OMG! What memories I have of this route. I walked these streets from Wilkinsburg to East Liberty so many times in the late 1950s and I see much has changed since then. I went west in mid 60s so I wasn't around to see the changes. Thanks so much for making this video.
Great tour through Pittsburgh. Penn Ave cuts across so many distinct neighborhoods. I haven't lived in Pittsburgh for decades and it's good to see them on the rebound. East Liberty used to a no-go zone. Looks like the last neighborhood to be brought back is Wilkinsburg. It has such a great urban layout with all those wonderful brick buildings lining Penn Ave. Lots of potential.
I noticed Churchill in this video my father always thought fondly of him I would listen to his speeches in history class. And my grandfather home schooled me.
Grandma lived in a house on the hill by the incline. She met grandpa during a church picnic. Grandma was baking pies. Grandpa was overwhelmed by her talent in baking. She had made him a cherry pie which is one of the most difficult because every seed needed to be pitted. The textile mill on the hill where she worked in the 3 rd grade her job was to change the spools. They needed children to do it. She could count and play the organ really well so she was a pro at changing the spools and counting she would load the loom with thread.
Cool !♣ I didn't even know, that Penn Ave Ended started in Churchill, ♥ I thought ♦ it was always Wilkinsburg.♠ Very Nice clear picture.♟ Thanks for posting ♣
Grandmother had a painting of a Shepard boy it was famous little boy blue or something. Their house she thought she had been robbed but grandpa was moving them across town so she could have a one level house with ducks in the back yard. They moved the next day.
It is clearer skies than a child everything as a child was black and white because of the coal furnaces. As a child I remember grandpa getting the first colored tv
OMG! What memories I have of this route. I walked these streets from Wilkinsburg to East Liberty so many times in the late 1950s and I see much has changed since then. I went west in mid 60s so I wasn't around to see the changes. Thanks so much for making this video.
Thank you so much fir this video it is like being home again
So nice of you, I have more videos coming. I am happy to help bring back warm memories to you.
The trees look so big as big as I remember. Dad said when he was little they had a tree called the Dutch elm. But they don’t anymore.
Great video, I grew up on South Dallas Avenue just a few houses from Penn Avenue
Thank you for watching. South Dallas Avenue is a great street. I'm going to put it on the list for walking tours.
I know those WRX bumps all too well...Gotta love the streets of Pittsburgh.
Great tour through Pittsburgh. Penn Ave cuts across so many distinct neighborhoods. I haven't lived in Pittsburgh for decades and it's good to see them on the rebound. East Liberty used to a no-go zone. Looks like the last neighborhood to be brought back is Wilkinsburg. It has such a great urban layout with all those wonderful brick buildings lining Penn Ave. Lots of potential.
Thanks for watching. Pittsburgh has changed a lot in the past few years and hopefully I can help show the cities beauty with these tours.
I noticed Churchill in this video my father always thought fondly of him I would listen to his speeches in history class. And my grandfather home schooled me.
Grandma lived in a house on the hill by the incline. She met grandpa during a church picnic. Grandma was baking pies. Grandpa was overwhelmed by her talent in baking. She had made him a cherry pie which is one of the most difficult because every seed needed to be pitted. The textile mill on the hill where she worked in the 3 rd grade her job was to change the spools. They needed children to do it. She could count and play the organ really well so she was a pro at changing the spools and counting she would load the loom with thread.
Cool !♣ I didn't even know, that Penn Ave Ended started in Churchill, ♥ I thought ♦ it was always Wilkinsburg.♠ Very Nice clear picture.♟ Thanks for posting ♣
In this video, I don't see westbound Penn Avenue breaking off from the Parkway in Churchill.
I love the stone walls. There were fortresses homes in some of the more wealthier neighborhoods. I remember Avondale from my family.
That stone wall in Garfield near start of Lawrenceville has a cemetery behind that wall
Would be awesome if a small thumbnail of your location was on the video as well. (Like a cropped map)
Usually I do that.I must have forgotten on this video.
Anne Lamerau was my aunt she was a real estate agent. In college I studied historical preservation.
Grandma cared for grandpa at home she had all her kids at home. They were all born in her bed.
Grandma had a German Shepard
I just posted a new video today.
Grandmother had a painting of a Shepard boy it was famous little boy blue or something. Their house she thought she had been robbed but grandpa was moving them across town so she could have a one level house with ducks in the back yard. They moved the next day.
My father was scared of doctors but grandma had to call one when his brother Bobbie got sick
Is Penn Avenue safe ?
I saw the name Lawerence we always watched Lawerence Welk
Garfield I remember wasn’t there a president Garfield?
It is clearer skies than a child everything as a child was black and white because of the coal furnaces. As a child I remember grandpa getting the first colored tv
White picket fences always in my grandfather yard
My grandfather house was white with black shutters kinda square. Three stories of you count the attic
More if you counted the basement
Aunt Laura introduced dad to mom
The wires we had more telephone wires
This looks like the bridge in Timken but that’s in Ohio
They had trolly cars back in grandma time in my time more electric lights
We had a fruit cellar
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The Wilkinsburg business district is a disaster.
I wish you drivers would edit out the time you spend sitting at a stop light so us viewers don't have to sit in traffic too. Not my favorite thing.