One Year in Brownsville
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Published 2018-04-16
All Comments (21)
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So sad to see it like this. So many childhood memories of my Grandparents house at 15 Angle Street. We would shop at the stores downtown, walk down to the Lock to see the boats and barges, and explore down by the river in West Brownsville. So many good times there in the 1960s
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Toured Philander Knox's childhood home here back in 2015 during an open house. Town looked the same as it did all the years before passing through to see local mining and abandoned rail features. Great history. Sad present day.
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Cool Historical Architecture there@
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One year in Brownsville makes a hard man humble...
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I was born at the Brownsville Pa .In 1944 !
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I grew up about 10 miles up river in Fredericktown in the 80s. I remember the flood of 1984 (?) which pretty much devastated all those communities on this section of the mon. I remember not long after that, Brownsville changed DRASTICALLY.
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Having travelled up and down the Brownsville Road into and out of Pittsburgh to our home in Library for so long, my wife and I decided to take a road trip last year to Brownsville itself, and we were shocked to find it a ghost town. I'm particularly shocked watching this to realize that in the 15 years since this film was made, NOTHING has changed. That is a scandal!
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Norma I think I was in your 7th grade class at Front St school in 1962. Jeffrey Smith Muskegon MI.
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My soul is still there!
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When American was young and you wanted to go out West and save time overland on horse back. the place you went to was Brownsville Pa they made the Boats there, they had the Supplies, the Tackle and guides if you needed one. Read online about the Boat "" The Enterprize"" and men from Brownsville Pa. awarded money from the President Andrew Jackson and sailed down and re supplied the troops at the Battle of New Orleans. You have a great town with a rich History.
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The Netflix show "I'm not Okay with This" shot here. Shame they canceled the show after one season though, because it was really good. They were about to film season 2 but covid happened, and Netflix pulled the plug on many shows because of it
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You need to come back and do another story. Check out the Perennial Project! Come see what our high school kids accomplished.
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was there ever a follow-up to this story?
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I was in Brownsville, PA this past July 2019 and the main street is still dead to business. Still plywood sheeting on many of the store windows with red tax notices attached to the plywood. I remember driving trough Brownsville back in the late 60's and the main street was busy with customers at all the stores. Coal had made the town rich years ago, but now the money, workers, and young people are gone. Older people living on their retirement funds and Social Security checks.
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Marias Lovers, interesting movie. The house in the movie has been revamped.
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Development follows jobs. No employment, no development.
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That should be the heart of boat building and 2nd city to pittsburgh So much history and so disrespected They should be ashamed of themselves
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2019may n Brownsville is still a horrible shit hole but now w a walmart on the other side of the river. so defiantly no small businesses r gonna open new anytime soon..cant compete w walmart
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Nicest people enjoyed my stops in Brownsville It was to be bigger than the Burg
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Businesses thrive from people who have real jobs. Manufacturing is a real job. You know the story of USA. China. Most politicians didn't really care about jobs going overseas.
