Cheering on the Pittsburgh marathon runners

A woman shows her support for the Pittsburgh Marathon runners as they pass by in Shadyside.

— Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette

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Cheering for the Penguins

Remy Zadach , of Jefferson Hills  wears her Penguins-themed eyewear at the “Annihilate the Islanders Rally” in the courtyard of the Allegheny County Courthouse on May 1.

Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette

Penguins beat Islanders 5-0  in Game 1

Testing the fountain at Point State Park

A welcome harbinger of warmer weather: The fountain at Pittsburgh’s Point State park was on today.

Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette  

Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes on a warm evening.

—Bill Wade/Post-Gazette.

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St. Benedict the Moor and the moon

A sculpture of St. Benedict the Moor, in Pittsburgh’s Hill District  stands alone in the foreground of the crescent moon early in the morning on April 5.

Darrell Sapp / Post-Gazette

First flowers of spring

Crocus bloom from underneath piles of last year’s fallen leaves in Regent Square. Today marks the first official day of spring.

Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette

Christy Gressman of Murrysville, Pa. sleeps while riding on the Pennsylvanian, an Amtrak passenger train line that runs between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013.  The line is in danger of being cut in October.   — Michael Henninger

Amtrak’s regulars treasure the Pennsylvanian

More photos from this story by the PG’s Michael Henninger

Evgeni Malkin jokes with Kris Letang as the two take the ice at Consol Energy Center for Penguins’ practice. 

—Peter Diana

Specific assignments take priority in Penguins’ camp

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The boiler plant which billows steam from below its single smoke stack and supplies buildings in Oakland is known as the “Cloud Factory.”   Bellefield Boiler Plant, the actual name of the facility, is located in Junction Hollow.  

—Bill Wade

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A man walks across the Roberto Clemente/Sixth Street Bridge.

—Michael Henninger

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Melanie Wuchenich Hutnik cuts branches from an oak tree serving as a yule log at a Christmas Eve service Jan. 6 at the Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Whitehall.  

—Julia Rendleman

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Jeff Bronowicz, 47,of Etna brings a companion along for his dive into the Monongahela River during the annual New Year Polar Bear Plunge

—Lake Fong

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 I like to photograph the Mellon Institute, and took an opportunity to get a snow picture.  The steps make appearances in more than a few movies, including last summer’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” and the 1992 movie “Hoffa” about Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa.

Tom Aspell, right, an English instructor at the University of Pittsburgh, takes his nephew Barrett Wyland,14, a freshman at Upper St. Clair HIgh School, on a tour of Oakland. 

—Bill Wade

Snow covers the tops of “Point of View”, the statue depicting George Washington, right, and Seneca leader Guyasuta, on Grandview Avenue in Mt. Washington.

—Michael Henninger

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