Pittsburgh (Atlanta)
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Pittsburgh Historic District
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| Location | Roughly bordered by Shelton Ave. Stewart Ave., University Ave., and the RR, Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 33°43′45.56″N 84°24′5.88″W / 33.7293222°N 84.4016333°WCoordinates: 33°43′45.56″N 84°24′5.88″W / 33.7293222°N 84.4016333°W |
| Area | 324 acres (131 ha) |
| Architect | A. Ten Eyck Brown |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman |
| NRHP Reference # | 06000503 |
| Added to NRHP | June 14, 2006 |
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McDaniel Street in Pittsburgh
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 Pittsburgh (light purple) within southwest Atlanta |
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| Coordinates: 33°43′45.56″N 84°24′5.88″W / 33.7293222°N 84.4016333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Fulton County |
| City | City of Atlanta |
| NPU | V |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 3,286 |
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| • White/Other | 2% |
| • Black | 96% |
| • Asian | 1% |
| • Hispanic | 1% |
| ZIP Code | 30310 |
| Website | Pittsburgh Community Improvement Association |
Pittsburgh is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1883 as a black working-class suburb alongside the Pegram rail shops. It was named Pittsburgh because the industrial area reminded one of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its famous steel mills. Pittsburgh is relatively poor and underdeveloped, but as property values rise in Intown Atlanta neighborhoods, many see hope that this trend will spread to Pittsburgh and bring renewal.
Pittsburgh is bounded on the northern tip by I-20 across which is the tip of Castleberry Hill, on the Northeast by a Norfolk Southern rail line across which is Mechanicsville, on the west by Metropolitan Parkway and Adair Park, on the East by Peoplestown, and on the south by the BeltLine across which is the Capital View Manor neighborhood. It shares its street names and alignments with Mechanicsville, however the two neighborhoods are separated by a rail line such that the only connections are on the Northeast and West edges of the neighborhoods.
Pittsburgh is conveniently located off I-75 and within walking distance of downtown, the Atlanta Braves Stadium, the West End Mall, Grant Park and the Atlanta Zoo. It is separated from downtown by Mechanicsville to the North. Three major downtown through-fares connect into Metropolitan Parkway, McDaniel Street and Pryor Street inside of Pittsburgh.
It is within walking distance of the Garnett, West End and Oakland City MARTA stations.
The area of land known as Pittsburgh was on the southern outskirts of Atlanta in the early 1880s when houses began to be built there. Owned by white real-estate investor H.L. Wilson, it had many similarities to neighboring Mechanicsville, which also grew up around the Pegram railroad repair shops, but there were substantial differences. In contrast to Pittsburgh, Mechanicsville was racially mixed and included some well-to-do areas.
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