Steel City Ironwork Tour!!! Master Blacksmith Samuel Yellin and others!!!

I tour the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the work of blacksmiths Samuel Yellin and Hyman Blum. Tour includes streets of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny County Courthouse and the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. Samuel Yellin’s work dominates the tour. This is a celebration of the craft of architectural blacksmithing.
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0:00 Perfection or Excellence
0:49 Pittsburg Intro at the Convention Center Overlook
0:55 Liberty Avenue Musicians and Iron Fence & Gate
1:19 Copper Repousse and Fish at McCormick & Schmicks
2:19 Samuel Yellin Gates at the Allegheny County Courthouse
11:31 US Steel Tower
12:11 Cathedral of Learning Ironwork mainly by Samuel Yellin
26:53 Hyman Blum at the Heinz History Center
27:59 Outro.

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thank you everyone for watching!This is one time I’ll strongly recommend you watch to the end. Much of the best work is in the second half!

[@rogerhodges7656]

Incredible decorative workmanship!

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@user-by9gq1wm7w]

This is the best tour of Yellins work I've seen! Your appreciation of beauty is contagious !
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[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Wow, thank you!

[@jasonscott7803]

Wow what beautiful and stunning pieces of ironwork, thanks for the tour.👍✌️

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching

[@vintagehillbillyheadscharl4272]

Now that’s something I can definitely nerd out on !! Thank you so much for sharing Matt!!

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

You get it! Thanks for watching!!!

[@brysonalden5414]

Thanks for the tour! Reverse engineering some of what you showed us will sprain my brain for a while.

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Haha 😂 glad you enjoyed it!

[@dr.durellshepard398]

Hello Sir, Beautiful Iron work, also loved the stone work ! Thanks so much for letting me tag along on the adventure, Regards ....Doc

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thank you ! We’re glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@robertpatrick1824]

Samuel Yellin's business did the work, Samuel Yellin designed, made samples and oversaw the work, but he had many talented smiths who worked with him. I have been fortunate to meet his late son Harvey and his daughter, Claire and got to see the shop in Philadelphia where the work was done years ago before it was vandalized and ruined in 1998. For some of his jobs he had 200 people working in his shop. I got to have breakfast with one of his talented smiths, Max Segal in 1974 and learned some valuable things from him. Cyril Colnik's work in Milwaukee is stunning as well as work by other masters in North America and the rest of the world, both old and new work. His business still survives and does some new work and maintains and restores some of their older work through some of the very talented smiths we have today.

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

That’s an awesome story. Fantastic that you’ve been able to speak with someone who worked there. Thanks for watching

[@BasementRobotLab]

Some beautiful ironwork!

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@blacksmith192]

Now that’s some spectacular work. I guess I need to make a trip check it out for myself. Thanks Matt for sharing

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

It’s definitely worth a trip! Absolutely beautiful ironwork and architecture!

[@nofunclub]

Thanx for sharing...

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thank you for watching! 😊

[@joakimfrostblacksmithing7127]

Thanks for sharing, very interesting. Greetings from Sweden.

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Hello from Maryland USA! Thank you for watching!!! Cheers

[@susanthomas5125]

Thanks for the tour

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thank you for watching!

[@stenzeliron6818]

Wow, this was so cool!! Thanks for sharing!

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Hey man so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@MtPhillipMetalWorks]

excellent video for all being shot on your phone, very cool!

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thank you my friend!

[@gabrielcraig8891]

Thanks for the video

[@gabrielcraig8891]

And also, did we win the tournament?!?

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

No problem! Thanks for watching

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

And they took 3rd place in the tournament. Open division, gold bracket. That’s the top bracket for 16’s. thanks again

[@gabrielcraig8891]

I’d guess the tunnel gates on the Allegheny county courthouse are original to the building designed in to 1883 by HH Richardson. They have the hallmarks of a Richardson design muscular and Norman gothic, so probably not Yellin.

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

That’s an interesting take! Time to do some research. Thanks for the comment…..

[@flatlander6734]

Thanks for that!!! I can't begin to fathom being able to do all that work, and then get it installed. Beyond amazing!
Just wondering; is there any information about the work for visitors to learn about Yellin?

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thank you!! Yes, the University of Pittsburgh has it well documented and accredited

[@one4320]

Say magnifeek!

[@MatthewHarrisStudio]

Thank you 😊