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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh (pronounced /ˈpɪtsbərɡ/), Pennsylvania, located in the United States, is the second largest city in the state and is the county seat of Allegheny County. Its population was 334,563 at the 2000 census; by 2006, it was estimated to have fallen to 312,819. By 2009, according to the Mayor's...
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Borough

A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely. The word 'borough' derives from a common Indo-European...

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU or simply Carnegie Mellon) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the school...

Chatham College

Chatham University is an American liberal arts women's college with coeducational graduate programs through the doctoral level, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Shadyside neighborhood. The campus population of approximately 2,200 includes...

University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the...

Carnegie Institute of Technology

The Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Tech or CIT), one of the predecessors to Carnegie Mellon University, was founded in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. His stated intention was to build a "first class technical...

Squirrel Hill

Squirrel Hill is a very large residential neighborhood in the east end of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The city officially divides it into two neighborhoods, Squirrel Hill North and Squirrel Hill South, but it is almost universally treated as a...

Oakland

Oakland is the academic, cultural, and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and is Pennsylvania's third largest "Downtown". Only Center City Philadelphia and Downtown Pittsburgh can claim more economic and social activity than Oakland. The neighborhood...

Duquesne University

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne (pronounced /djuːˈkeɪn/, locally /duːˈkeɪn/) first opened its doors as the...

Heinz Field

Heinz Field is a stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh Panthers American football teams, members of the National Football League (NFL) and National...

Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's...

Schenley Park

Schenley Park is a large municipal park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between the neighborhoods of Oakland, Greenfield, and Squirrel Hill. It is also a National Historic District (NRHP Reference #85003506). The park is made up of 300 acres (1...

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  • 1.84543 km² (0.712525 mi² )

Greenfield

Greenfield is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Doug Shields. Greenfield is a member of Pittsburgh's 15th Ward, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenfield and Four Mile Run...

Hazelwood

Hazelwood is a neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Douglas Shields. It is bordered by Greenfield and Oakland on the north, Squirrel Hill and Glen Hazel on the east, and the...

Downtown Pittsburgh

Downtown Pittsburgh, officially called the Golden Triangle or Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River....

Allegheny Cemetery

Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest and oldest burial grounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a nonsectarian, wooded hillside park located at 4734 Butler Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood and bounded by Bloomfield, Garfield, and...

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  • 1.2141 km² (0.46877 mi² )

Three Rivers Stadium

Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise and National Football League ...

PNC Park

PNC Park is a baseball park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. It opened during the 2001 Major League Baseball season, after the controlled implosion...

Exposition Park

Exposition Park (sometimes called Exposition Park III) was a baseball park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1890 to circa 1915. It was located on the north side of the Allegheny River across from Pittsburgh's downtown area. Prior to the construction...

Cathedral of Learning

The Cathedral of Learning, a Pittsburgh landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Standing at...

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  • 0.05666 km² (0.021876 mi² )

Bloomfield

Bloomfield is a neighborhood in the East End of the city of Pittsburgh; it is located three miles from the Golden Triangle, which is the city's center, and is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Patrick Dowd and Bill Peduto. Bloomfield is...

Friendship

Friendship is a neighborhood of large Victorian houses in the East End of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, about four miles east of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle. Friendship is bordered on the north by Garfield (at Penn Avenue),...

Union Station

Union Station or Pennsylvania Station (commonly called "Penn Station" by locals) is a historic train station at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unlike many union stations built in the US to serve the needs of more than...

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  • 0.03238 km² (0.0125 mi² )

Allegheny

Allegheny City (1788–1907) was a Pennsylvania municipality located on the north side of the junction of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, across from downtown Pittsburgh. It was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. The area today is known as the North Side...

Crafton Heights

Crafton Heights is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its name is derived from the neighboring borough, Crafton Borough, and the majority of today's community was annexed to the City of Pittsburgh in 1921. Crafton Heights is located west of...

Sheraden

Sheraden is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the largest neighborhood in Pittsburgh's western region. It is surrounded by Windgap, Chartiers City (Pittsburgh), Crafton Heights, Esplen, and Elliott. Originally...

Carlow University

Carlow University is a Roman Catholic university founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on September 24, 1929, by the Sisters of Mercy from Carlow, Ireland. Originally called Mount Mercy College, the name was changed to Carlow College in April...

Highland Park

Highland Park is both a large municipal park and a racially diverse, mostly residential neighborhood in the northeastern part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood has 6,749 residents according to the 2000 United States Census. It occupies...

Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar

Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located in the northeastern section of city and spans the Allegheny River. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire houses 15 Engine in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar section of the...

Recreation Park

Recreation Park, originally known as Union Park, was a stadium located in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, before it's 1907 annexation into the city of Pittsburgh, in the latter 1800s to the early 1900s. It was the first official home to the Pittsburgh...

Allegheny Observatory

The Allegheny Observatory is an American astronomical research institution, a part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. The facility is listed on the National Register of Historical Places (ref. # 79002157,...

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  • 0.83773 km² (0.32345 mi² )

Brookline

Brookline is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Brookline was linked by streetcar to downtown Pittsburgh in 1905 by Pittsburgh Railways who built a single line south along West Liberty Avenue, turning east on a private right...

Point State Park

Point State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 36 acres (150,000 m) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River. Built on land acquired via eminent...

East Liberty

East Liberty is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End. It is bordered by Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights, Garfield, Friendship, Shadyside and Larimer, and is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by...

Benedum Center

The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a theater and concert hall located at 719 Liberty Avenue in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally built in 1928 as The Stanley Theatre, the former...

Swisshelm Park

Swisshelm Park is a neighborhood located in the southeast corner of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Douglas Shields. The neighborhood is notable for being almost unreachable by road within the city limits....

Garfield

Garfield is a neighborhood in the east end of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Garfield lies about three miles as the crow flies from the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers at the City's heart. It sits on a bluff...

Larimer

Larimer is a neighborhood in the East End of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. The neighborhood takes its name from William Larimer, who grew up in nearby Westmoreland County and, after making a fortune in the railroad...

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a complex of buildings and grounds set in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (near the Carnegie Museums in Oakland). The gardens were founded in 1893 by steel and real-estate magnate...

Bluff

The Bluff or Uptown (also known by its former name Soho) is a neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the southeast of the city's Central Business District. It is bordered in the north by the Hill District and just a short trip...

Strip District

The Strip District is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a one-half square mile area of land northeast of the central business district bordered to the north by the Allegheny River and to the south by portions of...

Smithfield Street Bridge

The Smithfield Street Bridge is a lenticular truss bridge crossing the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The bridge was designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the engineer who later designed the Hell Gate Bridge. The bridge was built...

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  • 0.00405 km² (0.0015626 mi² )

East Carnegie

East Carnegie is a neighborhood located southwest of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania adjacent to the neighborhood of Oakwood. It is a “natural area” with the majority of the residences located in the City of Pittsburgh. Most of East Carnegie uses...

The Ellis School

The Ellis School is an independent, Pre-K-12 college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1916. The school is a private all-girls institution with a current enrollment of 486 students. Ellis joined the Western...

Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) is a seminary located in Point Breeze, Pennsylvania, United States. RPTS is a ministry of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and was founded in 1810, making it the fifth oldest...

Point Breeze

Point Breeze, or South Point Breeze, is a largely residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is adjacent to the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Squirrel Hill, Regent Square, Shadyside, and North Point Breeze, and the borough of...

Allegheny Center

Allegheny Center is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Its zip code is 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both council members for District 6 (Downtown, North Shore) and District 1 (Northside)....

Allegheny West

Allegheny West is an historic neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside. It has two zip codes of both 15233 and 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 6 (Downtown, northshore)....

Allentown

Allentown is a south neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The zip code used by residents is 15210, and has representation on the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods)....

Arlington

Arlington is a south neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The zip code used by residents is 15210, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods). The Pittsburgh Bureau of...

Arlington Heights

For the Monroe County community, see Arlington Heights, Pennsylvania. Arlington Heights is a south neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The zip code used by residents is 15210, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council...

Southside Flats

The Southside Flats, also known as the East Carson Street Historic District is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Side area. It is located just south of the Monongahela River. The neighborhood has one of the City of Pittsburgh’s...

Spring Hill

Spring Hill (sometimes called Spring Hill-City View) is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside area. It has two zip codes of both 15212 and 15214, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 1...

Carrick

Carrick is a south neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. It has two zip codes of both 15227 and 15210, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods) with a part...

California-Kirkbride

California-Kirkbride is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside area. It has two zip codes of both 15233 and 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 6 (Downtown/Northshore). Central...

Brighton Heights

Brighton Heights is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside area. It has a zip code of 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 1 (North Neighborhoods). Located on a hilltop...

Bon Air

Bon Air is a neighborhood in the south portion of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its two zip codes are 15226 and 15210, and it is represented in the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods). Bon Air is small in...

Banksville

Banksville is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is in the Western part of the city and borders the South Hills. It has two zip codes of both 15220 and 15216, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for...

Beechview

Beechview is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Hills area. It has a zip code of 15216, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods) and for District 2 (West...

Beltzhoover

Beltzhoover is a neighborhood in southern Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in an area known as the South Hills. The area is named for George Beltzhoover who was a farmer there in the early portion of the 19th century. The community contains a park called...

Central Lawrenceville

Central Lawrenceville is a neighborhood in the northeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. It has a zip code of 15201, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 7 (North Central East...
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