Where are Pittsburgh’s gingerbread houses in 2024

This year celebrates the 22nd anniversary of the Pittsburgh gingerbread competition.

By Bobby Cherry1 min read
A gingerbread display of the Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus in the sinkhole.

This year celebrates the 22nd anniversary of the Pittsburgh gingerbread competition.

The large displays of gingerbread and the Santas of the world no longer exist inside PPG Place’s Wintergarden.

They were gentrified in 2019 after about 16 years.

But, fear not, when capitalism threatened to leave the gingerbread houses without a festive place to call home, the government stepped up.

The city of Pittsburgh saved the gingerbread!

The 22nd edition of the Pittsburgh gingerbread competition will be unveiled during the City-County Building tree lighting on Nov. 23.

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