By John Lyon Ripples from the proposed PNC Park for the Pittsburgh Pirates are being felt throughout the North Side. Last November Allegheny West in anticipation of upcoming problems hired a development specialist to determine how to plan for the parking, traffic and other impacts of the North Shore...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor ALLEGHENY CITY CENTRAL — Two crossing guards who work on intersections along North Avenue were honored for their combined 30-plus years of service on the Northside during the neighborhood’s National Night Out celebration on Aug. 5. Carol Bujalski and Paula Barth were...

West Ohio Street unofficially renamed Gus & Yiayia Way The memory of one of the Northside’s most prominent citizens was honored by the City of Pittsburgh with the unofficial renaming of West Ohio Street. In a ceremony on July 23, West Ohio Street was renamed Gus & Yiayia Way in commemoration of Gus ...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor *Editor's note: The online version of this article features an additional paragraph which was removed from the print edition due to space limitations. Following a strong positive reception to his 2023 “Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks,” Northsider Mark Fatla has relea...

Tom Murphy’s second mayoral campaign ended successfully less than a mile from where the first began 5 years ago. Fittingly the second celebration was held at Holy Trinity Greek Church on W. North Avenue. In 1989 on the Allegheny Landing (next to the Sixth Street Bridge) Murphy first announced he wou...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor RIVERVIEW PARK — In the summer of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic had everyone shuttered indoors and all events cancelled, Kevin Maskol came up with the idea of having a reggae music hangout with his friends at Riverview Park. Five years later, Reggae at Riverview h...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor ALLEGHENY CITY CENTRAL — If one were to look through the Allegheny YMCA as it stands right now, it would be a little hard to believe that the building is a little over halfway through its $23 million renovation. Floors, walls and ceilings remain torn up, uncovered ho...

By Lourdes Daughtry | Staff Writer The opening of Shore Thing, a new floating food and entertainment platform placed off Allegheny Landing on the North Shore, has brought a new attraction to Pittsburgh’s riverfront. Shore Thing, created by the nonprofit Riverlife, wants to bring life to the city’s w...

By Wilana Carter Most residents of the Northside are touched or are at least aware of the economic situation that affects the entire Pittsburgh area. When the North Side Conference knew that the East Street Highway project was to be funded the natural inclination was to push for jobs for Northsiders...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor As our readers know by now, 2025 is the 40 year anniversary of The Northside Chronicle and we have been making a big celebration of it. Our official party occurred on July 31 at the Mattress Factory , a gathering of the community, Chronicle staff new and old, and mor...