A walk in the neighborhood can be quite enlightening.
Deborah Rust was taking a stroll around the Traditions of America Richland active adult community when she encountered fellow retiree Bob Graham, commenting on keeping the grass alive in the summer heat.
"After we talked a little bit more, he said, 'Oh, ma'am, I have watered a lot of things in my day. I used to be the night watchman here at Pittsburgh Cut Flower,'" she said. "Well, that led to a lot of discussion."
For more than a century, the property off Bakerstown Road that now is the site of their neighborhood served as the base for a large-scale horticultural operation. Graham and two other Traditions of America residents, brothers Frank and Keith Sakelhide, are former employees.
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