Two miles.
That’s about the distance from the Cathedral of Learning to the Tree of Life Synagogue. Just hop one of the #61 PAT buses on Forbes Avenue in Oakland and get off at Shady and Forbes in Squirrel Hill maybe 15 minutes later. Walk half-a-mile up Shady Avenue until you hit Wilkins. And there you are.
Two miles.
A very short drive.
That’s how far away I was yesterday morning. That’s roughly how far anyone on campus at Pitt was yesterday morning.
It’s so close, yet as anyone who attended Pitt or grew up in Pittsburgh knows; it’s another place. The winding hills. Carnegie Mellon in between. Schenley Park if you go another way. It’s part of why so many grad students end up getting apartments up there. Safely away from the distractions on Pitt’s campus. A little removed from the campus distractions. Yet, easy to get quickly to the campus.
