Downtown 2.0: East Liberty hit stride in the ’50s
East Liberty is striving to rekindle its glory years and reestablish itself as Pittsburgh’s “second downtown”. In the 1940s and...
Motor Garden Square: Under the Dome
From 1889 to 1900, the East Liberty Market House at 5900 Baum Boulevard operated as a city market. Financed by...
History of the Fire Escape
The regal, gothic East Libertarian Presbyterian Church is known to older neighborhood wags by another name: “Mellon’s Fire Escape.” Richard...
The Pittsburgh Kid
Back in 1990, a 71 year-old man foiled a burglary by punching the robber. While this may seem unusual,...