Garfield: Another Pittsburgh Hood.

mrherodotus · #1 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 12:03 AM**

Not one of Pittsburgh's better areas, Garfield is located in the East End. It lies north of Penn Ave., adjacent to the Bloomfield and Friendship neighborhoods. There is a large housing project covering the northern half of the neighborhood.

JivecitySTL · #2 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 12:56 AM**

No surprise, fucking cool.

ColDayMan · #3 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 1:14 AM**

Good stuff.

mrherodotus · #4 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 1:35 AM**

I don't know how this got in there. This is from Bloomfield.

Austinlee · #5 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 2:42 AM**

The locals of Garfield always seem to comment on my epidermis when I have been there.

Evergrey · #6 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 2:46 AM**

The Penn Ave. corridor... a business district shared with Friendship, Bloomfield and Lawrenceville (becoming E. Liberty's to the east of Garfield) is seeing some improvement. It's become a major independent art hub... called the Penn Ave. Arts Corridor. http://www.pennavenuearts.org/

Modern Formations, Edge Studio and Attack Theatre are some of the innovative arts venues in the Garfield area. Also, People's Indian Restaurant is rather highly regarded.

This housing/retail development is also new to Garfield's Penn Ave.:
(Photo credit: UrbaniDesDev)

btw, that mural in the background is my favorite Pittsburgh mural (shame on you for not including it, Herodotus

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Despite the Penn Ave. developments, I haven't really noticed much improvement in the rest of the hood... Garfield seems rather generic by Pittsburgh standards anyways.... though I do like those Penn Ave. rows in the last couple pics. I've heard there's a good city view from Fern Ave.

James Bond Agent 007 · #7 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 2:48 AM**

Welcome to Garfield.

Ex-Ithacan · #8 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 11:49 AM**

That is a rough looking hood. Not just the abandoned/boarded buildings, but the trash and lack of repair. Thanks for the tour hero.

flar · #9 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 12:53 PM**

Gritty area. This commercial street looks cool:

STLgasm · #10 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 1:50 PM**

I think I saw Mr. McPheeley in one of those pics.

Evergrey · #11 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 4:56 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evergrey

Despite the Penn Ave. developments, I haven't really noticed much improvement in the rest of the hood... .

well well well.. i'm reading "The Bulletin"... which is a neighborhood paper covering Garfield and neighboring hoods... and the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation has built 23 new homes along Broad and Dearborn streets since 2002... with another 8 under construction this year... the small photo shows homes that appear to be large detached (though densely placed) 2 1/2 story homes... most apparently have around 3 bedrooms and are selling in the low 100k range...

Wheelingman04 · #12 Posted **Jan 9, 2007, 5:30 PM**

I have definately seen worse neighborhoods. Hopefully this one will come back.