North Side
Crossing the Allegheny from Downtown, the golden “Three Sisters” suspension bridges – at 6th, 7th and 9th Streets – gesture toward the North Side. The 9th St. Bridge was recently re-named the Rachel Carson Bridge in honor of the pioneering environmentalist; earlier, the 6th Street Bridge was renamed for Pittsburgh Pirates hero Roberto Clemente; during home games, the bridge is closed to car traffic and crowds saunter across. The Pirates’ stadium, the stunning PNC Park, is new as is Heinz Field for the Steelers’; they replace the 1960s-era Three Rivers Stadium. Also new are the freshly gridded streets and businesses around them, replacing vast parking lots. The next sister, at 7th Street, has been rechristened, too, for Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol, whose museum waits at the end of the bridge. Indeed, the North Side has even more museums than ballfields. From the Warhol, continue to installation-arts pioneer The Mattress Factory, as well as the National Aviary, the Carnegie Science Center, the Children’s Museum and the Museum of Photo Antiquities. Stop at the East Ohio Street shops, and wander the sculpture-strewn riverside trail from the stadiums to the 31st Street Bridge. Keep an eye on the Allegheny – and collect bonus points if you catch a kayak and a coal barge in the same frame.
North Side Stories
| September 10, 2009 | Parks and the Health of Great Cities |
| October 8, 2008 | Wiki-ing our Way to a Better Pittsburgh |
| October 1, 2008 | Pop City Forum: Making Pittsburgh Bike Friendly |
| September 24, 2008 | Commuting by Bike: You Rock, Bike Guy! |
| September 24, 2008 | Pittsburgh Innovates: The Contest |
| September 24, 2008 | Head of the Ohio, Head of the Class |
| September 17, 2008 | Celebrating the Great Allegheny Passage |
| September 10, 2008 | The Fast Rise of Slow Food |
| September 3, 2008 | cityLIVE!: What do the numbers really mean? |
| August 27, 2008 | Pop Star: The Brochure Lady |
| August 20, 2008 | Beleza: A Story of Hope and Friendship and Social Justice |
| August 13, 2008 | Pittsburgh Goes Global |
| August 13, 2008 | Introducing Pittsburgh Wiki: Transportation Solutions for Our Region |
| August 6, 2008 | The Sprout Fund: Banking on Community-Changing Ideas |
| July 30, 2008 | So Much Depends on a Red Soup Can |
| July 30, 2008 | Americorps: Bringing Talent to Town |
| July 23, 2008 | A World of Robotics |
| July 16, 2008 | Transportation Key to World-Class Pittsburgh |
| June 25, 2008 | cityLIVE!: From Here to There--Transportation Solutions for Our Region |
| June 25, 2008 | The Invasion of the BigBots |
| June 18, 2008 | cityLIVE: Women Who Rock |
| June 11, 2008 | Pop City Video: The Andy Warhol Museum |
| May 30, 2008 | Pop Star: Robert Rubinstein |
| May 27, 2008 | Hey Hey Hockeytown! |
| May 20, 2008 | Leadership Pittsburgh Celebrates 25 |
| May 14, 2008 | Visit Our Archives |
| May 7, 2008 | New and Improved! Manufacturing in Pittsburgh |
| April 30, 2008 | |