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Photograph from the Lower Hill Redevelopment collection showing an Urban Redevelopment Authority surveyor standing outside Haimovitz Poultry Market at 91 Logan St, 1955. (Image courtesy Pittsburgh City Archives, Office of the City Clerk)
December 24, 2023, 6:52 pm
The last days of Logan Street
Newly accessible collection revives the famed Jewish business district.
By Eric Lidji
Tyian Battle and State Sen. Wayne Fontana cut the ribbon the Kaufmann House’s completed new construction. They were joined by Battle’s mother and ACH Board Chair Frank Rapp. Photo by David Rullo.
July 25, 2022, 10:58 am
ACH Clear Pathways finds new purpose for former Irene Kaufmann Settlement House
Not for profit cuts ribbon on expansion
By David Rullo
A full-page advertisement in the Jewish Criterion from April 1, 1921, announcing a proposed housing development in the Hill District. (Image courtesy of Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project)
April 19, 2022, 10:44 am
‘Philanthropy on a paying basis’
Organizers of the housing project were using the emerging infrastructure of Jewish assistance to develop a model that might someday benefit the entire city.
By Eric Lidji
The old Central Hill School was located at the crest of Bedford Avenue, near the current site of the Energy Innovation Center in the Hill District. Willa Cather started teaching at the school in spring 1901. (Pittsburgh Public Schools Photographs, Detre Library & Archives)
September 3, 2021, 10:08 am
Going into the depths of the Hill District
A neighborhood as seen through the eyes of a great American writer.
By Eric Lidji
Film promotion. Photo courtesy of Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
November 13, 2019, 8:11 pm
New documentary recounts the Jewish history of one Pittsburgh neighborhood
Film recounts Hill District's multi-cultural immigrant past
By David Rullo
Although its entire run consists of only two issues, the Zionist Bulletin provides many insights into the dynamics of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh in 1915. (Image courtesy Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives)
May 15, 2019, 4:02 pm
The age-old voice of youth
You can feel the tangle of people, clubs and initiatives, but you cannot always understand how it all intertwines.
By Eric Lidji
A portion of the cornerstone of the former Labor Lyceum on Miller Street. (Photo courtesy of Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center)
April 19, 2019, 11:16 am
The optimistic afterlife of the old Labor Lyceum
The Labor Lyceum opened in February 1917 and became a meeting place for at least 15 Jewish labor, fraternal, political, cultural and philanthropic organizations.
By Eric Lidji
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