Submitted by 1029Dash t3_yij0am in pittsburgh
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ballsonthewall t1_iuj3qc1 wrote
can we please pedestrianize the square already???
OrangeSundays19 t1_iuj4l9u wrote
Earlier and earlier every year. Craziness. They put up the tree and ice rink two weeks ago and we've had multiple 70 degree days.
Next year it'll go up in beginning of October. Then September, then July. Soon all year it will be Christmas Town™, a haunted depressing place, because no one wants to buy a Christmas ornament in the Summer.
Let me have one day of Halloween!
Jesus Christ.
cigarmanpa t1_iuj7olb wrote
This was on thanksgiving needs to stop
James19991 t1_iuj8xsz wrote
They always start building it around Halloween. The last farmer's market of the year down there was last week, and they need to have everything built and all the stands stocked in time for Light Up Night, which is on November 19th. I know it's hard to believe, but that's less than 3 weeks from now.
OrangeSundays19 t1_iujat97 wrote
Tomorrow would have been fine. I just wanted a day of not endless construction while I walk around. I just wanted to see people dressed as mummies, and enjoy a night of weirdness. 1 day.
This Christmas obsession is a lot. I'm not Christian but I appreciate people enjoying and celebrating their holiday. But dang y'all. A 1/6 of the year?
It's a lot, is all I'm sayin.
I know nothing I say here is going to change this. City's got plans and I wasn't consulted. I'm just throwing some wishes on some scraps of paper into the endless whirlpool that is the internet.
I'm glad people like it. I'm just saying it's pretty annoying.
James19991 t1_iujcwl1 wrote
I love Christmas, but I don't like it in October or most of November until after Thanksgiving myself. However, Light Up Night has been on the weekend before Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember.
OrangeSundays19 t1_iujfvoq wrote
Apparently 61st Anniversary. I always enjoy it but dang if it isn't frustrating not being able to walk through Markey Square for a few weeks.
I'm there a lot and it would save me a lot of time. It's not the end of the world.
Also don't like the barriers. They should do it piece meal. A quarter at a time. Finish one quarter, move on the the next. But then again, I know next to nothing about construction and am just some guy.
There has to be a better way. Because it's an extra annoyance every year, and has been for a while.
Xaldex t1_iujh47p wrote
Honestly though.
BoringAdventures t1_iujhmdl wrote
They usually do 2nd to last week of oct. Need time to lay DAHN the ice
Exact_Competition653 t1_iujjagu wrote
Saw them testing the lights on the Christmas tree as well
oliverlol69123 t1_iujn28z wrote
What's that car in the image? That looks like a fiat
CostofRepairs t1_iujwkuy wrote
“Marky Square”? Go back to your “nuggs” and “tendies”.
Xaldex t1_iuk7bkb wrote
The 18th from what people there told me (I work next to the square)
TheRedSnoot t1_iuk8fmk wrote
Saw that yeah. On Halloween too
RockerRabbit t1_iuk8lsz wrote
Please just stop we have other fucking holidays I'm going insane
iamnotacola t1_iukbh91 wrote
Marky Square and the Funky Shapes
DoctorTannis t1_iuj3n09 wrote
Where's Mark? And the Funky Bunch for that matter...