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Winner of 25 Golden Quill Awards within the past four years, Pittsburgh Quarterly informatively expounds on the business, entertainment, and community issues of greater Pittsburgh. Each issue delivers engaging business news and thorax-tingling opinion pieces straight to your doorstep, place of business, or pneumatic tube that empties onto your coffee table. Peruse the profiles for intimate looks at Pittsburgh's movers and shakers, such as the most recent issue, which featured an article about the people working to safeguard Pennsylvania's water supply. Those who shop till they plummet into a manhole can look into Pittsburgh Quarterly's local retail guide to find the next clothing or eyewear outpost worth of investigation. The magazine also covers regional history, local government, and places to eat and drink in, around, and under the city.

Each edition features the magazine's signature witty and detail-oriented editorial voice, as well as crystal-clear knee-buckling photography, such as a recent pictorial of Allegheny County's unique bridges. Learn about municipal goings-on and have something to read other than the manual for a 1989 Honda Civic.

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The Pittsburgh Quarterly is the recipient of numerous Golden Quills for excellence in journalism from the Press Club of Western PA.