POSTCARD N.61 - USA

Postcrossing postcard sent on the 30th December; received on the 20th January
Postcard image: Pittsburgh - Hot air balloons launch from Pittsburgh's Point State Park during the Three Rivers Regatta, a boat racing competition and celebration held each summer.
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A New Yorker with good reasons to like Pittsburgh, it seems. Thanks a lot Hannah for the nice postcard.

Cities with rivers always make the case for good photo opportunities.... this I know, living right across Lisbon, on the other side of the Tagus River... cities with rivers means cities with bridges and these are always photogenic. The examples are many, but if doubts there were, this postcard of Pittsburgh would clearly erase them all.

Pittsburgh, in the state of Pennsylvania, sits on the confluence of three rivers: the Allegheny, on the left in the postcard image, the Monongahela, that on the right, and the result of both joining their waters: the Ohio, that flows on from the tip of the triangle on the left of the image.

With a population of about 306,000 Pittsburgh at one time was the biggest producer of steel in the world, but those days are gone now and the new technologies robotics and biotechnology in particular, have taken the lead of economic development of the city.

Stamps, left to right:

Three of the four "Forever" self adhesive stamps included in the set issued on 09APR2021, themed on Espresso Coffee Beverages. besides the Caffe Mocha,  Caffe Latte and  Espresso stamps on my card, there is also a stamp devoted to tthe Cappuccino.