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Exploring Pittsburgh's Ups and Downs In Pittsburgh, the elevation varies wildly, fluctuating 660 feet from highest to lowest points throughout the area and making it one of the hilliest cities in the United States. Throughout this unruly and physically challenging landscape, the city's first mass transportation system was built--a steadily expanding network of public stairways, locally referred to as city steps, these flights of stairs are a throwback to a very different time in history and a very different Pittsburgh. Authors Laura Zurowski, Charles Succop, and Matthew Jacob present the history of the Steel City steps and a walking guide to their scenic locations today.

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Charles Succop has worked in the City of Pittsburgh Archives since 2017 and is the local historian behind the popular @pghthenandnow Instagram account. He graduated from Appalachian State University and the University of Pittsburgh, where he received a Master of Library and Information Science degree. Laura Zurowski is a hardy fool, living on a hill and hails from divine Providence, Rhode Island. She photographs and writes about Pittsburgh's city steps. She is the creator of Mis.Steps: Our Missed Connections with Pittsburgh's City Steps, an Instagram-based writing and photography project dedicated to the 739 sets of public stairs located by Bob Regan in the late 1990s. The five years spent revisiting Bob's journey (2017-2022) provided the foundation for the new City Steps of Pittsburgh book. Laura Zurowski is a hardy fool, living on a hill and hails from divine Providence, Rhode Island. She photographs and writes about Pittsburgh's city steps. She is the creator of Mis.Steps: Our Missed Connections with Pittsburgh's City Steps, an Instagram-based writing and photography project dedicated to the 739 sets of public stairs located by Bob Regan in the late 1990s. The five years spent revisiting Bob's journey (2017-2022) provided the foundation for the new City Steps of Pittsburgh book. Matthew Jacob works for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. Matthew holds a degree in history from Temple University and a master's degree in public management from Carnegie Mellon University.

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