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ALL TOUR BUSES GUEST TOURS
LEAVE AT THE DLCC,
CORNER OF 10TH & CITY TOUR OF PITTSBURGH
FRENCH STREETS Sunday November 11th | 9:30am–12:30pm
Price: $55 per person
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Check out the great city of Pittsburgh and see why it’s one of the hottest cities in the country.
Our knowledgeable tour guide will host this three-hour bus tour that will highlight the following:

North Shore – featuring PNC Park and Heinz Field stadiums and a stunning view of downtown
Pittsburgh and its many golden bridges

Downtown – “Golden Triangle” with its diverse architecture of old and new. The city is shaped
as a triangle with the beautiful Point State Park at the tip, where the confluence of two rivers
forms a third.

Strip District – The one-half square mile shopping district is chock full of ethnic grocers,
produce stands, meat and fish markets, and sidewalk vendors.

Oakland – Pittsburgh’s “Meds and Eds” hub — This area is home to world-renowned hospitals
as well as the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and so much more.

Mt. Washington – Stand on one of the observation decks and take in the spectacular
panorama of the downtown skyline below and see how the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers
form the Ohio River and at the city’s “Point.” USA Today named the view from Mt. Washington
one of the 10 most beautiful views in America.

TOUR OF FALLINGWATER
Monday November 12th | 9:30am–3:30pm
Price: $75 per person

Fallingwater is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern
Pennsylvania, 43 miles (69 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. The house was built partly over a water-
fall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania,
located in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains. The house was designed as a
weekend home for the family of Liliane Kaufmann and her husband, Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr.,
owner of Kaufmann's Department Store.

After its completion, Time called Fallingwater Wright’s “most beautiful job,” and it is listed
among Smithsonian’s “Life List of 28 places to visit before you die.” The house was designated
a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In 1991, members of the American Institute of Architects
named Fallingwater the “best all-time work of American architecture” and in 2007, it was
ranked 29th on the list of America’s Favorite Architecture according to the AIA.

This guided house tour will provide you full access to this iconic landmark. Stay and shop in the
gift shop, tour the grounds, and have lunch in the café.

TECHNICAL TOURS

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY LABORATORY TOUR – SOLD OUT

Monday, November 12
1:00–4:00pm
Limit 50 guests
$25

Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering is world renowned and focuses on innovative,
interdisciplinary, and global education and research. All visitors will tour various labs, including:

Makerspace: The TechSpark makerspace is Carnegie Mellon University’s focal point for
technology innovation. This College of Engineering facility provides equipment for rapid
fabrication of designs from idea to reality for coursework, research, and entrepreneurship,
which includes Rabid Fabrication with Laser Machines.

Soft Machines Lab: The Soft Machines Lab develops materials and technologies that enable
machines and robots to be safe for human contact. We focus on creating soft multifunctional
materials that can act as artificial skin, muscle, and nervous tissue for applications in bio-
inspired soft robotics, humanoid robotics, and wearable computing. Visitors will see the lab
space and interact with some of the novel “soft-matter" technologies that we have recently
discovered.