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The Colonel James Anderson House & Victorian Tea Benefit

May 10, 2017 Lindsay

Colonel James Anderson HouseThe Anderson House holds quite a bit of architectural and historical significance for Pittsburgh, the Manchester neighborhood, and any anyone who has ever borrowed a book from the library. The building is architecturally significant, it was built in 1830 and is one of the oldest buildings in Manchester. This house is also one of the only remaining examples of Greek Revival style architecture in Pittsburgh. Another unusual feature to the Anderson House is the English basement, which is a fancy term for a garden apartment. Architectural history aside, this building has a connection to a current community institution that can… Read the rest

Filed Under: Architechture, Historic Preservation, History Tagged With: #thisplacematters, Anderson House, Andrew Carneige, Colonel James Anderson House, free library, Library, Manchester, preservation month

Get a Birds Eye View of East Liberty, Steeple Tour of East Liberty Presbyterian Church

May 6, 2017 Lindsay

view from top of East Liberty Presbyterian ChuchAnother one of Pittsburgh’s best kept secrets. I happened to be at East Liberty Presbyterian Church one Sunday morning and I always read the bulletin because each Sunday they put in fun trivia facts about the music and things that happened on this day in history. I noticed they were offering a tour of the building after the service. It was one of those gray summer Sunday’s where I didn’t have anything else planned, so I stuck around and joined a handful of folks for a tour of the building from top to bottom, well it was actually from bottom… Read the rest

Filed Under: Free, Historic Preservation Tagged With: #thisplacematters, East Liberty (Pittsburgh), east liberty presbyterian church, preservation month, Ralph Adams Cram, tour

Schenley High School & The Schenley Experiment

May 4, 2017 Lindsay

Next up in our series on historic buildings for Preservation Month is Schenley High School and the release of a new book about the school. I have been interested in learning more about the Schenley High School building for quite sometime. I have never been in the building, but it has been a place that have been wanting to learn more about. Beyond being a beautiful building, Schenley High school served as a model for integrated schools. I have friends who attended Schenley who incredibly fond of this building and their time spent inside. I know there was quite a… Read the rest

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #thisplacematters, preservation month, Schenley High School, The Schenley Experiment

Revisiting the 2nd Oldest House in Pittsburgh

May 1, 2017 Lindsay

Since 1973, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has used the month of May to celebrate historic preservation opportunities across the country. In honor of Preservation Month, I wanted to share some of the historic buildings that we have covered here on IheartPGH. Let’s start with the second oldest house in Pittsburgh – the John Woods House in Hazelwood. I first learned about the John Woods House in 2015. This house, located just down the street from the historic Carnegie Library building, was one of the stops on the Has Urban Hike through Hazelwood. I believe the Fort Pitt Blockhouse… Read the rest

Filed Under: Historic Preservation Tagged With: #thisplacematters, Hazelwood, john woods house, preservation month

Clue: The Musical at Palisades Playhouse

April 14, 2017 Lindsay

Last week, I had the pleasure of being one of the attendees for opening night of the community theater production of Clue: The Musical at the Palisades Playhouse in Greenfield. If you are looking for something to do this weekend, I would like to suggest that you make time to go see one of the final performances.  This performance is definitely kid friendly and a good way to entertain the family on a holiday weekend. One of the things I learned when I would give a weekly event listing on WDVE is that there are often no event happening on… Read the rest

Filed Under: Theater Tagged With: #thisplacematters, church reuse, clue, clue the movie, Community Theater, Greenfield, Palisades Playhouse

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