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Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh have distinct personalities. Different ethnic
groups settled different neighborhoods, and the topography of Pittsburgh
has tended to isolate them and emphasize the differences. If you're a native,
there's a good chance other natives can tell which neighborhood you came
from by your accent.
There are eighty-eight officially counted neighborhhoods in Pittsburgh,
according to the city government. But many of those neighborhoods are themselves
divided into distinctive neighborhoods, so that the actual count is much
higher. These pages, which are starting out with just a few neighborhoods,
will eventually grow to include all the major ones and a selection of minor
ones as well.
While these pages are under construction, some of them will have
detailed information and some just photographs. Eventually, there will
be detailed information and pictures for all of Pittsburgh's neighorhoods.
You can take it with you--at least as far as the grave..
A treasury of magnificently restored Victorian houses.
An old German neighborhood that fought to keep its trolley line.
A forgotten hilltop neighborhood where time seems to stand still.
A pleasant residential neighborhood where the streetcars still run on the
street.
The most Italian of Pittsburgh's Italian neighborhoods.
Lively and friendly, Brookline is Pittsburgh the way old-timers remember
Pittsburgh.
Planned as a model middle-income housing project in the 1930s, Chatham
Village still represents everything that's best in planned communities.
The center of everything. An important business and financial center, one
of the biggest shopping areas in the country, and a treasure house of great
architecture.
The most German of Pittsburgh's German neighborhoods is an odd mix of trendy
and timeless.
It used to be called the "second downtown," and it's still a lively shopping
district that's showing some signs of revival.
Hidden in a narrow valley, Four Mile Run is proud of its obscurity.
A neighborhood full of beautifully restored houses, ending in one of Pittsburgh's
favorite parks.
Once one of the great jazz centers of the country, the Hill is full of
surprises.
Pittsburgh's oldest residential neighborhood is full of history and historic
architecture.
A flat neighborhood with rows of gorgeous Victorian houses, restored but
not yuppified.
A quiet North Side neighborhood full of old-time Pittsburgh character.
The first neighborhood where restoration fever really took off.
Behind Pittsburgh's favorite view is a pleasant working-class neihgborhood.
An old warehouse district that's suddenly booming.
The intellectual center of Pittsburgh.
A neighborhood where magnificent Edwardian houses abound, with easy access
to Riverview Park.
A prosperous and diverse neighborhood that was formerly the exurban retreat
of millionaire merchant princes.
Clinging to the side of a bluff, Polish Hill keeps up many of its old ethnic
traditions.
An enclave of beautifully kept houses within an easy stroll of the bustle
of Oakland, Schenley Farms is now a registered historic district.
An oasis of green in the middle of the city, and home to some of Pittsburgh's
best sculpture.
A shopping mecca and one of the city's most cultured neighborhoods.
Is it the coolest neighborhood in the country? It doesn't think so, but
maybe that's what makes it so cool.
An essay on bad siding, and why it might not be so bad after all, from
our sister site, Urbane.
A peaceful hilltop neighborhood that enjoys its relative isolation.
A diverse neighborhood home to many of Pittsburgh's Jewish institutions.
If it's edible, you can buy it in the Strip.
Formerly Temperanceville, but now home to a wide variety of bars and an
equally wide variety of architecture.
Copyright 1999 by Christopher Bailey.
