News Archives:
Historic Buhl Planetarium
Equipment, Artifacts and Building
A.D. 2006

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Buhl Planetarium/Friends of the Zeiss News

Articles From the "Forum" Column of The Planetarian,
Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society

News Regarding Friends of the Zeiss Efforts to Have
The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science
Designated as a Historic Landmark
December of 2004 through Summer of 2005

Excerpt: Buhl Foundation Annual Report, 2004-2005
Including paragraph regarding historic designation of Buhl Planetarium.

News Regarding the Redevelopment of the Carrie Furnace property,
in the Boroughs of Rankin and Swissvale, Pennsylvania,
formerly of U.S. Steel Corp. [successor to Carnegie Steel Co.];
Possible New Home to Former Buhl Planetarium Mural
2005 June to Present

2005 September 14: Current news articles about proposed "North Shore Connector" rapid transit extension
project, which could include demolition of a warehouse currently storing historic
Buhl Planetarium equipment and artifacts, including the Zeiss II Planetarium Projector.

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* 2006 April 13 - The Washington Post:
Museum Is Going Dark to Add Light
American History's 'Architectural Transformation' May Take Two Years
By Jacqueline Trescott
Washington's Museums: Worth the Price of Admission?
By DeNeen L. Brown

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Historic Carnegie Library Clock Tower
Struck by Lightning 2006 April 7 !

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Regional Branch
(located next-door to Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium)
Closed Until Building Damages Repaired.

Photos of Historic Clock Tower: Before Accident *** After Accident (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

More Clock Tower Photos

Allegheny Regional Library Photo Album and Library History *** History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries

Web site to restore library service in
America's first publicly funded Carnegie Library !!!

History of Buhl Planetarium *** Allegheny Public Square

* Lord, Rich. "Alcoa Foundation funds 3 local institutions."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2008 April 28.
"A $400,000 grant to the Carnegie Library system will back children's areas in new North Side and Hill District branches."

* "Plans for North Side library branch to be presented."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 April 24.

* Walsh, Glenn A. "Lower North Side - Two Years with No Public Library Service Despite Repaired Library."
Address. Pittsburgh City Council. 2008 April 24.

* Walsh, Glenn A. "Lower North Side - Two Years with No Public Library Service Despite Repaired Library."
Address. Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District. 2008 March 31.
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* Walsh, Glenn A. Letters-to-the-Editor:
"About my views." (Last letter of six letters on web page)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 March 29.
Response to letter-to-the-editor personal attack,
regarding both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium,
published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 2008 January 1.
Original, more detailed response was e-mailed to the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 2008 January 5.

* Walsh, Glenn A. "Response to Personal Attack in Post-Gazette."
Address. Allegheny County Council. 2008 March 18.
Response of Glenn A. Walsh to personal attack in "Belated opposition"
letter-to-the-editor in 2008 Jan. 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, regarding
both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium.

* Walsh, Glenn A. "Response to Personal Attack in Post-Gazette."
Address. Pittsburgh City Council. 2008 March 18.
Response of Glenn A. Walsh to personal attack in "Belated opposition"
letter-to-the-editor in 2008 Jan. 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, regarding
both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium.

* "The Allegheny Library saga continues."
Allegheny West Gazette Newsletter, Pittsburgh 2008 March.
The Allegheny West Gazette is the official newsletter of the Allegheny West Civic Council, North Side, Pittsburgh.

* Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Tonya Payne, who has boasted (at the 2007 December 18 public hearing at the New Hazlett Theater in the North Side's Carnegie Hall) about using her URA Board position to pressure Carnegie Library to move the Allegheny Regional Branch Library out of the historic Allegheny Center building to a new building in the Central North Side, "dropped the ball" in a historic designation procedure for the Hill District boyhood home of the late playwright August Wilson:
** "City Council gives historic status to August Wilson home."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 27.
** Lord, Rich. "Council OKs historic status for Wilson home."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 21.
** "Playwright's home gets early OK as historic structure."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 Feb. 21.
** Lord, Rich. "Council tentatively OKs historic status for Wilson house."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2008 Feb. 20.
** "Pittsburgh council gives historic nod to August Wilson home."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2008 Feb. 20.
** Lord, Rich. "Council hit for Wilson home delay."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 19.
** Boren, Jeremy. "Councilwoman regrets delay in Wilson home recognition."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 Feb. 19.
** Boren, Jeremy. "Pittsburgh City Council holds hearing on August Wilson home."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2008 Feb. 18.
** Lord, Rich. "Family seeks probe of delay in Wilson house designation."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 18.
** Lord, Rich. "Payne won't say if Wilson warnings were ignored."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 5.
** Lord, Rich. "Intrigue deepens over playwright's home."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 2.
** "August Wilson house a political football."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Feb. 1.
** Lord, Rich. "Historic status for Wilson's boyhood home hits political snag."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Jan. 30.

* Walsh, Glenn A. "Response to Personal Attack in Post-Gazette."
Address. Board of Directors, Allegheny County Library Association. 2008 Feb. 18.
Response of Glenn A. Walsh to personal attack in "Belated opposition"
letter-to-the-editor in 2008 Jan. 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, regarding
both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium.

* O'Neill, Sharon M. Correspondence (Electronic-Mail):
"Actions, Funding, and Parties involved in the Former Sunoco Site at the
corner of Federal and Parkhurst Streets in Central Northside."
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh 2008 Feb. 8.
Response to David Tessitor's Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law Request regarding
funding sources used for site of proposed new North Side Carnegie Library.

* Walsh, Glenn A. "Carnegie Library's Abandonment of Allegheny Regional Library."
Address. Pittsburgh City Council. 2008 Jan.15.
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* Surma, John and Gerard, Leo. "Sunday Forum: The importance of libraries."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Jan. 13

* Malakoff, Robert. "Library arrogance," Letters-to-the-Editor
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Jan. 2
(Second letter of seven on web page)

* Demko, David and Kimmel, Joan. "Belated opposition," Letters-to-the-Editor
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Jan. 1
(Fifth letter of seven on web page)
Glenn A. Walsh Reply (to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by electronic mail)
to Personal Attack in "Belated opposition" Letter-to-the-Editor,
Regarding BOTH Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium.

* 2007 Dec. 28 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
North Side library relocation plan given green light
By Jeremy Boren

* 2007 Dec. 28 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
City Council clears way for new North Side library

* 2007 Dec. 27 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line:
Council OKs North Side library move
By Jeremy Boren

* 2007 Dec. 27, 10:48 a.m. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line:
Council clears way for new North Side library
By Rich Lord

* 2007 Dec. 27 - Pittsburgh City Council:
MINUTES OF RECONVENED STANDING COMMITTEES MEETING OF DECEMBER 18, 2007
FOR PRELIMINARY VOTE ON PROPOSAL TO BUILD NEW NORTH SIDE LIBRARY
Meeting occurred: Thursday, December 27, 2007, 10:00 a.m. EST
During this meeting of City Council's Standing Committee on Housing, Economic Development & Promotion, Bill Number 2007-1944 was approved, allowing Carnegie Library to move out of the historic Allegheny Regional Branch into a new structure on the new property to be purchased from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Later that morning, during the last legislative meeting of this session of City Council, the resolution received final approval. In both cases, the vote was 7 in favor, 1 opposed; City Councilwoman Darlene Harris (whose district the historic Allegheny Regional Branch is located within) was the opposing vote.

* 2007 Dec. 27 - Public Statement and Support Letter --
Public statement before Pittsburgh City Council regarding future of Allegheny Regional Branch, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, along with letter supporting retention of historic Allegheny Regional Branch building as a public library.

Statement of Glenn A. Walsh: Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version
Letter from person who could not attend City Council meeting:
Heather Steed

* 2007 Dec. 27 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Preservationist seeks delay in sale of land for library
By Rich Lord

* 2007 Dec. 24 - The Times-Herald, Newnan GA, Page 1:
U.S.'s first Carnegie Library in jeopardy
By W. WINSTON SKINNER
Newnan, Georgia, which moved library services out of historic Carnegie Library building
20 years ago in favor of new library structure, plans to undo this mistake
by restoring library service to historic Carnegie Library building.
This will be the first Carnegie Library building to have library service restored,
after the building was used for an alternate purpose (courthouse annex).
More information about Newnan Carnegie Library

* 2007 Dec. 21 - Pittsburgh City Council:
RECONVENED STANDING COMMITTEES MEETING OF DECEMBER 18, 2007
FOR PRELIMINARY VOTE ON PROPOSAL TO BUILD NEW NORTH SIDE LIBRARY
Thursday, December 27, 2007, 10:00 a.m. EST
Final vote is expected at City Council Legislative Meeting, IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING RECONVENED STANDING COMMITTEES MEETING.

* 2007 Dec. 19 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
North Side library debate at historic dimension
By Bill Zlatos

* 2007 Dec. 18 - Public Hearing Statement and Letters --
Public Hearing before Pittsburgh City Council regarding future of Allegheny Regional Branch, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Statement of Glenn A. Walsh: Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version
Letters from people who could not attend hearing:
Steve Pietzak
Friends of the Carnegie, Newnan, Georgia *** Greenville-LaGrange Neighborhood Association, Newnan, Georgia

* 2007 Dec. 18 - Public Statement before
Pittsburgh City Council by Glenn A. Walsh - Public hearing regarding restoring library service to Allegheny Regional Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be Tue., Dec. 18, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. in the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side:

Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* 2007 Dec. 17 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Page B-1:
Library's plan to build anew on North Side meets strong opposition
By Diana Nelson Jones
Regarding plans to abandon historic Allegheny Regional Library building,
built by Andrew Carnegie in the neighborhood where he grew-up.
in favor of smaller library structure three blocks away.

* 2007 Dec. 17 - The Times-Herald, Newnan GA, Page 1:
Carnegie Friends support Pittsburgh
By W. WINSTON SKINNER
Newnan, Georgia, which moved library services out of historic Carnegie Library building
20 years ago in favor of new library structure, plans to undo this mistake
by restoring library service to historic Carnegie Library building.
This will be the first Carnegie Library building to have library service restored,
after the building was used for an alternate purpose (courthouse annex).
More information about Newnan Carnegie Library

* 2007 Dec. 17 - Public Statement before
Pittsburgh City Council by Glenn A. Walsh - Public hearing regarding restoring library service to Allegheny Regional Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be Tue., Dec. 18, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. in the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side:

Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* 2007 Dec. 12 - Public Statement before
Pittsburgh City Council by Glenn A. Walsh - Public hearing regarding restoring library service to Allegheny Regional Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be Tue., Dec. 18, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. in the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side:

Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* 2007 Dec. 11 - Public Statement before
Pittsburgh City Council by Glenn A. Walsh - Public hearing regarding restoring library service to Allegheny Regional Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be Tue., Dec. 18, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. in the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side:

Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* 2007 Dec. 9 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The day the City of Allegheny disappeared
Pittsburgh gobbles smaller neighbor as Alleghenians vote 'no' but to no avail
By Diana Nelson Jones

* 2007 Dec. 9 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Hearing set for opponents of new North Side library
By Diana Nelson Jones

* 2007 Dec. 9 - NEWS RELEASE:
Fate of 1st Carnegie Library to be Debated at North Side
Neighborhood Public Hearing, Sponsored by City Council
Tue. Dec. 18, 5 p.m. at New Hazlett Theater, North Side

Pittsburgh City Council
Public Hearing Schedule
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
5:00 PM - Public Hearing - Bill No. 2007-1965
Location at the New Hazelett Theatre, 6 Allegheny Sq. Petition hearing on Bill No. 1944
from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting City Council to hold a public
hearing relative to the Resolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by
Sale of Land by and between the URA and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, for the Sale of
Disposition Parcel 16 in Redevelopment Area No. 51, in the 22nd Ward of the City of
Pittsburgh, Council District 6 (Library Construction)

Update: Allegheny Regional Branch Library Public Hearing Scheduled --
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. EST at the New Hazlett Theater in Carnegie Hall, adjacent to the Allegheny Regional Branch Library.
NOTE: The Action Alert succeeded. The public hearing has been rescheduled for 5pm, Tuesday, December 18th at the New Hazlett Theater (it's part of the Allegheny Regional Library building in Allegheny Square, North Side). You will need to call (412) 255-2138 in advance to register to speak for 3 minutes.

* 2007 Dec. 5 - Public Statement before
Pittsburgh City Council by Glenn A. Walsh -
Have public hearing regarding proposed move of Allegheny Regional Branch Library in neighborhood, at New Hazlett Theater in Carnegie Hall:
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* 2007 Dec. 2 - NEW WEB SITE:
Website for and by patrons of the
Allegheny Regional Branch
of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
To restore library service in America's first
publicly funded Carnegie Library !!!

* 2007 Nov. 26 & 27 - Public Statements:
Citizens petition Pittsburgh City Council for reopening of newly-restored
Allegheny Regional Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Statements of Glenn A. Walsh before the ---
** 2007 Nov. 26 - Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District:
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version
** 2007 Nov. 27 - City Council, City of Pittsburgh:
Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version

* 2007 Oct. 23 - The Times-Herald, Newnan GA:
Carnegie Library prospects hailed by an expert on Carnegie libraries, Glenn A. Walsh.
By W. WINSTON SKINNER
(Article appeared under banner headline, at top of first page.)
Mentions Friends of the Zeiss, The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular
Science, and the historic Zeiss II Planetarium Projector.

* 2007 Aug. 26 - News Release:
CARNEGIE LIBRARY TO CONSIDER CLOSING LIBRARIES
IN "RIGHTSIZING" PLAN

* 2007 May 29 - Public Statement of Glenn A. Walsh
Before Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District (ARAD)
Re: Abandonment of original Allegheny Regional Branch of Carnegie Library,
and lack of private funds to build proposed new North Side library.
Prepared Text

* 2007 May 2 - Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation News:
Storm Damaged Allegheny Library Repaired

* 2007 April 19, 12:40 p.m. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line:
Groundbreaking today for Hill library
By Diana Nelson Jones
The orginal Wylie Avenue Branch Carnegie Library building (second neighborhood branch in the first neighborhood branch system built by Andrew Carnegie), built in 1899, was sold in the early 1980s and is now in use as a mosque. This article also briefly talks about plans for a new North Side library.

* 2006 Dec. 12 - Statement of Glenn A. Walsh Before Pittsburgh City Council, Regarding Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Request for Additional City Funds in 2007: Prepared Text * Large-Print Version
Statement also talks about Carnegie Library's abandonment of the historic Hazelwood Branch Library and proposed abandonment of historic Allegheny Regional Branch Library.

* 2006 Dec. 6 - Pittsburgh Trib p.m.:
Column: Who else will be booking to the North Side?
By Mike Seate
Regarding Nov. 11 "groundbreaking" for new North Side library.

* 2006 Nov. 27 - Statement, Before Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD) Regarding Proposed Abandonment of Historic Allegheny Regional Branch Library by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
of Glenn A. Walsh: Prepared Text * Large-Print Version

* 2006 Nov. 20 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Federal Hill may revitalize neighborhood
Today's groundbreaking a glimpse of hope after decades of decline
By Diana Nelson Jones
Includes information regarding proposed new Carnegie Library branch.

* 2006 Nov. 18 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
North Side: Library work begins

* 2006 Nov. 13 - Statement, Before Pittsburgh City Council
Regarding Proposed Abandonment of Historic Allegheny Regional
Branch Library by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
by Glenn A. Walsh: Prepared Text * Large-Print Version

* 2006 Nov. 1 - Pittsburgh School Superintendent Recommends AGAINST Relocating Arts Middle School into Historic Allegheny Regional Branch of Carnegie Library, Due to High Cost of Renovation:
2006 Nov. 2 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Roosevelt: Deficit won't require tax hike
By Bill Zlatos
2006 Nov. 2 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Roosevelt: Move Rogers school for arts into closed Milliones building
By Joe Smydo

* 2006 Oct. 3 - Public Statements Before the Board of Directors,
Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD)
Regarding Proposed Abandonment of Historic Allegheny Regional
Branch Library by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
Stephen Pietzak (former Allegheny Regional Branch Librarian) *** Glenn A. Walsh: Prepared Text * Large-Print Version
News Release

* 2006 Sept. 19 - Statements Before Pittsburgh City Council
Regarding Proposed Abandonment of Historic Allegheny Regional
Branch Library by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
Stephen Pietzak (former Allegheny Regional Branch Librarian) *** Glenn A. Walsh

* 2006 Sept. 15 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Library's new site OK'd
Not all are happy as URA votes to convey N. Side lots for replacement building
By Mark Belko

* 2006 Sept. 15 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Carnegie Library lands lot for $1
By Tony LaRussa

* 2006 Sept. 14 - Statements Before Board of Directors,
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA)
Regarding Proposed Abandonment of Historic Allegheny Regional
Branch Library by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Texts of two of the six statements delivered:
Stephen Pietzak (former Allegheny Regional Branch Librarian) *** Glenn A. Walsh: Prepared Text * Large-Print Version

* 2006 Sept. 14 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Hazlett reopens as unique arts venue
By Alice T. Carter
TRIBUNE-REVIEW THEATER CRITIC
Opened in 1890 as world's first Carnegie Hall !

* 2006 Sept. 13 - News Release:
Citizens to Oppose Conveyance of Land to Carnegie Library
At URA Board Meeting Thursday, 2:00 p.m.

* 2006 Sept. 12 - Statements Before Pittsburgh City Council
Regarding Proposed Abandonment of Historic Allegheny Regional
Branch Library by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Texts of two of the four statements delivered:
Stephen Pietzak (former Allegheny Regional Branch Librarian) *** Glenn A. Walsh: Prepared Text * Large-Print Version

* 2006 Sept. 12 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Letters-to-the-Editor
Closing a gem
By DALE R. MEYER, Brighton Heights
Letter opposing abandonment of original Allegheny Regional Branch Library.
(Sixth of seven letters on web page)

* 2006 Aug. 31 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
City seeks new site for North Side library
By Diana Nelson Jones
* 2006 Aug. 31 - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
News Release
Repairs to Begin on Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Allegheny Regional
Allegheny Regional Branch Library was first publicly-funded Carnegie Library
in United States, in neighborhood where Andrew Carnegie grew-up,
next-door to original Buhl Planetarium.

* 2006 Aug. 9 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Places: Woods Run renovation brings light,
neighborhood into library
By Patricia Lowry
Article briefly discusses upcoming renovation of Allegheny Regional Branch Library.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
Woods Run Branch (North Side) Reopens After Renovation
Renovation Project Details

* 2006 Aug. 6 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Woods Run (North Side) Library branch gets new life By Bill Zlatos
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
Woods Run Branch (North Side) Reopens After Renovation
Renovation Project Details

* 2006 July 3 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Carnegie Library repairs pegged at $2M
By Tony LaRussa

* 2006 May 29 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Briefs: North Side
Library closing won't halt reading program
(Seventh news brief of nine on web page)

* 2006 May 26 - News Release from Carnegie Library:
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Continues Plans
for North Side Summer Reading Program

* 2006 May 21 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Search for temporary location for Carnegie's Allegheny branch goes on

* 2006 May 12 - News Release from Carnegie Library:
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Allegheny Regional Update.

* 2006 April 18 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Library seeking alternate site for North Side branch
By Diana Nelson Jones

* 2006 April 18 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Carnegie branch looks for home on North Side
By Michael Hasch

* 2006 April 14 - News Release from Carnegie Library:
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Allegheny Regional Remains Closed Indefinitely
Damage to building a public safety concern.

* 2006 April 11 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Heavy lifting starts at library hit by lightning
By Diana Nelson Jones

* 2006 April 10 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Debris removal begins at lightning-damaged library
By Diana Nelson Jones

* 2006 April 10 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Library collects money for restoration
By Lara Brenckle
(Carnegie Library, Allegheny Regional Branch,
next to Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium)

* 2006 April 9 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Part of clock tower crashes at Allegheny Regional Branch
By Ann Belser

* 2006 April 9 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Thunderbolt rips library
By Thomas Olson and Tony LaRussa

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* 2006 July 13 - Port Authority Board of Directors approves "North Shore Connector" rapid transit extension project, to serve Pittsburgh's Lower North Side.
*** Pittsburgh's Lower North Side, originally Allegheny City, is home to America's first publicly-funded Carnegie Library and the world's first Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (which merged with Carnegie Institute in 1987), and it is the neighborhood where Andrew Carnegie grew-up.

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* 2006 April 7 - Pittsburgh Trib p.m.:
Tough Fridays By Andrew Johnson
The Andy Warhol Museum, Sandusky Street at East General Robinson
Street on Pittsburgh's Lower North Side (one of the four Carnegie
Museums of Pittsburgh) has difficulty attracting visitors to their
weekly evening visiting hours on Fridays (until 10:00 p.m.).
Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science
(located in Allegheny Center on Pittsburgh's Lower North Side)
offered public visiting hours on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
evenings (until 9:30 p.m.) until financial limitations ended this
schedule in June of 1984.
The author convinced Buhl management to reinstitute public evening
hours one night per week on Friday, in conjunction with the
then-Golden Triangle Association-led initiative to keep
more people in the city after working hours. Buhl Planetarium
opened to the public every Friday evening until 9:30 p.m. (with the
Observatory remaining open, weather-permitting, until 10:30 p.m.)
from 1986 June 13 (yes, "Friday the 13th"!) until the last Friday
the building was open to the general public, 1991 August 30.
This Friday evening schedule, which included a planetarium
performance at 7:00 p.m. (as well as several laser-light concerts
later in the evening), was quite successful. In fact, later
on a third Friday planetarium show at 4:00 p.m. was added
(to the existing show times of 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.).

* 2006 March 28 - The Daily News, McKeesport PA:
Vacancies remain as RAD board reorganizes directors
By Patrick Cloonan
Includes Friends of the Zeiss Comments on Failure of Carnegie Science
Center to Reassemble Historic Zeiss II Planetarium Projector.

* 2006 March 27 - News Release:
Science Center Misses Deadline to Reassemble
Historic Zeiss Projector; Claims Delay
Also see News Article.

* 2006 Feb. 25 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Obituary: Harry Turner / He took his model trains on the road
Dec. 20, 1942 - Feb. 21, 2006
Inspired by Buhl Planetarium's Miniature Railroad and Village.

* 2006 Feb. 22 - LiveScience.com:
Surprise: Chickens Can Grow Teeth By Bjorn Carey

* 2006 Feb. 22 - SkyandTelescope.com:
London Planetarium to Close By Edwin L. Aguirre

* 2006 Feb. 13 - Sky and Telescope.com:
Sky Publishing Completes Sale to New Track Media LLC
Sky & Telescope magazine becomes cornerstone
of newly formed media company
For a short time beginning in January of 1940,
The Sky magazine, predecessor to
Sky & Telescope magazine, became the
"official bulletin of the Hayden Planetarium in
New York City and of the new Buhl Planetarium and
Institute of Popular Science in Pittsburgh, Pa."

* 2006 Feb. 8 - Two Planetarium Manufacturers Merge --
Evans and Sutherland to Buy Spitz, Inc.

* 2006 Jan. 28 - 20 Years Ago: Challenger Disaster Viewed
at Buhl Planetarium

* 2006 Jan. 12 - Pittsburgh City Paper:
Near Allegheny Center Mall there is a scary-looking building
with Three Mile Island-like cooling towers and brightly painted pipes inside.
What goes on inside there?
Question submitted by: Scott Greer, Wildwood, Pa. *** Writer: CHRIS POTTER

* 2006 Jan. 7 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Former museum worker claims race bias By Ervin Dyer
Lawsuit against Children's Museum and Executive Director

Annual News Updates for 2004 December:
Buhl Planetarium and Carnegie Library

Critique - 2004 November 13:
Critique of newly-expanded complex, called the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Including The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building
By Glenn A. Walsh

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* 2006 June 1
National Spelling Bee Champ Crowned,
for First Time on National Network Television (ABC-TV):
For many years, Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium hosted the local rounds
for the Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee in the Little Science Theater.

* 2006 June 3 - Philadelphia Inquirer:
Bee champ takes national spotlight.
But can this Jersey girl spell c-e-l-e-b-r-i-t-y?
By Kristen A. Graham

* 2006 June 2 - Associated Press:
Hometown thrilled about win by new national spelling bee champ By DANIELA FLORES

* 2006 June 2 - Associated Press:
New Jersey girl pockets first prime-time spelling bee title By JOSEPH WHITE

* 2006 June 2 - Associated Press:
5th try spells success for her

* 2006 June 2 - Associated Press:
Schoolgirl is first ever from N.J. to win national bee
By Darlene Superville

* 2006 June 1 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Karnege's plan wud hav speled big changes By Dan Majors
Regarding Andrew Carnegie's Simplified Spelling Board

* 2006 June 1 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
'Chervil' is undoing of local speller
By Dan Majors

* 2006 June 1 - Associated Press:
New Jersey girl wins National Spelling Bee

* 2006 June 1 - Associated Press:
Lone New Jersey student advances in National Spelling Bee

* 2006 June 1 - Associated Press:
Alabama boy elimintated from national spelling bee's 4th round

* 2006 June 1 - Philadelphia Daily News:
'The 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee

* 2006 June 1 - Associated Press:
For serious spellers, tonight is prime time
By Darlene Superville

* 2006 May 31 - Associated Press:
First day of spelling bee draws to close
By Darlene Superville

* 2006 May 31 - Associated Press:
Nation's best spellers descend on Washington

* 2006 May 31 - Los Angeles Times:
Prime time for spelling
National bee gets the "Idol" treatment.
By Johanna Neuman

* 2006 May 30 - Associated Press:
A fifth, final trip to top spelling bee carries big hopes
A N.J. girl has placed higher each year.
By Daniela Flores

* 2006 May 29 - Associated Press:
How do you spell persistence? C-L-O-S-E
By DANIELA FLORES

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Transit of the Planet Venus Across Image of Sun - 2004 June 8
Friends of the Zeiss sponsored the only observing session of this historic event
in Allegheny County, open to the general public, in conjunction with
the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline:

Images and Information Regarding Pittsburgh's Only Public Observing Session
of the Historic Transit of Venus - 2004 June 8, Sponsored by Friends of the Zeiss

From The Pitt News, Official Student Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh - 2004 June 9:
Transit lifts eyes and spirits
By Adam Fleming, Managing Editor

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2004 June 9:
Look! Up in the sky ... By Gwen Arbuckle

From the Pittsburgh Trib p.m., Pittsburgh - 2004 June 8:
Pittsburghers watch Venus cross the sun By Gwen Arbuckle
(Cover Story in Afternoon Tabloid Newspaper)

News Release - 2004 June 3:
SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT WITH
8-INCH REFLECTOR TELESCOPE AT DUQUESNE INCLINE OBSERVATION DECK

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News of Astronomy, Space, and other Sciences

* 2006 May 9 - rediff.com:
Indian astronaut will not train at NASA

* 2006 May 9 - LiveScience.com:
Let Me Tell You a Secret:
How You Hear Whispers
By Robert Roy Britt

* 2006 May 9 - Space.com/AP:
India's Moon Probe to Carry Two NASA Experiments
By Gavin Rabinowitz

* 2006 May 9 - Space.com/Florida Today:
Shuttle Discovery to Leave Hangar Early
By Todd Halvorson

* 2006 May 9 - Space.com:
Reports:
X Prize Sponsor May Become First Female Space Tourist
By Tariq Malik

* 2006 May 8 - LiveScience.com:
Dolphins Name Themselves
By Bjorn Carey

* 2006 May 8 - Space.com/AP:
Japan, NASA to Discuss Supersonic Jet
By Hans Greimer

* 2006 May 7 - Space.com/AP:
Odd Street Notes Point Toward Jupiter,
Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'
By Jeff Douglas
Several Toynbee "tiles" have been on Downtown Pittsburgh
streets for years. However, most may disappear this year, as
the city repaves most Downtown streets, in preparation for hosting
Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in July. Will they reappear?

* 2006 May 6 - 69th Anniversary, Hindenburg Dirigible Disaster:
Regarding Recording of Live Radio Coverage of Disaster

* 2006 May 4 - Astronomy.com:
Will winter kill the Mars rovers?
Spirit and Opportunity prepare for
a second winter on Mars.
By Michael Carroll

* 2006 May 4 - Astronomy.com:
Tailor-made suit for a visit to Mars
The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium is testing a
Mars-spacesuit prototype in the Badlands.
By Jeremy McGovern

* 2006 May 2 - SkyandTelescope.com:
Comet-Like Asteroids
By Selby Cull

* 2006 May 1 - New York Daily News:
Sky-high time BY AMY SACKS and NICOLE BODE
75th anniversary of 102-story Empire State Building
Built with Dirigible station at top!

* 2006 May - Sky and Telescope Magazine:
Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
Now Passing Closest
By Alan M. MacRobert and Greg Bryant

* 2006 April 30 - Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA:
1,000 Years Ago Today:
Sighting of Brightest Supernova in Recorded History!

* 2006 April 28 - LiveScience.com/AP:
Sonar May Be Linked to Stranding of Whales

* 2006 April 28 - LiveScience.com/AP:
Hundreds of Dolphins Die in Zanzibar

* 2006 April 28 - LiveScience.com/AP:
China Releases Panda Into the Wild

* 2006 April 28 - The Washington Post:
Funding a Dinosaur to Try To Finish the Space Station
Until NASA Builds Its Next-Generation Vehicle, the Shuttle Is It
By Guy Gugliotta

* 2006 April 28 - Space.com:
Chinese Space Officials Leave NASA Exploration Workshop
By Brian Berger

* 2006 April 27 - San Diego Union-Tribune:
Mystery disturbance traced to sound wave
Scripps scientists say it traveled over the ocean to desert
Regarding mysterious disturbance that rattled San Diego County on April 4
By Alex Roth

* 2006 April 27 - Space.com:
NASA Says Comet Fragments Won't Hit Earth
By Tariq Malik

* 2006 April 27 - Space.com:
The Accidental Space Activist
By Kenneth Murphy

* 2006 April 27 - Astronomy.com:
Celebrate National Dark-Sky Week
The annual event encourages individuals and businesses to turn off
their outdoor lights and turn on to astronomy this weekend.
By Laura Layton

* 2006 April 27 - Astronomy.com:
No decision on Yerkes yet
Despite months of contemplation,
the University of Chicago hasn't sold the historic observatory.
By Jeremy McGovern

* 2006 April 27 - LiveScience.com:
Olive Branch Buried by Volcano Revises History
By Ker Than

* 2006 April 26 - Space.com:
Moon Race: U.S. Not Alone in Future Lunar Exploration
By Leonard David

* 2006 April 24 - NewScientist.com:
Strange satellite galaxies revealed around Milky Way
By Kimm Groshong

* 2006 April 24 - The Boston Globe/AP:
Russian cargo ship heads to space station

* 2006 April 24 - European Space Agency:
Happy sweet sixteen, Hubble Space Telescope

* 2006 April 22 - Florida Today, Melbourne FL:
Space bill helps KSC
Proposal would base agency near center
BY PAIGE ST. JOHN

* 2006 April 22 - NewsMax.com:
NASA Delays Launch of Satellites

* 2006 April 21 - MSNBC.com:
Private space ventures save seats for teachers
Suborbital companies reserve three free tickets to edge of space
By Alan Boyle

* 2006 April 21 - SpaceDaily.com:
New Mineral History Shows That Young Mars May Have Supported Life

* 2006 April 20 - University of California, Berkeley:
Space scientists find that solar wind becomes music in the right hands
By Robert Sanders

* 2006 April 20 - UniverseToday.com:
Astro Apocalypse Won't Happen Here

* 2006 April 20 - Space.com:
Study Reveals Young Mars Was A Wet World
By Ker Than

* 2006 April 20 - LiveScience.com:
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Merged Earlier Than Previously Believed
By Sara Goudarzi

* 2006 April 20 - LiveScience.com:
Evidence of Pyramid Uncovered In Bosnia
By Amel Emric

* 2006 April 20 - Astronomy.com:
Aussies join big-scope party
The Australian National University has joined an international
partnership to build a giant telescope.
By Jeremy McGovern

* 2006 April 20 - SkyandTelescope,com:
Lessons from an Odd Kuiper Belt Object
By David Tytell

* 2006 April 18 - San Francisco Chronicle:
The Great Quake: 1906-2006 Bracing for the next 'big one'
On Centennial of 1906 Earthquake
David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor

* 2006 April 18 - CNN/AP:
NASA keeps quiet on mission mishap

* 2006 April 17 - Florida Today, Melbourne FL/Space.com:
Shuttle Fix Aimed at Reducing Risk to Space Station
By Todd Halvorson and John Kelly

* 2006 April 17 - Newsday/AP:
Hawaii Researchers Seek Interstellar Wind

* 2006 April 17 - TheSpaceReview.com:
The challenges of manned Mars exploration
Why 2040 is the earliest NASA can hope to
send humans to the Red Planet
by Donald Rapp

* 2006 April 13 - New Scientist:
Inflatable space hotel to blast off

* 2006 April 13 - WPHerald.com/UPI:
Venus probe reveals unexpected detail

* 2006 April 13 - Tehran Times:
Moon and Mars 'Russian space targets by 2030

* 2006 April 13 - The Washington Post:
Museum Is Going Dark to Add Light
American History's 'Architectural Transformation' May Take Two Years
By Jacqueline Trescott
Washington's Museums: Worth the Price of Admission?
By DeNeen L. Brown

* 2006 April 12 - UniverseToday.com:
Book Review: Destination Moon
The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words

* 2006 April 12 - Space.com:
U.S.-China Cooperation: The Great Space Debate
By Leonard David

* 2006 April 12 - Two Space Anniversaries --
45th anniversary of first manned space flight
25th anniversary of first Space Shuttle launch

* 2006 April 11 - LiveScience.com:
Quarter of Species Gone by 2050
By Sara Goudarzi

* 2006 April 11 - SpaceFlightNow.com/
Space Telescope Science Institute:
Hubble corrects size of solar system's tenth planet

* 2006 April 11 - SkyandTelescope.com:
European Spacecraft Now Orbiting Venus

* 2006 April 11 - The Planetary Society:
Planetary Society Opens World's First Dedicated Optical SETI Telescope
New Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Begins

* 2006 April 10 - The New York Times:
Craft Nears Venus to Seek Global Warming Clues
By WARREN E. LEARY

* 2006 April 10 - Space.com:
NASA Adds Moon Crashing Probes to LRO Mission
By Tariq Malik

* 2006 April 10 - PHYSORG.COM:
Scientists analyse solar wind from moon rock

Historic Carnegie Library Clock Tower
Struck by Lightning 2006 April 7 !

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Regional Branch
(located next-door to Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium)
Closed Until Building Damages Repaired.
*** UPDATES AFTER 2006 APRIL 11
* 2006 April 11 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Heavy lifting starts at library hit by lightning
By Diana Nelson Jones
* 2006 April 10 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Debris removal begins at lightning-damaged library
By Diana Nelson Jones
* 2006 April 10 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Library collects money for restoration
By Lara Brenckle
(Carnegie Library, Allegheny Regional Branch,
next to Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium)
* 2006 April 9 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Part of clock tower crashes at Allegheny Regional Branch
By Ann Belser
* 2006 April 9 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Thunderbolt rips library
By Thomas Olson and Tony LaRussa

* 2006 April 7 - Pittsburgh Trib p.m.:
Tough Fridays By Andrew Johnson
The Andy Warhol Museum, Sandusky Street at East General Robinson
Street on Pittsburgh's Lower North Side (one of the four Carnegie
Museums of Pittsburgh) has difficulty attracting visitors to their
weekly evening visiting hours on Fridays (until 10:00 p.m.).
Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science
(located in Allegheny Center on Pittsburgh's Lower North Side)
offered public visiting hours on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
evenings (until 9:30 p.m.) until financial limitations ended this
schedule in June of 1984.
The author convinced Buhl management to reinstitute public evening
hours one night per week on Friday, in conjunction with the
then-Golden Triangle Association-led initiative to keep
more people in the city after working hours. Buhl Planetarium
opened to the public every Friday evening until 9:30 p.m. (with the
Observatory remaining open, weather-permitting, until 10:30 p.m.)
from 1986 June 13 (yes, "Friday the 13th"!) until the last Friday
the building was open to the general public, 1991 August 30.
This Friday evening schedule, which included a planetarium
performance at 7:00 p.m. (as well as several laser-light concerts
later in the evening), was quite successful. In fact, later
on a third Friday planetarium show at 4:00 p.m. was added
(to the existing show times of 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.).

* 2006 April 7 - Florida Today, Melbourne FL:
Robotic lander may hitch ride on NASA moon mission
Craft to launch from Cape in '08
BY TODD HALVORSON

* 2006 April 7 - PHYSORG.COM/ESA:
ESA's Venus Express to reach final destination

* 2006 April 6 - USA Today:
New red, blue rings found around Uranus

* 2006 April 6 - ShanghaiDaily.com:
Tibetan traditional astronomy rivals West in lunar forecasts

* 2006 April 5 - UniverseToday.com"
A Super Mercury was Smashed up 4.5 Billion Years Ago

* 2006 April 5 - Space.com:
China Unveils Ambitious Space Plans at National Space Symposium
By Leonard David

* 2006 April 5 - SkyandTelescope.com:
Why Galaxies Tilt Just So
By Alan M. MacRobert

* 2006 April 4 - UniverseToday.com"
Galaxies Trapped in the Universe's Web

* 2006 April 4 - PHYSORG.COM:
Professor Predicts Human Time Travel This Century
By Lisa Zyga

* 2006 April 4 - Sciencemag.org/AAAS:
Cracking the Longevity Code
By Susanne McDowell

* 2006 April 4 - Astrobiology.com/Planetary Society:
Planetary Society Will Open World's First Dedicated Optical
SETI Telescope - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence to Begin

* 2006 April 4 - NOTICE - NOVA on PBS:
Voyage to the Mystery Moon--April 4 at 8:00 p.m.
NASA and the European Space Agency dispatch a two-part mission
to study Saturn and its enigmatic satellite, Titan.

* 2006 April 4 - NewScientist.com:
Mystery alarm awakens space station crew
By New Scientist Space staff and AFP

* 2006 April 4 - Inovations-Report.com/ESA:
Asteroids: treasures of the past and a threat to the future

* 2006 April 4 - LiveScience.com:
The Future of Glasses: Electronic Bifocals
By Bjorn Carey

* 2006 April 3 - SpaceRef.com/AIAA:
AIAA Information Paper:
Restore and Sustain Our National Space
Life Sciences Research Capability
From the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

* 2006 April 3 - NewScientist.com:
Mars rover's broken wheel is beyond repair
By Maggie McKee

* 2006 April 3 - Astronomy.com:
New comet class in Earth's backyard
Three objects in the asteroid belt constitute a
new class of comets, say astronomers.
By Francis Reddy

* April 2, 2:00 a.m. EST - Daylight Saving Time begins and
Standard Time ends for civil functions;
clocks should be reset to display one hour later than Standard Time.
Don't Be "Foolish" this Weekend --
Protect Your Sleep during Return to Daylight Saving Time
Special Note: In the United States of America, this will be the
last time Daylight Saving Time begins on the first Sunday in April.
Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time will begin on the second
Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in November.

* 2006 April 1 - Astronomy.com:
Uncovered crater solves mystery
Discovery of the Kebira impact crater confirms
silica glass strewn over southwestern Egypt formed
when a meteor collided with Earth millions of years ago.
By Laura Layton

* 2006 April 1 - NASA.gov:
New crew arrives at International Space Station (ISS)

* 2006 March 30 - Astronomy.com:
The Moon courts the Seven Sisters
This Saturday, our satellite glides in front
of the Pleiades star cluster.
By Laura Baird

* 2006 March 30 - NewScientist.com:
Life waxes and wanes with bobbing of the Solar System
By Maggie McKee
Earth's biodiversity may be affected by varying location of
Solar System in relation to Galactic Plane.

* 2006 April/May - Air & Space/Smithsonian Magazine:
Son of Apollo
The next lunar lander will be a giant leap ahead of the first.
by Tony Reichhardt

* 2006 March 29 - RedOrbit.com:
Forty Years of Space Talk from the 64-meter antenna
at NASA's Deep Space Network in Goldstone CA.

* 2006 March 29 - NationalGeographic.com:
Photo in the News: Eclipse Photographed by Space Station Crew

* 2006 March 29 - European Space Agency:
Total Solar Eclipse 2006 with photographs.

* 2006 March 29 - Los Angeles Times:
World Views Total Solar Eclipse
By KWASI KPODO

* 2006 March 28 - The Daily News, McKeesport PA:
Vacancies remain as RAD board reorganizes directors
By Patrick Cloonan
Includes Friends of the Zeiss Comments on Failure of Carnegie Science
Center to Reassemble Historic Zeiss II Planetarium Projector.

* 2006 March 28 - MSNBC.com/AP:
Thousands gather in the eclipse zone
Ghanaians scramble after glasses; Indians repeat superstitions
for Total Solar Eclipse in Eastern Hemisphere, March 29.

Safe Way to View Solar Eclipse

* 2006 March 28 - National Sleep Foundation:
America's Sleep-Deprived Teens Nodding Off at School,
Behind the Wheel, New National Sleep Foundation Poll Finds
Battle of Schedules vs. Nature Takes a Toll on Adolescents'
Sleep, Putting School Success, Mood and Safety at Risk

* 2006 March 27 - NASA.gov:
NASA Reinstates the Dawn Mission
to Asteroids Vesta and Ceres.

* 2006 March 27 - MSNBC.com/AP:
Japan weighs shift in ?self-defense? space policy
Ruling party considering sharp departure
from peaceful-use only rules

* 2006 March 27 - News Release:
Science Center Misses Deadline to Reassemble
Historic Zeiss Projector; Claims Delay
Also see News Article.

* 2006 March 25 - KeralaNext.com:
NASA gives green light for spacewalks

* 2006 March 25 - RedOrbit.com:
Are We Drinking Comet Water?

* 2006 March 24 - LiveScience.com:
Snow Melting Earlier In Eastern North America
By Ker Than

* 2006 March 24 - Science Magazine/AAAS:
Special Online Collection: Climate Change -- Breaking the Ice
Special Series of Articles/Summaries of Articles regarding Global Warming
in Science Magazine of 2006 March 24.

* 2006 March 24 - MSNBC.com:
New Mars orbiter sends its first pictures
Imagery rolls in from HiRISE camera for processing
By Leonard David

* 2006 March 24 - LiveScience.com/AP:
250-Year-Old Tortoise Dies

* 2006 March 24 - LiveScience.com:
Navy Unearths 400-year-old Spanish Ship
By Melissa Nelson

* 2006 March 23 - MSNBC.com:
Tiny tunnels in Mars rock hint at life?s traces
Researchers say microstructures mimic signature of bacteria on Earth
By Leonard David

* 2006 March 23 - LiveScience.com:
Polar Meltdown Near: Seas Could Rise 3 Feet Per Century
By Ker Than

* 2006 March 23 - MSNBC.com:
N.M. spaceport gets set for first launch
Pad and facilities being built for payload-packed
suborbital mission
By Leonard David

* 2006 March 23 - DailyTech.com:
NASA Launches Trio of Microsatellites Into Space
By Michael Hoffman

* 2006 March 22 - European Space Agency:
World Water Day: space tool aids fight for clean drinking water

* 2006 March 21 - Astronomy.com:
Venus visible at dawn
Late March is the best time to
see our "sister planet" in 2006.
By Laura Baird

* 2006 March 21 - Space.com:
New Mars Orbiter Ready for Action
By Leonard David

* 2006 March 20 - NewScientist.com:
Mars rover's wheel breaks as winter beckons
By Kimm Groshong

* 2006 March 20 - UniverseToday.com:
Maybe Water Didn't Make the Gullies on Mars

* 2006 March 20 - Space.com:
Sun's Far Side Visible Now
By Sara Goudarzi

* 2006 March 20 - SkyandTelescope.com:
Celestial Sleuths Solve Another Munch Mystery
By the Editors of Sky & Telescope

* 2006 March 20, 1:26 p.m. EST - Vernal Equinox -
Beginning of Spring Season in Northern Hemisphere

* 2006 March 20 - MSNBC.com/Reuters:
Making room for the new space station team
Orbital port cleared for arrival of U.S.-Russian duo
and Brazilian visitor

* 2006 March 20 - PHYSORG.com:
Astronomers Find Origin Of Extreme-Helium Stars
Astronomers have determined the origin of a very unusual and
rare type of star. New data indicate that extreme-helium stars,
as they are called, form from the merger of two white dwarfs.

* 2006 March 18 - zeenews.com:
Evidence of rapid expansion of the universe: Scientists

* 2006 March 18 - LiveScience.com/AP:
Worker Inspecting Volcano that Erupts Feared Dead

* 2006 March 17 - Space.com:
The Moon to be Higher and Lower in 2006
By Joe Rao

* 2006 March 17 - CNN.com/Reuters:
How many species inhabit the planet?

* 2006 March 17 - Nature.com:
Did Earth seed life elsewhere in the Solar System?
Impacts on our planet could have sprayed life into space.
By Mark Peplow

* 2006 March 17 - Science Magazine/AAAS:
Boehlert to Retire from U.S. Congress
By Jeffrey Mervis
Currently chair of the House Science Committee.

* 2006 March 17 - MSNBC.com:
It?s ?drive or die? time for Mars rover
After exploring enigmatic Home Plate,
Spirit robot must ride out winter
By Leonard David

* 2006 March 17 - LiveScience.com:
Cybugs: Military Mulls Army of Cyborg Insects
By Bill Christensen

* 2006 March 17 - CITIZEN SCIENCE - March 22 to 29:
Globe at Night Light Pollution Project -
Students and families are invited to participate in a
worldwide campaign to observe and record the magnitude of
visible stars as a means of measuring light pollution in a
given location.
Click Here to learn how you and your family can participate.

* 2006 March 16 - Astronomy.com:
WMAP reveals infant universe
New WMAP data probe the universe's first trillionth of a
second with the most precise measurements yet.
Liz Kruesi

* 2006 March 16 - NASA:
Students Race to the Future in NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race

* 2006 March 16 - 80th Anniversary of Modern Rocketry:
1926: Robert Goddard Launches First Liquid-Propelled Rocket

* 2006 March 15 - Spiegel Magazine OnLine (Germany):
A Continent Splits Apart
Africa's New Ocean
By Axel Bojanowski

* 2006 March 15 - Science Magazine/AAAS;
Utah Student Wins Intel Talent Search
By Katherine Unger

* 2006 March 15 - Astronomy.com:
Sharing the sky
Prolific comet-hunter David Levy hopes to inspire students in
math and science by pointing to the sky.
By Jeremy McGovern

* 2006 March 15 - SkyandTelescope.com:
Martian Ice: Wide and Deep
By J. Kelly Beatty
Latest findings from Mars Express orbiter.

* 2006 March 15 - Cable News Network:
One really long runway for rent -- call NASA

* 2006 March 14 - Discovery Channel:
NASA: Shuttle Won't Fly Until July
By Irene Mona

* 2006 March 14 - British Broadcasting Corporation:
Comets 'are born of fire and ice'
By Paul Rincon
First results from the NASA Stardust mission.

* 2006 March 14 - Astronomy.com:
A "super-Earth" identified
Astronomers find a massive exoplanet
9,000 light-years away.
By Jeremy McGovern

* 2006 March 14 - Space.com:
Angry Scientists Confront NASA Officials at Conference
By Leonard David

* 2006 March 13 - New Scientist:
NASA and Google bring Mars to PCs everywhere
By Kimm Groshong
Google Mars Web Site: < http://www.google.com/mars >

* 2006 March 13 - New Scientist:
Vaccinate against viruses to fight cancer
By Roxanne Khamsi

* 2006 March 13 - British Broadcasting Corporation:
British Rail flying saucer plan
Recently uncovered 1973 patent for spacecraft powered
by "controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction".

* 2006 March 10 - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA:
Robotic NASA Craft Begins Orbiting Mars for Most-Detailed Exam
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Web Site: < http://www.nasa.gov/mro >

* 2006 March 10 - Space.com:
Hubble Finds Pluto's Moons Less Than Colorful
By Ker Than
Pluto's 2 new moons same color as Charon

* 2006 March 10 - European Space Agency:
Giotto?s brief encounter with Halley's Comet 20 years ago

* 2006 March 9 - MSNBC.com:
IMAX on the Block, Buster
The big screen movie house savior beats the Street
and puts itself up for sale.
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz

* 2006 March 9 - Astrobiology.com/JPL:
NASA's Cassini Discovers Potential Liquid Water on Enceladus

* 2006 March 8 - Livescience.com/AP:
New Furry Crustacean Found

* 2006 March 8 - Livescience.com:
Key to Strong Memory in Old Age: Just Believe
By Robert Roy Britt

* 2006 March 8 - SkyandTelescope.com:
Solar Cycle Solved? By Alan M. MacRobert

* 2006 March 7 - Astronomy.com:
Mars orbiter arrives March 10
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is
anticipated to reach the Red Planet March 10.
By Laura Layton

* 2006 March 7 - Astrobiology.com/NASA:
NASA Announces First Stardust Comet Sample Results

* 2006 March 6 - SkyandTelescope.com:
Jupiter's New Red Spot
By Robert Naeye and Alan M. MacRobert

* 2006 March 3 - Sciencemag.org/AAAS:
Largest impact crater in Sahara found

* 2006 Feb. 25 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Obituary: Harry Turner / He took his model trains on the road
Dec. 20, 1942 - Feb. 21, 2006
Inspired by Buhl Planetarium's Miniature Railroad and Village.

* 2006 Feb. 24 - Astronomy.com:
Record supernova observed
NASA's Swift satellite may have
caught a nearby supernova on the rise.
By Francis Reddy

* 2006 Feb. 24 - Astrobiology.com:
Texas State research sheds new light on panspermia
Slow-growing bacteria survived Space Shuttle Columbia explosion.

* 2006 Feb. 24 - Morning Sentinel On-Line, Somerset County ME:
Somerset County boom a mystery By Darla Pickett

* 2006 Feb. 22 - LiveScience.com:
Surprise: Chickens Can Grow Teeth By Bjorn Carey

* 2006 Feb. 22 - SkyandTelescope.com:
London Planetarium to Close By Edwin L. Aguirre

* 2006 Feb. 21 - Space.com:
Japan Launches New Observatory for
Infrared Sky Survey By Tariq Malik

* 2006 Feb. 20 - Space.com:
Stardust Mission Yields Ancient Comet Dust
By Bjorn Carey

* 2006 Feb. 17 - Astronomy.com:
Amateurs recover SuitSat's signal
Undaunted by a weaker-than-expected signal,
thousands of amateur hams tune in to
hear the SuitSat satellite.
By Lara Crigger
Amateur radio operators around the world
listen for signals from unique space experiment.

* 2006 Feb. 17 - KYW1060.com - CITIZEN SCIENCE:
THIS WEEKEND, Great Backyard Bird Count Underway Across Country
Click Here to learn how you and your family can participate.

* 2006 Feb. 17 - Space.com:
Catch Mercury While You Can By Joe Rao
Best time to see Planet Mercury in night sky.

* 2006 Feb. 17 - Space.com:
Discovery Astronauts Check Shuttle for
Return to Flight Mission Possibly in May
By Tariq Malik

* 2006 Feb. 17, 11:00 a.m. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line/
Associated Press:
Minor tremor hits northern New Jersey, Pennsylvania border
Thursday evening.

* 2006 Feb. 13 - Sky and Telescope.com:
Sky Publishing Completes Sale to New Track Media LLC
Sky & Telescope magazine becomes cornerstone
of newly formed media company
For a short time beginning in January of 1940,
The Sky magazine, predecessor to
Sky & Telescope magazine, became the
"official bulletin of the Hayden Planetarium in
New York City and of the new Buhl Planetarium and
Institute of Popular Science in Pittsburgh, Pa."

* 2006 Feb. 9 - Space.com: The Origins Of The Man In The Moon

* 2006 Feb. 8 - British Broadcasting Corporation:
Space rock re-opens Mars debate
More evidence of life on Mars?

* 2006 Feb. 8 - Two Planetarium Manufacturers Merge --
Evans and Sutherland to Buy Spitz, Inc.

* 2006 Feb. 2 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line:
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow,
predicts more winter By Kim Lyons
Groundhog Day or Candlemas, first
Astronomical Cross-Quarter Day of 2006
(approximate mid-way point between
Winter Solstice and the beginning of
Spring at Vernal Equinox).

* 2006 Jan. 31 - 40th anniversary of first successful soft-landing
probe on the Moon - Russia's Luna 9:

Link 1 *** Link 2 *** Link 3

* 2006 Jan. 30 - Centennial of Birth of Discoverer of
Planet Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh.

* 2006 Jan. 28 - 20 Years Ago: Challenger Disaster Viewed
at Buhl Planetarium

* 2006 Jan. 26 - Technology - End of an Era:
Last Commercial Telegram Transmitted After 160 Years !

Link 1 *** Link 2 *** Link 3

* 2006 Jan. 24 - 20th Anniversary of Voyager 2 flying
past Planet Uranus: Link 1 *** Link 2

* 2006 Jan. 19 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
NASA launches first mission to Pluto
After two days of delays, the nine-year
New Horizons Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
launches without incident.

* 2006 Jan. 18, 1:16 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EST - Rescheduled Launch
(Jan. 17 launch was scrubbed due to excessive ground winds)
of New Horizons to Pluto and Kuiper Belt

* 2006 Jan. 17 - 300th Birhday of Benjamin Franklin !
Scientist, inventor, library founder, and
founding father of America !

* 2006 Jan. 15 - Stardust Mission Lands Successfully,
Bringing Comet Dust for Scientific Study

* 2006 Jan. 13 - British Broadcasting Corporation:
The girl who named a planet By Paul Rincon
11-year-old English girl (now age 87) named Planet Pluto;
NASA launches first probe to Pluto on Jan. 17.

* 2006 Jan. 10 - Sixtieth anniversary [1946] of Receipt of
First RADAR Echoes from the Moon

Annual News Updates for 2004 December:
Buhl Planetarium and Carnegie Library

Critique - 2004 November 13:
Critique of newly-expanded complex, called the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Including The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building
By Glenn A. Walsh

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Transit of the Planet Venus Across Image of Sun - 2004 June 8
Friends of the Zeiss sponsored the only observing session of this historic event
in Allegheny County, open to the general public, in conjunction with
the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline:

Images and Information Regarding Pittsburgh's Only Public Observing Session
of the Historic Transit of Venus - 2004 June 8, Sponsored by Friends of the Zeiss

From The Pitt News, Official Student Newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh - 2004 June 9:
Transit lifts eyes and spirits
By Adam Fleming, Managing Editor

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh - 2004 June 9:
Look! Up in the sky ... By Gwen Arbuckle

From the Pittsburgh Trib p.m., Pittsburgh - 2004 June 8:
Pittsburghers watch Venus cross the sun By Gwen Arbuckle
(Cover Story in Afternoon Tabloid Newspaper)

News Release - 2004 June 3:
SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT WITH
8-INCH REFLECTOR TELESCOPE AT DUQUESNE INCLINE OBSERVATION DECK

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News Releases, Public Notices

* 2006 July 18 - News Release:
Space Probe Crash on Moon May Be Visible to
Amateur Astronomers with Large Telescopes

* 2006 April 7 - Pittsburgh Trib p.m.:
Tough Fridays By Andrew Johnson
The Andy Warhol Museum, Sandusky Street at East General Robinson
Street on Pittsburgh's Lower North Side (one of the four Carnegie
Museums of Pittsburgh) has difficulty attracting visitors to their
weekly evening visiting hours on Fridays (until 10:00 p.m.).
Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science
(located in Allegheny Center on Pittsburgh's Lower North Side)
offered public visiting hours on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
evenings (until 9:30 p.m.) until financial limitations ended this
schedule in June of 1984.
The author convinced Buhl management to reinstitute public evening
hours one night per week on Friday, in conjunction with the
then-Golden Triangle Association-led initiative to keep
more people in the city after working hours. Buhl Planetarium
opened to the public every Friday evening until 9:30 p.m. (with the
Observatory remaining open, weather-permitting, until 10:30 p.m.)
from 1986 June 13 (yes, "Friday the 13th"!) until the last Friday
the building was open to the general public, 1991 August 30.
This Friday evening schedule, which included a planetarium
performance at 7:00 p.m. (as well as several laser-light concerts
later in the evening), was quite successful. In fact, later
on a third Friday planetarium show at 4:00 p.m. was added
(to the existing show times of 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.).

* 2006 March 27 - News Release:
Science Center Misses Deadline to Reassemble
Historic Zeiss Projector; Claims Delay
Also see News Article.

Annual News Updates for 2004 December:
Buhl Planetarium and Carnegie Library

Critique - 2004 November 13:
Critique of newly-expanded complex, called the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Including The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building
By Glenn A. Walsh

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Public Statements

* 2006 March 27 & 28 - Public Statement -
Science Center Misses Deadline to Reassemble
Historic Zeiss Projector; Claims Delay --
March 27 - Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District: Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version
March 28 - Council of the City of Pittsbusrgh: Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version
Also see News Article.

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Correspondence

2006 December 12: Letter asking Pittsburgh City Council to start providing public notice, on regular bulletin board postings and on the City Council web site, of all future "Post-Agenda" sessions of City Council.

2006 May 15: Letter to Children's Museum Executive Director Jane Werner, from Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh, regarding fragments, of Buhl Planetarium East Exterior Wall's former astronomical inscription from the Bible, laying on ground outside Hall of the Universe.

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