Growing Up Here
The actress is grateful for her upbringing and how it instilled in her the importance of community.
Living in a suburb where everything was within walking distance helped create a love of all our neighborhoods.
The actor developed a fearless attitude toward a bygone city bridge in the hilly neighborhood south of the Mon River.
His family’s move from the Hill District opened a world of possibilities, from CMU’s campus to the Murray Avenue business district.
The Hall of Famer went from the boys’ team at a tiny Catholic grade school to the Olympic podium.
The visual effects artist vividly recalls growing up in Pittsburgh’s Little Italy, which he still calls home.
The KDKA Radio and TV host embraced the bonds she formed with the kids on her block and beyond.
Friends, family and city institutions lent character to the neighborhood and its residents.
The rock star wanted to be a baseball player. Instead, his mother taught him to sing.
Retired after years of community service, this former township employee remembers when farmland dominated the now-booming area.
