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The Colonel James Anderson House & Victorian Tea Benefit

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Photo: Cara Halderman via Flickr creative commons The 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… Read the rest

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

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The East Liberty Presbyterian Church tower (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Another 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… Read the rest

Schenley High School & The Schenley Experiment

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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

Revisiting the 2nd Oldest House in Pittsburgh

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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. Buy this house! The John Woods… Read the rest

Clue: The Musical at Palisades Playhouse

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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