Brian Butko

Dir of Publications Heinz History Ctr 📚 Best Local Writer, Pgh City Paper 3x 🎉 Kennywood, Diners, Lincoln Hwy, Isaly's/Klondike books 📕 Quarry novel underway

[Brian Butko @BrianButko]

@BrianBatko Congrats and best of luck, my near-name friend!

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@giimoozaabi @KDKARadio Thanks for your kind words, it’s always a fun time with @YaJagoff!

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Eighty years ago, members of the Japanese American 522nd Field Artillery Battalion rescued Jewish slave laborers from a death march near Dachau. @nakashimae of the @WashPost joined their memorial celebration to hear the stories of the survivors.
https://t.co/sUJKDuf2WV

[Heinz History Center @HistoryCenter]

Our new book, “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off,” takes a fascinating look at the Golden Age of aviation. From barnstorming to commercial and passenger flight, West Mifflin’s Bettis Airport was once a hub of thrilling adventures. @BrianButko

https://t.co/0TDeLIBVnt

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@sfdicesaro @HxDilettante @HistoryCenter @PITairport Thank you @sfdicesaro, what a cool find and gift!

[Shelly Fetchen DiCesaro PhD, LAT, ATC @sfdicesaro]

A fav find this Christmas for my aspiring aviation architect. Inspired by another gift, the new book about Bettis airfield from @BrianButko & Sue @HxDilettante. Hoping to get to 1 of their lectures soon, would love to see an exhibit come to @HistoryCenter including @PITairport.

[Gloria @SheDidWhatPGH]

Sat, Dec. 14, 2024 from 1:00 - 3:00
Authors @BrianButko & Sue @HxDilettante Morris will share tales from yinzer aviation in the 1920s (wish @HistoryCenter would stream it online) Register: https://t.co/NItEKyXddj

[Heinz History Center @HistoryCenter]

Join authors @BrianButko & @HxDilettante to celebrate the launch of “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off” on Dec. 14, at the History Center. The duo will share stories about the 1920s airport & reveal how the book was researched & created.

https://t.co/tifUyO4DRc

[Heinz History Center @HistoryCenter]

Join authors @BrianButko & @HxDilettante to celebrate the launch of “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off” on Dec. 14. Make sure your tray tables are in the upright position as they share stories about the 1920s airport.

https://t.co/tifUyO5bGK

[Heinz History Center @HistoryCenter]

Now boarding … a thrilling new book on Pittsburgh’s aviation history!

Join authors @BrianButko & @HxDilettante to celebrate the launch of “Bettis: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off” on Saturday, Dec. 14, at the History Center.

https://t.co/tifUyO4DRc

[Brian Butko @BrianButko]

@giimoozaabi @SheDidWhatPGH Yep, and it’s still Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

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@bobf_vstpgh @jensplain That is just before I started my Kennywood research and books — but at this very moment I’m working on big book #3 that will be filled with vintage blueprints and artist renderings.

[Gloria @SheDidWhatPGH]

2/ @HxDilettante & @BrianButko are publishing "Bettis: Where Pgh Aviation Took Off" this fall: the fascinating stories of daredevils who changed the industry from barnstorming to passenger service in less than a decade.”

[Gloria @SheDidWhatPGH]

1/ An intriguing & too little explored corner of Pittsburgh history!

Via @BrianButko “Aviation in the 1920s offered an escape from traditional roles for women like Ellen Mahoney & Freda Zuend, pictured in a catalog for the Pgh School of Aviation, at Bettis Airport.”

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@SheDidWhatPGH Thank you Gloria for your kind words and support! 😊

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1989 photo by John Margolies when it was Scotty’s Diner

[Brian Butko @BrianButko]

Is this the end for the old Charlie’s/Scotty’s Diner, a rare 1940 factory-built diner in #Pittsburgh? They were built to be mobile — any hope it would be bought and moved?

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Peppi's Old Tyme Sandwich Shop closes Point Breeze location. @mgswift7

https://t.co/CxYOz3992X

[Heinz History Center @HistoryCenter]

Learn more about the history of Kennywood Park and its roller coasters in the History Center publication “Behind the Screams” by @BrianButko.

https://t.co/vcduDxFgLU

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This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re sharing a sneak peek at some of the incredible textiles featured in our new exhibition, A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh, which opens to the public on Saturday, March 23. #IWD2024 #ComingSoon

[Brian Butko @BrianButko]

"We arrived in New York at Midnight ... and the Lincoln Zephyr knows all about traffic." A cool old ad for one of my favorite cars, the 1937 Lincoln Zephyr coupe.