Pittsburgh, 4 Years Worth

[Jayayess1190]

The North Shore is one area I tend to ignore, so I decided to go back over there. I love it, amazing views and all that is missing is a "T" branch (the line being built to the stadiums does not count):

Freight Railroad:



Boats on the Allegheny:



Houses on North Ave:


A small building:


Residences:














Special section of sidewalk:


Skyline from the street:


Counting steps to the view:


Getting closer:



The reward:







I-579:


North Side Density:


Some bridge:


The Civic Arena and Consol Energy Center hide behind the condo's at the Penn Amtrak Station:


A plane spies on me from above:


Panther flags, everywhere you go:


Neighborhood retail and restaurants:



Worship:

[Jayayess1190]

Okay y'all, I bought a Panasonic LX5 with the money I was saving up for the GF2. Will be here on Monday. Though I love the LX5 I almost feel I am making the wrong decision, but oh well, if I love the GF2 I can always save up again. This week these are random photos from around the city:

Skyline view from the Hill District:


Baseball under a bridge:


View from Arlington Ave:


5th Ave at the border of Oakland and Soho:


A little hidden enclave in Greenfield:


Skyline from Greenfield:


The Cathedral of Learning from Greenfield:


5th Ave entering downtown:


Hungry?:


Construction on the East Liberty Target:


The Cathedral from the walk towards my dorm:


The Oakland Skyline from Schenley Park:

[dugdogmaster]

Nice updates, dude

[Austinlee]

Man, you get around more than the neighborhood crack ho. And i mean that in the best way possible! You got some great angles.

Love this one:




This is ridic:

[Jayayess1190]

These are all taken with my new LX5. More random shots of the city:

An airplane was writing things in the sky:


Looking downtown from the North Shore:




North Shore House:


Highland Park huge homes:


Highland Park entrance:


Railroad on the other side of Station Square:


Oakland and Downtown from Schenley Park:






Downtown from Mt. Washington. Was testing out different exposures and appetures:

[Jayayess1190]

Soho and Uptown neighborhoods. Soho is South Oakland, the area just south of Carlow/Pitt/Carnegie-Mellon and is less "monied" than the rest of Oakland. Uptown sits between downtown and Soho:

Forbes Ave headed out of downtown:








Forbes Ave near the Birmingham Bridge:


Fifth Ave headed downtown:


Random Soho:






The skyline from almost in the Hill District:




Uptown:


Uptown from across the Mon River. Shows UMPC Mercy Hospital and Duquesne University:


Duquesne approaching downtown:


Random Uptown:


A dead hooker in a car:

[Jayayess1190]

Part 1 of my photo tour of the Hill Distric. I start with the Lower and Middle Hill's:

Headed into the Hill on Centre Ave from campus you can see the skyline in the distance:


Home styles in the hill range from urban to suburban (as you will see in the next batch greatly):









Plenty of new construction is going on in the Hill:




Businesses are sprinkled throught:


City style row homes:



The edge of University of Pittsburgh's uppercampus can be seen in the background:


More suburban type housing in the Hill:



More Hill District coming soon.

[Jarrod]

Awesome! When I think of Pittsburgh I think of Weeds.

I sure love the pics!

[detroitmetro101]

i have to say the setting of the city is probably one of the top five in the usa. its that setting(the natural topography, the sorounding hills and the two rivers), that probably does not allow to much sprawl, as i understand it the cities economy has suffered since the 80s becouse of the dependence on the steel industry. whenever its economy turns around and starts bringing in more people, the potential for dense urban developents is undeniable. it kinda looks like chongqing. kinda. but anyway, if i were a real estate developer of midrise and highrise developments, i would pay attention to this city.

[Jayayess1190]

More of the Hill District, Middle and Lower Hill closer to downtown.

A Green House:


The suburbs have invaded the Lower Hill:











View of the Strip District from the site of a former incline:



Homes in the Lower Hill:






A bulldozer and the skyline:


Community Center:


Approaching downtown:


More new construction:




An old theater:



Still plenty of empty lots and space:




Other:




The North Side from the spot of the former incline:

[Jayayess1190]

A preview of the borough of Homestead, I need to go back and get more photos (that will come in January).

Commercial along 8th Ave:





Apartments:


History:


Residences:






A park:


The Waterfront shopping complex:


The Waterfront, home to huge roads:


The Monongahela river, which the shopping complex doesn't even face:


Every big box store is here:




Partial view of Homestead from the Homestead Grays (a former Negro League team) bridge:

[dugdogmaster]

I love Homestead, thanks for the pictures of that inner suburb

[Jayayess1190]

Various scenes from 2010 around the city:

Downtown from in the Hill District:





Downtown from Arlington Ave:




Building Tips:


The Civic Arena and the skyline:


At the convergence of Downtown and the Hill:


Playing with my LX5:




Hill livin':


Skyscrapers:



Light Up Night 2010 after the fireworks:


Looking down Forbes:


Looking over the Middle Hill:


The North Shore and North Ave:



Allegheny Commons:


Entering downtown crossing the Allegheny:

[Jayayess1190]

I went over to Troy Hill on the North side.

First, the skyline of the North Shore as I cross over the Allegheny:



Looking back at downtown:


Deutschtown is an area I have yet to photograph:


Headed up into Troy Hill goes by the Heinz factory:


Headed up Troy Hill Rd:



Looking back at the skyline:


Finally in Troy Hill:














Loking down at the 31st Bridge:


On the way back down:




Back downtown:

[Jayayess1190]

Part 1 of the South Side:

Looking down at the South Side density:




A night football game:



Neighborhoods in the hills:








Homes hidden in the trees:






Getting closer to Mt. Washington, Allentown, those areas:








Up here always has good views of fireworks:





Closing in on Grandview Ave:


Looking down the Monongahela:


Radio tower towers:


Looking down at the South Side again but from farther:




To be continued:

[Jayayess1190]

More of the South Side.

The top station for the Monongahela incline:


Looking down to Carson St and the South Side:


Wood St Downtown:


Skyline:






The Monongahela:


Grandview Ave on top of Mt. Washington:



Smithfield St Bridge:


The Panhandle Bridge (in black, carries the light rail):


The Fort Pitt Bridge:


Station Square Sheraton:



Mt. Washington area:




Never can't see steps:


More Mt. Washington:













South Busway at South Hills Junction:

[TBone7281]

I'm not sure I've ever seen the city from this angle before, and I've lived in the area my whole life. Guess I don't really do much past the stadiums over there. Awesome job exploring the community, man. Keep it up.

[Thundertubs]

It's ridiculous how cool Pittsburgh is. So many different places to explore.

[Jayayess1190]

Ellsworth "big rich homeowners" Ave in the snow, one of my favorite residential areas in the city:

[Jayayess1190]

A multi week showcase of the South Side begins today:

The city skyline from a walkway over some freight tracks in the South Side Slopes:





Oakland through the cold air:



Downtown from the Birmingham Bridge across the Monongahela:




The empty roads of the Birmingham Bridge:


The South Side:


On Carson Street, the South Sides main road and full of restaurants/shops/bars/drunk college kids on the weekends:

















This Burger King is special, it had to adhere to strict building codes and follow the street's architecture to get built here: