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Gwen DiPietro

Gwen DiPietro is an engineer, wife/mother/grandmother, and professor. She lives in a walkable Pittsburgh neighborhood—a short stroll from the coffee shop, a couple of restaurants, the library, bus lines, and a longer walk to a business district and regional park. Her children, grown now, continue to walk and bus their ways around their cities.

Leaving the car at home
ThrowbackMarch 17, 2016

Leaving the car at home

By Gwen DiPietro

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Gwen DiPietro explores the lessons her family…

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About Topology

Topology Magazine

Topology Magazine is a place for active contemplation through prose, poetry, and art: the produce of thoughtful labor in the places where we find ourselves. Each person is inextricably tied to their physical location, and Topology cultivates that connection by publishing work which explicitly or implicitly recognizes the influence of place. Read more …

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