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Our Lady of the Parkway

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Most of the content in Pittsburgh City Paper is a bit raw, but this article is interesting and respectful.

Mass Transit

My office looks out over I-376 to the hill next to Bates Street. During the winter, I noticed wooden crosses and a white sculpture that looked like the Virgin Mary on the hillside. What is it?

Question submitted by: Vivienne Marshall, Glenshaw

Writer: CHRIS POTTER

You are not the first to have a vision of the Virgin Mary on that spot, though in its long history of religious visionaries, you may be among the few to identify a two-foot-tall statue from across a six-lane highway.

What’s In The Bag?!? I Can’t Read!!! It’s Bacon!

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Vegetarians, eat your artichoke hearts out. 😉

Sizzling second annual Bacon Show
By VINNEE TONG

“ALBANY, N.Y. – The first thing that hit visitors was the smell — that sizzling, hickory, greasy smell that seeps into your clothes and hangs in your hair. The pungent aroma announced to passers-by that the second annual Bacon Show was on. And if the smell didn’t bring people in, maybe the man dressed in a bright pink pig costume would.”

“Brandon Shimoda, an artists and organizer, simply wanted people to come in and share his love of bacon. He and fellow artists displayed photos, paintings and exhibits glorifying the breakfast meat at his apartment Saturday evening. About 20 people showed up.”

Wee Wee? Nein!

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Water-spouting nude statue fails to hit right note with Austrian mayor

“VIENNA (AFP) – The mayor of Salzburg was rather piqued at the sight of a water-spouting statue of a naked man unveiled on the eve of the Austrian city’s annual music festival[…]Local inhabitants and visitors were more amused than shocked by the statue and accused the mayor of hypocrisy.”

What?!? I think there’s a huge difference between a tasteful nude like David or Venice Demilo, and a guy drinking his own urine.

Burnt Offering

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Who knew burnt toast could serve artistic purposes?

The Toaster

“The Toaster, which was made for Galeria Milano, is another work where bread is used and its symbolism is questioned.”

“The Toaster is a large picture, seven metres long and four and a half metres high, totally made from bread toasted in different temperatures and for different lengths of time to reach the different nuances that occur between black and white, ochre and rust. It took seven days of work and several friends and their toasters to prepare the 3.053 pieces of toast necessary to build the gigantic mosaic, which viewed up close, resembles a beautiful abstract picture but when viewed from a distance most closely resembles a photograph of a toaster”