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This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1] The map of neighborhoods presented here is based on the official designations from the City of Pittsburgh. [2]
Oakland is the academic and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and one of the city's major cultural centers. Home to three universities, museums, hospitals, shopping venues, restaurants, and recreational activities, this section of the city also includes two city-designated historic districts: the mostly residential Schenley Farms Historic District and the predominantly institutional Oakland ...
5th Avenue & Bigelow Boulevard, at Wm. Pitt Union by bus stop, Oakland, Pittsburgh: City Military, Military Post-Civil War Victor Herbert (1859-1924) August 28, 2010: 4400 Forbes Avenue, at Carnegie Mus. near Shakespeare statue, Oakland (Pittsburgh)
He controlled much real estate in Pittsburgh until the 1920s, selling of eight houses on North Oakland Square and five houses on South Oakland Square between 1919 and 1922. Some of his holdings were not liquidated until the 1940s (e.g. 3728-32 Dawson Street) and his estate was not completely settled until the mid-1950s.
Area: 170 acres (0.69 km 2) NRHP reference No. 83002213 (original) 12000984 (increase 1) 100011241 (increase 2) Significant dates; Added to NRHP: July 22, 1983 [4] Boundary increases: November 28, 2012 January 3, 2025: Designated CPHD: Shenley Farms May 1982 [1] and Oakland Civic Center, April 7, 1992 [2] Designated PHLF: 1976 [3]
Mount Washington is a neighborhood in the southern region of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has a Zip Code of 15211 and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both the council members for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods) and District 2 (West Neighborhoods).
The Penn-Lincoln Parkway was built from 1953 to 1962 as a freeway bypass across the Pittsburgh area for both the Lincoln Highway (US 30) and the William Penn Highway (US 22). [citation needed] In 1953, the portion of present-day US 30 between PA 283 in Lancaster and PA 462 east of Lancaster was built as a freeway alignment of US 230.
By 1876, the name had been changed to Mount Washington, [2] and a year later, the view of the City of Pittsburgh was first drawn from Mount Washington. [3] Many photos of the Pittsburgh skyline are from Mount Washington, due to the elevation of the hill overlooking the river valley and Downtown Pittsburgh below. [4]