Goodbye Pittsburgh Potty, Hello Iron City + East Palestine 1 Year Later
It’s our Tuesday news roundup! We’re catching up on where things stand one year after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The big Iron City billboard is back, and we’re diving into the history of this Pittsburgh hillside. Some local kids were featured in the Pro Bowl, plus we’re wondering why the new Downtown Pittsburgh potties are already going away.
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We always cite our sources:
- Pittsburgh’s removing its mobile trailer bathrooms and opening up more permanent bathrooms Downtown.
- Read Oliver Morrison’s work about how residents of East Palestine feel a year after the Norfolk Southern train derailment.
- As part of a series on the train derailment, The Allegheny Front published a story about a stream in East Palestine that remains polluted.
- Ohio’s Attorney General released a statement focusing on the answers they’re looking for in the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the root cause of the derailment.
- The Iron City sign is back, and of course, Pittsburghers weighed in on what they want to see on Mount Washington.
- Hey Pittsburgh covered the history of the IC Beer billboard — it was once the largest neon sign in the world!
- Have kids interested in flag football? Pittsburgh Elite’s tryouts are coming up on Feb. 17 and 18.
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