The tree-lined streets of Shadyside, the neighborhood many consider to be the jewel of the East End, have been home to a diverse population of Pittsburghers.
South Side’s East Carson Street is bordered on one side by a river, houses a strip of industry and gives way to staggering hills. Can you get more Pittsburgh than that?
The old hands, they say everything changes in Oakland. Unless it was built by Carnegie, Frick or the University of Pittsburgh, it can be razed, remodeled or rehabbed.
“History takes time. History makes memory,” observed writer Gertrude Stein, a native of the North Side. At the time of Stein’s birth in 1874, however, this area was known as Allegheny City.
These are working-class neighborhoods, where row houses are old and weathered, and the sidewalks are cracked. This is where Pittsburghers do what they do best: make something out of nothing.
Grab a glass, come along with us and set your sights (and palates) on some great grape tourism—a bunch of wineries, vintners and wines—right here in western Pennsylvania.
