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Cathedral of Learning
The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are here, and the surrounding streets are packed with cheap eateries, cafés, shops and student homes. Rising up from the center of the U Pitt campus is the soaring Cathedral of Learning, a grand, 42-story Gothic tower which, at 535ft, is the second-tallest education building in the world.
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Interior Design District
Formerly gritty Lawrenceville has recently become the city's Interior Design District, comprising the stretch on and around Butler Street from 16th to 62nd Sts. It's a long and spotty strip of shops, galleries, studios, bars and eateries that's on every hipster's radar, and runs into the slowly gentrifying Garfield neighborhood, a good place for cheap ethnic eats.
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Monongahela Incline
The South Side, bursting with shops, eateries, bars and cool characters, is a great place for strolling. To see it from above, ride the Monongahela Incline. The historic funicular railroads that run up and down Mt Washington's steep slopes and afford great city views (and along which a young Jennifer Beals rode her bicycle in the classic '80s film Flashdance ). You can also try the Duquesne Incline (www.incline.pghfree.net).
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Temple Sinai
Squirrel Hill is home to Pittsburgh's large Jewish population, and features the city's best kosher eateries, butchers and Judaica shops. Temple Sinai is a synagogue that's housed in the architecturally stunning Elizabethan-style former mansion of John Worthington.
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