Notorious Pittsburgh

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Main Author: Whitlatch, Chris (Author)
Other Authors: Wos, Joe (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] : Chris Whitlatch, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Get to know a different Downtown: Judges, lawyers, and prostitutes, oh my ; Forbidden love and Pittsburgh's great escape ; Pittsburgh's Chinatown : battles won and lost ; Grant's Hill
  • Gone, but let's not forget: Pittsburgh's longest serving brothel ; Pittsburgh's first bank robbery ; Pittsburgh's most infamous bar and one of its most creative criminals
  • The rise of the rackets and prohibition: One Monday in June 1926 ; The wettest building in Pittsburgh ; The bumpy rise of organized crime ; The queen before the king
  • Pittsburgh's red light district part 1: How did the red-light district come about? ; The vice king is dead ; The stage is set
  • Pittsburgh's red light district part 2: The Christmas bombing ; A hot August night ; The toughest, sweetest person you ever met ; Turning off the red light
  • Some of my other favorite notorious stories: The serial killer that most Pittsburgher's [that is, Pittsburghers] don't know ; Another tragic last supper ; The gentleman of Verona ; Rob the boss ; A notorous future ; Afterword ; Tour stops.