By Erika Fleegle For the past 10 years, Central Northside's City of Asylum has given writers and artists of all kinds the chance to grow and create on its Sampsonia Way haven. In the next year, City of Asylum's programs will find another home in the new cultural center, Alphabet City, in the histori...

By Justin Criado The Salvation Army in Central Northside received a $25,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare for after-school Children’s Table Cooking Classes, which will be offered several times a week. The program, for students ages 7-12, will teach kids where their food comes from, how to prepare it, ...

By Erika Fleegle For a new take on a stroll through the garden look no further than Central Northside’s City of Asylum. The literary haven will host its ninth annual walking tour in the form of Writers in the Gardens Aug. 15 at 3:30-5:30 p.m. This year’s event, curated by nonfiction writer and Unive...

Staff Reports Throughout the summer students from the region have been working diligently to map the many assets throughout the Northside. They've met with community groups, residents, businesses and more to create a comprehensive view of destinations in the Northside, which went in to a map that wi...

Photo by Erika Fleegle Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, and Tomas Fujiwara of Thumbscrew treated an audience to selections from their newest jazz album created through the BNY Mellon Jazz Residency at City of Asylum on July 5, 2015. By Erika Fleegle It was an idyllic summer night on Sampsonia Way i...

By Erika Fleegle Thumbscrew: a screwed device formerly used in torture                          a type of screw intended to be tightened or loosened by hand                         City of Asylum’s first-ever BNY Jazz Residents* While past definitions of “thumbscrew” may inspire fear, a new cultural...

Photo by Justin Criado T he Northside Leadership Conference (NSLC) 32 nd Annual Scholarship & Awards dinner June 11 at the Northside Institutional Church of God CNBE Center in Central Northside recognized Northside students, community members and businesses alike.  By Justin Criado Pride is somethin...

The Northside will be alive and well this weekend during the Mexican War Streets annual yard sale and the free jazz concert at Riverview Park. The Annual Mexican War Streets Yard Sale Courtesy of Mexican War Streets Society The historic Mexican War Streets district in Central Northside will host its...

Courtesy of Brother's Brother Foundation  Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) is supporting three medical teams leaving for Nepal in the next 10 days. These groups will leave from Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Loveland, Colorado. BBF also meet privately with representatives of the Nepalese Community in ...

Photo from the Northside Chronicle archives The Garden Theater's vertical "GARDEN" sign that was taken down over a year ago will be restored and reinstalled as the Urban Redevelopment Authority and Allegheny City Central Association begin to acquire funds. By Justin Criado The Urban Redevelopment Au...