Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

Links to websites about Pittsburgh Neighborhoods, especially to neighborhood civic organizations.

Directories and City-Wide Organizations

• City of Pittsburgh: Neighborhoods
  The City provides a map of and information about each neighborhood with links to related organizations.
• Pittsburgh Neighborhood Tours
  Find out what you can do in the neighborhoods of Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, Oakland, Mount Washington, North Side, South Side and the Strip District.
• Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG)
  Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG) develops innovative reinvestment programs that target Pittsburgh’s low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: City Walkabout
  City Walkabout is the blog of Post-Gazette beat writer Diana Nelson Jones. She covers the city's neighborhoods and offers a platform for informally presenting the neighborhood viewpoint, mixing news, slice of life and readers’ conversations.
• PopCity
  PopCity covers the city neighborhoods of Downtown, East Liberty, Friendship & Penn Avenue Arts District, Lawrenceville, North Side, Oakland, Shadyside, South Side, Squirrel Hill, and The Strip District.

Individual Neighborhoods

• Allegheny West Civic Council
  Allegheny West is the smallest Pittsburgh neighborhood, located on the north side of Pittsburgh.
• Bloomfield
  • Bloomfield: Little Italy
    Information from the Bloomfield Business Association.
  • PopCity: The Best of Bloomfield
    A November 13, 2008 article by Jennifer Baron on Pittsburgh's "Little Italy"
• Brighton Heights Citizens’ Federation
  Brighton Heights is a hilltop community in the city’s Northside. This 718 acre neighborhood offers a backyard view of the city skyline and the Ohio River.
• Downtown
  • Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
    Includes information on living downtown.
  • Pittsburgh Cultural Trus
    See what's going on downtown.
  • PopCity: Downtown & The Cultural District
    Includes a visitor guide and a moving guide.
• East Liberty
  • Slumbering Pittsburgh Neighborhood Reawakens
    A New York Times article from March 3, 2010.
  • East Liberty Post
    Check this blog to see what's going on in East Liberty
  • East Liberty Development, Inc.(ELDI)
  • East Liberty Quarter Chamber of Commerce
  • PopCity: East Libery
    Includes a visitor guide and a moving guide.
• Highland Park
  • Highland Park
    Highland Park is a neighborhood in the northeast of the city of Pittsburgh that is primarily residential with a major city park and the zoo.
  • Pop City: Highland Park
    A November 12, 2008, article by Matt Stroud highlighting the advantages of living in Highland Park.
• Lawrenceville
  • Lawrenceville Stakeholders
    Lawrenceville Stakeholders is a non-profit advocacy organization that works to improve Lawrenceville and its quality of life.
  • Butler Street: A Design District Takes Shape
    This New York Times article from Sunday, October 14, 2007, highlights the new up and coming fashion, art, and home decor shops along Butler Street.
  • LoLa: Lower Lawrenceville
    Lower Lawrenceville is a unique blend of independent boutiques, galleries, restaurants, businesses and arts organizations ideal for city shopping, dining, and entertainment.
• Mount Washington
  • Mount Washington Community Development Corporation
    Mt. Washington overlooks downtown Pittsburgh from tall cliffs on the south shore of the Monongahela River.
  • VuPlus
    This is the MWCDC's new site highlighting their summer weekend Arts Marketplace.
• Northside
  • Allegheny Commons
    Pittsburgh's oldest park, Allegheny Commons, dates to 1867 when it was designed to provide "breathing places" for the citizens of what was then the sooty city of Allegheny.
  • The Insider Guide to the Northside
    An article by Jen Saffron from the Wednesday, January 13, 2010 issue of PopCity.
  • Deutschtown (East Allegheny)
    "Just across the river from Pittsburgh’s Cultural District and next to the new North Shore, you’ll find Deutschtown, also known as East Allegheny." Learn more from this November 29, 2008, article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: East Allegheny residents taking neighborhood to new heights
  • Mexican War Streets Society
    Located on Pittsburgh’s North Side, in the heart of the former City of Allegheny, the Mexican War Streets is designated both federally and by the City of Pittsburgh as a historic Victorian-era district, plotted out in 1848 after the Mexican-American War.
  • Northside Now
    An events calendar for the Northside from the Northside Cultural Collaborative.
• Oakland: Only in Oakland
  This website from the Oakland Business Improvement District (BID) provides a lot of information for the visitor under "what are you looking for".
• Observatory Hill
  Observatory Hill, located on the Northside of Pittsburgh, boasts a tight-knit community, stately homes, a business district, historic Riverview Park, and the Allegheny Observatory.
• Polish Hill Civic Association of Pittsburgh
  
• Regent Square Civic Association
  Regent Square is a tree-lined neighborhood on the eastern side of the City of Pittsburgh. The neighborhood is sited along both sides of Braddock Avenue between the Parkway East and Forbes Avenue and is composed of the communities of Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Swissvale and Wilkinsburg.
• Shadyside
  • Shadyside Shops
    This site from the Shadyside Chamber of Commerce has links to restaurants and shops on both Walnut Street and Ellsworth.
  • PopCity: Shadyside
    Includes a visitors guide and a moving guide.
• South Point Breeze
  An east neighborhood bordered by Shady, Fifth, Penn, Braddock, Forbes, and Wilkins Avenues.
• South Side
  • South Side Local Development Company
    Located south across the Monongahela River from downtown Pittsburgh. Their website offers information for finding housing.
  • South Side Pittsburgh Tree Project
    A community effort to grow green space on the South Side
  • Spotlight on Main Street
    “Spotlight on Main Street” focuses community attention on the history, architectural significance, and enduring value of East Carson Street, South Side's historic main street.
• Squirrel Hill
  • Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition (SHUC)
    This site offers news about Squirrel Hill, a calendar of upcoming events, a list of businesses, and quick facts about Squirrel Hill.
  • PopCity: Squirrel
    Includes a visitors guide and a moving guide.
• Strip District
  The Strip is the produce district just north of Downtown.
  • Pittsburgh Fea
    The new Pittsburgh Flea market is scheduled to start April 18, 2018 in the Strip District, at 21st and Railroad Streets. The event will run every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Nov. 14, 2010-rain or shine. Read more about it in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Flea market coming to the Strip."
  • Neighbors in the Strip (NITS)
    This is the official website for The Strip, Pittsburgh's Historic Market District. NITS is an organization of stakeholders in the area (see membership).
  • PopCity: Strip District
    Includes The Strip District Visitor Guide and a moving guide.
• West End
  • West Pittsburgh Partnership