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| Finding the right video for your lesson | |
| 1 Scan the index to find segments that fit your lesson's goals. | TIP The number in the first "Tape" column identifies the show the segment is in (see key at page bottom) and links to a more complete description. |
| 2 Preview the segments on videotape using the "time-in" and "time-out" as cues. | TIP The linked descriptions include more detailed visual cues. |
| 3 Read the FYI background article for more information about the theme. | TIP If you aren't sure which segments to use, FYI recommends specific video segments related to topics. |
| 4 Choose discussion questions and activities to tailor your lesson to your curriculum. | |
Video segments for Bridges and Buildings |
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Tape |
Time In |
Time Out |
Title/Description |
Rele- |
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6:00 |
10:30 |
City of bridges |
5 |
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16:00 |
21:50 |
Great old bridges of SW PA |
5 |
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20:50 |
25:30 |
Suspension bridges |
5 |
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31:25 |
34:30 |
Golden Age of Pittsburgh bridges |
5 |
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34:10 |
36:05 |
Ornamentation and appearance |
5 |
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18:40 |
21:10 |
Skyscaper History I: Park Building |
5 |
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21:10 |
23:20 |
Skyscaper History I: Arrott Building |
5 |
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23:20 |
24:42 |
Skyscaper History I: Benedum Trees Building |
5 |
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34:21 |
40:43 |
Skyscaper History II: Art Deco Koppers, Gulf, and Grant Buildings |
5 |
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47:13 |
55:53 |
Allegheny County Courthouse and Morgue |
5 |
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51:48 |
56:17 |
Cathedral of Learning and the Nationality Rooms |
5 |
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1:00:21 |
1:04:06 |
Carnegie Mellon University and Mellon Institute |
5 |
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23:45 |
33:45 |
Science, technology and industry in the Strip |
5 |
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6:30 |
10:00 |
New Uses for old buildings: Station Square |
5 |
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10:30 |
16:00 |
Ironworkers' war against rust (jobs) |
4 |
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15:55 |
17:39 |
Designing bridges (jobs) |
4 |
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25:30 |
29:45 |
Bridge inspectors (jobs) |
4 |
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40:40 |
44:30 |
Cutting edge design: Veteran's Memorial Bridge, Steubenville |
4 |
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3:35 |
5:25 |
Fourth Ave.: Pittsburgh's Wall Street |
4 |
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&:05 |
8:10 |
Skyscraper History III: Renaissance I |
4 |
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8:10 |
9:00 |
Burke's Building: Downtown's second oldest |
4 |
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9:00 |
11:33 |
Skyscraper History IV: Renaissance II |
4 |
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24:42 |
25:53 |
Early Downtown houses |
4 |
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25:53 |
28:30 |
William Penn Hotel |
4 |
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32:13 |
34:21 |
Union Trust Building |
4 |
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40:43 |
41:41 |
PRR Station: Gateway to the early 20th century city |
4 |
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2:24 |
6:42 |
Frederick Sauer's "castle" |
4 |
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6:42 |
13:08 |
Hully houses from the 1920's |
4 |
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24:10 |
31:30 |
The houses of architect Frederick Scheibler |
4 |
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37:36 |
42:55 |
Company houses in Marianna, Donora |
4 |
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48:46 |
53:20 |
Chatham Village: A planned community of the 1930s |
4 |
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53:20 |
59:0 |
Clayton: Home of Henry C. Frick |
4 |
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29:10 |
37:00 |
Saving old churches |
4 |
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37:00 |
39:09 |
H. H. Richardson's "Bake-Oven Church": Emmanuel Lutheran, North Side |
4 |
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25:00 |
29:30 |
Ridge Ave. Millionaires Row (Urban spaces planning, preservation) |
4 |
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29:30 |
33:40 |
Manchester: Historic Preservation |
4 |
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33:40 |
37:20 |
Fineview's Heathside Cottage |
4 |
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1:04:30 |
1:10:20 |
Urban renewal: Old Allegheny |
4 |
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9:57 |
12:51 |
Oakland Streets and houses |
4 |
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12:51 |
17:40 |
Schenley Park |
4 |
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23:55 |
28:24 |
Phipps Conservatory |
4 |
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31:57 |
34:21 |
Haines "Shoe House" programmatic architecture |
4 |
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46:09 |
48:04 |
Roadside Architecture |
4 |
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52:39 |
57:07 |
Motels |
4 |
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53:40 |
END |
Planning the Riverfront |
4 |
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:55 |
2:05 |
The demise of the Coraopolis Bridge |
4 |
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1:15:00 |
1:19:15 |
Adaptive reuse in the Strip (HSWP) |
4 |
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1:01:16 |
1:15:00 |
Houses on the South Side Flats and Slopes |
4 |
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51:47 |
53:02 |
Urban renewal: Hill District |
4 |
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37:45 |
40:40 |
Gone but not forgotten: Old Bridges, Part I |
3 |
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46:15 |
49:23 |
Boat captain saves the Glenfield Bridge (jobs, heroes) |
3 |
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49:00 |
52:30 |
Old Bridges, Part II & The Brady St. Bridge Accident (heroes, jobs) |
3 |
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52:38 |
56:15 |
Bridge engineers conference (jobs) |
3 |
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28:30 |
32:13 |
Frick Building and leveling Grant's Hill |
3 |
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13:08 |
24:10 |
Restoring old Highland Park houses |
3 |
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42:55 |
46:07 |
Swift pre-fabricated houses |
3 |
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2:00 |
4:10 |
Beulah Church |
3 |
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26:11 |
29:10 |
Hornbostel's Rodef Shalom |
3 |
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39:09 |
41:00 |
Hornbostel's B'nai Israel |
3 |
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3:27 |
9:57 |
The Hot Metal Bridge and Bates Street |
3 |
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28:24 |
34:22 |
Carnegie Museum |
3 |
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39:55 |
43:19 |
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh |
3 |
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| HR10 | 43:05 | 49:39 | Carnegie Library, Braddock | 3 |
| HR14 | 1:07:28 | 1:10:55 | Sewickley Train Station | 3 |
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7:43 |
10:13 |
U.S. Route 6 and Kinzua Bridge train trestle |
3 |
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34:40 |
41:25 |
Duquesne Brewery arts community |
3 |
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4:19 |
6:13 |
Flying off the "Bridge to Nowhere" |
2 |
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44:40 |
46:15 |
Emotions and bridges |
2 |
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33:54 |
37:36 |
Artist Malcolm Parcell's Moon Lorn |
2 |
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46:07 |
48:46 |
A Schenley Heights house with a view by architect Walter Roberts |
2 |
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41:20 |
43:55 |
Heinz Memorial Chapel |
2 |
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14:15 |
18:05 |
Mexican War Streets |
2 |
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37:20 |
39:40 |
Spring Hill Castle: Folk Architecture |
2 |
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30:00 |
34:30 |
Terminal Buildings |
1 |
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1:08:20 |
1:26:30 |
South Side Mainstreet program |
1 |
| KEY to programs | ||
| BR=Bridge to Nowhere DT=Downtown HH=Houses around Here HP=Holy Pittsburgh KW= Kennywood |
NS=North Side PD=PA Diners PR=PA Road Show RV=Mon, Al, O |
SS=South Side SF=Stuff thats Gone SP=Strip Show TH=Things that Arent There Anymore WA=Wylie Ave. Days |
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