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The Cornfield in the Middle of Downtown Pittsburgh

The Cornfield in the Middle of Downtown Pittsburgh

Discovering a variety of gardens in an unexpected place

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Boaz Frankel
Jul 31, 2022
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The cutleaf coneflowers are blooming in the backyard this week.

The David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh has been home to a lot of things: math conferences, pickleball tournaments, RV liquidation sales and, now, a small field of corn.

A few weeks back Brooke and I were invited onto their roof to check out this recently transformed sp…

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