Yes people still get drunk, do drugs, and piss on the steps. You really want to walk down these to get to your house at night ?

We hung out on them a lot when I was a kid. I always thought they were such a great feature of the city.

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Is the one that connects to duquesne university. A couple years ago, my uncle and I went to these records exchange across the bridge and I was like, let's cross the bridge. And then I see people walking.down a hillside and I'm like let's walk up those. My uncle wanted to kill me that day.

There are some of those steps about a half a block from my house, when I first moved in there was probably 75-100 empty mini Sutter Homes wine bottles under them. Always made me laugh.

Edit: they have all since been cleaned up

A few years ago on this sub it was big to post city steps. Was kinda cool to see so many random ones you’d never come across otherwise

The last place anyone saw father Damien Karras

The city steps have been convenient for me to walk the city, but a lot of them are in need of repairs and overgrown. I wish the city would take better care of them

I live in the southside and I love using the steps as a workout tool. Not sure I’d want to rely on them day to day though.

Walked up those steps, drunk, back to my dorm many times from going to parties or bars on the south side when I was at school there.

Nice view of the ACJ.

Laura Zurowski writes all about the city steps in Pittsburgh. Here is a recent article on the South Side Slopes Step Trek and here is her publication on the steps of Pittsburgh

I have nostalgia about jumping over the rebar - aren't there something like 213 steps or so?

Your sidewalks, roads, fields, parks, etc - maybe if we all work together we can improve these sites?

Steps are last on a list that won’t make it to the bottom.

I’m not sure of the number. What I do know is if I tried to go up those steps now, I’d probably have a cardiac event.

Most have street names. If are lost, using map, pre gps times, most are not drivable.

http://www.frontiernet.net/~rochballparks2/towns/duquesne.htm

Just found this link.

Breaks are invaluable.

Are these the steps that lead to Duquesne? I had to walk up them be time to catch a bus and had a panic attack.

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They actually are as of late. It’s slow progress, but a dedicated effort is being put out.

There are houses at bluff and tenth?

There’s also this beautiful video - https://youtu.be/WW8pDNZz2YI. This whole YouTube channel is pretty awesome.

I have walked down those steps more than once lol

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Can’t even fathom working like 12 hour in a mill, then waking home up iced steps in the winter. I can however imagine living in a place with no insulation. Good to know some things don’t change.

Thanks for the mention! A new city steps steps walking tour book will be published in 2024 by University of Pittsburgh Press! Stay tuned!

Humans have been walking year around for their entire existence. Is it really that hard to imagine? Seriously, i'm baffled at how walking could seem unimaginable to anyone. ;-)

Pretty sure you missed inference that it was a tough life.