May 19, 2019
Come join the Allegheny City Society for the first-ever tour of the Behind Every Wall black and white murals alongside Route 28 at the foot of Troy Hill. These images cut into the surface of the retaining wall are the…
April 16, 2019
You are cordially invited to the annual meeting of the Allegheny City Society. Todd Wilson, author of “Pittsburgh’s Bridges” will give a presentation on “The Bridges Of Allegheny”. A Rimmel awardee will be announced and new board members will be…
March 31, 2019
Learn about Allegheny City and our famous women in the arts during this walking tour around the Allegheny West neighborhood! Featured stops will highlight Martha Graham, Nellie Bly, Lois Weber, and authors Margaret Deland, Mary Roberts Rinehart, and Willa Cather.…
February 24, 2019
The Allegheny City Society invites you to celebrate Black History on the North Side! Learn the stories of local men and women who fought against racism and discrimination. Topics include: Avery College, founder Charles Avery and important faculty and alumni;…
December 29, 2018
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/12/26/Exhibit-Northview-Heights-public-housing-Allegheny-City-Historic-Gallery/stories/201812170120 The photo exhibit is at the tenant council office, 524 Mount Pleasant Road. It is scheduled to open Friday and run from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. through Dec. 31. It will remain open in January, and can…
November 18, 2018
Join the Allegheny City Society as we discuss the history of the various monuments, churches, and future plans for the Park. We will meet at the Thomas Armstrong Monument on Ridge Ave. at 1:30. We’ll break for coffee and a…
November 10, 2018
Join the Allegheny City Society on our visit to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg on Saturday, November 10th to view the works of Allegheny City natives Cassatt, Hetzel, Demmler and Mosley. We will meet in the parking…
October 21, 2018
Join the Allegheny City Society for a walking tour of historic Riverview Park on Sunday, October 21st at 1:30. We’ll meet at the Visitor’s Center (plenty of street parking available) and walk on both paved streets and park dirt trails,…
August 14, 2018
Ethel Hagler was a legendary North Side community activist who took the lead to improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods close by the Commons. Learn about her at 7:00PM as part of ACS’s “Tuesdays in the Groves With…
August 23, 2018
We will not attempt to compete with Taylor Swift! Our talk about the Pen in the Commons will now be held at the Woods Run site of the Western Pennitentiary, as part of our walking tour. Come and learn the…
August 22, 2018
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday and Ray Brown all relied on the bebop beat of Manchester’s Joe Harris. Joe was also a world traveler, cyclist and regular tennis player on the…
July 24, 2018
Did you know that the open spaces of the Allegheny Commons were used as recruiting sites and a training ground for local Union forces during the Civil War? Learn about it at 7:00PM as part of ACS’s “Tuesdays in the…
July 17, 2018
Reverend Benjamin Tanner’s time spent at the Avery Institute and the Western Theological Seminary in Allegheny in the 1850’s prepared him for a national leadership role as a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Learn about him at 7:00PM…
July 10, 2018
Revolutionary War hero, The Marquis de Lafayette, toured all 24 of the United States when he returned in 1824-25. On May 31st, 1825, he visited his old friend, Anica Preble Barlow at the Barlow House here in Alleghenytown for what…
Allegheny City Society Church Walking Tour November 12, 2017 – 1:00 Join us on Sunday, November 12th as we tour just a few of the many churches of Allegheny City. We will meet at the New Hazlett theater at 1:00…
August 10, 2017
Join us at 6:15 at the Allegheny Landing Sculpture Garden (east of the Roberto Clemente Bridge) to sign in; walk begins at 6:30. We will walk along the north shoreline of the Allegheny River exploring the beginnings of Allegheny City.…
July 27, 2017
Meet at 6:30 at the parking lot across McClure Avenue from the Young Brothers Bar 1441 Woods Run Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Come see the lost sites of St. John’s Hospital, Schwerd’s Column plant and Woods Run Settlement House (pictured above, thanks…
April 26, 2017
You are cordially invited to the Annual Meeting of the Allegheny City Society Wednesday, April 26, 2017 The Community House Church 120 Parkhurst Street at Sandusky Street, North Side Free Parking in the Church Parking Lot on Loraine Street Free…
June 25, 2016
Heartland Neighborhoods Tour – Fineview & Perry Hilltop Bus Tour – Lunch – History – Community Discussion Join us at noon, Saturday, June 25th for a Bus Tour of the Heartland of the North Side: Marshall/Shadeland and Cal-Bride. Thanks to…
June 25, 2016
Bus Tour – Lunch – History – Community Discussion Join us 9:00 AM, Saturday, June 25th for a Bus Tour of the Heartland of the North Side: Perry Hilltop & Fineview. Thanks to the Sprout Fund, it’s free! We’ll discuss…
