Pittsburgh

Why Pittsburgh?

Host of the 2009 G20 Summit, Pittsburgh is an ideal setting for ESX 2010.

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Here are just some of the reasons we KNOW Pittsburgh is ready to host the ESX:

• Pittsburgh is the only city in the United States with the distinction of being named "America's Most Livable City" twice by Places Rated Almanac.
• Pittsburgh is a leader in the environmental movement, with 33 green-certified buildings. The David L. Lawrence Convention Center is the first – and largest – certified green convention center in the world.
• Pittsburgh is ranked among the Top 10 of the World's Cleanest Cities, Forbes magazine (2007).
• Pittsburgh is named one of the Top Travel Destinations for 2008 Worldwide by Frommer's, a leading publisher of international travel guides.
• Pittsburgh boasts the second-most beautiful nighttime view in the United States, according to USA Today.
• Pittsburgh is home to the world-famous Andy Warhol Museum, named after Pittsburgh native and renowned pop artist.
• Pittsburgh is sometimes referred to as the "San Francisco of the East Coast" for its hills and beautiful vistas.
• Pittsburgh has 446 bridges, more than any other city in the world.
• Pittsburgh is the birthplace of Heinz Ketchup.
• Pittsburgh is consistently named one of the best arts destinations in the United States by AmericanStyle magazine.
• Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Natural History has been named one of the best places in the world to see dinosaurs by the Discovery Channel and Forbes. With more than 103,000 specimens, the museum has the finest Jurassic dinosaur collection in the world and is the world's third-largest repository of dinosaur fossils.
• Pittsburgh is home to many "firsts" – the first U.S. public television station (WQED), the first U.S. radio station (KDKA), the first all-aluminum building (Alcoa), the first polio vaccine (Jonas Salk), and the first robotics institute (Carnegie Mellon University).
• Pittsburgh is safer than 82 out of 100 metro areas in the United States, according to Places Rated Almanac.
• Pittsburgh is located less than 90 minutes from Fallingwater, the world-famous home designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Two other Wright-designed homes are also available to tour nearby.