By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor Wow, dear readers. Just wow. To say that The Northside Chronicle’s second photo contest was more popular than our first one would be an understatement. Our first contest, which ran from January through March, received only two photo entries and the number of votes ca...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor EAST DEUTSCHTOWN — In the spring of last year, The Garden Café owner Gayle McGarril got the idea to add a free community fridge to the exterior of her business. Inspired by examples of the concept in other areas, the fridge would be a source of free food for anyone i...

By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor EAST DEUTSCHTOWN AND SPRING GARDEN — Chestnut Street will likely soon see a new set of bricks under a renovation plan by the City of Pittsburgh that will also see the road lose its historic streetcar rails. At a public meeting at Tripoli Street Community Center on Ap...

Kaffeehaus Cafe regularly raises money for community causes. This time, they decided to return a regular customer's goodwill. By David S. Rotenstein Photo: Jerry Cozewith with Kaffeehaus owners, Tammy and Chris Waraks. The Warakses held a benefit for Cozewith in their store on Saturday, Sept. 14, to...

2nd Annual East Northside House Tour is Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 12-4PM "We wanted to show off our individual neighborhoods, but as we partnered, we learned that Spring Garden, Spring Hill, East Deutschtown and Troy hill share a lot of similarities" says Abby Vanim, board member of Troy Hills Cit...

The 2019 Observatory Hill House Tour is scheduled for Sunday, June 2. It's the first in a series of seasonal house tours in the Northside. By Ashlee Green Photo by Lauren Stauffer The annual Observatory Hill House Tour, the first Northside house tour of the year, will take place on June 2 from noon ...

Here's what's up this week in the Northside:  Yoga with Felicia Savage Friedman to celebrate diversity at the Children's Museum, two days of free, live music at the sixth annual Deutschtown Music Festival, and a performance by vocalist Kea Michaels at the Riverview Jazz Series in Riverview Park. By:...

New house tour of three distinct neighborhoods organized by Troy Hill Citizens Inc and Community Alliance of East Deutschtown and Spring Garden. Tour guests experienced seven locations during the tour, which featured a free trolley to assist visitors on the expanded route on Saturday, June 16th. Add...

Mobile social club visits East Deutschtown's famous Germanic private club By: Jeff Geissler Created by Ben Soltesz and Stephanie Brea, the Roaming Social Club (RSC) invites guests to explore the many private, ethnic members-only clubs littered throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area. Many of these cl...

October Development and the Northside Leadership Conference officially closed on a $17.5 million deal to renovate Workingmen’s Square Hotel space in East Deutschtown. By: Neil Strebig The Northside Leadership Conference (NSLC) and October Development will officially be moving forward with a proposed...