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Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Edgewood, PA, United States of America

Gigapans: 48
Snapshots: 564
Bookmarks: 11
Last Visited: March 19, 2010
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Biography

Software Engineer at GigaPan since 2009. Background in Computer Graphics and Image Processing. Have been mosaicing images with a computer off and on since 1989.

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Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: pittsburgh, history, cmu, phipps, monongahela
Size: 3.35 gigapixels
Added: March 19, 2010
Total Views: 163
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spacer This gigapan nearly matches the perspective of another, shot from a bit down the hill in 1897: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/39820/

See if you can identify buildings in this photo that were present in 1897.
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360 degrees Behind Cucumber Falls, Ohiopyle State Park
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: waterfall, icicle
Size: 0.61 gigapixels
Added: February 21, 2010
Total Views: 243
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another one, from a few weeks earlier: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/40194/
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Behind Cucumber Falls, Ohiopyle State Park
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: waterfall, icicle
Size: 0.39 gigapixels
Added: February 21, 2010
Total Views: 51
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Cucumber Falls, Ohiopyle State Park
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: waterfall, ice
Size: 0.14 gigapixels
Added: February 21, 2010
Total Views: 91
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spacer A 9.1 meter waterfall in Ohiopyle State Park, in southwestern Pennsylvania.

A week after the big snowstorm. Temperatures this day were about 0C.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohiopyle_State_Park
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Flotsam Trail along the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, after the February 5-6 snowstorm
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: pittsburgh, monongahela, snow
Size: 0.37 gigapixels
Added: February 8, 2010
Total Views: 517
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spacer The Flotsam Trail extends from Duck Hollow, a small neighborhood of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River, about one mile upstream to near Carrie Furnace in Rankin. The trail runs close to the riverbank through a quiet, wooded strip of land that is near-unique within the city of Pittsburgh, in that it follows the river yet there's no road nearby.

The spot from which this photo was taken was underwater in the flood of January 26, and one and a half weeks later it was hit by 48cm (19in) of snow. The snow seems to have downed more trees than the flood.

This is almost a 360 degree panorama.
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outside the Create Lab at CMU
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: cmu, pittsburgh
Size: 0.94 gigapixels
Added: January 29, 2010
Total Views: 270
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spacer on the ledge outside our window, temperatures about -13C
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Downtown Pittsburgh from Southside about 1929
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: pittsburgh, history, southside
Size: 0.38 gigapixels
Added: January 19, 2010
Total Views: 397
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spacer This is Downtown Pittsburgh, the Monongahela River, and Southside as seen from what is now called McArdle Roadway, on the slopes of Mt. Washington.

I'm not sure of the year this photograph was taken. Perhaps 1929? If you know, please email me.

At left is the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LERR) station, which later became Station Square and the Grand Concourse restaurant.

This photograph was provided by Miriam Meislik and Ed Galloway of the Archives Service Center, University Library, University of Pittsburgh. http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/archives.html

A project by Dror Yaron, Randy Sargent, and Paul Heckbert hopes to re-photograph this scene from the same viewpoint for a before-after comparison. Click on "View in Google Earth" link to compare a more modern view!
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Pittsburgh Civic Center (Oakland) in 1927
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: oakland, pittsburgh, history
Size: 0.51 gigapixels
Added: January 18, 2010
Total Views: 517
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spacer R.W. Johnston took this picture of Pittsburgh Civic Center (now known as Oakland's Schenley Plaza) in 1927, apparently on August 24. From left to right, it shows Forbes Field, Hotel Schenley (now known as the William Pitt Union), Soldier's Memorial (now known as Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum), the future site of the Cathedral of Learning, the Carnegie Institute (now known as the Carnegie Library and Carnegie Museum of Natural History), and Carnegie Tech (now known as Carnegie Mellon University). The Carnegie buildings were dark with coal ash back then!

Most of the buildings that now make up the University of Pittsburgh were built after this picture was taken, so in addition to the Cathedral of Learning, we also don't see Posvar Hall, Hillman Library, Heinz Chapel, or Dippy the Dinosaur.

This photograph was provided by Miriam Meislik and Ed Galloway of the Archives Service Center, University Library, University of Pittsburgh. http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/archives/archives.html

A project by Dror Yaron, Randy Sargent, and Paul Heckbert hopes to re-photograph this scene from the same viewpoint for a before-after comparison. Click on "View in Google Earth" link to compare a more modern view!

More panoramic photos by R. W. Johnston: http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/39820/ ,
http://www.hellopittsburgh.com/Photos_Panoramic.Cfm
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Homestead from Swisshelm Park, rephotograph of a 1910 panorama
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: carrie_furnace, steel, handheld, rephotography
Size: 0.05 gigapixels
Added: January 16, 2010
Total Views: 259
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spacer This was a scouting mission to find the location from which a panoramic photograph of Homestead Steel Works was shot in 1910. That photo: http://picasaweb.google.com/pheckbert/Homestead#5427949312697809954.

In 1910, Carrie Furnace was making pig iron and Homestead Works was rolling it into steel sheets and beams. Today, Carrie Furnace is derelict, and Homestead Works has been replaced by the Waterfront Mall and condos!

Also, there are a lot more trees (blocking this view, unfortunately) on the hillsides now. It would be nice to rephotograph this under better lighting conditions, and find a way to remove the trees from the picture (without cutting any).
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Mountains from Revelation Bowl, Telluride
Author: Paul Heckbert (paulheckbert)
Tags: skiing, snow, handheld
Size: 0.13 gigapixels
Added: January 7, 2010
Total Views: 254
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spacer From the bottom of the Revelation Bowl on the back side of Telluride ski area, late afternoon, near closing time.

Sorry about the gap on the left. I'll have to go back and reshoot :-)
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golfers in Schenley Golf Course

Created: March 20, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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Total Views: 3

or Bob O'Connor Golf Course, as I guess it's now called
Gates Center at Carnegie Mellon University

Created: March 20, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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Computer Science Department
5600 Munhall Rd in Squirrel Hill

Created: March 20, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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10 story apartment building near Beacon St & Murray Ave
Maxon Towers apartment building in Squirrel Hill

Created: March 20, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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at Forbes St & Denniston St
Congregation Beth Shalom in Squirrel Hill

Created: March 20, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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at the corner of Beacon St & Shady Ave
Omega Building

Created: March 19, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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steeples of St Paul's Cathedral on the left

Created: March 19, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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and the conical towers of Central Catholic High School on the right
apartment building just east of CMU on Frew St

Created: March 19, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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I heard that Mister Rogers (Fred Rogers) once lived here
East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Created: March 19, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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(behind the tree). The green roof at lower right is Motor Square Garden. Before 1960, East Liberty had a bustling commercial district, but it was wrecked by a poor redevelopment plan deigned by Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority, resulting in the closure of 80% of its businesses, and turned East Liberty into something of an urban ghetto. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Liberty_(Pittsburgh)). Fortunately, 'Sliberty is coming back to life, slowly.
Sacred Heart, Calvary, Nabisco

Created: March 19, 2010
Taken From: Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from roof of Falk School
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Boxy church tower at left is Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church; steeple at center is Calvary Episcopal Church, and boxy building behind the steeple used to be called the "Nabisco Building" but now it's part of Bakery Square.
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