[PRCo] FYI-Pittsburgh Neighborhood Map

Thu May 30 12:50:39 EDT 2013

John,

Reference your comments on the Official Map:

While Soho is not shown on the map, the street signs along 5th Avenue and
Forbes Avenue do show "Soho" above the street names as that district.
Glenwood has now become Glen Hazel. Ingram is not part of the city, it is
it's own borough, hence not listed on the map. The Fairywood district of
the city is just above Ingram and Ingram Car House may have actually been
in the Fairywood district. I'll have to check that out to be sure.
Allentown and Polish Hill are listed on the map. Atwood has been called
South Oakland for many years. I drove a bus route which was different than
the 81-Atwood in the mid 1970s and it was called South Oakland Shuttle. I
don't recall the number. Friendship is also listed on the map. Woods Run
has become Chateau district. Birmingham is now South Side Flats albeit the
bridge which replaced the 22nd St Bridge is called the Birmingham Bridge.
Fred explained what happened to Nunnery Hill and although Forbes & Braddock
is beside Frick Park, you would now be standing in Squirrel Hill South.

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:38 PM, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>
>
> Where's Soho and Glenwood??  What about Ingram and Temperencesville??
>
> Also Allentown, Atwood, Polish Hill and Friendship areas??
>
> And what happened to Birmingham?  Also Woods run?  And Nunnery Hill?
>
> We use to call the area around Forbes and Braddock:  'Frick Park'.
>
> Wonder how much the city paid a well connected consultant to come up with
> this map.  Should have consulted a PRC system map.
>
>
>
> > From: hrbran at cavtel.net
> > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:58:24 -0400
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at mailman.dementix.org
> > Subject: Re: [PRCo] FYI-Pittsburgh Neighborhood Map
> >
> > Correct on "Brushton" as being missing in action.
> >
> > The attached pdf is the official City of Pittsburgh neighborhood map.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Fred Schneider <
> fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I have a problem with the south side.   Mt. Oliver is an independent
> > > borough but the map shows it as part of the city.   It is that area
> > > surrounded by Knoxville, Carrick, Beltzhoover (not named), Arlington,
> > > Allentown, and the  slopes.
> > >
> > > East End?   The Lower Hill District used to be considered separate from
> > > the Hill District.   Highland Park is a city park.   Should that not be
> > > considered Highland.   Brushton is missing.
> > >
> > > I have a feeling in my gut that neighborhoods are being moved because
> we
> > > have no memory of where they were.  Have we forgotten places like
> Glenwood?
> > >    Do Lincoln or Larimer actually touch Shadyside?   Should not
> Homewood
> > > touch S'Liberty?
> > >
> > > In the northside?   As we redeveloped it, we put new names on an old
> city.
> > >   The entire north side was the City of Allegheny until the City of
> > > Pittsburgh orchestrated a takeover in nineteen aught and seven.   Now
> we
> > > have created areas called West Allegheny, Allegheny Center and East
> > > Allegheny and North Shore?   Huh?   I though they were just the
> Northside?
> > >  And how did Observatory Hill get moved all the way out to the city
> > > boundary?   Seems to me the old Observatory run by Mr. Brashaer at the
> > > college was in the Fineview District?????    That area they are calling
> > > Observatory Hill includes what we would have called Riverview Park and
> even
> > > far beyond that.
> > >
> > > But we have the same problem in a lot of cities.   Here in Lancaster
> > > County there were three villages on route 23 northeast of Lancaster:
> > >  Leacock, Leola and Bareville in order as you go northeast.   Today no
> one
> > > seems to know where they were and we have moved them and overlapped
> them
> > > and in some cases you will find businesses in one village named after a
> > > town five miles away.   We don't remember.
> > >
> > > Try this map
> > >
> > >
> > >
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Pittsburgh_Pennsylvania_neighborhoods_fade.svg
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 28, 2013, at 10:52 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can anyone remember the East End neighborhood which is not listed on
> this
> > > > map?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The last post made mention of a district of Pittsburgh called the
> Flats,
> > > >> actually named South Side Flats. This is in opposition to another
> > > >> neighborhood named South Side Slopes.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have attached a map of Pittsburgh neighborhoods since some areas
> now
> > > >> have new names and some areas which never had names now do have
> names.
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Herb Brannon
> > > >> Back In The Burgh !
> > > >> GO PENS !
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Herb Brannon
> > > > Back In The Burgh !
> > > > GO PENS !
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