Who Knew? With Becky Carpenter

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Program Type:

History, Other

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Join Becky for an evening of interesting facts and tid-bits about our region! Becky searches out the off beat, weird, seldom seen, and fascinating to help us all learn a little more about where we call home!

Here are some of the places/ things that will be included:
-An art deco gas station beauty in Bedford.
-Sawdust fur cleaning at Kaufmann's department store.
- A radioactive grave in Allegheny Cemetery.
-Pittsburgh's  "Skinny Building."
-Underground lifeguard stations in Cameron, WV

Rebecca Carpenter is a retired educator who now teaches in the Osher Lifelong Learning Programs at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.