Just as eager as the kids that play there, Central Northside residents packed the Children’s Museum’s lower level on Monday, July 19 to hear from four developers on their proposals for the Garden Theater block. Choosing a developer won’t be easy, but it will require the full community’s input, said ...

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...

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Frank Rossi, left, leads members of the Pittsburg Banjo Club in a ragtime tune. (Photo/Henry Clay Webster) When bragging about the Northside’s many cultural institutions to out-of-towners, many locals forget to mention one that has appeared on a weekly basis for more than twenty years. The Pittsburg...

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Customers jam the entrance to Bistro Soul on East Ohio Street on Friday, June 18. (Photo Corey Carrington) “The greens are slamming and the cornbread is fire,” observed Central Northsider Roberta Armstrong, who sat with her family outside Bistro Soul’s open house on Friday, June 18. Owner Nikki Heck...

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Emily Matschner, left, and Charice McCoy, center, recieve $500 scholarships from Mark Fatla, executive director of the Northside Leadership Conference. (Photo/Corrie Carrington) “Simply the Best” was the theme of The Northside Leadership Conference’s 27th Annual Scholarship & Awards Dinner on June 1...

 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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