tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664962455606477076.post4211341888473764692..comments2023-04-24T23:50:04.874-04:00Comments on Type 2 Clydesdale Cyclist: Three Things, No MileageVannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664962455606477076.post-65782405304614523372014-09-02T13:01:00.084-04:002014-09-02T13:01:00.084-04:00Kind Reader, the Bastille is a local nickname for ...Kind Reader, the Bastille is a local nickname for a building once known as Western Penitentiary (see https://www.flickr.com/photos/kjimbo/3702026945/) which was decommissioned and later reopened as SCI Pittsburgh (state correctional institute). see <a href="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8438/7876494046_0d2d45bde5_z.jpg" rel="nofollow">image</a> It's a scary, imposing 160-year old place. <br /><br />See this wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Correctional_Institution_%E2%80%93_Pittsburgh for more, including it's role in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Story". <br /><br />Thank you for your comment and your reading the blog, I appreciate them both! Cheers, V.Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664962455606477076.post-33487277818464148102014-09-01T19:26:31.167-04:002014-09-01T19:26:31.167-04:00Vannevar,
I have been following your blog now for ...Vannevar,<br />I have been following your blog now for close to a year. Maybe it's because my wife and I are cyclists, and maybe because we lived in Danville, PA before moving to Winchester, VA, and maybe because I follow some of the DC Randonneur blogs and you have been mentioned there, but anyway, I enjoy your stories and your perspective on things. I have one question though: What and where is the "Bastille"? You refer to it often but I cannot figure out what it is. I asked one of the people I work with that lived in Pittsburgh but she doesn't know either. Keep up the big miles and the great posts! Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075440454691100473noreply@blogger.com