2017-02-23 22:05:43

GLCC themed tag o Rama now.

edronline

2017-02-23 22:13:32

I just checked Google Maps to see if the fairy angel (I couldn't decide which, fairy? angel? both? In any case, she's gorgeous) was visible. Yes she is, but there's a TRUMP sign in front of her! So as a clue, her location has more in common with Clinton. No, not her.

teamdecafweekend

2017-02-24 12:28:15

Just sayin... Angels... they usually don't have *antennae*... ;^P

ornoth

2017-02-24 17:37:19

From street view, watch out for that metal gutter sticking into the road too.

marko82

2017-02-24 19:01:07

Perhaps, Ornoth, you have never seen (or considered) an angel with Martian ancestors... she is kinda green. just sayin' >;-)

teamdecafweekend

2017-02-26 21:32:00

He could have penned this about the fairy angel "Thou art more lovely and more temperate"

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-01 19:34:32

That's enough clues to figure out where to go exploring, now to find half a day to ride over thataway and poke around some. This is not a part of town I know well at all. Hardly like my own Yard.

stuinmccandless

2017-03-02 20:54:29

Clinton, Shakespeare, Cowher, Maher, Peduto

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-07 10:25:11

George Clinton?

edronline

2017-03-07 10:29:55

No, the blue-dress-infamous guy. Paxton, Gates, Kristol & Crystal to name a few more

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-07 10:41:43

Not that it helps (me, at least), but what I think @teamDecaf is trying to say is "William." Hope that helps someone pick up this stupid tag.

jonawebb

2017-03-07 11:01:30

Hmmm, stupid tag

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-07 12:05:17

I was being purposefully obtuse in the hopes that next to the blue angel fairy was a p-funk inspired statue. Because that would have been cool.

edronline

2017-03-07 12:26:56

William St fairy angel, in failing light. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/839255783162396672

stuinmccandless

2017-03-07 18:30:47

Which William Street was it? There are a few in the tag o Rama box.

edronline

2017-03-07 20:30:28

Between Boggs and Arlington, above the Liberty tunnels.

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-07 20:34:11

I think we need an address or a lat&lon, Stu. thanks.

paulheckbert

2017-03-08 00:14:26

Approx 40.4278362 -80.0037802

ornoth

2017-03-08 06:05:46

416 William

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-08 09:16:18

New tag! Something is missing, but not for long. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/839515384701136901

stuinmccandless

2017-03-08 11:42:55

Where the bike counters used to be: 600 block of Penn.

dberlin

2017-03-08 18:23:44

That's what I like to see, a tag pickup in less than 12 hours. Not 13 days! tbh, I was confused by one of the clues. I figured out that there was a Clinton Street just off of South 18th, and Shakespeare's Sonnet #18 was referenced, so I figured it had to be somewhere along Yard Way, either steps or street, near that spot.

stuinmccandless

2017-03-08 21:11:49

New Tag: Before there were gentlemen hitchhiking round about every corner, you might have travelled this road.

dberlin

2017-03-08 21:44:36

Down on Lorigan St... loc: 40.460789, -79.954789 I got a bus and a train into this pic. Do I get a bonus?

ahlir

2017-03-09 11:18:10

I knew where this was but didn't understand the clue. Can someone explain for my obtuse self?

edronline

2017-03-09 12:00:22

@edronline, the clue is beer. Brew Gentlemen, Hitchhiker Brewing and Roundabout Brewing are recent additions to the Pittsburgh beer scene, whereas Iron City, which is nearby, has been around for a while

chrishent

2017-03-09 12:16:27

the clue is beer. Brew Gentlemen, Hitchhiker Brewing and Roundabout Brewing are recent additions to the Pittsburgh beer scene, whereas Iron City
I didn't get the clue either. It's disconcerting: realizing that I probably don't spend enough time drinking local beer. And I like beer. Then again the tag is on a familiar biker route. And it's at least the 4th tag set along that way. *** NOT A TAG ************************************************************************ *** NOT A TAG ************************************************************************

ahlir

2017-03-09 16:30:18

I would have stripped out one of those pepperoni slices. Unless it maybe was meant to produce a reminder of our 4th river.

ahlir

2017-03-10 20:04:41

It's a pizza stand. Closed, I think. But I'm not much around there at night.

ahlir

2017-03-12 21:59:32

Produce Terminal Smallman & 18th. A lizard helped me find it. https://flic.kr/p/SVBnMe

paulheckbert

2017-03-13 16:39:59

@paulheckbert - one more and its a tie

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-13 17:02:29

new tag https://flic.kr/p/SkQf6f

paulheckbert

2017-03-13 17:20:00

is that pizza slice painting new, or have I passed it about 1,000 times in the past few years without noticing it? Probably the latter...

edronline

2017-03-13 20:50:13

is that pizza slice painting new, or have I passed it about 1,000 times in the past few years without noticing it? Probably the latter…
You would likely have passed it a 1000 times; it's been there a good while. I'm not sure I've seen it open in the past couple of years, though. Maybe someone who frequents the night life on the strip could tell us. As near as I could tell they were mostly open at night, catering to the partiers. The Strip, as far as know, is the one 24h-ish district in Pittsburgh: different sets of people moving through, around the clock, doing different things. (Ok, less so since wholesalers started to move away.)

ahlir

2017-03-13 21:05:59

Also, the new tag: Nice angle, but the tire's in the way. It's also one of those tags that you have to be careful about picking up. Unless you have your follow-on planned out and within riding distance. And get it all squared away before dawn. Or maybe you have studded tires.

ahlir

2017-03-13 21:38:55

If you go there in Streetview and set the time machine to April 2008, you see what was a small business: A Piece of the Strip. They sold "slices". https://flic.kr/p/RG37oD

paulheckbert

2017-03-13 21:54:15

The Pittsburgh-as-pizza artwork was also tag 731, back in 2013.

steven

2017-03-13 23:14:08

aargh...

ahlir

2017-03-14 11:58:50

ok, looks like we're not getting that big storm (yet). Kaufmann Clock, at Smithfield and 5th.

ahlir

2017-03-14 12:03:53

And now for a different kind of Produce: This time I actually checked the ToR map.

ahlir

2017-03-14 13:59:53

Wait, what are the hours for wine parking? I might want to be sure to be in the neighborhood!

swalfoort

2017-03-14 14:38:01

Wait, what are the hours for wine parking? I might want to be sure to be in the neighborhood!
It crossed my mind to get a snap of the entrance, and its Hours sign. But I didn't. Missed connection? The story of my life? uh, wait, nevermind... But, hey, it's Pennsylvania. Not, say, Louisiana. So not 24h. Plan ahead.

ahlir

2017-03-14 21:03:31

Ahh. I uncorked a nice bottle of wine tonight... Do you need more hint than that?

ahlir

2017-03-16 23:55:46

CFP Winemakers at Consumers Produce, Railroad St & 22nd St https://flic.kr/p/RKrjB3

paulheckbert

2017-03-17 15:50:20

new tag https://flic.kr/p/RNqLzt yes, there's a bicycle in there, visible if you zoom in some: https://flic.kr/p/RNqLz8

paulheckbert

2017-03-17 21:47:05

Toboggan St at Rising Main Ave loc: 40.464573, -80.001075 So this is the fourth tag that I've been involved with hereabouts. Two pickups down here at the pumping station and two at where I expect the water ends up, McNaugher Reservoir. Fifth if you count Glenrose St, about midway between the two.

ahlir

2017-03-19 16:36:53

In Pittsburgh, the Culver City of South-Western Pennsylvania, you will come across many strange sights (sites?). This tag features the Adairsville Police Station. Teleported, somehow, from north-western Georgia. Googling "Adairsville Pittsburgh" doesn't come up with anything obvious, at least not on the first page. It makes me confident that Adairsville is not one of our neighborhoods. But I have to admit that it did make me wonder while I was standing there: Maybe it was one of the 90? Or perhaps the lost 91st? I can tell you that the building is public, not sectarian. Maybe the reflection in the glass is helpful (no, not of the guy on the left). The cans on the radiator are cat food. When you do your pickup, please ask what that's about. It's kind of, weird.

ahlir

2017-03-19 17:29:11

There's a KY sheriff office too. Maybe that can be the next tag.

edronline

2017-03-19 18:52:48

There’s a KY sheriff office too.
Hey man, I'm just googling. OK? Don't need your stickin' gazetteer fake facts... Trump WON!

ahlir

2017-03-19 20:23:52

I'd better go back to binge watching Netflix... And as far as I know, cats like their wet food pre heated.

edronline

2017-03-19 20:36:03

We had "Sacramento Police Department" in McKeesport last year: for Mindhunter filming: http://almanac.tubecityonline.com/almanac/?e=293

paulheckbert

2017-03-19 21:33:44

By day this is a fire station. Pittsburgh has about 29 of them.

ahlir

2017-03-22 08:07:13

You know those days where you totally know where a tag is, because you've passed it many times before, so you go out riding and as you go past the location in your head you think it is but you don't see it you get a sinking feeling in your stomach? Yeah, that was me today.

edronline

2017-03-22 13:20:46

1725 Mary

jonawebb

2017-03-22 19:42:21

ok. But did you ask about the cat food? I accept that cats want warm food, but that's a whole lot of cans warming away. Is this one of those authorities target house overrun with cats stories waiting to happen? Inquiring minds, etc.

ahlir

2017-03-22 21:27:59

Snack food for the actors.

edronline

2017-03-22 22:22:10

I think if they're obliged to eat cat food, they're probably just extras. (Unless the actors are in fact cats. Are they filming the new season of CSI: Cat Police there?)

steven

2017-03-23 00:15:36

There's a lot of questions I could've asked, but nobody was around.

jonawebb

2017-03-23 08:24:21

Actually, the extras get fed really well. They get the same grub as the skilled/highly paid actors. I've worked on a few sets and it's nothing but shrimp, steak and soymilk lattes out the wazoo. Granted, the important people get to be first in line. They ain't touching food after some background actor's been breathing on it! It's the only benefit, the rest of they time you're treated like cattle.

rustyred

2017-03-23 08:32:29

East of the Mon and west of the Wall There's a tag that's not too small Close to the Electric light Up the tree street to the height

jonawebb

2017-03-23 19:50:50

Is it in the rectangle?

paulheckbert

2017-03-23 20:35:06

Maybe you should take a break, Paul.

jonawebb

2017-03-23 21:41:35

It might be outside the rectangle. That ain't gonna stop me, tho...

ornoth

2017-03-23 22:20:59

it has pictures of things that are inside the rectangle. I know where this is and it is near other tags that have been posted over the last 3-4 months and also near an active location of discussion in other threads that many people have checked out or regularly bike. But what again constitutes the official rectangle? Pinned posts would be great (i.e., one with the rules), but we don't have that feature.

edronline

2017-03-24 07:13:51

The link to the rectangle is on page 1 of this thread, and its four predecessors. We've had a few tags outside the box; I set one myself once. Looks like this one is just off a diagonal, and not by much. From another thread, there's a bike related meeting this Sunday in that same part of town, so I'm not going to squawk about this one too much. It's just a long ways from my house, a most-of-a-day excursion just to get out there.

stuinmccandless

2017-03-24 07:46:56

The rectangle shows the bounds of (some version of) the Bike Pittsburgh map. The rules don't require keeping tags inside that rectangle, only "within Pittsburgh city limits and the surrounding neighborhoods", which is kind of vague. Is the rectangle helpful, now that the map shows 1200+ tags? Or are the tags themselves all we need to provide a sufficient "try to pick a tag somewhere in this general area" hint to new taggers, which I think was the point of the original rectangle?

steven

2017-03-24 08:49:19

If you click the rectangle on the Google map of the tags it says that the tags can be a bit outside of the rectangle. I'd vote to keep it as is.

edronline

2017-03-24 10:54:17

Click for bigness. Braddock "Welcome to East Pittsburgh" mural. Linden & Beech. 40.39995°N 79.83505°W

ornoth

2017-03-24 11:58:37

Great, @ornoth! To review:
Take a photo of a tag with your bike and post it here.

Also post a clue that helps someone find the tag. No extra points for cuteness or indirection!

Somebody picks up the tag, soon. Next tag!

jonawebb

2017-03-24 14:13:07

My new tag: it has a flavor! Again, click for teh bigness. Since people have retrieved my tags quicker than I'd like, I'll start with minimal clueage: Under that tarp is something that looks like a railroad engine.

ornoth

2017-03-24 14:51:15

Huh, seems that Michigan is way outside of the rectangle. :) https://www.yelp.com/biz/flavors-ice-cream-shop-mount-morris

edronline

2017-03-24 15:53:26

Flavors, a café in Garfield, Kinkaid at N. Atlantic. Under wrap is a locomotive. loc: 40.466560, -79.938143 During the summer this place seems pretty popular with the locals, but I haven't had a chance to try it. Beyond that, "upper" Garfield is interesting; check it out if you can. Further up the hill is a farm and there's a nice school. The area seems in a stage of pre-gentrification; urban types are moving in and are renovating. Could be hot. Buy now. But seriously, it's one of those really nice out-of-the-way corners of Pittsburgh. Getting there from the north or east is funner. Today I took Colombo up from Negley.

ahlir

2017-03-25 18:37:20

Pittsburgh Boogie Woogie Maybe you'll spot it on your way to work tomorrow.

ahlir

2017-03-26 19:03:05

ARRGH, I just rode past this and forgot to pick it up. DUH.

rustyred

2017-03-28 18:27:12

ARRGH, I just rode past this and forgot to pick it up. DUH.
Really isn't the sort of place you'd think to stop if you're on a bike, is it? Anyway, doesn't look like we need any clues here.

ahlir

2017-03-28 19:06:19

https://flic.kr/p/TnANEr Lasership on the South Side (where that wonky trail detour around the cement place is) Hmmm, the board is cutting off the bottom

rustyred

2017-03-29 09:04:36

New Tag! https://flic.kr/p/TnAHmF A spiral staircase to nowhere... A spiral in the Water is called a whirlpool and can occur in a River.

rustyred

2017-03-29 10:32:38

https://flic.kr/p/TjJrcQ Along the GAP, rivertech building

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-29 18:15:29

I'm thinking about a clue, but also thinking if you've ever been here, you remember the metal bridge. There are few like this one.

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-29 22:50:27

there's one just like this right near my house, where this tag isn't. If you are taking the hiking/walking trail between Squaw Run Park and Salamander park, you need to cross this. My dogs freak crossing over this every time and always retreat to the sidewalk. https://goo.gl/maps/nnKNEUbNids

edronline

2017-03-30 07:28:25

Just StreetViewed the tag, and hey, there's also a thematically appropriate Easter egg! Well, uh, if it's the right location.

ahlir

2017-03-30 11:57:35

I just checked StreetView for the Second time, and no, no egg (unless I'm missing something). Interestingly though, there's a bike parked against the barrier and a somewhat distant human with his dog in the water below.

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-30 12:19:02

The Easter egg is the bike.

edronline

2017-03-30 12:32:13

The Easter egg is the bike.
Correct. (thematically appropriate")

ahlir

2017-03-30 17:04:30

oh, duh.

teamdecafweekend

2017-03-30 17:45:02

Bridge to from Duck Hollow loc: 40.415273, -79.915642 Something I never knew: The bridge, and only the bridge, is actually Second Avenue.

ahlir

2017-03-30 19:19:30

Gimme an A! Gimme a B! What do you C? [Disclosure: The pic has some Google Photo "Alpaca" pop to make the inscription more readable.]

ahlir

2017-04-01 13:58:17

Let me know if hints would be useful. One small correction to the clue: What, do you C?

ahlir

2017-04-03 15:57:43

Yes, more hints.

paulheckbert

2017-04-04 15:21:15

As a general rule, you can just go ahead and assume, after a few days, that more hints are needed. What could go wrong? You make it too easy and people race to the tag? Too late for that! Live dangerously! Help people find your tags!

jonawebb

2017-04-04 16:24:59

I typically wait 48h then post. If someone says they know where it is I don't hint. Otherwise I hint. I thought the correction to the clue would be a hint. Well, maybe a bit of one; I guess it's a state of mind. Anyway, if you look around you should be able to spot places where C's congregate, for one purpose or another. If you're nice, I'll tell you where the dead people are.

ahlir

2017-04-04 17:17:22

http://imgur.com/a/Hxq4F 917 California Ave (across from the Bulk Mail Center)

rustyred

2017-04-05 12:28:20

New Tag! Will you find bikes here? Pawsitivly.

rustyred

2017-04-05 12:35:24

Just to wrap up that whole clue and hint thing in the previous tag:

This park is on the block between A St and B St.
The Mail Carriers' union hall is also across the street
The dead people are just over the top of the hill, in the Union Dale Cemetery.
And, I'm given to understand, California is considered to be "a state of mind".
Good thing Rusty got to it; additional clues would have been harder to come up with.

ahlir

2017-04-05 13:55:32

Tag pickup: Bear dog bikes. 901 Western. Actually on Galveston. Just in view of Heinz Field. 40.451787, -80.016599

edronline

2017-04-07 10:36:31

New Tag. Clue: Bowling for AGH. Wonder if that's a brain s/he's holding? And to brighten your day, a non-Tag-o-Rama gratuitous picture of my dumbest dog.

edronline

2017-04-07 11:25:19

4 Allegheny Center http://imgur.com/dd6e935e-c627-46ba-b07e-1b8d7ad7536b

rustyred

2017-04-07 13:05:17

New Tag! http://imgur.com/a/CrbwB MY, it was Darned Cold out there today. Also, OMG! DOGGIE!

rustyred

2017-04-07 13:18:09

Good job! That building has AGH's outpatient psych services in it, among others. Us people who work in mental health knows where all the other MH workers are. :) P.S., sweet pink pedals!

edronline

2017-04-07 15:32:57

The wooden sculpture, called Discobolus, is supposed to show a discus thrower. It references an ancient Greek sculpture of the same name.

steven

2017-04-08 05:36:36

This is Pittsburgh. So it is clearly a bowling ball.

edronline

2017-04-08 08:46:11

Manchester youth development center on Liverpool

jonawebb

2017-04-08 10:06:53

Be cautious walking along this path, I can see that your shoes do not fit. You won't get anywhere like that, Not even a little bit.

jonawebb

2017-04-09 16:34:44

I don't mean to brag, But what 'snot to like about this tag?

jonawebb

2017-04-11 11:33:02

Is there a mucus factory in Pittsburgh I didn't know about?

edronline

2017-04-11 13:55:53

'S not mucus you should be seeking In the Land of Oaks go peeking

jonawebb

2017-04-11 15:00:27

Sennot & Bouquet, Oakland I did not presume to lean my bike up against the Benz. But I confess I wanted to. It's a parking lot with a friendly attendant. He cheerfully let me enter the property, later he told me that the shoe company had moved to the South Side. I looked them up: they were acquired by Amazon (owner of Zappos). Coincidentally (or not) Amazon's Pittsburgh lab was first located in that building, before they moved to the SSide. I'm not so sure any of the equations make much sense. But that's probably me and my dated math skillz. Heck, I never managed to sell my startup to Amazon. And, uh, I guess I don't even have a startup...

ahlir

2017-04-11 18:34:24

Seems like an interesting mixture of a gratuitous use of math formulae and a disturbing lack of vowels. https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/10/amazon-quietly-acquired-shoefitr-to-improve-how-it-sells-footwear-online/

edronline

2017-04-11 20:51:21

The one at the bottom, at least, makes sense; it's the formula for area enclosed by two vectors. Left is a table converting between European and US shoe sizes. The rest seems kind of random. Are they doing finite-element analysis? Takes me back.

jonawebb

2017-04-11 21:19:43

Personally, I'm focused on the g(theta)=1/theta^2. First I want to ask: is that degrees or radians? Then, can I make theta be my winnings from the Power Ball? (Yes, I promise to buy a number. Next week.) The shoe-size table is ok. But my feet are larger. I feel ashamed.

ahlir

2017-04-11 21:38:00

Next tag: The view is to the WSW, in the afternoon. You'd need to cross a river to get to the hill in the distance. Hints upon request.

ahlir

2017-04-12 23:26:33

Good hints. Lamont St at St Ives St, Kirkbride https://flic.kr/p/TLpYQS

paulheckbert

2017-04-13 15:12:21

new tag https://flic.kr/p/TQcQWz

paulheckbert

2017-04-13 17:26:59

flickr links used to work. let's try HTML:

paulheckbert

2017-04-13 17:30:23

https://flic.kr/p/SBRgG6 Hot Metal D O W N U N D A

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-14 14:24:11

Ah, Bruc'd. If only I had skipped that Fish Fry Ride. But at least I managed to talk some of the folks into coming along to witness the climactic tag pickup that, sadly, was not to be. From right to left: Mr. Pinky, Pinky, Mick, Ricky, Mikhail, Marco and [i_missed_this_name]. So long, and thanks for the fish.

ahlir

2017-04-14 15:37:44

Excellent. I like a good bruceing.

paulheckbert

2017-04-14 15:39:01

"[i_missed_this_name]" That's Terry... Terry BRUCE. Oh, the irony.

rustyred

2017-04-14 18:41:05

I gotta say, that's the biggest group photo of tag picker uppers I think we've ever seen in five threads.

stuinmccandless

2017-04-14 21:16:09

Art, a typical subject of my stupid tags. Someone/Something laid about 2 dozen concrete Easter eggs - ouch! Clue not needed.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-14 22:19:25

@Stu - well, not exactly the biggest group, but tied with the number of people that were in this old post shown above. Picture not there, but the icons of the taggers remain.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-14 22:45:02

Oh, wait. Seven in the bruced shot, 8 total counting the photographer. No intent to be snarky above, apologies to all in the picture. @Ahlir or @Marko82 - as I recall, a passerby (maybe a woman in a dark SUV???) took the picture years ago. So I think all 8 were in the shot. Any chance you remember?

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-15 09:12:23

In the old thread, Pseudacris refers to the eight taggers "plus the fellow who took the picture". And stefb identifies the eight taggers in the lost photo by nom de board in your quote above. So it seems pretty clear that the old photo showed all eight.

steven

2017-04-15 09:56:59

Stupid tag = tag wo sufficient clue. Not this one. Southside trail, near 4th

jonawebb

2017-04-15 11:31:10

Regarding the fairy angel clues... one was given with the initial post "watches over our equally gorgeous city," a second clue was given within 18 hours. These 2 clues were sufficient enough for Marko to find the location in less than 24 hours. Plus, stu claimed to know where it was too. Stupid? Don't bother answering that.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-15 12:29:34

Doesn't look like a match to me. I don't see yellow-orange-red-green...

paulheckbert

2017-04-15 13:06:41

There were all kinds of people and equipment around. Close as I could get without interfering.

jonawebb

2017-04-15 14:04:48

Plus it looks like the concrete blocks have been moved between yesterday and today. What is going on down there, or is it just public art to make us feel better about the stupid detour.

edronline

2017-04-15 14:09:57

Re: group tags I remember being a part of a group for several tags. These two also come to mind. #297 -End of Terminal way =7 riders #554 -Strip club =6 riders

marko82

2017-04-15 21:37:27

Please accept my apologies for being late on the next tag. I waited too long and now I don't want to set it in the rain. Tomorrow morning.

jonawebb

2017-04-16 17:23:08

Rain stopped I'd like to set the world a tag In perfect harmony

jonawebb

2017-04-16 19:20:15

Things go better with Coke Pittsburgh used to have a lot of smoke This place is named for a bloke Who had to do with both, no joke

jonawebb

2017-04-18 09:12:36

Rode past the colored blocks tag today. I think it is artwork by Baron Batch. It has the eye logo, which I think is his. Ditto the mural on Penn in the strip with the lion. "everything the light touches is yours, for free." http://baronbatch.com

edronline

2017-04-21 14:58:01

Nearby you can get a beer And there's lots of history here A coke magnate who was not a mensch Two famous generals who both fought the French

jonawebb

2017-04-21 15:28:42

Took my dog for a walk there today. Does that count? I'd post a pic of my female st. Bernard but it has the name of the park in it as they are spelled out in wrought iron near one of the entrances.

edronline

2017-04-21 15:33:29

Anyone going to pick up this frickin'/friggin'/frackin' tag soon? I was busy all weekend and will be busy this week, but I like looking at new pretty pictures.

edronline

2017-04-23 20:47:21

Forbes-Braddock playground, Frick Park https://flic.kr/p/SSEty5

paulheckbert

2017-04-23 22:56:50

Poop. Guess I don't have to get out early this morning after all...

ornoth

2017-04-24 07:09:08

a brighter picture https://flic.kr/p/UaRLtM

paulheckbert

2017-04-24 10:28:35

new tag https://flic.kr/p/TWrEX9

paulheckbert

2017-04-24 15:04:59

Someone should ride up the river to a certain dilapidated steel town and tag the painting of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which you can find on a building on the town's main street.

jmccrea

2017-04-25 16:44:46

Clue?

edronline

2017-04-27 13:58:55

Here's a large hint: https://flic.kr/p/U4UZH8

paulheckbert

2017-04-27 14:12:32

Umm. Yeah.

edronline

2017-04-27 15:19:40

Dude, the last tag was like a block from your house, right? And you didn't pick it up. So...

jonawebb

2017-04-27 15:34:44

No. I used to live on Biddle by the park. Now I live across a river. Moved mins ago for the schools. I go back and visit sometime, though.

edronline

2017-04-27 16:09:13

https://flic.kr/p/T3h5GB Like edronline said: umm, yeah.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-27 18:50:52

https://flic.kr/p/UgR5p2 Not the new tag. This is the sign at the entrance to the park. As I approached, a lady pointed it out to me saying "You aint allowed to ride a bike here." I walked in, bike in tow.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-27 18:55:30

"As I approached, a lady pointed it out to me saying “You aint allowed to ride a bike here.” I walked in, bike in tow." I would have told her: "Yeah, but I'm here to pick up my stoned dog!"

rustyred

2017-04-27 19:16:35

“As I approached, a lady pointed it out to me saying “You aint allowed to ride a bike here.” But was it Darlene?

edronline

2017-04-27 20:32:27

Note that the McKees Rocks burial mound was not at the location of this historical marker, but on top of the nearby bluff (the rocks after which McKees Rocks is named). https://pahistoricpreservation.com/spotlight-series-mckees-rocks-mound/ Wikipedia says George Washington considered this bluff as a location for Fort Pitt, but eventually settled on the Point. If you want to walk to the top of the bluff, there's a deer/human trail along the ridge starting from Ella St between Hamilton St and Agnes St.

paulheckbert

2017-04-27 22:13:28

Very cool tag, I had no idea this existed so close. @RustyRed - lmao, thanks for the smiles! Wish I had thought of that response.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-27 22:34:50

This tag is for the climbers among us.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-28 12:59:48

Ascend Pittsburgh I know the logo on the brick building is missing but I think @teamdecaf kindly added that, as a clue.

jonawebb

2017-04-29 09:50:48

Let's keep this going Should be easy Why? Nearby

jonawebb

2017-04-29 09:57:00

I know the logo on the brick building is missing but I think @teamdecaf kindly added that, as a clue. Looks to me like the logo is on the door, and the brick building is just a reflection on the glass door. Tricky but unaltered image.

steven

2017-04-29 11:40:14

@Steven - you are correct. My image is the right door with the logo and reflection of another building, unaltered (with the exception of adding my new tag indicator). I always crop and add "new tag" but I don't recall ever altering any photos otherwise.

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-29 14:34:06

https://youtu.be/TxLE11W3U3U My youtube video of the interior... an unbelievable place!

teamdecafweekend

2017-04-29 14:42:29

Sarah & 22nd, on the South Side. "[workers are] transforming Pittsburgh’s first Lithuanian Catholic church into 12 luxury condominiums."

ahlir

2017-04-30 10:59:02

There's a "craft brewery" less than a block away. At first I thought that this was maybe too obvious a clue. But apparently that's not the case.

ahlir

2017-04-30 15:52:08

OK, tornado watch is over. Time for the pick-up. I'm pretty sure that at least one regular player knows exactly where this is. But let me know if we need a hint to get things moving.

ahlir

2017-05-02 21:14:08

Could you tell us what time of day the photo was taken?

paulheckbert

2017-05-02 22:24:34

12:04pm Good question.

ahlir

2017-05-03 09:32:31

If it's noon, it must be Millvale. Stanton Ave & Sherman St https://flic.kr/p/Up7KEW

paulheckbert

2017-05-03 15:49:07

new tag https://flic.kr/p/UdP8p9

paulheckbert

2017-05-03 17:07:18

John Wesley AME Zion Church, 594 Herron Ave, complete with geothermal heating via coalmine runoff water... 40.452393, -79.964302

ornoth

2017-05-04 08:47:11

Nouveau taggage. As always, click for bigness. Be careful not to get shot by the snipers hiding in those WW1-era pillboxes...

ornoth

2017-05-04 13:20:53

https://goo.gl/photos/cC5PVnooPNRCnJMS6 Despite the assertion on the sign, my vehicle was not towed.

altay

2017-05-05 18:45:45

First tag pickup? Nicely done! Now you get the fun of trying to stump this crew of zanies. Remember to strip the GPS coordinates out of your photo before sharing. PS loc was GTECH Let's Talk parklet, Mountain & Fisher, 40.4116 -79.9774

ornoth

2017-05-05 19:31:48

Simple ecif (metadata including gps coordinates) remover. http://www.verexif.com/en/

edronline

2017-05-05 20:36:36

Great to see a new playa - congrats!

teamdecafweekend

2017-05-05 20:39:54

New tag.

altay

2017-05-06 16:28:46

Please also post a word clue.

jonawebb

2017-05-06 17:15:23

You won't find biscuits nearby anymore.

altay

2017-05-06 19:48:07

loc: 40.456468, -79.916645 Bakery Sq development, East Liberty. The building is on the site of the former Reizenstein School. Plastic sculpture, not scaled to the site. A developer's idea of public art.

ahlir

2017-05-07 11:04:09

Reizenstein had a lot of art around it. Is that sculpture left over? Sorta links it to the rest of the sculptures in Mellon Park and Pgh Center for the Arts.

edronline

2017-05-07 12:04:26

If you're asking about that red W-shaped rusty metal sculpture, then it's still there, but appears to be discarded at the corner of Penn Ave and Reizenstein Way. I expect they'll remove it when construction finishes, but perhaps they plan to set it up at that corner.

altay

2017-05-07 14:11:52

Perhaps it could be relegated to Frank Curto Park, that graveyard of sculptures which seemed like a good idea at the time?
This reminds me of a sculpture park west of Budapest, full of Communist era artifacts. When the regime changed, popular sentiment was to simply destroy all reminders of the past. But someone had the the prescience to instead have them carted out to a field out in the country and set up in rows. I once got to visit the place. It was an amazing experience; our hosts, for the only time I was there, actually opened up and talked about how it was in the old days. Hopefully Orbán knows enough to not starting to put up statues to himself... Of course, we have our own problems.

ahlir

2017-05-07 18:30:52

"A developer’s idea of public art" ^@Ahlir - both funny and so sad, so sad.

teamdecafweekend

2017-05-07 18:52:20

There's a park east of Toronto in Scarborough which has old parts of buildings. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_Park_and_Gardens

edronline

2017-05-07 19:28:30

Griffis Sculpture Park, about 40 miles south of Buffalo NY, is a wondrous sight to behold. Too bad it's so far out in the countryside, off a gravel road. Point being, assemblages of big iron sculptures take on a life of their own, with value greater than the sum of its parts.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-07 20:25:10

It's catatonic, alas (though not alack).

ahlir

2017-05-08 22:31:46

Former Animal Rescue League location, Hamilton & Fifth, 40.4575 -79.9086

ornoth

2017-05-09 11:45:48

New taggishness. I pack, you pack, here's some CUPACK. Photo taken at 4:20pm. This street seems to be used by a few organized rides, in my experience, which is how it caught my eye. That's all for now. More hints if they prove necessary.

ornoth

2017-05-09 21:44:49

Nice tag. I like the surveillance camera. And that awesome truck. Riffing off a reply to an earlier tag, should we make a phone call?
Name: Wayne Golebiewski Organization: JW Contracting Inc. Mailing Address: 234 Boden Ave., Carnegie PA 15106 US Phone: +1.4122794537
Not.

ahlir

2017-05-09 22:34:58

3178 McClure Ave.

jonawebb

2017-05-10 20:53:04

Whoa hoah! Weldun. I really thot I'd have to hint... PS: 40.4738 -80.0352

ornoth

2017-05-10 21:04:59

Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo? Track twenty nine, boy you can gimme a shine

jonawebb

2017-05-11 21:24:53

Wilkinsburg train station, Hay St & Ross Ave https://flic.kr/p/TveqhH

paulheckbert

2017-05-12 12:53:46

Yes. Currently planned for renovation, along with restoring two-way travel on Ross St. http://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/architect-named-wilkinsburg-train-station/

jonawebb

2017-05-12 12:59:48

Reminds me of the clock tower from Back to the Future. Is the renovation to fix the damage from a lightning strike? ?

altay

2017-05-12 14:54:20

new tag https://flic.kr/p/UJThyB

paulheckbert

2017-05-12 16:56:59

Elsewhere on this message board is a photo of me carrying a shovel and a rake on unicycle. I think if you find that photo, you've about nailed down where this tag is. Second hint: Not far from where you can take a ride, not of a cycling variety. Occasionally with screaming.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-12 21:42:16

Memorial bench on GAP near Rankin Bridge.

altay

2017-05-14 15:07:25

Someone better find that pic of Stu and post it here.

edronline

2017-05-14 15:20:06

Third picture here.

altay

2017-05-14 16:41:19

New tag.

altay

2017-05-14 17:35:18

Brown mausoleum (near Heinz, Frick, Mellon), Homewood cemetery https://flic.kr/p/TxX1AQ

paulheckbert

2017-05-15 12:38:24

new tag (click for uncropped pic) https://flic.kr/p/TxZ3to

paulheckbert

2017-05-15 12:56:37

National Negro Opera Company historical marker, 7101 Apple Street Homewood, 40.4632 -79.8957

ornoth

2017-05-15 14:55:15

Sorry for the delay... I had to go *VOTE*, watch the Giro ITT, and fix a roadside flat before planting this *NEW TAG*. Speaking of which: What are you doing reading the boards if you haven't voted yet??? You're gonna need a bigger street... Photo taken at 2:10pm.

ornoth

2017-05-16 14:22:33

Hmmm. Picture doesn't tell me much. Looks tough.

paulheckbert

2017-05-16 15:51:32

I looked around on Duquesne Light's website to see if there was any public way of identifying locations by pole number, but didn't see one. Meanwhile, I am mentally traveling through the area, thinking of right-angle turns like this. Is this on the edge of a park or ravine?

stuinmccandless

2017-05-17 06:01:36

I can't tell what that greenish/blue thing is in the background. looks like it may be on a pole on the other street and may be a sign. But I can't tell -- too small. I took his clue literally and found a Small Street in Crafton Heights, but Google streetview doesn't match up with the picture at all. Totally different neighborhood. Ditto with Little Street in that Pittsburgh neighborhood down by Homestead.

edronline

2017-05-17 06:47:30

I like this. This is the most straightforward clue I've ever given, yet it's more vexing to the veterans than any of my previous tags. The irony! I'd give you more clueage, but even if you knew nothing about the city, everything you could possibly need is literally right there in front of you. I guess I'll answer the questions tho.

I too have been wondering for a while about identifying tags by telephone pole numbers. If you find a public database, please let me know! ;^)

Yes, this is near a park or ravine.

That blue/green thing way back is the side of a house that burned quite recently. Might be worth a peek while you're there, if you're into that sort of thing.

Streetview should match up quite well. Except for the burned house, that is.

Good luck & mind the heat!

ornoth

2017-05-17 08:06:06

I think was led astray by the Jaws quote... https://youtu.be/2I91DJZKRxs Nearby the Shark tombstone in Allegheny Cemetery? Roy Street? (Roy Scheider) I got nuthin'. *shrug*

rustyred

2017-05-17 14:27:18

If I had to guess neighborhood I'd guess Wilkinsburg/Homewood as I used to live in the wb and could imagine other houses near me looking like that.

edronline

2017-05-17 14:45:36

Jeezum! I don't want to make it too obvious, because I'd really feel horrible for any poor schmucks who get Bruced, after such a long, hard climb. IIRC, it's in a neighborhood that's pretty devoid of tags so far. I do think GIYF for this one. If it ain't claimed in 24 hours, I'll post something utterly unambiguous and just make a race out of it. But honestly, I can't really spell it out any plainer: You're Gonna Need a Bigger Street...

ornoth

2017-05-17 22:19:24

Jaws, Maui north shore. My bike is visible in the corner of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8RtLeJLM2E

paulheckbert

2017-05-17 22:52:21

Red figured this out last night, but she doesn't like the climb up to there (especially in this heat). It is VERY VERY obvious!

marko82

2017-05-18 07:55:06

Indeed it is. As past Presidents might agree, this is a case of a clue hiding in plain sight.

jonawebb

2017-05-18 08:46:09

@paul, is this out of the box?

edronline

2017-05-18 09:25:24

Yeah, that was outside the box, even by jonawebb standards. Must be Bigger St & Taft Ave, Knoxville https://flic.kr/p/URSxn5 I’m glad I wasn’t Bruced. https://flic.kr/p/TCPMXN

paulheckbert

2017-05-18 10:02:42

... and there was much rejoicing. ;^) 40.4156 -80.0069

ornoth

2017-05-18 10:11:52

A bit more clarity:

ornoth

2017-05-18 10:21:04

Damnit. I didn't search for Bigger.

edronline

2017-05-18 11:02:42

new tag I wonder if Pirates #25 has been here https://flic.kr/p/US1YxE

paulheckbert

2017-05-18 11:31:54

St Gregory Russian Orthodox Church in Homestead.

altay

2017-05-18 18:54:27

Ha, Bruced by 1 minute! Teach me to wait until I get home to post photos!

jonawebb

2017-05-18 19:00:02

New tag.

altay

2017-05-18 21:40:49

A word clue would be nice.

jonawebb

2017-05-19 10:24:41

This is the best place to get high in the city.

altay

2017-05-19 11:04:23

I got very high, but I didn't find it

paulheckbert

2017-05-21 13:29:29

Let me know if additional clues are necessary.

altay

2017-05-21 13:50:53

A few years back, we had a Tippy Top Ride, actually a pair of them. There are four high points in the city. One, Greenfield Cemetery. Two, off Bailey in Beltzoover. Three, above Polish Hill. Four, by the reservoir above Rising Main Ave. I don't connect this spot with any of those.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-21 15:34:59

Maybe he means we should Google for a "Marijuana Ave"?

edronline

2017-05-21 15:48:21

note to self *** must think like stoner ***

teamdecafweekend

2017-05-21 16:07:08

My hunch is Hemphill St, which runs along the side of Perry HS, but the pic does not jibe with any spot I can think of near the place. I'm too ill at the moment to travel more than 1/4 mile from the house, or I'd go take a closer look right now.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-21 16:28:16

I have triangulated, but my saddle time is unfavorable unless it remains unclaimed.

ornoth

2017-05-21 17:55:10

And all along I thought this tag was meant to be an oblique riff off the recent election... Darlene, love her or not: her presence suffuses this tag. (And, yes, it's a destination climb.)

ahlir

2017-05-21 22:00:51

@stu, neither of those four points is higher than this one. Currently out of town. Otherwise, I'd claim it.

chrishent

2017-05-21 22:08:49

Montana St near Amos Way. https://flic.kr/p/UtqQkm

paulheckbert

2017-05-22 14:14:17

new tag (click for uncropped photo) hint: this bridge is inactive https://flic.kr/p/URVwdF

paulheckbert

2017-05-22 15:32:13

cool! Bluebelle St over there on google maps looks like it turns into a trail or steps or something. Hard to tell. Do you know anything about that?

edronline

2017-05-22 15:43:24

Streetview shows what look like wood steps on Bluebelle. I didn't look at them while I was there. Regarding the inactive bridge, additional hint: http://pghbridges.com/

paulheckbert

2017-05-22 23:12:57

I've been past the Bluebelle steps hundreds of times but never investigated. They're plainly visible at the northern Franklin St peel-off from Perrysville Ave.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-22 23:55:27

all these little quirky things is why I love pittsburgh. (stairs, bridges, defunct bridges). The topography makes the city.

edronline

2017-05-23 06:20:18

Maybe this is it? Brighton Heights, Wilksboro and Stonelea. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/867160319831015425 I went to the other end of this, just a block from California Ave by the city line. It's so overgrown with knotweed that already is taller than I am, that I could not find it.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-23 20:38:00

Well, the key identifier would be those warped vertical struts below the handrail (which are sort-of visible in the pic). But it is the Wilksboro Br. And, as Stu points out, he checked out both ends. (I would have done the same.) So Stu picked up the tag. Though Paul is the final arbitrer. Keeping Pittsburgh weird...

ahlir

2017-05-23 21:14:59

Poop. That was on my (short) list of potential sites to drop a tag at... ;^P

ornoth

2017-05-23 21:21:51

Wilksboro and Stonelea is correct. From Tribune-Review article http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/5597217-74/bridge-north-residents The city in 2007 closed the Wilksboro Avenue footbridge, a Victorian-era walkway stretching nearly 400 feet over a Brighton Heights gorge, because of structural deficiencies, according to a city engineer's report. ... Neighbors consider the Wilksboro Bridge, built around 1895 when people walked or caught streetcars to work, a special asset. The bridge permitted residents from a western section of Brighton Heights to cross the ravine and catch streetcars on California Avenue. ... City Councilwoman Darlene Harris of Spring Garden, whose district includes Brighton Heights, said she's earmarked $420,000 in the capital budget to repair the Wilksboro bridge and advocated for federal highway money to rebuild the Davis bridge. City engineers estimated in 2007 it would cost $700,000 to $800,000 for a total rehabilitation of the Wilksboro span. In my opinion they should give the rehab project to some high school students and let them work on it for a few years until they get it done.

paulheckbert

2017-05-23 22:31:24

Just throwing this out there: if BikePgh reached out to Darlene Harris and tried to help get Federal funding for this bridge rehab, that would be a good way to show that they're interested in helping people all across the city improve their non-motorized transport infrastructure, and that they don't hold a grudge. And maybe she would be willing to consider incorporating bikes into the rehab, if it happens. In any case it might help show people in Spring Garden that BikePgh is not an elitist organization that only cars about bicyclists Downtown and in the East End.

jonawebb

2017-05-24 09:58:13

Oh, bother. I had one figured out that wasn't too far off one of my usual paths, and even went that way, but forgot to stop to take the picture. Sorry, I'll do that on the way home later.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-24 12:06:38

New tag! https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/867506251189678080 Halfway around the sun from a well known cycling event, and a sharp eye examining one of these bell photos will recognize a location at that event from which you can see this very bell.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-24 21:00:54

St Nicholas Croatian Church, Millvale https://flic.kr/p/UyW3qA

paulheckbert

2017-05-25 14:57:11

new tag note: some off-road walking required https://flic.kr/p/TVEBg2

paulheckbert

2017-05-25 17:11:51

Paul got it. This is the church at the base of Logan.

stuinmccandless

2017-05-25 17:32:48

Stu: your posts, on a different thread, re the 40th St Br, made Millvale the obvious destination. Just sayin'.

ahlir

2017-05-25 21:38:51

@paulheckbert - I jog past this a lot but never went down to the shoreline to see exactly what the heck that monster was.

edronline

2017-05-26 06:26:08

hint: nearby https://flic.kr/p/UZzurY

paulheckbert

2017-05-28 10:27:49

https://flic.kr/p/VbuyYm Just north of the 62nd street bridge, North shore side

teamdecafweekend

2017-05-28 10:40:39

So. What was that? There is also a rusted out hunk of metal just upstream from the 16th St bridge. What was that? And who lives in the paddle boat under the 40th St bridge? So many north shore questions.

edronline

2017-05-28 14:53:00

On Google's aerial view, the stuff by the 62nd Street bridge looks like a pair of half-sunken barges. There's what looks like the side of a wrecked boat midway between the 16th and 31st Street bridges, but I'm not sure if that's the hunk of rusted metal you mean. Google was unhelpful in determining who lives in the paddle boat.

steven

2017-05-28 15:35:28

You got 2 out of the 3.

edronline

2017-05-28 18:45:50

and yeah, my bike is in there... see bottom right, about 1/3rd of the way from the corner (tire/wheel). happy memorial day to all and double yeah, semi-submerged barge in the previous tag

teamdecafweekend

2017-05-28 21:35:13

Not an open street location, this year.

teamdecafweekend

2017-05-29 21:44:22

Artsy thingy next to the midwife center on Penn and 28th.

dberlin

2017-05-30 08:02:40

New Tag: Nice place to pick up a pisces.

dberlin

2017-05-30 08:06:17

Yinz need another clue?

dberlin

2017-05-31 20:59:22

yes, please

paulheckbert

2017-06-01 19:51:39

Nied's Hotel on 55th St., Lawrenceville

zzwergel

2017-06-01 20:44:57

Picture?

paulheckbert

2017-06-02 01:34:27

@zzwergel was just helping with a clue. :)

edronline

2017-06-02 06:41:49

Seems more like sabotaging the game to me. Either claim the tag or not; don't ruin it for the rest of us.

ornoth

2017-06-02 08:43:44

Give the benefit of the doubt. I have above average HTML and computer skills and have been using computers since the early 80s and still struggle to post pictures on this forum. The tags I have picked up have required me posting that I got the tag and trying to provide an external link to the pic file and then running home and fixing it on my laptop. Either Zach can post a pic or someone can Bruce him and then we move on.

edronline

2017-06-02 09:00:11

Zach, your clue was a little too helpful. "Vague-ifying" that would have been good enough. LMK if you need help posting pictures. Myself, I use Twitter. Tweet the photo, then link the tweet. Whatever works.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-02 11:43:18

@Stu. I will take a picture tomorrow.

zzwergel

2017-06-02 20:00:44

Nied's Hotel, Butler & 55th https://flic.kr/p/USYFmC

paulheckbert

2017-06-04 12:38:57

new tag https://flic.kr/p/VtcRMx

paulheckbert

2017-06-04 13:09:26

that's an easy one! and a great photo!

edronline

2017-06-04 14:04:24

Roberto Clemente statue outside of PNC Park.

altay

2017-06-04 16:46:03

New tag.

altay

2017-06-04 19:11:31

I made a quick and dirty tool to make it easier for me (and you) to post Flickr-hosted photos in T-o-R, without the forum's dreaded penchant for cropping photos. I know some other folks here use Flickr, so I figured I'd share. Say you're chasing a tag. You take your picture and upload it to Flickr. Then how do you get that into a forum post? Now you can go here and enter your Flickr account's username. The program then looks at your Flickr feed and finds your most recently uploaded photo. It presents you with two resized thumbnails of that photo. One is max 500 pixels wide, which is just right for posting on this forum without cropping. The other is max 320 pixels wide, for when you want something smaller. With each image, you're given code you can copy and paste straight into a forum post that'll display the thumbnail image, with a link so that viewers can click thru to see the original (presumably larger) image. This is just a first pass, so it might be buggy and could probably be enhanced. But I wanted to get something functional out there, so that I can start claiming tags in the field, rather than biking back home to my HTML editor. If you use it, let me know how it works for you.

ornoth

2017-06-04 20:31:41

^Hmmmm, I use flickr and all I ever do is take the shot, go to my camera roll (the part that shows the thumbnails) and pick the image. Once i pick the image, my app displays the typical share icon among a few others. I chose the share icon and a list of options comes up. One option is "copy url," I copy it and paste it on T-O-R. As far as I can tell, it's never cropped the image. I use a 5 year old samsung galaxy s4. It's super easy.

teamdecafweekend

2017-06-04 21:38:44

Okay, I know this is skirting with a rule #7 violation, but how does "pisces" lead to Nied's Hotel?

mrdestructicity

2017-06-05 15:54:38

Fish sandwiches

jonawebb

2017-06-05 16:06:41

There was a pretty clear other rule violation so no matter what you ask it pales in comparison...

edronline

2017-06-05 17:16:17

Doesn't matter, because I'm about to explicitly violate rule #7 in a major way. How is that clue going to lead me to Nied's? I've never heard of it and I've lived hear for decades. Lots of places have fish sandwiches on the menu. Nied's isn't even on the first page if you do a Google search for "fish sandwich Pittsburgh." This is one of the big reasons I don't look for tags much anymore. The clues are usually super weak (assuming the setter even bothers to give a clue). More than half the time, if you don't already know where the tag is, the clue won't lead you to it.

mrdestructicity

2017-06-06 10:11:26

I agree, that one was a toughie. I had no clue. But sometimes people figure these things out. There's a trade-off here between making a tag findable and difficult enough so it's not just a race to see who gets their first, or who has time off from work etc. And when you set a tag, the location is obvious, to you, so there's a tendency to make it more obscure than it needs to be. I, myself, just accept that I'm more bothered by people not picking up my tags than by worrying about whether I'm creating a race, and try to make the clues easy. I agree, everybody should include a word clue, just to follow the rules and make things a little more fair, so people who haven't run across the location already have a chance to pick it up.

jonawebb

2017-06-06 10:37:50

On that note, here's a word clue for the current tag: This church is known for having the earliest AM service.

altay

2017-06-06 13:53:55

Calvary Episcopal, Shady Ave, first church to broadcast a service on the radio (1/2/1921)

epanastrophe

2017-06-07 19:44:53

Welcome back, B²!

rustyred

2017-06-07 20:46:27

keeping with and perhaps even merging the two previous tags' themes: A drink fit for a Fisher of Men. If he doesn't like his fish well smoked, however, he might prefer the parish hall just down the hill...

epanastrophe

2017-06-07 20:47:56

(Btw, re: Nied's, here's the front of the building: https://goo.gl/maps/Cgz4DCr4Pdr -- its fish is, indeed a big deal, at least in Lawrenceville*. It's also a cheap bar that hosts a number of concerts and Lawrenceville community meetings, where you might pick up a Pisces of a different sort. * it's also like third if you search Yelp for 'fish sandwich pittsburgh', for what that's worth.)

epanastrophe

2017-06-07 20:57:10

Pope's Place and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Brereton & Dobson https://flic.kr/p/UnoRj8

paulheckbert

2017-06-08 14:24:30

new tag hint: news https://flic.kr/p/Vxqrhw

paulheckbert

2017-06-08 14:58:47

Did they replace the vandalized photos?

edronline

2017-06-08 15:23:34

perhaps whoever picks this up can determine

jonawebb

2017-06-08 15:24:30

After Sunday this tag may be gone...

edronline

2017-06-08 22:36:24

Along the Allegheny River between Clemente Bridge and Point State Park, approximately below Stanwix St. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/873210852794650626

stuinmccandless

2017-06-09 12:13:54

New tag already! https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/873211111969099780

stuinmccandless

2017-06-09 12:34:24

About the photographic prints along the Allegheny Riverbank: they were photos of Syrian refugees by Maranie Staab. Two of them (the two spaces over the bicycle in my photo) were vandalized several days ago. Had they been replaced when you were there, Stu? News story: http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2017/06/07/Artworks-defaced-Allegheny-River-Pittsburgh-Three-Rivers-Arts-Festival/stories/201706070218

paulheckbert

2017-06-09 12:58:46

I jogged past it today. They were still missing. Riverlife is footing the bill to reprint them...

edronline

2017-06-09 13:30:11

If you need a word clue: You can safely pick up this photo, but there are cars on all sides of you, including below.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-10 11:21:29

Madison and Tripoli https://flic.kr/p/VE9D7c Btw what led me here is this ironic story: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90680202/

jonawebb

2017-06-10 12:18:54

Kings and queens and others besides Might use this pool, which you find on a ride https://flic.kr/p/VEmno4

jonawebb

2017-06-10 15:01:50

Duke & Duchess Pool Room, 6542 Frankstown Ave https://flic.kr/p/Uuw8ZX

paulheckbert

2017-06-12 11:36:39

new tag note: about 100 ft of off-road walking required https://flic.kr/p/Vts8JS

paulheckbert

2017-06-12 12:31:52

Highland Park Bridge from Morningside.

zzwergel

2017-06-12 19:39:05

New tag: Isn't it a Brilliant idea not to include bike parking?

zzwergel

2017-06-12 19:53:27

That business is owned by a borough councilperson who has been working on this issue amongst other.

edronline

2017-06-12 20:15:45

@Paul, Did I get the tag right?

zzwergel

2017-06-12 20:23:51

My two cents, you could have been a little closer to the bridge, but it's the right bridge from the proper side, looking in the correct direction. I think Paul was up in those bushes ahead of you. Paul, for a first-time pickup, close enough?

stuinmccandless

2017-06-12 20:43:52

Close enough for me. I was at latitude, longitude 40.48675, -79.9138. ZZ was closer to the Lock building. This is a route that @gg recommended to get from near the zoo parking lot (Heth's Run) to the Washington Blvd oval: http://localhost/message-board/topic/butler-street-under-highland-park-bridge-and-ohio-river-blvd/#post-339542 . Biking on that gravel is possible but not fun. But it's better than biking on Allegheny River Blvd and getting killed. While exploring @gg's route today, I ran into a nice Iranian couple that spoke only a few words of English (they asked me if the could get out near the lock and I pointed the way).

paulheckbert

2017-06-12 21:16:34

I also saw someone with an ATV traversing the railroad ballast.

zzwergel

2017-06-12 21:50:36

321 Blink in Aspinwall.

altay

2017-06-15 20:11:43

New tag.

altay

2017-06-16 09:35:17

Temple Sinai, Murdoch & Forbes, Squill. 40.438, -79.9307 A mere one mile ride, round trip! I guarantee the next tag will require a longer ride... And it's the first photo taken with the new cell phone. ;^)

ornoth

2017-06-16 11:08:11

New tag in play... It's the weekend, so this one's a bit further afield than usual. In fact, it's about 2.5 miles outside of the box. There's some climbing at the end, but not ludicrously so. I don't want this one to cause as much consternation as ol' Bigger Street, so this time I'll actually show you the street sign. Howboudah? Don't be a knob!

ornoth

2017-06-16 15:11:42

The Knob & Newgate Rd, Ben Avon Heights (outside rectangle) https://flic.kr/p/UFdrSF

paulheckbert

2017-06-18 11:23:07

new tag admission: bicycle is outside the box hint: the distant hillside is not https://flic.kr/p/VUPskF

paulheckbert

2017-06-18 12:06:23

What's the box?

zzwergel

2017-06-19 19:10:06

Here's a link to the map on page 1 of the Tag-o-Rama thread. The "box" is the blue rectangle.

jonawebb

2017-06-19 19:23:08

We have had a few tags outside the box, but it's generally frowned upon. It's just too far for many of us to travel. The point of the game is to encourage riding, and finding new and unusual things, or something with an obscure history, merely by trying to identify the site -- and usually not being too obvious about it. There is also an accompanying spreadsheet listing all the tags, what they were, who set them, and who found them. See Page 1 of this thread. I find it fun to go back through some of the older threads and see if the tags are still around. Some are, some are not. A couple of anchors, the 8-foot-high "@" sign, the hopscotch poetry on Smallman, the trees chewed by beavers. Just gotta look for stuff.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-19 19:40:45

Bottom of S. Birmingham Ave, Avalon 40.498469, -80.071763 Also there is a train track so I had to make a try for this tag.

jstalnaker2112

2017-06-22 19:20:39

Yay! I really wanted that one, but just couldn't make any saddle time.

ornoth

2017-06-22 20:28:22

Since we're supposed to get in the neighborhood of 2.5" rain tomorrow, I'm OK with delaying setting the next tag until the deluge is over.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-22 22:10:08

Pictured there is Shenango Coke Works on Neville Island, which shut down in early 2016. http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/9650422-74/shenango-employees-coke . It was one of the largest air pollution sources in Allegheny County.

paulheckbert

2017-06-22 22:12:27

Nice weather, today. A new tag would be good.

jonawebb

2017-06-24 17:37:24

Sorry for the delay, yesterday turned into a house work day. This is half way up #7 of many hills in pittsburgh

jstalnaker2112

2017-06-25 14:08:03

Bark! Bark! Bark! Really, as one of the few people who would have to ride downhill to get here, I should grab this this afternoon, but it's a house work day for me, too.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-25 14:40:46

Argh. Was just there a bit over a week ago. Not likely to get back anytime soon, though.

epanastrophe

2017-06-27 11:41:07

I have a slightly flatter second option in mind if the consensus is "not worth the climb". and one day I hope to make it up this hill without having to stop and walk

jstalnaker2112

2017-06-28 11:25:47

No, somebody will get it, eventually. I may, even.

jonawebb

2017-06-28 11:40:39

Fixing a flat tire and waiting on an important phone call. But don't wait for me.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-28 13:17:08

Bark St & Hazelton St. I got here the Chewy way, by climbing Suffolk St. https://flic.kr/p/WewPSP

paulheckbert

2017-06-28 17:05:18

Weldun!

ornoth

2017-06-28 17:21:22

new tag https://flic.kr/p/W35XSR

paulheckbert

2017-06-28 17:46:57

Hmm. I'd be very careful of rolling a bike in there.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-28 22:37:10

Can you get you Mexican fix there?

zzwergel

2017-06-28 22:37:45

I was invited to bring my bike in. I don't know what kind of Mexican fix you're talking about, but I think the answer is no.

paulheckbert

2017-06-28 22:49:14

Is it near a Crazy Mocha though?

zzwergel

2017-06-28 23:58:22

This tag is roughly eight blocks from a CM, and no serious climbs needed. To possibly address your earlier question, Zach, if you were making a reference to the Mexican War Streets, then that, too, gets you in the general area. I suppose it's possible, though, that you do not know this place exists. Here's a video I made one day, just walking around (the bike is parked outside). The place is magical.

stuinmccandless

2017-06-29 05:28:15

Biggest danger is that the owner talks your ear off.

edronline

2017-06-29 08:14:22

Suggestion: people other than the tag-setter shouldn't give hints that amount to a total giveaway.

paulheckbert

2017-06-29 08:52:47

^Ditto that @paulheckbert

teamdecafweekend

2017-06-29 08:57:52

I got it! Randyland!

zzwergel

2017-06-29 12:03:04

story in the media a few months ago about Randy's husband, who is not doing well medically. http://www.nbcnews.com/video/fans-donate-to-send-randyland-couple-on-dream-vacation-911266371920

edronline

2017-06-29 13:39:55

I didn't know Randy is gay. Good for him! New tag: I'm pretty sure this is a little north of the box. Where's the bus! I've been waiting for it for six years.

zzwergel

2017-06-29 15:35:02

Perry Hwy at Lindley Lane, Ross Twp. While the 11C (or 9) bus has not run since 2011, an off-road Ross Garage bus went past while I was tweeting the tag. Wouldn't stop, either. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/880566951059247104

stuinmccandless

2017-06-29 19:38:18

That was way outside of the box

edronline

2017-06-29 21:02:03

@edronline, Oops, I thought West View was in the box. @Stu, Was that bus headed to Blazier Drive? It's kind of hard to know where the box lies when Chasing and placing without an internet connection.

zzwergel

2017-06-29 21:32:40

I heard that section of Ross used to have urban blight in years past.

zzwergel

2017-06-29 21:44:59

Per Google maps, this was about a 4 mile ride up perrysville Ave outside of the box. There was a west view tag in the past which was outside of the box and that was about a 2 mile bike ride on perrysville. If you go to page 1 of this thread , post #1, you can see the box.

edronline

2017-06-29 21:56:44

Whatever, it was a mile and a half from my house, and I was going right past there anyway. OK, new tag. This one is well inside the box. https://twitter.com/bus15237/status/880623326879784960

stuinmccandless

2017-06-29 23:09:13

World War 1 memorial, Butler & 46th, must be an Underwear Ride https://flic.kr/p/W3bURu

paulheckbert

2017-06-30 16:36:20

new tag hint: that's a tall building https://flic.kr/p/W6TCYM

paulheckbert

2017-06-30 22:11:33

Diamond Building, Liberty at Fifth/Delray, Downtown. With @drewbacca

epanastrophe

2017-07-01 12:22:50

This kid knows a place no cars go He's taking that ride to nowhere will you take that ride?

epanastrophe

2017-07-01 16:38:56

loc: 40.450926, -79.989565 If you follow the Strip District Trail upriver, past all the detour signs, you'll get to the fence blocking the trail. There.

ahlir

2017-07-02 13:50:53

Sorry, no shadows. But I did pass a 29er...

ahlir

2017-07-02 19:32:11

29th and Railroad. Coincidentally, where I spent a few minutes waiting for the ambulance a couple winters ago when I wiped out on the railroad tracks. Not on a 29er.

dberlin

2017-07-03 09:35:52

New Tag: To market to market to buy a fat hen...

dberlin

2017-07-03 14:03:53

Hint: you can see another tag on this page from where I took the photo.

dberlin

2017-07-05 14:13:50

28, 29, 31, 77, 81, 82, 83, G2 ...

dberlin

2017-07-07 10:21:38

Rain doesn't stop tag-o-rama. Market&Fifth. Art from CAPA, by Julia Melnyk and others https://flic.kr/p/WrXrZE

paulheckbert

2017-07-07 10:26:56

New tag. Nice brickwork! I could give a hint later, if necessary. https://flic.kr/p/WfBBgY

paulheckbert

2017-07-07 10:50:30

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, W North Ave and Allegheny Ave http://imgur.com/a/CEJMp

rustyred

2017-07-07 13:13:38

By George, I think we need another church tag.

rustyred

2017-07-07 13:21:35

New Zion Baptist Church, Juniata St., Manchester

zzwergel

2017-07-08 12:48:24

New tag: Get your One, Seventy-Five, or Ninety-One here!

zzwergel

2017-07-08 14:13:31

Unsolicited advice: get some toe clips (you'll need pedals that work with them). They aren't very expensive and make hill climbing a lot easier as you can get a bit of power on the upstroke too. Also don't have to worry about feet slipping off and destabilizing you on a hill climb. I bet you can get pedals, clips, and straps for $20 total. I used them for decades before moving into the much more expensive Shimano clipless pedals.

edronline

2017-07-08 16:19:57

Bus stop at Freeport Rd & Western Ave, Aspinwall https://flic.kr/p/W3EcQy

paulheckbert

2017-07-11 13:29:08

new tag hint: this is not an apple core https://flic.kr/p/VnjP6G

paulheckbert

2017-07-11 21:06:05

I can't believe I recognized this funky tag almost at once. Railroad trestle over Highland Drive by Washington Blvd, across from the Zone 5 PD and the bike track. That would be 40.4741 x -79.9072.

ornoth

2017-07-12 12:40:07

Good work!

paulheckbert

2017-07-12 15:12:51

New tag! From one end of the city to the other... I don't think any of my Pittsburgh Randonneurs friends play ToR, but they would understand that this is the only street in the city where you could ride an entire randonneuring event on a single public way. Although it's at the less-developed end of the street, someone obviously thought this big red dot would be a convenient marker! THIS IS THE TAG: If you want to validate your guess on Street View before hitting the road, you might find this near the other end of the street. THIS IS NOT THE TAG, THIS IS JUST A CLUE:

ornoth

2017-07-12 16:49:17

I see the hint "the only street in the city where you could ride an entire randonneuring event on a single public way" but couldn't any street be used as the entire randonneuring route? Just go back and forth many times.

paulheckbert

2017-07-14 12:06:19

I suppose that's true. But "a randonneuring event" should get you where you need to be. It's the only way.

ornoth

2017-07-14 14:30:10

Just go back and forth many times.
Nope. https://rusa.org/orgreg.html
Routes: Each event must use a RUSA-certified route. An event's route may be assigned after the event is approved for scheduling. An existing certified route may be used. New or changed routes must be submitted to RUSA at least a month before the date of the event where it is first to be used. Choosing the route is left to the organizer; however, routes consisting of doing the same loop multiple times, regardless of the distance of the brevet, are not permitted. Ideally, routes should be out and back, on low traffic roads, and on roads that are easy to follow. Extreme terrain should be advertised as such when the ride is first publicized. The date and location of a ride should take into consideration possible weather conditions to avoid, when possible, such as snow, or extreme cold or heat.

mikhail

2017-07-14 15:49:40

FWIW, I'm a randonneur and a tagger and the clue doesn't mean anything to me. I don't think it's that the road is 200k long. Or even 50k. And I don't think it's that it's named kittens and puppies or spring cheese. It's a toughie.

jonawebb

2017-07-14 17:17:08

I'm not a randonneur, but I know exactly where this is. Unfortunately, I already have plans tonight in a different part of town; you've got on the order of 20 hours before I'll be able to get there.

epanastrophe

2017-07-14 17:27:49

Is it in the West End somewhere?

zzwergel

2017-07-14 18:19:15

I wouldn't "overlook" the West End... Haah! That's a pun more than it is a clue, tho.

ornoth

2017-07-14 18:52:09

Jon, you don't have to think too long on this one.

marko82

2017-07-14 20:32:42

I know, it's a characteristic of @ornoth's tags; obvious once you get them.

jonawebb

2017-07-14 21:51:10

We're at 1000 replies and the quote with the reply # is now wider.

edronline

2017-07-14 22:38:52

Thx @jonawebb. I'm still chafing because my first tags, which I thought were a little obscure, were all found within a couple hours. You yourself were skilled enough to claim my Arctic / Antarctic tag in *less than three hours!* Perhaps I've gotten a little more obscure. But finding entertaining street names is a good way for me -- a recent transplant who barely knows the city at all yet -- to find interesting places to explore and place tags. I'll try to mix it up more in the future, tho. But don't expect 'em to be too easy! ;^P

ornoth

2017-07-14 23:07:08

I want complaining, just observing. Also, I think the thread is broken. It keeps opening in the first page.

jonawebb

2017-07-14 23:14:47

Worked OK for me, at least on the iPad. As for the clue, it's a bit challenging, but I think there are enough clues. Also glad to see Ornoth has the spirit of the game, to get out on two wheels and get aht & abaht.

stuinmccandless

2017-07-15 08:23:12

I'm stuck in the same "let's go back to page 1" loop @jonawebb is in. Only happens in this thread. Started this am.

edronline

2017-07-15 09:10:48

Brevet Way Sheraden off of Narcissis. Edith Marko82 https://twitter.com/redinthe412/status/886228830213607424

rustyred

2017-07-15 10:24:28

Dagnabbit. Was on my way there, too... I get the same page-1 behaviour jonawebb and edr describe. I think it's time for volume 6.

epanastrophe

2017-07-15 10:46:28

Start it.

edronline

2017-07-15 11:43:54

Alternatively fix the bug that limits the number of posts on a thread to 3 digits.

jonawebb

2017-07-15 12:44:58

Can we do "Tag-o-Rama 2017" and make them annual volumes? I think that makes a lot of sense for most high-volume threads? Dunno, just IMO. Yay Red! Weldun! Also, that's 40.4542 x -80.05 PS: Oh yeah. And I'm really glad that red dot wasn't (rain-) water soluble!

ornoth

2017-07-15 12:47:37

New Tag! (Marko82) http://imgur.com/6NR94eJ You're gonna LAFF when you see where this tag is. If you like hills, then you'll be ABEL to get up here. https://youtu.be/wpjvUKVRVpc

rustyred

2017-07-15 14:30:01

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