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Jane Jacobs Documentary at Pittsburgh Filmmakers May 12-18

May 11, 2017 Lindsay

Today’s blog post is a double header, I guess I should say double feature, of historic preservation information. Just in time for preservation month, the new documentary about Jane Jacobs opens in Pittsburgh this weekend and it is screening at one of Pittsburgh’s oldest neighborhood movie theaters. Last Saturday was the annual Jane’s Walk, a community walk celebrating the work of Jane Jacobs in advocating for walkable communities. Jane Jacobs is the author of the book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” (Amazon affiliate link). The book was first published in 1961 as a response to the 1950s… Read the rest

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Movies Tagged With: Citizen Jane, Documentary, Jane Jacobs, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Regent Square, Regent Square Theater, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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

The Fineman House in Stanton Heights

May 7, 2017 Lindsay

This is possibly one of my favorite buildings in Pittsburgh and one of my favorite posts from 2016. Only in Pittsburgh, can you find a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentices almost hidden in plain sight in a neighborhood like Stanton Heights and listed for just $115,000. Charles Rosenblum, who often covers local architecture, wrote about the Fineman House for NextPittsburgh last year.  The Fineman House was built in 1952 by  Peter Berndtson and Cornelia Brierly. Peter Berndtson was an Apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright. I just looked at the Zillow page for this house and it looks like… Read the rest

Filed Under: Historic Preservation Tagged With: Cornelia Brierly, Frank Lloyd Wright, Peter Berndston, preservation month, stanton hieghts, The Fineman House

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

Roslyn Place: A Street Paved in Wood

May 5, 2017 Lindsay

Update: The City Council Hearing on the historic designation for Roslyn Place is Tuesday May 9, 2017 at 1:30pm in City Council Chambers. The hearing is open to the public and meeting details from the City Clerk’s office are available online here. ========================= I know much has been published about this but thought it was worth a repost because it is a unique historic preservation find in Pittsburgh. An interesting piece of history and a Pittsburgh fun facts, something that just might help you win a trivia game someday. Roslyn Place, a small dead-end street off Ellsworth in Shadyside is… Read the rest

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, PGH Trivia Tagged With: fun fact, Pittsburgh trivia, preservation month, Roslyn Place, wooden street

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