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Artist Lorraine Vullo's new installation, the Homestead Labyrinth, lies adjacent to the community's historic Pump House near the sprawling Waterfront shopping complex -- a spot more fitting for a fast-food joint than an outdoor art piece. But Ms. Vullo says that the 68-foot labyrinth on Waterfront Drive, which opened to the public last Friday, will serve as an enclave for tranquility and meditation.
"Inside the labyrinth, there is no right or wrong way -- just a single path that leads you to the center," Ms. Vullo, 50, said. "It's about the inner journey."
Labyrinths are winding, walkable passages typically found in cathedrals or parks. They are often used for meditation or religious rituals.
It took $90,000 in grants, and more than a month of hard labor for Ms. Vullo to construct the labyrinth on the same site where the Battle of Homestead was fought between striking workers and Pinkerton guards during the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892.
The land is now owned by the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, a foundation dedicated to preserving the history of the Western Pennsylvania steel industry.
Ms. Vullo said her art installation serves as a memorial to those who died in the battle, the most prominent labor conflict in U.S. history. This site, she said, "is sacrosanct."
Ron Baraff, Rivers of Steel director of museums and archives, said the organization allowed Ms. Vullo to use the land because she was cognizant of its historical importance. Approximately 250 triangular stones lie on the perimeter of the labyrinth, and most are engraved with the name of a steel mill, foundry or blast furnace in Western Pennsylvania.
"This was the perfect spot for it," Mr. Baraff said. "There are so many stories here coming together in one place."
Ms. Vullo's art piece also serves as a personal commemoration; the entrance to the labyrinth faces 123 degrees east-southeast, the location of the moon when her son was born in 1996. She said she hopes visitors from outside Pittsburgh who don't have personal ties to the steel mills will still find the labyrinth a peaceful site for meditation and spiritual contemplation.
"It's important to the region, historically," Ms. Vullo said. "But it's also faithful to the ideal of a labyrinth in that there's a personal connection and a personal significance with the labyrinth outside of its historical context."
Like most labyrinths, Ms Vullo's installation does not contain wrong turns or dead ends; instead, there is just one path that winds in parallel lines to the center of the circle.
Labyrinths are often found on stone cathedral floors in France and Italy, as well as in gardens in the United Kingdom. But Ms. Vullo maintained that hers is a riff on the traditional labyrinth. Instead of a rose at its center -- typically a symbol of the Virgin Mary -- she chose to construct a six-pointed compass star.
Ms. Vullo, Mr. Baraff and two others spent a month putting together the labyrinth and ridding the land of rocks and cement left from the old steel mill. The Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area allowed Ms. Vullo to use the land without charge for an indefinite period of time.
But the organization is currently lobbying Congress to turn the area surrounding the Carrie Furnace site, where blast furnaces once produced iron for U.S. Steel, into Homestead Works National Park. If that happens, Rivers of Steel cannot guarantee that the labyrinth will stay in the park, spokeswoman Jan Dofner said.
But for now, Mr. Baraff said, Rivers of Steel is happy to have a modern artistic addition to its historic site.
"This is really the proper use of the land," Mr. Baraff said. "It's creating green space, creating something beautiful."
Ms. Vullo said she hopes the labyrinth becomes a much-used part of the Homestead community. She expects that it will grow more beautiful as the grass thickens and wildflowers flourish on the perimeter of the circle.
It will soon be listed in the World-Wide Labyrinth Locator, and she cannot wait to see it on Google Earth.
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During the 60th Anniversary celebration, Smiley -- the company's iconic cookie mascot -- also will be making more than 40 appearances at Eat'n Park restaurants. And, select restaurant locations will be hosting special parties with Smiley, giveaways of Guitar Hero video games, gift cards and t-shirts, as well as special performances by the star of Eat'n Park's new commercial,
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The Homestead Labyrinth, a new installation by artist Lorraine Vullo, will be dedicated Friday, June 12, from 6 pm to 8 pm. The labyrinth is located on the banks of the Monongahela River at the Pump House, 880 E. Waterfront Drive, in the Waterfront. The site, once part of the former Homestead Works, took its place in history when the Pinkertons and the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers clashed on July 6, 1892 in an event that became known as the Battle of Homestead. The Homestead Labyrinth is a peaceful, contemplative space in an area that was the scene of one of the most dramatic moments in American labor history. It also contains a strong personal connection for Ms. Vullo as the entrance of the labyrinth faces 123 degrees ESE, the location of the moon at the time of her son’s birth.
The medieval eleven-ring labyrinth is constructed of cobble stones and concrete triangles in various sizes and colors to represent the Monongahela, the Allegheny and the Ohio Rivers. On each of the hand-made triangles, Ms. Vullo engraved the name of a mill, foundry or furnace that is, or was once, located on that river, honoring the men and women who came from all over the world to live and work here. Walking the path of this labyrinth allows visitors and residents to tread on history in a context that is beautiful and quiet with local iconic images sharing space with ancient symbolism.
A crew of four, Lorriane Vullo, Michael Picarsic III, Ed Lewis, and Preston Allen, constructed the labyrinth in less than a month after months of planning.
The Homestead Labyrinth’s location at the Pump House, a trail head on the Steel Valley Trail, makes the art installation readily accessible to visitors hiking or biking this part of the Great Allegheny Passage Trail, the 325-mile, trail that connects Pittsburgh to Washington, DC.
Rivers of Steel
Saturday September 12th, 2009 @ 8 pm
Forty members from the Society for Industrial Archeology wanted to see firsthand the history behind how the 67-year-old building made the transformation from a Navy World War II ammunition plant.
"We are really happy that they chose to visit our site, and we take a lot of pride in being housed in this historic building," GalvTech operations leader Paul Mula said Thursday. "We helped bring steel back to this area, and I am glad we have the opportunity to show that to them."
The society, which is holding its national convention in Pittsburgh this week, is a nonprofit organization formed in 1971 that promotes the study, appreciation and preservation of historic industrial sites, structures, artifacts and technology.
Members come from a variety of professions and include architects, archaeologists, engineers, industrialists, teachers and students.
Society spokesman Patrick Martin, an archaeology professor at Michigan Technological University, said the group came to Pittsburgh to better understand its steel heritage.
"Pittsburgh is a great place to study the industrial industry," Martin said. "The more people know the history here, the more they appreciate it, and the more they will likely support efforts that go with understanding and possibly preserving it."
The organization publishes a semi-annual journal, a quarterly newsletter and posts industrial news and building preservation projects on its Web site, www.siahq.org.
Members gather every year for a spring conference, last held in Pittsburgh in 1993, where members tour industrial sites to better understand industrial trends and history.
Christopher Marston, an architect for the National Park Service in Washington, said some members have worked on local projects such as the preservation of Homestead's Pump House, the last 19th century building remaining at the site where the 1892 Battle of Homestead took place.
As a former Pittsburgh resident, he said he liked seeing what the city has done to keep the heritage here alive.
"I think the rail-trail movement here is really cool, where you can still see all those rusty old rail beds along the river," Marston said. "I like to come back and see what is left of the industry and hopefully be a catalyst for preservation for some of this stuff."
He said members have documented industrial buildings in McKeesport, Duquesne and Johnstown.
The GalvTech facility was a key military ammunition plant in the early 1940s because of its location along the Monongahela River and quick access to nearby rail transportation.
The GalvTech tour was just one of many planned during the convention. GalvTech, which starting leasing the building in 1996, specializes in the galvanizing of flat-rolled sheets of steel used for nonautomotive applications in the commercial construction and consumer goods market.
By Ken Fibbe
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday May 28, 2009,
7:30 p.m.
Valley Town (1940). Black & White. 27 minutes. Director: Willard Van Dyke
This social documentary that premiered at the Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee’s convention in Chicago in May 1940 portrays life in New Castle, Pa., during the Great Depression. Unemployment and poverty transformed the town and its people as automation made its impact in the steel industry. Because of what was considered an anticorporate view, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which funded the film, withdrew it from release and redid the film. Two very different versions, the original director’s cut and the remake, exist.
This half-hour documentary, part of the PBS “Great Depression” program series, tells the dramatic story of the struggle at J&L Steel that led to the famous Supreme Court decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Wagner Act. After the win at Aliquippa extended the union beyond U.S. Steel surrendering without a shot in secret negotiations between John L. Lewis and Myron Taylor, the steelworkers’ union hit up against Tom Girdler’s extreme resistance. The Memorial Day massacre of 1937, just weeks after the victory at Aliquippa, kept the unions inside “Little Steel” without a contract until 1941.
Battle of Homestead Foundation
West Mifflin Area High School/Auditorium Monday, May 11th, 2009
7:00-9:00PM
Sponsored by:
Topics include:
- Law Enforcement Efforts
- Physiology of D&A Use, Addition as a disease, Warning signs
- Types of drugs in communities – how to identify drugs
- Intervention Techniques – What could one do to help prevent people from starting; what could be done to help people stop using drugs
- What can a community do to combat drug/substance abuse
- What resources are available to help substance abusers
- Personal Testimonies – Person in recovery willing to share experiences to help others
Moderator: Patricia Valentine,
Point of contact: SMSgt DiCerbo, 412-896-0789
Email: dicerboo@wmasd.org
Youth Crime Watch President: Leo Agafanov
SADD President: Jessica Kostelnik
Resource Advisors/Tables include: Allegheny County Dept of Human Services, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, Familylinks, Mercy Behavior Health, Mon-Yough Community Service MH/MR, Turtle Creek Valley MH/MR Program, Alateen, Al Anon, Gateway, Greenbriar Treatment Center
Registration
Registration is being held Saturday, May 9 and May 16, 2009 from noon - 3:00 PM and Saturday, May 30 from noon to 2 PM at Barret Elementary School. Participants must bring copies of the following three items for us to keep, otherwise they will not be able to play:
Best of the Batch Foundation
2000 West Street
Munhall, PA 15120
Location
Games are held at the Charlie Batch 16th Avenue Playground in Homestead, PA, weather permitting. If rain is in the forecast, games will take place at Barrett Elementary School in Homestead.
Practice Schedule Tournament Dates and Times Championship Day Check our event calendar for future game dates and information. 
The official tournament begins June 10 at 5:30 PM.
Saturday, July 25 from 4:00 PM - ???
