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Pittsburgh's South Side Success

Posted by: Christian Madera

30 October 2006 - 11:00am

A wave of gentrification has revived part of the city's riverfront into a hip, urban neighborhood.

"At its peak, the South Side was home to nearly 40,000 immigrants who walked to jobs in steel mills along the river. That industry and population collapsed in the 1970s, but the feel of old Europe lingers. Onion-domed churches, brick facades and staircases that spiral uphill crowd together on the southern bank of the Monongahela River.

Artists seeking low rents and large spaces discovered the area 15 years ago, when City Theatre revamped a Bingham Street church. Now, long-retired millworkers have made friends with new hipster neighbors. Locals describe the district as having both kinds of blue hair, for grannies and Goths. About 10,000 Pittsburghers call "Sahside" home; more flood in on weekends."

Full Story: Pittsburgh's South Side, Resurrected
Source: The Washington Post, October 29, 2006
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