Iron Eden A Natural For Pittsburgh

What could be more fitting than for a city once known as the iron and steel making capital of the world than to become the home of John Walter, a blacksmith and owner of Iron Eden?

Walter's free-flowing, nature-based creations – gates, chairs, staircases, trellises, tables and sculptures featuring trees and flowers that curve and jut in all directions- would look at home in Alice's Wonderland or in a scene from "The Nightmare Before Christmas." 


Admittedly, organic iron work is his signature style.  Iron Eden's one-of-a-kind artwork has been springing up all over the city for the past quarter of a century. At Phipps Conservatory, Walter conjured up "Gates of Hell," featuring iron tree branches rising from the ground like flame.  He also restored gates at the 100-room Sewickley Heights estate of industrialist Benjamin Franklin Jones. The fixtures and mirrors at Maxalto and Moda  in Shadyside and a wood-burning pizza oven at Enrico's are all his creations.


The material for many of Walter's creations comes from industrial and manufacturing leftovers. He says their scrap is his beginning piece.  Walter's shop, Iron Eden,  is located in Bloomfield at 4071 Liberty Ave. Take a drive by, or even stop in.  Either way you'll instantly know this is a very very extraordinary place.

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West Penn Medical School In Works

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West Penn Allegheny Health System's plan to start a four-year medical school will succeed this year. Officials have been working to expand to a full medical school for nearly a decade, talking with various schools along the way.  West Penn Allegheny, the region's No. 2 health system, will be moving key services to Allegheny General Hospital in the North Side and placing emphasis on care delivered outside its hospitals.

The medical school would be Pittsburgh's second, in addition to the University of Pittsburgh's.  West Penn Allegheny could fill a niche educating physicians to remain in the region. The University of Pittsburgh medical school has became so competitive that Pennsylvania residents comprise only 26 percent of the freshman class.  West Penn's medical school could fill the gap by educating doctors from the local area so they could practice in and serve the medical needs of the local community.

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