TheNorth Side (sometimes written asNorthside) is the region ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, located to the north of theAllegheny River and theOhio River.[1]
The North Side is made up of the following neighborhoods:Allegheny Center,Allegheny West,Brighton Heights,California-Kirkbride,Central Northside,Chateau,East Allegheny,Fineview,Manchester,Marshall-Shadeland,North Shore,Northview Heights,Perry North,Perry South,Spring Garden,Spring Hill–City View,Summer Hill, andTroy Hill.
In 1828, theborough ofAllegheny, Pennsylvania, was incorporated where the North Side now stands. It had a population of 1,000. In 1880, Allegheny was incorporated as a city. The City of Allegheny wasannexed by Pittsburgh in 1907, and became known as the North Side.
Historians[who?] claim that the Felix Brunot mansion on Stockton Avenue (Allegheny Center) was once a station on theUnderground Railroad, where fugitive slaves from the South stopped for food and shelter. TheAllegheny regional branch of theCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh, located at 5 Allegheny Square (Allegheny Center), was the first tax-supported library in the United States. It is now closed to the public following a lightning strike on April 6, 2007. A new library opened nearby at 1230 Federal Street.Charles Taze Russell organized what are now known asJehovah's Witnesses at a house in the old city ofAllegheny.
Mary Cassatt was born on Rebecca Street in 1844. Today, Rebecca Street has become Reedsdale Street (in theNorth Shore neighborhood). If the house had not been torn down forHighway Route 65, it would be facingHeinz Field, the home of thePittsburgh Steelers.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. lived at 1318 Arch Street (Central Northside) when he created the originalFerris Wheel for the1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in an attempt to create something as impressive as theEiffel Tower in Paris, France.
ThefirstWorld Series was played atExposition Park by thePittsburgh Pirates and theBoston Americans (now known as the Boston Red Sox) in 1903.
Gus & Yia-Yia's Iceball Stand, selling freshpopcorn,peanuts, and old-fashioned iceballs (similar tosnow cones) hand-scraped from a block of ice, has been inWest Park since 1934. The "orange concession stand with a brightly colored umbrella" is something of an unofficialPittsburgh landmark during the summer months.
A 20-acreAllis-Chalmers transformer factory provided as many as 2,600 jobs[2] to the area from 1897 until closing in the Summer of 1975.[3][4]
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