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Sponsors

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Introduction

The North Side, once a city of its own named Allegheny, now is home to old houses and churches, bottles of ketchup and beer, bug-eyed birds, museums and hospitals, a traditional food a view of the stars.

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North Side Story logo

Allegheny City: the North Side

North Side started as Allegheny City in the late 18^th century and was a thriving independent city until it was annexed to Pittsburgh in 1907.

Western PA History

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Man red and white shirt at pop corn stand

The Icee Ball Man

The North Side is full of traditions like the Icee Ball man across from West Park. He, and his father before him, has been selling ice balls, popcorn, and peanuts at the street stand since 1934.

Having Fun

Creating Community: Neighborhoods

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8:07

Hand-drawn map of the "Commons"

West Park: Pittsburgh's earliest urban park

West Park was originally part of the common grazing land. Around the mid-1800s it was turned into the first urban park in western Pennsylvania.

Creating Community

Western PA History

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9:50

Green glass dome

The National Aviary at Pittsburgh

The National Aviary houses over 400 exotic birds and runs a breeding program for endangered rare birds. During the Civil War there was a prison for Confederate soldiers on this site.

Having Fun

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14:15

Woman in blue top

North Side is a collection of neighborhoods each with its own character.

Mexican War Streets, Community Gardens

Mexican War Streets, dating from the 1840s and 1850s, take their names from the great battles of that war. Restored row houses and community gardens are a source of neighborhood pride.

Creating Community: Neighborhoods

Bridges and Buildings

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18:05

Street scene with Doug's Market

Doug's Market in the Mexican War Streets

Small businesses are important to the neighborhood's sense of community. Doug's Market is an old fashioned butcher shop that serves lunch and makes homemade sausage and kielbasa.

Creating Community: family business

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21:58

Man in white t-shirt crossing street

Wilson's BBQ in the Mexican War Streets

Wilson's Bar-B-Q is a family owned business whose secrets are a wood-fired grill and a secret sauce handed down from ex-slave ancestors.

Creating Community: family business

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Map

Ridge Avenue neighborhood: Millionaire's Row

Allegheny West, west of West Park, used to be the Gold Coast of the city of Allegheny. Ridge Avenue and Brighton Road, now mostly occupied by the Community College of Allegheny County, were called Millionaire's Row

Western PA History

Bridges and Buildings

Creating Community

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29:33

Map

Manchester neighborhood

By taking preservation seriously, Manchester has rehabilitated what was in danger of becoming a slum. Manchester Commission, whose members are people in the community, approves all remodeling and requires authentic restoration of exteriors. A Queen Anne style house is in the process of restoration.

Creating Community: neighborhoods

Bridges and Buildings: Historic preservation

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33:40

Two kids walking down the street

Fineview neighborhood's gothic house

Fineview, formerly Nunnery Hill is named for its incredible view of downtown. We tour a Gothic Revival cottage.

Bridges and Buildings: historic preservation

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37:20

Distant view of downtown; kids riding bikes up hill

Spring Hill neighborhood

Spring Hill has an unusual castle-looking retaining wall built by a local immigrant baker in 1933.

Bridges and Buildings

Creating Community: neighborhoods

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39:40

Pan right of houses on the hill

Tanneries in the Spring Garden hills

Spring Garden, another hill top North Side community, has the remains of the meat processing and tanneries that were once located here.

Western PA History

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41:40

Steep hill

Troy Hill's German roots

Troy Hill is an old German neighborhood atop one of the steepest hills in Pittsburgh.

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Heinz plant

H.J. Heinz and the modern Heinz factory

The world headquarters of Heinz is located in old red brick buildings along the Allegheny River. Many families have worked at the Heinz plant for generations making pickles, horseradish, mustard, ketchup, and soups.

Western PA History: Industry

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Inside gallery

The Andy Warhol Museum

Andy Warhol Museum at Sandusky and General Robinson Blvd. Houses seven floors of materials chronicling the life and work of Pop Artist Andy Warhol, who was born and is buried in Pittsburgh.

The Arts

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54:04

Woman walking down stairs

The Mattress Factory

The Mattress Factory, which calls itself "a research and development lab for artists," is a gallery specializing in "installation" and "performance" art.

The Arts

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56:35

Tailgaters at stadium

Three Rivers Stadium, The Pirates, and Exposition Park

In the parking lot of Three Rivers Stadium are faint symbols marking the base pads of Exposition Park, built for the Pirates in 1891. The team was organized as the Alleghenies when they first went professional in 1876.

Having Fun

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Street view of retail stores

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East Ohio Street retail stores

East Ohio Street is home to many family owned businesses, including Stedeford's Record Shop; Bernie's Photo Center, Pittsburgh Camera Exchange, Pittsburgh Custom Darkroom and Photo Antiquities.

Carlisle's Bridal Shop is run by a descendant of the original owner of Carlisle's Hat Shop in the late 1800s–when brides' wore their best dress and bought a new hat to make it special.

Paul Doyle's Barber Shop has been on the North Side for 41 years, relocating to East Ohio Street when his original building was torn down for Allegheny Center

Creating Community: family business

Shopping

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B&W photo of Allegheny Square

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Old Allegheny Square becomes Allegheny Center

The heart of the North side was Allegheny Square until it was dismantled in the 1960s to become Allegheny Center. Boggs and Buhl department store was located there.

The old Allegheny Market House was right in the center of the old business district.

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Green-domed gray stone building

Pittsburgh Children's Museum at the Old Post Office

Allegheny's domed Old Post Office now houses the Pittsburgh Children's Museum

Creating Community: learning

Bridges and Buildings: reuse

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Stone roof peak with inscription "Carnegie Library"

Allegheny Branch of the Carnegie Library

Allegheny Branch of the Carnegie Library is the original Carnegie Library, built in the community where young Carnegie borrowed books from his mentor, Colonel James Anderson.

Western PA History: Andrew Carnegie

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Woman in pink top walking with cane

North Side Hospitals

Memories of going to nursing school at Mercy Providence Hospital and Nursing School.

The original Presbyterian Hosptital and Allegheny General Hospital.

Creating Community: Hospitals

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Aerial view of North Side neighborhood

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Red Penn Pilsner van

German heritage on the North Side

North Side's German heritage is still evident. Max's Allegheny Tavern serves good German food and is a neighborhood gathering place .

Penn Brewery brews German-style beer in the restored Eberhardt and Ober Brewery and serves authentic German food in the Brewery Restaurant. They have an Oktoberfest every year.

Having Fun

Creating Community: ethnic heritage

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Starry night sky

Allegheny Observatory

Astronomy pioneers James Langley and John Brashear and the Allegheny Observatory, where anyone can look at the stars.

Bridges and Buildings

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