The Vertical Neighborhood Polish Hill, Pittsburgh Polish Hill has long called itself “Pittsburgh’s most vertical neighborhood” and you can see that you are on the edge of a very steep street, and with the descending roofs of the buildings on the left this street is at least one example of that designation. They are all pretty steep, many just as steep as this one, and all dominated by Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church where mass is still said daily in Polish, the industrial and warehouse district of Pittsburgh beyond, and the Allegheny River and the 31st Street Bridge beyond that. It has its share of immigrants and descendants of immigrants and working people and young people, all clinging to the hillside. Below is another shot I found interesting because I liked the bike parked by the rail at the top of the hill, and still the church over all; these buildings are the backs of the ones seen in the photo above. But it was a dark snowy day and there was an ambulance behind me so I had no time to get out of my car to get the photo. One of these days I’ll go back. A bike at the top of the hill. . . . . . . . For a print of any photo, visit “purchasing” for availability and terms. For photos of lots of black cats and other cats—and even some birds as I first published this post there—visit The Creative Cat. 00Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Post navigation Poem for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: I Don’t Want To Be ColorblindAttending the Paintball Exhibit 0 Comments Lol. Took not a fraction of a second to recognize home, even though I’m from all the way out in Aliquippa. Hope to get back there and photograph all the places (like this) in my head. Thanks for posting this and taking me back. Loading... Reply Thanks for commenting! I hope to get all over Pittsburgh to get the photos I dream of, but the best I usually do is snap them through my car windows. hope you get yours! Loading... Reply Well, snapping them from cars isn’t so bad. 😉 Good luck to you. Loading... Reply Bernadette! My lady of 39 years is named Bernadette and she’s from Aliquippa as well. Loading... Reply Not too many of us around! It’s a good Catholic name, though, goes with our region–Catholic school for me, though I don’t profess any religion now. And I snap from the car window all the time–no cell phone but I’m plenty distracted with a camera. Loading... Reply Oh yes, she’s a good Catholic. But I’m like you, I’ve sort of fallen away from all that. Thank heaven. 😉 Shooting from a car window is my thing. Loading... Reply It’s actually good for stories now, Catholic school and all. I like snapping through the bus window too, and several years ago did an entire exhibit of photos and a few paintings from the 100 West Busway route. Loading... Reply oh I’ve got stories. Sister Victor. Principal of St. Titus elementary school. Threw me down a flight of stairs in the first grade. 😉 Loading... Reply Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Lol. Took not a fraction of a second to recognize home, even though I’m from all the way out in Aliquippa. Hope to get back there and photograph all the places (like this) in my head. Thanks for posting this and taking me back. Loading... Reply
Thanks for commenting! I hope to get all over Pittsburgh to get the photos I dream of, but the best I usually do is snap them through my car windows. hope you get yours! Loading... Reply
Bernadette! My lady of 39 years is named Bernadette and she’s from Aliquippa as well. Loading... Reply
Not too many of us around! It’s a good Catholic name, though, goes with our region–Catholic school for me, though I don’t profess any religion now. And I snap from the car window all the time–no cell phone but I’m plenty distracted with a camera. Loading... Reply
Oh yes, she’s a good Catholic. But I’m like you, I’ve sort of fallen away from all that. Thank heaven. 😉 Shooting from a car window is my thing. Loading... Reply
It’s actually good for stories now, Catholic school and all. I like snapping through the bus window too, and several years ago did an entire exhibit of photos and a few paintings from the 100 West Busway route. Loading... Reply
oh I’ve got stories. Sister Victor. Principal of St. Titus elementary school. Threw me down a flight of stairs in the first grade. 😉 Loading... Reply
