Young Preservationists Top 10 Preservation Opportunities for 2015 Party

Union Project 801 N. Negley Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

For more than a decade, the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh has highlighted the region’s Top Preservation Opportunities worthy of saving for future generations.  Over the years, many historic preservation successes have been rehabilitated or restored including the Dormont Pool, Connellsville Aaron’s Building, and the Cork Factory in the Strip District, among others.  It’s now […]

$25

Young Preservationists Happy Hour at the Ace Hotel

Ace Hotel 120 S. Whitfield St. , Pittsburgh, PA

Join the Young Preservationists Association on Thursday, January 28th at Ace Hotel for our 2016 kick off happy hour to discuss YPA's 2016 initiatives and what YOU can do to help! We have some really exciting updates for the National Negro Opera Company House and the Allegheny Commons Pedestrian Bridge, and plans to move forward on […]

Free

Lecture: Pittsburgh Architecture in the 20th Century

Landmarks Preservation Resource Center 744 Rebecca Avenue, Wilkinsburg, PA

A lecture on how modern architecture came to Pittsburgh and see more than 50 notable sites in Allegheny County from 1903 to 1996: churches, schools, apartment buildings, private residences, banks, clubs, commercial buildings, theaters, a municipal building, golf club house, corporate skyscrapers, parks, and bridges and highways. You will learn and become familiar with the design […]

Free

Saving Sacred Spaces Summit

Priory Hotel 614 Presley Street, Pittsburgh , PA

Join the Young Preservationists Association as we welcome Partners for Sacred Places, The Steeple Project, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and other community leaders to dicuss and develop a narrative to help save abandoned and neglected sacred spaces in our region. Our panel of experts will describe how other communities have found new purposes for these architectural gems. […]

$5

Preservation Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill Spring & 25th Anniversary Party

Wigle Whiskey Barrel House and Whiskey Garden Spring Hill Street, Pittsburgh, PA

This year Preservation Pittsburgh turns 25 and we have much to celebrate, like the landmarking of Spring Hill's Voegtly Spring! Help us celebrate our Silver Anniversary and the landmarking of Pittsburgh’s historic springs on Friday, August 11 at Wigle’s Barrelhouse & Whiskey Garden on the North Side! Stop by the Barrelhouse (1055 Spring Garden Avenue, […]

Churches of Wilkinsburg :: A Neighborhood Architectural Tour

South Avenue United Methodist Church 733 South Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

Tickets are free and available online here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/churches-of-wilkinsburg-a-neighborhood-architectural-tour-tickets-37051558208?aff=efbeventtix Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1760123584286758/ "A Photograph Is A Fleeting Moment Frozen In Time" When Preservation Pittsburgh asked us to partner with them for a photo walk the concept made perfect sense. What better way to help them preserve the beauty and history of Pittsburgh's communities than by utilizing […]

Oakland Modern: Walking Tour

Neville House Condominium 552 North Neville Street, Pittsburgh

Join Preservation Pittsburgh and the organization’s Modern Committee this Saturday, October 7 from 3:30 – 5:30 pm to explore a range of modern and late modern structures and interiors. The Oakland neighborhood is home to a unique, dense collection of banks, apartment buildings, and campus facilities - from libraries to parking garages - completed in […]

Oakland Modern: Walking Tour

Join Preservation Pittsburgh and the organization’s Modern Committee this Saturday, October 7 from 3:30 – 5:30 pm to explore a range of modern and late modern structures and interiors. The Oakland neighborhood is home to a unique, dense collection of banks, apartment buildings, and campus facilities - from libraries to parking garages - completed in […]

The Forsythe Log House: The Mystery of an East End Landmark

East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

Join East Liberty Valley Historical Society Vice President, George Clark, for a fascinating lecture featuring the Forsythe Log House, one of the East End's most memorable--and mysterious--log homes. From Wilkinsburg, to East Liberty, to points unknown, this log house moved a total of four times before being lost to the ages. What happened to it? […]

Preservation Pittsburgh Annual Meeting

Fireman Creative’s Engine House 7101 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh

Please join Preservation Pittsburgh on Thursday, November 16 from 6:30-8 pm at Engine House No. 16 at the cross roads of Point Breeze and Homewood! Learn how Paul Fireman of Fireman Creative and his team renovated the abandoned 1888 firehouse. And hear more about Preservation Pittsburgh projects! Fireman Creative has a free parking lot across the […]

43rd Annual Albright Thanksgiving Eve Dinner

First United Methodist Church 5401 Centre Avenue Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA

The congregation of Albright United Methodist Church has hosted a free Thanksgiving meal for neighbors from all over Pittsburgh for 43 years. Friends of Albright & preservation lovers from across Pittsburgh have volunteered for the past few years to make this event a success.  Here is how you can help: 1. Make a Donation. Contributions […]

FREE LECTURE: In Plain Sight Redux: More Fragments of a Vanished East End

East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

Tonight! Calling all local history lovers. East Liberty Valley Historical Society monthly FREE lecture. http://bit.ly/2Am4sTL Join the East Liberty Valley Historical Society and our president, Justin Greenawalt, for a continuation of the popular “In Plain Sight” series: In Plain Sight Redux: More Fragments of a Vanished East End This final lecture of the Society’s Autumn/Winter […]

The Greater Good: How Historic Preservation Saves Our City

East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

• What we'll doCo-sponsored by the East Liberty Valley Historical Society and Preservation Pittsburgh:Last year, in March 2017 we discussed Pittsburgh’s urban renewal of the past along with present day concerns due to development pressures and other factors. Our two organizations are coming together again: this time to learn more about City-designated historic buildings and […]

Facebook Live with Pittsburgh filmmaker Chris Ivey

• What we'll doWhile this isn't specifically historic preservation related, I thought some members of the group might be interested in this because Chris Ivey has been documenting East Liberty for over a decade. At 12 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, PublicSource reporter Jeffrey Benzing will conduct a Facebook Live interview with filmmaker Chris Ivey. They […]