Latrobe is a small city about 40 miles east of Pittsburgh.
The golfer Arnold Palmer and Fred Rogers (from Mr. Roger's neighborhood fame) are from Latrobe.
The regional airport is named after Palmer. The city has a bit over 8,000 folks, down from
nearly 12,000 in 1960. It has several closed factories (mostly steel/metal related)
but still has a brewery which orinally brewed Rolling Rock (though now puts out Sam Adams among
other brews).
The town doesn't look as depressed as many other rust belt cities,
though it appears rather gray and empty in these pics (taken on a Sunday afternoon).
Anyway here are some pics from a brief tour.
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11. Pee-Wee football (on Sunday).
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A little way outside of town is St. Vincent College, a Benedictine liberal arts school.
Some info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Vincent_College
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42. Chuck Noll Field (where the Pittsburg Steelers have spring training)>
43. Yep, that Fred Rogers.
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45. The Basilica
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48. The Monastery under renovations.
49. So long from Latrobe.
Hope you enjoyed.
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