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Age 50+ History Hikes: Pittsburgh City Steps – South Side East
November 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
$15.00 – $100.00Age 50+ History Hikes: Pittsburgh City Steps – South Side East
Description/ What to Expect: The month of November features the dynamic neighborhoods of east South Side. Meeting point will determined closer to the time of the event. This hike is one in a series lead by Laura Zurowski, one of the authors of the upcoming book Pittsburgh’s Ups and Downs: Exploring History by the City Steps. While breaks will be taken along the route, but these urban hikes are designed for folks who are accustomed to the challenges of significant elevation gains.
Trip Leader: Laura Zurowski is a technical writer at the University of Pittsburgh. Since 2017, she has published Mis.Steps: Our
Missed Connections with Pittsburgh’s City Steps, a public space documentation project of Pittsburgh’s public
stairways. Laura graduated from Emerson College, where she studied marketing and communication, and Harvard
University’s Graduate School of Education, where she received a Master’s in Education, Planning, and Social Policy
Activity level: Intermediate
Distance: Approx 2mi
Starting Location: TBD
Ticket Sales Close: Friday November 15th at Noon
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Please arrive 15 minutes before the start time to ensure that the trip gets underway on time. Dress for the weather (Venture Outdoors trips proceed rain or shine!), bring water and wear comfortable closed toe shoes. By purchasing a ticket, you acknowledge that you are physically able to undertake the activity described above.Â
Members can use their member discount at checkout.Â