There's a reason Hollywood loves it here. By Lucia Shen Photo: The former Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary, circa 1890-1891, where Alexander Berkman served his sentence for the attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick. Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Public Domain Humans love a good ...

Honor the life and works of Mary Cassatt, ‘Daughter of Allegheny,’ on May 22, 2021 in Allegheny Commons Park. By John Canning Photo: A cropped version of "The Reader" by Mary Cassatt. Courtesy of Plum leaves via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Editor's note: An abbreviated version of this article first appeared in...

The presentation was part of a virtual Juneteenth Freedom Day Walk. By NSC Staff Photo of the Avery College historical marker on East Ohio Street courtesy of Allegheny City Society A presentation was held on Friday, June 19 by Rev. Dr. Johnnie Monroe, former Pittsburgh Presbytery Northside pastor, t...

The former St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church on Lockhart Street in Historic Deutschtown is under renovation: It will soon become a 16-unit apartment building called the St. Peter’s Residences. Story and Photos by David S. Rotenstein The Northside is thrumming with new development. The form...

Summer Hill: What's in a name? By John Canning, Vice President of Allegheny City Society As a summer substitute mail carrier in the 15214 “Observatory” Post Office, located at Perry and East in the early 1960s, I learned a great deal about the neighborhoods served from that office. In those days, th...

The "first of many" RP Days brought cyclists, spectators and fans of Riverview Park together to honor the park's history and celebrate what's to come. The first-ever RP Day took place on Saturday, September 8, in Riverview Park. In addition to the first sanctioned cyclocross race in a city park, RP ...

The focal point of ACAC’s $9.4 million redesign is "Friendship Hub," an “interconnected lobby for the Northside." Renovations are expected to be complete by 2021. By Ashlee Green Standing on a green star spray painted in the middle of the parking lot of Allegheny Center Alliance Church (ACAC), I’m b...

Both "RP Day" and The Western Pennsylvania Cyclocross Series kick off with a bicycle race this Saturday, September 8 in Riverview Park. By Ashlee Green The Western Pennsylvania Cyclocross Series is still in its infancy, but that doesn’t mean the seven races, starting with the “RP Day” race on Septem...

An $85 million plan in the 1960s failed, but a $100 million investment by FAROS Properties in 2015 is helping rebrand the former site of the Allegheny Center Mall. Video footage courtesy of Jeff Geissler and Neil Strebig   Two years ago we featured a piece entitled, "Allegheny Center, a history of c...

Photo courtesy of Robin AlexanderPieces of the Unity Mural that will be installed in Fineview and Perry Hilltop at the end of August. By Victoria Stevans The two neighborhoods have a long-standing history of communal and cultural ties Fineview and Perry Hilltop, two neighborhoods with distinct, rich...