North Side (Pittsburgh)
North Side (sometimes written as Northside) refers to the region of
The term "North Side" does not refer to a specific neighborhood, but rather to a disparate collection of contiguous neighborhoods.The neighborhoods that make up the North Side of Pittsburgh include:
The North Side has seven hills (
History and famous residents
In 1828, the borough of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, was incorporated where the North Side now stands. It had a population of 1,000. In 1880, Allegheny was incorporated as a city. The City of Allegheny was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907, and became known as the North Side.
Historians[
The first World Series was played at Exposition Park by the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Americans (now known as the Boston Red Sox) in 1903.
Gus & Yia-Yia's Iceball Stand, selling fresh
A 20-acre Allis-Chalmers transformer factory provided as many as 2,600 jobs[2] to the area from 1897 until closing in the Summer of 1975.[3][4]
Places of interest
- 16th Street Bridge
- Allegheny Observatory
- Allegheny West historic district
- Andy Warhol Museum
- Kamin Science Center
- Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
- Community College of Allegheny County
- Deutschtownhistoric district
- Heinz Field
- Manchester historic district
- Mattress Factory
- Central North Side
- National Aviary
- Penn Brewery
- PNC Park
- Randyland
- Rivers Casino
- Riverview Park
- Stage AE
- West Park
See also
References
- ^ "City of Pittsburgh Maps". City of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Smock, Douglas (June 20, 1975), "Allis plant material to be 'cannibalized'", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA
- ^ "#4 Pittsburgh Works « Austin Frederick". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-17.