Academic Excellence Preschool will have after school and preschool programs at 302 W. North Ave. by Mark Powell A new learning academy will open later this year on W. North Avenue to provide Northside parents with preschool curriculum, after school programming and tutoring. Academic Excellence Presc...

Above: The Old Allegheny Library will be a stop on the haunted tour.  by Mark Powell The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will host several free tours of haunted buildings in the Northside starting October 5. The tours will begin at the Allegheny branch on Federal Street and visit Allegheny Center as ...

Oliver Lake for the crowd gathered between Sherman and Monterey streets. (Photo Courtesy Renee Rosensteel). by Lindsay Allen More than 600 Pittsburgh residents filled a street-block of Sampsonia Way to experience the Jazz-Poetry Concert hosted by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh (COA/P) Saturday evening. T...

A Beligian Malinois (looks like a skinny German Shepherd) was lost on the Central Northside at Taylor & Sherman last night. She was being cared for by a sitter and got loose. Her name is Cocoa and she doesn't have a collar, but she's chipped. If anyone sees or nabs her, please call Amanda Crabtree (...

Above: Mattress Factory employees install final touches on Chiharu Shiota's exhibit, which will be the first at 516 Sampsonia Way. (photo by Kelsey Shea) by Kelsey Shea When the Mattress Factory decided to expand, it could have easily spilled over into its parking lot, stayed on the same Sampsonia S...

Above: A COAP writers residence in the Central Northside. by Kelsey Shea A $100,000 Our Town grant from The National Endowment for the Arts will be the third major grant received by City of Asylum Pittsburgh this summer. COAP, a Central Northside literary organization that harbors international writ...

by William Park Knowing your neighbor is vital to community safety. On August 6, many Northside residents will have the opportunity to interact with their neighbors during National Night Out. Many Northside neighborhoods – including Fineview, the Central Northside, East Allegheny and Historic Deutsc...

by Kelsey Shea Northsiders can expect to see progress on The Garden Theater Block by the end of the summer said developers at Zukin Realty. Wayne Zukin, Zukin Realty president, said that construction on the Masonic Building at 12 W. North Ave. and the Garden Theater Building at 10 W. North Ave. is o...

The Mattress Factory held it's annual Urban Garden Party last month, and raised over $250,000 for the museum! "This year's funds ... are going to enable the museum to open three major exhibitions at three separate gallery spaces on our campus this fall, resume building preservation in the neighborho...

by Kelsey Shea Another grant that will bring City of Asylum another step closer to anchoring the Garden Theater Block was announced this week. The Central Northside literary organization received $250,000 from the Allegheny County Economic Development, Community Infrastructure and Tourism Fund to fu...