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The cafe next to El Gato Harley in Tarentum.
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Tarentum is typical of the Allegheny river towns.
Seen better days. Tarentum is about 15 miles upriver from Blawnox.
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This is where I lived from age 9 till 17.
I went to PSU. I was about 2 blocks uphill from the river.
Dad build a beauty salon in the garage, and she
worked there.
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The Blaw-Knox steel mill was across the street.
I lived in this tiny house from age 5 to 8. Skalski's Tavern was across the parking lot.
Skalski's was renamed Moondogs by new owner
Ron Moondog Escher.
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When I became a biker I needed a handle, so I picked Moondog because I live dogs and astronomy.
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We both kinda borrowed the name from a blind straat musician in NYC.
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We had a tiny bac yard.
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This is the infamous tit hill. For many years in the 60s and 70s kids would gather here and have a field party. We could see the only road there for about 2 miles.
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We only got busted once. A don knotts kind of Cop
snuck up while we were listening to load music. By luck, Bobby threw the one container of evidence into the thick brush.
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This is my grandfathers house in Fox Chapel.
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I am still close friends (on FB) with some of the other kids.
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My High School. It delivered a quality
education if you wanted it.
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Ha ha! The hippy married the cheerleader!
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I worked on the 7th floor for about a year
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I took this pic of Allegheny Observatory from
the top of the Cathedral of Learning.
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This was a little nook in an hidden area at the bottom of the cathedral. A few of my fellow programmers and I
would gather there to get high.
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