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Steel built it, hospitals and universities rebuilt it: Pittsburgh's bridges connect more neighborhoods than most cities have. Its stories run earnest and mid-sized, like the city — wallflowers, weepy teens, wandering hitmen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Jack Reacher. Open Pittsburgh on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 27 books, 59 movies, 4 TV shows and 3 games set in Pittsburgh.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower always watching life from the sidelines until two senior students Sam and her stepbrother Patrick become his mentors helping him discover the…

Love & Other Drugs
Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world…

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited bizarre films with Earl his only friend. But both his anonymity…

Jack Reacher
When a gunman takes five lives with six shots all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth…

The Next Three Days
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of murdering her boss. Her husband John would spend the next few years trying to get her released but there's no evidence that negates the evidence…

Fences
In 1950s Pittsburgh a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty racism and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
standing on the fringes of life...offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to seewhat it looks like from the dance floor.This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut…

She's Out of My League
When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting Kirk does everything he can to avoid…

Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll however the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each…

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
An award-winning cynical journalist Lloyd Vogel begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers Vogel's perspective on…
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