The beer caves underneath Penn Brewery may need some spring cleaning. (Photo courtesy Penn Brewery). Penn Brewery owners knew there was more to their building that meets the eye, but they didn’t know that some lost beer history was hidden in underground “beer caves” underneath the Northside brewery....

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Walking through the archway at Penn Brewery is like entering a Nuremberg castle. The stately building, located at 800 Vinial Street at the foot of Troy Hill, reopened its restaurant to serve faithful patrons who missed the owners, Tom and Mary-Beth Pastorius, their award winning Penn Pilsner, and of...

 The Olde Allegheny Community Gardens in the Mexican War Streets is one of the oldest around. Photo by Henry Clay Webster. Click here for gardening tips and ideas from the Urban Gardener All around the Northside, flowers have bloomed, trees are flourishing, vegetables are growing and gardens have ta...

Soon, with a little help from the latest round of Charm Bracelet Project microgrants, crops will grow in community gardens, artists and writers will take to the streets and young songwriters will take to the airwaves. The Charm Bracelet Project’s Northside Microgrant Fund gives $500 to $10,000 to lo...

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