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B E E C H V I E W
Beechview is a pleasant residential neighborhood in a forgotten corner
of southern Pittsburgh. Most Pittsburghers know it only as the neighborhood
where the main streetcar route still runs on the street.
Like many Pittburgh neighborhoods, Beechview is safer than the average
suburb. The streetcars are frequent, the shops have most of what you need,
and there are a few surprisingly trendy restaurants. Housing is affordable--cheap
by the standards of any other major metropolis--and many of the houses
are Edwardian beauties, though sometimes hidden under decades of mistaken
improvements.
Map
of Beechview
City
Council Beechview page
Beechview Branch of
the Carnegie Library
Churches
Beechview Congregation,
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church
Saint Catherine of Siena
(Roman Catholic)
TRANSIT:
Visit Beechview on the Route
42S or 42L
streetcar. All stops from Traymore to Neeld are in Beechview. The central
Beechview business district is between Fallowfield and Coast. A small cluster
of good restaurants is near Bousted.
Some information on the cameras used for these
photographs:
Edwardian house: Bolsey Jubilee, Efke
ISO 25 film.
Others: Olympus OM-1, 50-mm Zuiko lens,
Imation ISO 100 film.
Copyright 1999, 2000 by Christopher Bailey.
