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 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...