Pittsburgh contains dozens of cozy, hilly streetscapes that might have modeled the establishing shot for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, but it's telling that Squirrel Hill is where the real-life Fred Rogers made his home. Squirrel Hill owes its easygoing prosperity to the fact that it wasn't revived – most of its liberal, middle-class denizens never abandoned it. A center for Pittsburgh's Jewish community, Squirrel Hill has proved both adaptable and constant. Thriving Murray Avenue is anchored by institutions like Kazansky's Deli, Jerry's Records and Gullifty's restaurant with new additions such as the authentic Thai restaurant, Silk Elephant. Neighborhood services remain: groceries, a drugstore, a hardware store, a newly renovated library branch and a neighborhood movie house. Though a quintessential family neighborhood, Squirrel Hill offers its long-toiling grad students up-to-date conveniences and, in coffeehouses like the lauded 61C Café, an indulgently cosmopolitan home base for the city's teenage romances. The charm of the neighborhood continues on Squirrel Hill's leafy residential streets, as its solid brick houses merge with Schenley Park to the west and Frick to the east.
The 61A, 61B, 61C and 61D bus routes all provide service to Oakland and Downtown as well as some other fun destinations on their outer ends -- take the 61B to Regent Square, hop the 61C to Kennywood or ride the 61D to the Waterfront, The new 64 bus route also heads to the Waterfront, as well as to Shadyside, Bloomfield and Lawrenceville. The 65 route provides service to Oakland and Downtown from some of Squirrel Hill's residential streets.
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