We could see the “glow” from our perch in Oakland of the slag dump that was just behind the eastern side of the Squirrel Hill tunnels. They have developed that area in 1/2 million dollar homes. Built on slag. It’s called Somerset.
I can remember “trips” out to Browns Dump to watch the dumping. It was kinda scary to me (I was little, but liked the soft serve ice cream we’d get along the way). The soft serve was quite the departure from the isalys we ALWAYS had (I grew up behind the BIG Isalys on the Boulevard of the Allies). UPMC has that property now.
My father grew up in Oakland. His house overlooked the river. He was quite the delinquent back in the 50’s while attending Conleys Vo tech. He would have kicked our backsides if we even attempted the stuff he did. Isalys wasn’t spared and that’s all I will say!!!