{"id":2467,"date":"2010-08-06T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2010-10-23T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T15:30:23","slug":"friday-just-for-fun-site-pittsburgh-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Blog\/friday-just-for-fun-site-pittsburgh-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Just For Fun Site &#8211; Pittsburgh Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work)<\/p>\n<p>The part of Pittsburgh that I live in is called Highland Park and one of the main features is The Pittsburgh Zoo. Just the other day the zoo announced a new development Tentatively called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/news\/pittsburgh\/s_693135.html\" target=\"_blank\">Top of the World<\/a>&#8221; because it&#8217;s at the very top of their property, you may remember it as the hoofed animals exhibit. It is going to be a hospital and learning center and sounds really cool.<\/p>\n<p>I walk by there most every day and the last time they were building a new new polar bear exhibit, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghzoo.com\/animallist.aspx?c=6\" target=\"_blank\">The Water&#8217;s \t  Edge<\/a> in 2006, I took <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lillicotch.com\/Photos\/2006-Pittsburgh-Zoo.html\">photos every month of the construction<\/a> as it progressed. 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