Summer share from Pittsburgh Independent: Something ironic is brewing at South Side's iconic Duquesne Brewery clock - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Summer share from Pittsburgh Independent: Something ironic is brewing at South Side's iconic Duquesne Brewery clock - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Drab gray for a decade, South Side’s iconic Duquesne Brewery clock unexpectedly turned flush on July 31. Eagle-eyed, nebby neighbors noticed a crane carrying workers five stories skyward to paint the single-sided clock face — the largest in the United States — red. The clock has been keeping time atop the sprawling former brewery compound in the heart of the flats since 1961, and for decades it urged people to “Have a Duke,” or Duquesne Pilsner,…