\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt was a \u201cspooktacular\u201d Halloween in Pittsburgh-area neighborhoods. From princesses to creatures, the streets of Oakmont had it all this year. \u201cI\u2019m Tiana,\u201d said Maggie Kanaan, who wore a green dress as seen in Disney\u2019s “The Princess and the Frog.” Her trick-or-treat buddy, Violet Dzikoski, dressed as a red balloon animal. Emery Hanson\u2019s costume was also Disney-inspired. “I’m Kevin from the movie, \u2018Up,\u2019” Hanson told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4. The Pagnotta siblings put their mom\u2019s do-it-yourself skills on full display with their unique homemade costumes. \u201cI am a s\u2019more, as you can clearly tell,\u201d said James Pagnotta. His sister Aria played the role of campfire, while Matteo, their little brother, was a bear. The Oakmont trick-or-treaters went home with bags full of goodies. “I got a lot of chocolate and gummies,\u201d said Ira Wender. Cyndi and Ryan Bachner welcomed dozens of Halloween-goers to their front porch for an assortment of candy. \u201cWe did a good variety pack. We\u2019ve got all kinds of gummies over there, Sour Patch, and Airheads, and then chocolate over here with everything you could probably want,\u201d Cyndi said. \u201cAnd we want to get rid of it all so I don\u2019t eat it,\u201d Ryan added. Meanwhile, in Dormont, people paid their respects to Pittsburgh\u2019s dearly departed at the \u201cYinzer Cemetery.\u201dSteve Douglass is the mastermind behind the front-yard display on Potomac Avenue. The Log Jammer, Century III Mall, Civic Arena, and Tom\u2019s Diner are just a few of the former Pittsburgh places and things marked with makeshift headstones.The tradition started a few years ago and has since expanded into the neighboring yard. \u201cWe vote every year on adding new things, and so this is what we\u2019ve come to this year,\u201d Douglass said.The Halloween fun didn\u2019t stop there. Outside of Pittsburgh\u2019s Point Breeze neighborhood, East End Avenue and Forbes shut down to keep trick-or-treaters safe.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
It was a \u201cspooktacular\u201d Halloween in Pittsburgh-area neighborhoods. <\/p>\n
From princesses to creatures, the streets of Oakmont had it all this year. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Tiana,\u201d said Maggie Kanaan, who wore a green dress as seen in Disney\u2019s “The Princess and the Frog.” Her trick-or-treat buddy, Violet Dzikoski, dressed as a red balloon animal. <\/p>\n
Emery Hanson\u2019s costume was also Disney-inspired. <\/p>\n
“I’m Kevin from the movie, \u2018Up,\u2019” Hanson told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4. <\/p>\n
The Pagnotta siblings put their mom\u2019s do-it-yourself skills on full display with their unique homemade costumes. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am a s\u2019more, as you can clearly tell,\u201d said James Pagnotta. <\/p>\n
His sister Aria played the role of campfire, while Matteo, their little brother, was a bear. <\/p>\n
The Oakmont trick-or-treaters went home with bags full of goodies. <\/p>\n
“I got a lot of chocolate and gummies,\u201d said Ira Wender. <\/p>\n
Cyndi and Ryan Bachner welcomed dozens of Halloween-goers to their front porch for an assortment of candy. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a good variety pack. We\u2019ve got all kinds of gummies over there, Sour Patch, and Airheads, and then chocolate over here with everything you could probably want,\u201d Cyndi said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we want to get rid of it all so I don\u2019t eat it,\u201d Ryan added. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Dormont, people paid their respects to Pittsburgh\u2019s dearly departed at the \u201cYinzer Cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steve Douglass is the mastermind behind the front-yard display on Potomac Avenue. <\/p>\n
The Log Jammer, Century III Mall, Civic Arena, and Tom\u2019s Diner are just a few of the former Pittsburgh places and things marked with makeshift headstones.<\/p>\n
The tradition started a few years ago and has since expanded into the neighboring yard. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe vote every year on adding new things, and so this is what we\u2019ve come to this year,\u201d Douglass said.<\/p>\n
The Halloween fun didn\u2019t stop there. Outside of Pittsburgh\u2019s Point Breeze neighborhood, East End Avenue and Forbes shut down to keep trick-or-treaters safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a \u201cspooktacular\u201d Halloween in Pittsburgh-area neighborhoods. From princesses to creatures, the streets of Oakmont had it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5410,11285,14685,14682,14681,732,14329,73,75,74,14684,14683,14687,13987,13358,78,14686],"class_list":["post-21460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-candy","tag-costume","tag-cyndi","tag-emery-hanson","tag-gummie","tag-halloween","tag-oakmont","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-princess","tag-ryan-bachner","tag-steve-douglass","tag-thing","tag-trick-or-treater","tag-year","tag-yinzer-cemetery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}