John J. Chapman
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@chrisbriem @yacan1 Also the bakeries within a block of Forbes & Wood: Barkus, Rhea’s, Jenny Lee, the Arcade Bakery in Kaufmann’s
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Speaking of Bolan’s and for some old man gnashing, my only complaint on the changes in Downtown Pittsburgh is the erasure of the candy agglomeration that was all within a block of Fifth and Wood: Candy Ramas(2), Fanny Farmer, Bolan’s, more(?). (Pic via @johnjchapman, not sure orig. provenance)

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For your unapologetic Pittsburgh nostalgia of the day…. With Easter almost here, can you even buy the *solid* chocolate rabbits Bolans had? Or a candy that seems to have disappeared from any market are these pastel colored almost pure sugar discs?
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An eighth grader from Pittsburgh has the last remaining perfect March Madness bracket, having picked the winners of the first 48 games of the women's tournament correctly.
ABC News' Will Reeve spoke with the teenager, who said his picks were "all luck." abcnews.link/Rky8gZn
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I still dream about this commercial
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A 1975 Big Wheel commercial.
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