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:

 

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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: 

 

 

 

 

 

Great tour.  I love Pittsburgh...if only it actually was in Ohio  :wink:

Love it! Pittsburgh is such a cool city!

Mexican War Streets has some of my favorite residential stock and streetscapes in Pittsburgh... great eye for the rich architectural detail, mein freund!  ;)

Well done.  Evergray gives good tours ;).

Mexican War Streets has some of my favorite residential stock and streetscapes in Pittsburgh... great eye for the rich architectural detail, mein freund!  ;)

I see you speak Dutch!

Great looking neighborhood.

What is the story behind the neighborhood name?

What is the story behind the neighborhood name?

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.

That old grocery store building is beautiful.

Wow. Very nice. And that one yellow building is just...awesome.