Photo courtesy of Gina Grone A photo from one of the houses that was featured on the 2014 Historic Deutschtown House Tour. This specific home is located on Cedar Avenue. The tour is organized and sponsored by the East Allegheny Community Council. By Alyse Horn Take a walk on the historic side. The 2...

Photo by Alyse Horn BirdBrain Technologies is the maker of the Finch Robot and the Hummingbird Robotics Kit. Children are able to use the kits to understand how robots work and create their own. By Alyse Horn During a preview of what is to come, members of the media were granted a sneak peek at some...

By Alexandria Stryker In honor of its grand opening, the City of Asylum @ Alphabet City arts venue will host a free concert series this fall in the form of a Jazz Poetry Month. The program is an expansion on the organization’s Jazz Poetry Concert and will be held in the new Alphabet City building, a...

Photo by Alyse Horn By Alyse Horn Bakers, movers, shakers; all are welcome at the Tripoli Street Bakeyard , located at the intersection of Tripoli Street and Chestnut Street. The bakeyard started as an innovative project out of Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center in part with their Fallow Grounds for...

Photo by Alyse Horn Bill Brittain and Natasha Dean, owner and co-owner of Rescue Street Farms. By Alyse Horn The disco ball still hangs from the ceiling in the old Workingmen’s Beneficiary Union building, and posters still don the walls from the “WBU Millennium Bash: Friday, 12-31-99.” Today if you ...

Photo by Alyse Horn “For 33 years Northsiders have gathered together to celebrate our young people and our volunteers.” Mark T. Fatla, executive director of the Northside Leadership Conference, opened the 33 rd Annual NSLC Scholarship & Awards Dinner on Thursday, June 16 where 19 Northside seniors w...

Photo courtesy of Bethany House Academy According to the 2010 Census, there are about 515 children under the age of 18 and about 160 under the age of 5 who live in the Northview Heights area. By Alyse Horn For over 50 years, Bethany House Academy in Northview Heights has provided a handful of core e...

Photo by Neil Strebig Dave Kushner aka Dave the Barber (right) cuts the hair of longtime client Art Albright, 82, of Bellevue. Albright has been getting his hair cut by Kushner since he started on Federal Street in 1965. By Neil Strebig Dave Kushner never had dreams of becoming a barber, and certain...

Before Nova Place, Allegheny Center was both a destination and an eyesore for the Northside By Neil Strebig Bitter winds howl through a desolate concourse. The revolving door at Two Allegheny Center used to be crammed with businessmen in suits now stands silent, mirrored by cardboard borders. The si...

Photo by Justin Criado A look at some of the books in the 'rare and collectible' section at the recently opened City Books in Allegheny West. By Justin Criado James Joyce stood proudly in a corner watching the world through his signature Windsor glasses, hands in his pockets, chest out, while Ernest...