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Thread #1018   Message #2130079
Posted By: Azizi
20-Aug-07 - 09:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (...a pawnshop...
Subject: RE: Word to Pawnshop in Pittsburg
These lines of the song "There's a Pawn shop on a corner in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania/And I walk up and down 'neath the clock" probably refer to Kaufmann's clock .

There's a century old tradition of meeting people under the clock that is attached to what used to be Kaufmann's department store, which is still located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania, And even though the store is now Macys, I still call that landmark clock "Kaufmann's clock", and I know alot of other Pittsburghers do too.