Bluff, the

Bluff, the
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Район г. Питтсбурга [Pittsburgh], шт. Пенсильвания. Сформировался около 1830 в составе тауншипа Питт [Pitt Township; township], после пожара 1845 вошел в состав города. Расположен на плоской возвышенности у р. Мононгахила [Monongahela River], к востоку от Золотого треугольника [Golden Triangle] и южнее Аптауна [uptown] (иногда считается его частью). Здесь находятся университет Дюкен [Duquesne University] (1878) и Госпиталь милосердия [Mercy Hospital]. Застроен преимущественно кирпичными городскими домами [row house].

English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2013.

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