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…
November 12, 2017
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…
June 4, 2016
Heartland Tour – Cal-Bride & Marshall/Shadeland Bus Tour – Lunch – History – Community Discussion Join us at noon, Saturday, June 4th for a Bus Tour of the Heartland of the North Side: Marshall/Shadeland and Cal-Bride. Thanks to the Sprout…
June 4, 2016
Bus Tour – Lunch – History – Community Discussion Join us at 9:00 AM Saturday, June 4th for a Bus Tour of the Heartland of the North Side: Marshall/Shadeland and Cal-Bride. Thanks to the Sprout Fund, it’s free! We’ll discuss…
June 27, 2016
Bill May has spent years researching the Biddle Boys escape from the Allegheny County Jail in 1902, and will present a lecture on the momentous events, later depicted in the 1984 film, “Mrs. Soffel.” Join us at the Allegheny Branch…
September 28, 2015
David McMunn Active in North Side community development and historic preservation for many years, David lends his knowledge on the very significant presence and ministry of the Presbyterian Church here. The North Side was once the home of all three…
September 17, 2015
Join us at the Allegheny City Historic Gallery Thursday, September 17th at 6:30 for our final concert of 2015 featuring Breakneck Creek.
September 9, 2015
Join us Wednesday, September 9th at the Allegheny City Historic Gallery, 433 E. Ohio Street, featuring Ken Karsh and Friends, at 6:30.
September 2, 2015
An evening at one of the North Side’s newest business Establishments, perpetuating one of the North Side’s oldest industries! DAVID HOSTETTER of Western Avenue in Manchester, one of Allegheny’s wealthiest businessmen, established his fortune on the manufacturing of Hostetter’s Bitters.…