My fourth week in Sweden was highlighted by my family coming to visit! We traveled to Åre (pronounced oh-ruh) for the weekend, a small skiing town that happened to be hosting a bike festival. I’d already realized that Sweden was going to have hands-down the most incredible nature, but wow – this was good stuff…
Till Next Time Berlin!!
Hello everyone for the final time, After eight unforgettable weeks, my international internship experience in Berlin has officially come to an end. Looking back on my final week and saying goodbye to the city, my coworkers, and the friends I made was incredibly bittersweet. It feels like just yesterday that I was packing my bags,…
Hanboks, Bibimbap, and Bingsu
Last weekend, a group of interns in my program took a trip to Jeonju. We had Friday off for Constitution Day, so it was perfect for a long weekend! The weather forecast looked pretty terrible all week, with rain expected the entire weekend, but we got lucky. It stayed dry through most of Saturday before…
Hill District – The growing Neighborhood of Pittsburgh
This morning, our entire group (all ten of us) ventured for a tour of the Hill District with Terri Baltimore, and I have to say, it might have been one of the most eye opening mornings I’ve had here throughout my time here in Pittsburgh so far. I went in not knowing much about the…
The Hill District’s Story of Growth and Resilience
This morning’s tour of the Hill District with Terri Baltimore highlighted both the difficult history and the resilience of the neighborhood. One of the biggest themes from our discussion was that successful community development depends on putting the people who live there first. While the Hill District has faced many hardships, it has continued to…
Oakland’s Next Door Neighbor: The Hill District
Today, we took a tour of the Hill District with the illustrious Terri Baltimore. She led us through a small part of the neighborhood, but still gave insight into the deep history of success and failure within their community. From what she described, oftentimes the hardest failures came from people who focused their efforts on…
Hello, Hill District
The entire Haller Global Fellowship Program group had the pleasure of a tour of Pittsburgh’s Hill District by Terri Baltimore today. Terri is a critical member of the Hill District’s community, having worked to improve and maintain the Hill for over forty years! As someone who hasn’t been to most districts of Pittsburgh, I had…
What Terri Baltimore Taught Us About Neighborhood Revival
This morning we had the eye opening experience of touring the Hill District with Terri Baltimore, giving us an irreplaceable window into the deep history of this historic Pittsburgh neighborhood. Hearing the story of the area firsthand showed us both the painful scars of top down urban renewal in the mid twentieth century and the…
Taking The Hill District to New Heights
During our tour of the Hill District today, tour guide Terri Baltimore pointed out multiple examples of businesses brought to the area that either succeeded and became a community staple or failed within the first few years. Examples of success include Tom’s Barber Shop, Granada Theater, Senior Center, and the August Wilson House. To point…
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