Photo courtesy of the Mexican War Streets Society The 45th annual Mexican War Streets House & Garden tour through the Central Northside neighborhood is set for this Sunday, Sept. 14 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.   By Justin Criado The annual Mexican War Streets House & Garden tour through the Central Northsid...

By Justin Criado The 10th annual City of Asylum/Pittsburgh Jazz Poetry Concert has grown too big for the friendly confines of its Sampsonia Way home and will take place in Allegheny Commons' West Park this Saturday, Sept. 6 at 7:45 p.m. The free music and poetry event will feature the Oliver Lake Bi...

By Justin Criado The Student Conservation Association (SCA), Allegheny Commons Initiative and the Pittsburgh police and fire bureaus will beautify East Park in Allegheny Commons as well as surrounding neighborhoods this Saturday, Sept. 6 as part of a 9-11 remembrance project, according to a press re...

Photo from the Northside Chronicle archives The Masonic Temple to the right of the Garden Theater along West North Avenue is being prepared for City of Asylum's Alphabet City literary center. The Urban Redevelopment of Pittsburgh terminated a developer's rights to continue on the project.   By Justi...

Photo by Justin Criado Poet Jeff Oaks reads his latest work during a City of Asylum Alphabet City Summer Festival event Wednesday night at 318 Sampsonia Way in Central Northside.     By Justin Criado The Alphabet City Summer Festival program continued Wednesday night with performances by three local...

Photo by Abbey Reighard Randy Gilson opened Randyland in his backyard in the 1990s to be used as a community urban garden. By Abbey Reighard “Lookin’ good Randy!” Randy Gilson put down his brush to wave and call out his thanks to the car that rolled by his home. After three decades of giving to the ...

Photo by Dalton Amato James Hoy designed his Central Northside home i nspired by the Steampunk genre , which is currently for sale. By Abbey Reighard A science fiction subgenre is no longer confined to the imagination, thanks to one developer on the Northside. James Hoy can be spotted riding his cus...

By Cristina Holtzer Northside residents seeking long-term hospital care will soon need to travel an extra five miles to South Jackson Avenue after Kindred Hospital, 1004 Arch St., closes at the end of the summer. LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh recently announced its upcoming acquisition of Kindred...

By Abbey Reighard For many young men the Allegheny Young Men’s Christian Association is more than just a fitness facility – it’s a safe place to come home to. The Allegheny YMCA, 600 West North Ave., currently houses between 95 and 98 men. The maximum capacity of the facility is 105 residents and th...

Photo courtesy of City of Asylum Photo from the 2006 Jazz Poetry Concert By Abbey Reighard A river is forming on the Northside – but this is no ordinary waterway. The opening reception for River of Words, which is being hosted by City of Asylum, will be held on July 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. The River of...