urbanforever

Before I saw your Little Italy Icon I already knew you were from Cleveland. ;0

Thanks for the great information. Are you currently living in Pittsburgh?

This is an amazing 60s development; probably the best I have ever seen..

Wow great post. Although I don't agree that Bayonne is worst than Lorain, it has some great commercial and residential still intact.

This will by far be the largest post of the series. I took over 150 shots of downtown but I will certainly cut it down a little bit. All in all I am very impressed with downtown Pittsburgh. It is as dense as downtown Cincinnati yet about twice as big, its skyscrapers are very impressive even including most of its modern skyscrapers, the interior of many of the buildings are lavish, and ornate and the street life is very vibrant. These are some pictures I took my first night in Pittsburgh. This was an extremely misty and foggy day, yet it gave some pretty interesting shots of downtown. Here is my favorite modern building downtown- Pittsburgh Platt Glass Company: Here is the PNC building in construction (everytime PNC is brought up I shutter a little bit "obviously I'm from Cleveland") These are shots taken across the Monongahela River. Station Square: I just grabbed a few shots of the original train station. There is a massive redevelopment project named Station Square which I did not explore. The inside The crest of the Pitt family is embedded on the bridge. As you can see Pittsburgh has preserved a large number of their 3/4 story historic buildings. It adds a lot of vibrancy and character to the street life. This might be the skinniest building in the whole country! There is still some grit in the city This is one of my favorite buildings in downtown. I had no idea that "The exchange came out of Pittsburgh" Unfortunately I did not have the pleasure of eating here: If found this building in one of the alley ways Here are a series of street scape photos to give you a better feel of the street life. I was very impressed by the all the bricks streets (many of them are new) This style of sculpture reminds me of the bus stop in the Buckeye neighborhood of Cleveland Here is an example of a "Pittsburgh surface lot". I could count the number of surface lots on one hand. Good use of the bottom floor of the parking garage: Here is the banking district of downtown...It's ancient! If only I could take pictures of this bank's lobby.. You'll notice that there are no shots of the entire buildings. This was because the street is so narrow that I wasn't able to zoom out far enough to get a shot of the entire building. Here is an amazing shot! The three buildings in the foreground were my favorite historic skyscrapers. All of them were built in the 1910s and have incredible detail on the facades. Here are the buildings closer up: Pittsburgh's Theater District: Back to the Pittsburgh Plated Glass Company Market Square: This is the main square in downtown Pittsburgh. I wish Cleveland's Public Square could look more like this especially with Market Square commercial activity and vibrancy. Here are some of Pittsburgh's historical skyscrapers This reminds me a lot of one of Cleveland's skyscrapers near Key Tower I really liked this red topped skyscraper. It reminds me of a Russian onion dome except on top of a skyscraper: Art Deco!! I've Never seen Flemish Architecture before visiting Pittsburgh: Here's the interior of the Union Trust Building :-o Here is the interior of the Frick Building Here is the interior of the city county building: I don't remember who this is a statue of: Here is the interior of Point Park university's library. It is a converted Arcade. Now its a study space: The Allegheny Courthouse designed by Richardson Going into the courtyard.. This bridge connects the courthouse and the jail. There is a name for this bridge but I can't remember it. Modern Skyscrapers: Here is a huge complex from the 50s. I do not remember its name though.. The Alcoa Building; the exterior of this building is entirely made of Aluminum: Here are shots I took on the Duquene incline on the way up. And a beautiful night shot to end my long post yet..

This is the post where I put my remaining neighborhoods together.. But don't worry the final Pittsburgh post will be the best Mt. Washington Great infill here: This church can be seen from many miles away. It is right on the ridge of Mt. Washington. Here is what a typical street looks like.. This village was developed in the 30s. I believe is was for lower income residents (evergrey can correct me if I'm wrong). Now it is very high end. Another example of split row-house units ShadySide I took exclusively housing shots of this neighborhood to show the great diversity in architecture. I have never seen this much diversity in a neighborhood. Here are some shots taken from a park on the top of the Hills district. A tripod would have helped...

I totally agree with this. I thought it would be a funny thing to add to the post ;)

I was making mistakes about the names the whole trip. I was calling Shadyside neighborhood ShadyTown. And calling University of Pittsburgh UP. EDIT: Fixed quote box

So the Pittsburgh adventure continues..... Oakland Oakland is the cultural district of the city. It includes The University of Pittsburgh which includes the Cathedral of Knowledge, Carnegie Mellon, and a gigantic Carnegie library. This is a very small overview of the neighborhood: And now Pittsburgh University's library (kinda of a disappointment) Cathedral of knowledge Here is an example of one of the country room. There are at least 20 country rooms in the building decorated with characteristics of the culture. Unfortunately I was unable to go inside the rooms. This would be an awesome classroom: They certainly have a taste for Mexican:

That must have taken forever to do. Thanks for the pictures though urbanforever. No problem!

A general who fought in the Mexican-American war lived in the neighborhood after the war. He named many of the streets after events and battles of the war.

Here are two more incredible neighborhoods in Pittsburgh's north side. These two neighborhoods are west of Mexican War Streets. Allegheny West It was very helpful that Pittsburgh's street signs indicate which neighborhood you are located in. Another beautiful tree-lined street. Yes more row houses! Love it Here's a Gothic Methodist Church. Here is a Richarsonian church. This was indeed built by the famous architect Henry Hobson Richardson in 1885. This interior is very rustic. I'm guessing it is influenced from Norwegian design concepts. I noticed that other Episcopalian churches have similar interiors. Manchester You don't see this very often: Yea 60s infill!! Actually this was pretty uncommon in the neighborhood This is what happens when you mix tree roots and bricks This is just gorgeous!!

I see you speak Dutch!

I noticed on the Chestnut ridge website that the park is considered a metro park. Is it apart of a larger parker system like the Emerald Necklace in Cleveland?

This is the first thread of a five part series. Hopefully I will be able to post one a night. A couple of weekends ago Ink and I went out to Pittsburgh. We were graced by an amazing tour guy- Evergrey. He gave us a tour of Downtown, Allegeny and its many neighborhoods (this was once its own city back in the day and now is a part of Pittsburgh), Mt. Washingtown in the mist, and in clear weather, many of Pittsburgh's eastside neighborhoods including: Shadyside, Squirrel hill, Oakland, the Hills and Bloomfield. We also got a tour of the extreme slopes of Pittsburgh. Sometimes I felt as if we were going to fly off the mountain. Mexican War Streets I really enjoyed this neighborhood. Much of this neighborhood has been gentrified but there is still a good amount of grit left especially in the norther part. The architectural is very similar to Over-The-Rhine in Cincinnati but a little newer and more diversity of housing types. Diversity in housing types was something I saw everywhere in Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Enjoy! This is probably the most gentrified street in the neighborhood: Old grocery store: The random set-back house: Yea the garages were tiny! These Romanesque buildings are extremely common in Pittsburgh. I'm impressed that some many of them have been preserved. This apartment building is on the edge of the neighborhood: \ Love the row houses. Even Romanesque churches: Some grit: Here's a nice corner park: We are getting closer to the Northern edge of the neighborhood now: My favorite cost savings measure! :wink: Aww I love the tree lined street... It reminds me of my home town ( The C-Town) Someone must love their neighborhood! These apartments have been converted into Low income housing:

I've noticed you love skyscrapers

There must be a job assistance on the first floor and apartments above. I'm positive that the sign said so. Unless its inaccuarate.

Did you get to go into the Guardian Building. Its spectacular! I'll have to post my shots soon.

I thought while I was hanging out at St. Malichi's to take some pictures of the strip along Detroit Avenue. This is actually a pretty interesting strip. Its a mix of parking lots, abandoned lots, warehouses, social services and even a small yet hopping gay district. I was tempted to take pictures of the projects just under the shoreway bridge but I thought better of it. Here is the Massimo da Milano. Just an incredible restaurant for its location. Apparently this used to be a Forest City Trust building. I was not aware that Forest City used to be a bank. Still a German Sign here even though it doesn't exist. That's always perplexed me. This is the corner store where many residents from the low income housing shop and hang out. Some abandoned lots right across the street. A night club Here a warehouse beautifully restored. Its used for job assistance I believe. Here is the Gay bar. I think its called "Man's World" There are other stores next to the bar that form a mini shopping district. One of my favorite places in town. Not sure how to describe this thing. Kinda cool edit by rob_1412 09:58a.m. 1/1/2009 - fixed IMG tag on photo 5204

Where is this place?

Fortunately it looks like the residential is still in pretty good shape. I've observed that when a neighborhood starts to decline the commercial goods first.

Sorry about the deleted links. I have been doing housing keeping with Photobucket

Sorry about the pictures disappearing. I did a massive house cleaning on my photobucket pictures.

Ohh YES! Just kidding. I just like the water tower (at least I think that's what that is)

Now I know why they call the city boulder. Get shots of the scenery.