Verkkopittsburgh has transformed itself from the steel city to western pennsylvania’s hub of “eds” and “meds. ” but before that could happen, the city. Pittsburgh's renaissance festival is. Verkkofor a handful of decades in the middle of the 20th century, pittsburgh — yes, pittsburgh — was a nexus for the black renaissance. Verkkoon october 25, 1945, pennsylvania governor edward martin announced that the state legislature had officially authorized the creation of a state park in the city of. Verkkothis collection contains oral history interviews documenting the pittsburgh renaissance from the viewpoint of pittsburghers’ own lives and activities. Verkkohow did urban renewal, a controversial federal program, shape the postcard vision of pittsburgh's downtown and its neighborhoods?