This map shows one of three possible road alterations. This option would connect Behan Street and Jabok Way, both currently dead ends, to W. North Avenue. Allegheny West, the smallest neighborhood on the Northside, could get a whole lot bigger in terms of residents. That’s because the Allegheny West...

 The Olde Allegheny Community Gardens in the Mexican War Streets is one of the oldest around. Photo by Henry Clay Webster. Click here for gardening tips and ideas from the Urban Gardener All around the Northside, flowers have bloomed, trees are flourishing, vegetables are growing and gardens have ta...

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928 and 930 Western Avenue may soon become an Italian restaurant with apartments above it, if Larry and Lois DeYoung get their wish. (Photo/Henry Clay Webster) By way of New Hampshire, Western Avenue should get a new taste of Italy come this fall. Larry and Lois DeYoung have been on the prowl for a ...

Northsider Eric French talks with Northside Leadership Conference Executive Director Mark Fatla about reconnecting East Ohio and Federal streets in Allegheny Center at an April 26 meeting. (Photo/Kelly Thomas) More than 100 Northsiders crowded the basement theater in the Children’s Museum on Monday ...

Although only four neighborhoods of the Northside’s 14 have official historic districts, older houses of all types and architectural styles pepper each and every neighborhood. Many older Northside houses sit vacant and waiting for industrious owners to restore them to their former glory — many for a...

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A potential solution to the feral cat problem is coming to Brighton Heights. At a community meeting on March 14, various animal groups outlined their plan to trap, neuter and return large numbers of feral cats. Carol Whaley, point person of the project from Animal Friends, explained the concept of T...

On Saturday, January 10, a husband and wife team threw a charity concert to help the victims of a recent Northside Fire. More than 70 residents from all over the Northside opened their ears and their wallets to the fire relief fund set up by the Allegheny West Civic Council and the Northside Leaders...

By Andy Medici After years of community effort and three different mayoral administrations, Western Avenue will be given a pedestrian-friendly makeover. The $1.7 million project will focus on improvements to the sidewalk, street lights and the overhanging power lines. In a bricklaying ceremony on We...