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- Allegheny (East, West and Central) via Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain. Much of what is now the North Side cluster of Pittsburgh neighborhoods was once Allegheny City, an independent municipality named so for its place on the banks of the Allegheny River and gobbled up through a controversial annexation in 1907 that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Allentown. Joseph Allen, an English butcher, purchased 124 acres of land here in 1827.
- Banksville. In its earliest days (the 1770s), the settlement was known as "The Experiment"—the experiment being allowing a bunch of Scots-Irish immigrants, who were viewed as industrious but not valuable to the society, to farm and mine an area that was often attacked by natives.
- Beechview. Beechview, home of the steepest street in the U.S., is named so for its beech trees.
Mar 2, 2017 · The neighborhood is located less than a mile from downtown Pittsburgh. Spring Garden is a crescent-shaped community. The median rent is $581 per month, much lower than the national rate of $928. The median income is $35,134 with the majority of residents completing at least some college. Spring Garden is bordered by Troy Hill and Spring Hill in ...
No place in Pittsburgh has a better view of the Point than Mt. Washington, but this hilltop neighborhood was originally called Coal Hill. Its name was changed in the late 1800s to honor the father of our country. Thank goodness because a night out on the town on Coal Hill just doesn’t have the same ring.
Sep 28, 2016 · Bluff. Formerly known as Uptown, Soho, Ayer's Hill and Boyd's Hill -- this neighborhood has had its share of names -- the name of Bluff comes from the bluff that the neighborhood is built upon ...
Dec 29, 2016 · It may have been called that before, but that is what he called his property,” Canning said. Now underneath the road, there is a creek than runs straight through the middle of the Spring Garden Valley called Butchers Run. Canning said there is also a stream under the road of East Street Valley called Saw Mill Run, and the two used to connect ...
Jul 19, 2018 · 4. Carson Street – South Side. Flickr/Jeffrey Sugalski. Carson Street sits, of course, in the vibrant neighborhood of the South Side. Interestingly, the South Side was originally known as Birmingham. The neighborhood itself was predominately planned by Dr. Nathaniel Bedford, the first physician in Pittsburgh, in 1872.
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Aug 7, 2017 · Crawford Grill — c. 1945 copyright Charlie Teenie Harris. From the 1930s until the 1950s, the Hill District was known as the “ crossroads of the world.”. Music, art, culture and commerce thrived in Little Harlem. The Hill boasted the only all-black radio station, its own weekly newspaper (the Pittsburgh Courier), and a vibrantly active ...
