PGH GTG March 12 - Parade! - DPChallenge Forums

03/05/2005 12:26:33 PM · #1

Mike and I are geting together next Saturday, March 12th to shoot the St Patrick's Day Parade in Pittsburgh. It starts at 10 AM, but you gotta be early to park and pick a good spot to shoot from.

It is the second largest St Patrick's Day Parade in the US (Boston in #1). The first in Pgh was in 1869.
The 2005 Route
Pictures of the 2004 parade, not mine though.
Photos from '96 parade, not mine either.

is mine from last year.

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03/05/2005 11:36:45 PM · #2

Bump for the night crowd.

ClubJuggle

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03/06/2005 10:25:01 AM · #3

What time are you all planning to meet up?

I'd love to go, but Pittsburgh is a 4-hour drive for me.

-Terry

03/06/2005 11:09:41 AM · #4

9 ish... the parade starts at 10, and the weatehr can be anything, but figure on cold and windy. staying on the sunny side of the street is MOST helpful, heat wise, assuming there is sun.

There is a bagel place on grant st, across from the USX tower. Brueggers i t is, at 531 Grant. (the web is cool!) It is warm there and near the start of the parade.

parking...I am trying to trade days at work so i can be off on Saturday and stay as long as needed otherwise with town cut in half by the parade parking and leaving becomes an issue (for me anyway).

If i get the day off, I'll bring some beer money.

hanlomba

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03/06/2005 11:13:20 AM · #5

awww crap. I have a shoot that day.

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03/06/2005 11:28:41 AM · #6

Originally posted by hanlomba:

awww crap. I have a shoot that day.

If you are shooting subjects like you have in your portfolio here, can i assist? Looks like more fun than any parade i have been to!

deapee

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03/08/2005 12:23:51 AM · #7

hrmm...I think I'd do the parade, but I don't know if I feel like braving all the traffic that's going to be down there. Is there anywhere we could meet somewhere then say ride a trolley into town (don't mind me, I don't go into town too often).

If all goes well...I should have my mini trekker AW by then *drool*

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

03/08/2005 12:34:31 AM · #8

Hmmm. park n ride. Interesting idea. I have driven in before, no probs. We can meet and I can be your trolley.

I used my backpack as a backpack for the first time today...my stick on velcro is unsticking (not too surprising there) so i have some stitching to do...but otherwise a backpack rocks! I even attached my tripod to it today.

lykofos

Canon EOS-40D

03/09/2005 09:38:37 AM · #9

New SUV, hundreds of drunks, beer bottles, downtown w/ parade going on = not a shot in hell I'm parking anywhere near downtown. I'm going to park and ride to. What are the rates for Fate's Jitney Service and where is the pick up point?

03/09/2005 09:46:03 AM · #10

Hey guys, been really busy, but I think that this would be fun on Sat.

We can take the 71A bus downtown, it'll be packed as hell, but that's half the fun!

03/09/2005 09:56:27 AM · #11

Oh, BTW, busted out the ol' film body a few weeks ago to use some B/W film (the new C-41 1hr photo compatible kind)

They're in my Pittsburgh Gallery //www.brianthechemist.com/photos/album01
I'd post some photos, but they're kinda OT in this thread.

See you saturday
Brian

hanlomba

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

03/09/2005 10:35:42 AM · #12

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

Originally posted by hanlomba:
awww crap. I have a shoot that day.

If you are shooting subjects like you have in your portfolio here, can i assist? Looks like more fun than any parade i have been to!

haha...yes, I will be doing a fashion shoot that day, but I doubt I'll need an assistant. :-) Man it's gonna be cold that day. You all are tougher than I am

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon

03/09/2005 11:35:08 AM · #13

hey guys, i'll try to be there. have we decided when and where? looks like a cold one. somebody needs to tell mother nature that it's march already.

Maverick

Nikon D200

03/09/2005 12:37:29 PM · #14

Do you guys have plans to shoot anywhere after the parade? If so and its somewhere indoors, I'll be able to go.

03/09/2005 01:52:38 PM · #15

Bad for me, but i've got the flu or something almost as nasty..so i will be working saturday night(to make up for being off 2 days) , so i gotta bug by 1:30. We should be good and frozen by then anyway :o

We could meet up at parkway center mall parking lot...perhaps by gi
ant eagle. should be save to leave a car or 2 there and not too far outta the way for use south/west hills folks.

03/09/2005 01:56:00 PM · #16

giant eagle on the north side sounds good to me. i live about 1/2 mile from there. are we meeting at around 9am? hope to see a few pittsburgh dpc'ers there.

03/09/2005 01:58:12 PM · #17

Originally posted by jeffzoet:

giant eagle on the north side sounds good to me. i live about 1/2 mile from there. are we meeting at around 9am? hope to see a few pittsburgh dpc'ers there.

PARKWAY CENTER MALL, not Allegheny center mall...or are you proposing 2 pick up points? I guess i may hafta put another seat in the wife's van!

03/09/2005 02:06:36 PM · #18

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

PARKWAY CENTER MALL, not Allegheny center mall...or are you proposing 2 pick up points? I guess i may hafta put another seat in the wife's van!

oops...nevermind. have to read more carefully. just tell me where you want to meet downtown and i'll be there.

anyone have a cell phone that i can give my number to just incase we need to track eachother down in the big crowds?

you can find mine on the contact section of my web site.

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03/09/2005 02:43:46 PM · #19

Jeff, what Giant eagle on the north side? (I live in highland park)

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03/09/2005 02:54:24 PM · #20

does anyone here have a canon 17-40L? (or some other 17mm lens that's not the "kit" or an other EF-S, as I have a 10D) I'm kinda in the market for one and I'd like to try someone's out before I buy.

Deepee was that you that had the 28-135IS? I'd love to try that sucker out too. I'll be bringing my 28 f/2.8, 50 f/1.8 and my 70-200IS, some warm-ass clothes and my need for beer!

03/09/2005 04:48:27 PM · #21

Originally posted by brianthechemist:

Jeff, what Giant eagle on the north side? (I live in highland park)

brian, if you're coming in from 28, exit on east ohio street. take that to cedar ave, and turn left. it's on the left side behind the sunoco gas station just before you go under the train tracks and across the 9th street bridge into downtown. if you want to meet there, that's cool. otherwise i'll meet everyone downtown.

to all,

have we nailed down a place yet?!

i've never been to the parade before, so i don't know prime locations.

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03/09/2005 06:24:50 PM · #22

I'll probably park near gateway center (stanwix garage?) and head up liberty and slowly cut across town to grant near USX tower.

Been a while since i hungout downtown, and things keep changing. My vote is for inside, warm and with coffee. Hence hte Brueggers on grant (behind the William penn hotel). it will be crowded there though.

deapee

Kodak V803

03/09/2005 07:51:58 PM · #23

I don't know how I'm getting there, but I defiantely plan on being there. I definately am NOT parking downtown...I'm definately NOT leaving my Jeep (with a soft top) in a Giant Eagle in North Side...and I don't know if I feel like riding a foot away from someone with the flu.

Maybe I can talk my girlfriend into going and we can bring her car.