First Christmas

Jean Claude Nsengiyumva, 12,  a Tanzanian refugee hugs Santa at an event by Acculturation for Justice, Access, and Peace Outreach at St. Benedict the Moore School in the Hill District on Saturday, December 21, 2013. This is the first time many of the refugees have celebrated Christmas, decorated a tree and visited with Santa.

Gad Yava, 7, a refugee from the Congo decorates a Christmas tree for the first time in his life, as other refugees watch on. 

Arsenal Lanes

Paul Ejzak, 43, of Ross bowls at Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville on Thursday evening, December 19, 2013.

Rainy Walk

A person walks across the Carnegie Mellon University campus on a rainy Thursday evening, December 5, 2013.

A New Carnegie Library

Justin Mandella, a construction worker, is silhouetted against a stained-glass window in the Presbyterian Church on Second Avenue in Hazelwood that is being renovated to become home to a Carnegie Library.

Joe Fisher, a construction worker, works in the Presbyterian Church on Second Avenue in Hazelwood on renovations for the new Carnegie Library.

Former LTV Steel

Inside the former LTV Steel site in Hazelwood on Wednesday, December 4, 2013.  An estimated $1 billion of development is planned on the former LTV Steel Co. site, along with other projects in its once-bustling central business district.

Shadows Along Bellefield

Eleanor Krasnow, 88, walks along Bellefield Avenue in Oakland as the sunlight casts shadows of trees onto the Mellon Institute on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.

Christmas Parade

Santa Claus waves to crowds gathered along the parade route of the Macy’s Holiday Parade, Downtown on Saturday, November 30, 2013.

Laniah Chavis, 3, of Stanton Heights sits bundled up along Grant Street watching the Macy’s Holiday Parade.

Skating Reflections

People are reflected in the windows of the PPG Building as they skate at the Rink at PPG Place, Downtown on Friday.

Frigid Walk

Courtland Hogan of Mt. Washington takes some time to read a novel as he walks across the Warhol Bridge, Downtown on a frigid Wednesday, November 27, 2013.

Cold Work

A worker stands high above the ground on a construction site on the North Shore on Wednesday, November 27, 2013.

Home for the Holidays

Alexis Henry, 19, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, heads to a coach bus outside of the William Pitt Union on Tuesday to travel home to Harrisburg for the holidays.

A Wintery Perch

Crows sit atop a snow-covered tree in Schenley Park on Tuesday, November 26, 2013.