Squirrel Hill is the city of Pittsburgh's largest neighborhood, and is located in the southeastern part of the city in "The East End".  This thread will focus on the northern half of the neighborhood, north of Forbes Ave. and not including the business district.  The southern half, including business district, will be in a future thread.

 

Squirrel Hill is a large, leafy, affluent neighborhood tucked in between the city's two largest parks: the attraction-filled Schenley and the sylvan Frick.  Carnegie Mellon University's campus is split amongst Squirrel Hill and adjacent Oakland to the west.  Chatham University, a liberal arts girls college of 1,900 students, has a lush arboretum campus in the northern part of the neighborhood.  Squirrel Hill's main period of development was as a "streetcar suburb" from 1890-1930, and its homes feature a wide variety of architectural styles.

 

Squirrel Hill is well known for its strong Jewish community, with almost half of Greater Pittsburgh's Jewish population living in Squirrel Hill and surrounding neighborhoods.  There are many synagogues, day schools, kosher restaurants, and other Jewish accoutrement  .  While the neighborhood certainly has a strong Jewish flavor, Squirrel Hill is quite diverse and international.  It is popular destination amongst immigrants, college students and urban-minded people moving into the region.  Its business district is one of the best and most extensive in Pittsburgh, catering to a wide range of needs, luxuries and tastes. 

 

The northern half of Squirrel Hill, featured in this thread, is more "mansion-oriented" than the southern half... which has a more diverse array of living options for homeowners and renters.  With the exception of a few of the largest mansions... and a few tucked away private streets... the mansions are laid out rather densely along tree-lined (and sometimes brick/stone paved) streets. 

 

 

Squirrel Hill North

 

 

These palatial estates are located on a secluded hilltop across Forbes from Carnegie Mellon.

 

 

 

 

 

Schenley Park

 

some more "modest", but still impressive, housing along Beeler

 

a little Carnegie Mellon U.

 

this guy reminds me of Sean Connery circa "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"

 

 

"North of Forbes"... some of my favorite residential streets... the tree canopies are breathtaking

 

 

 

hooray for Tudorbethan!

 

 

 

now that's a canopy! scha-wing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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a touch of modern on a secluded street near Chatham U.

 

 

 

part of Chatham

 

looking across Pittsburgh's East End toward the 22-story Parkland residential tower in the Highland Park neighborhood

 

some more houses adjacent to Chatham's arboretum

 

 

 

 

 

I love Murray Hill Ave.

 

 

somebody was hosting a "Pink Flamingo Party"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"it's me... Evergrey!"

 

some houses in the Shady Ave. area

 

 

northeastern part of Squirrel Hill... the houses are big yet close together... love the density

 

rowhousing occasionally pops up in Squirrel Hill

 

 

 

more rows

 

near the Homewood Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

which i could move that massive vehicle

 

 

 

 

Stay tuned for the southern half of Squirrel Hill, including apartment buildings and its famous business district!

I love those photos! During one of the meets we did a drive-by of the neighborhood and I thought it was beautiful. The photos give me time to savor it. Nice combination of a gorgeous neighborhood and excellent pics.

Nice!

One of Pittsburgh's best neighborhoods.

Great looking neighborhood!

To compare and contrast, it's sort of like if Hyde Park and Mt. Lookout in Cincinnati were where Corryville and Fairview are, and of course with Clifton still there.  It's the largest and most perfectly preserved middle to upprt class area of that style I'm aware of and easily blows away any equivalent area in a Southern city in size and quality, but try convincing somebody down south of that.