PITTSBURGH GUIDE

WELCOME TO PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Few views of cities are more dramatic than emerging from the Penn-Lincoln Parkway

Tunnel into downtown. Geography, vision and luck are the reasons. Three rivers

divide the city into the Northside, Southside, and Downtown ... More

CULTURAL SITES

August Wilson Center for African American Culture

features Pittsburgh’s contributions to African-American culture with

exhibitions about plays, Jazz, Negro Leagues Baseball ... More

RESTAURANTS and NIGHTCLUBS

Amani Coffeehouse & Café, Kaya, Wilson's Bar-be-que, Royal Caribbean,

CJ’s in the Strip, Abay Restaurant and others keep it real when

when you visit Steeltown for business or pleasure ... More

SHOPS and GALLERIES

The pickin's are slim, but you can find Afrocentric books, clothes, jewelry,

masks, statues, incense, oils, music, drums, gifts ... More

BLACK GENESIS
    Pittsburgh’s black community came, first enroute to freedom and later

in search of work. As early as 1750, both French and British forces seeking

 control of America’s waterways to the west sheltered fugitive slaves ... More

HILL DISTRICT
From the 1920s to the 1940s, no other city better defined the athletic genius

and social impact of Black baseball than Pittsburgh. As headquarters

for two great Negro League teams ... More

KUNTU and the RISE OF BLACK THEATRE

Before he blew up, August Wilson had a playwright partner that was just as prolific,

but better known regionally, Rob Penny. Penny and Wilson had already formed

Black Horizons Theatre Company as a creative vehicle ... More

PLACES OF WORSHIP

Bethel AME Church, St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church,

Macedonia Baptist Church, Wesley Center AME Zion Church,

First Church of God in Christ ... More

HISTORIC SITES

Freedom Corner Memorial began as protest site directly across from

St Benedict the Moor Church the protest was spurred when in the 1950s,

when Downtown development encroached on the lower Hill District ... More

FAMILY ATTRACTIONS

The Rink at PPG Place, Carnegie Science Center, PNC Park, Heinz Field,

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Pittsburgh Zoo, PPG Aquarium, Sandcastle Waterpark, Kennywood Park ... More

GENERAL ATTRACTIONS

Housed a 19th century railroad building, Station Square is one of Pittsburgh

residents favorite outings. It contains more than 40 specialty shops and

more than a dozen outstanding restaurants ... More

ART and HISTORY MUSEUMS

Heinz Pittsburgh History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution,

tells theexperiences of the waves of immigrants came to Pittsburgh

from the 1750s to the present ... More

PERFORMING ART VENUES

Pittsburgh is blessed to have one of the finest downtown Theater Districts with

Heinz Hall, Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, Byham Theater,

O’Reilly Theater, plus several fine theaters ... More

TRIVIA and FAMOUS RESIDENTS

Pittsburgh has transitioned from a stodgy Steel City to the forefront of medicine, education, banking and corporate headquarters.  It is internationally known for its pioneering organ transplant surgery, diabetes, cardiology ... More

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