A snowy scene on a back street of Beechview. The hill in the distance is Brookline.
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Snow and Cables
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Looking Southward on Washington Road
The Washington Road business district as seen from Mount Lebanon Cemetery. Below, the Rollier’s clock tower, a relatively recent addition that anchors the north end of the business district perfectly.
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Grandview Avenue
A stroll along Grandview Avenue, Mount Washington, on a sunny day in early fall.
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Masonic Hall, Carnegie
The old Masonic Hall on Main Street in Carnegie.
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Brown’s Block, Carnegie
A block of modest storefronts from 1883, built in the Italianate style.
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Fifth Avenue, Oakland
A picture taken back in February, but held in reserve (or forgotten about) till now: looking west on Fifth Avenue in the Oakland monument district. On this side is the Fifth Avenue bus lane, soon to be integrated into the new Oakland BRT line; across the street is a corner of the Masonic Temple (now Alumni Hall) and the Pittsburgh Athletic Association under renovation.
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Washington Road at Alfred Street, Mount Lebanon
Art Deco buildings line Washington Road at Alfred Street, which is about the center of the Uptown business district in Mount Lebanon. (“Uptown” in southwestern Pennsylvania is the common term for a downtown business district that happens to be on a hill.)
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Chinatown Inn
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Court Place in Chinatown
Pittsburgh’s Chinatown was tiny but packed. Much of it was destroyed in the building of the Boulevard of the Allies after the First World War, but it remained a Chinese enclave for another decade or so, and Chinese businesses rebuilt along the stump of Second Avenue beside the Boulevard ramp.
The Chinatown Inn is the only business remaining from the old days of Chinatown. Another Chinese restaurant is a modern addition. The rest of the two blocks remaining in Chinatown is mostly given over to lawyers’ offices.
Addendum: The Chinatown Inn occupies the On Leong & Merchants Association building, designed by architect Sidney F. Heckert.
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Tunnel Park on a Misty Evening
