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.…
July 20, 2015
Steve Mellon Steve Mellon has been a Post-Gazette staff photographer since August 1997. A native of Jeffersonville, Indiana, he came to Pittsburgh in 1989 to work as a photographer at The Pittsburgh Press. In 1992, while at the Press, he…
June 6, 2015
Neighborhoods in the Wings: Spring Garden and East Deutschtown Tour The Allegheny City Society will conduct two FREE half-day tours of the East Deutschtown/Spring Garden neighborhood June 6, 2015. The Society will work with residents and business owners in the community in…
April 23, 2015
ACS members are invited to the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Allegheny City Society, Thursday, April 23rd at the Rivers Casino. Free Parking in the Casino Parking Deck Doors Open 5:30 pm, Dinner 6:00 pm, Program 7:30 pm. This year…
April 7, 2015
ACS 4th Annual Winter Film Series This year, featuring films shot in and about Pittsburgh. Dinner and a Movie at Bistro to Go “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing” (1955) Alleghenean Harry Kendall Thaw was the first man to…
March 23, 2015
Jim Kastner Born on the North Side of Pittsburgh, schooled in Spring Hill, Troy Hill, and Downtown, James Kastner now resides in Murrysville, PA. His past forty years have been spent in the beauty industry—a far cry from his days…
March 11, 2015
ACS 4th Annual Winter Film Series This year, featuring films shot in and about Pittsburgh. Dinner and a Movie at Bistro to Go 415 East Ohio Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 “I Was a Communist for the FBI” (1951) Noir thriller…
February 17, 2015
ACS 4th Annual Winter Film Series This year, featuring films shot in and about Pittsburgh. Dinner and a Movie at Bistro to Go “Mrs. Soffel” (1984) Filmed on location in the old Allegheny County Jail and Pittsburgh vicinity and based…
October 25, 2014
Join us October 25, 2014 at 9:00AM at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church, 416 West North Avenue, North Side, 15212 for an interesting talk and tour of some of the North Side Architectural Work of R. Maurice Trimble. R. Maurice Trimble…
August 11, 2014
Please join us and our friends at the MAYA Organization for two great events! First, their kick-off party this Monday, August 11th for Batam Nights Happy Hour at Wigle Whiskey, Craft Whiskey Distillery, in the Strip for their Annual Pedal…
June 4, 2014
The original Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair opened June 1, 1864 near Federal and Ohio Streets in Allegheny City. The Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair was a regional fund-raising effort to benefit wounded Union soldiers and their families. In observance of the 150th anniversary…
April 16, 2014
Join us at the Company Room at Bistro Catering Co., for a luscious dinner buffet. The William Rimmel Award will be presented to Dan Rooney and Carol Peterson, authors of the highly acclaimed 2013 book: “Allegheny City – A History…
April 15, 2014
In 1947, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor went to William Powell for his portrayal of the obstreperous Clarence Day, Sr. in “Life With Father.” Set in the 1890’s, the film will give us a sense…
March 25, 2014
William Powell and Myrna Loy teamed up to create six movies in The Thin Man series, starring as Nick and Nora Charles–one of cinema’s favorite couples. “After The Thin Man” is considered by many critics to be the best of…
