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Explore North Side
The district North Side of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) is located in United States about 191 mi north-west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Washington, Beaver, Butler, Greensburg and Waynesburg. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
Morning Temperature | 4°C / 38 °F |
Evening Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Night Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 49% |
Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
16°C (60 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Fairmont Pittsburgh
Embassy Suites by Hilton Pittsburgh Downtown
Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel
BRIDGESTREET THE ENCORE
Omni William Penn Hotel
The Inn on the Mexican War Streets
Homewood Suites by Hilton Pittsburgh Downtown
Hampton Inn - Suites Pittsburgh-Downtown
Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh Downtown
Pittsburgh The Westin Convention Center
Videos from this area
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Pittsburgh PA 08.15.14: Firmly Entrenched
This time, we would not take the diverging route to Youngstown. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed last year's trip to see the YMRA layouts (see 'Roomfuls Of Rail' http://youtu.be/FjGkJKRLiv...
Pittsburgh, City of Bridges, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Pittsburgh is the seat of Allegheny County and with a population of 307484 is the second-largest city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With a metropolitan CSA population of 2661369...
Google Pittsburgh 2013 Holiday Party DIY Derby Car Race
The 2013 Google Pittsburgh holiday party was at Pittsburgh Children's Museum. Googlers Carey and Jessie designed, created, and raced their derby cars. Who is the big winner?!
J Moses on Founding Bagooba, the Power Plant for Emotional Energy
J Moses, a veteran of both traditional and digital media, talks about the next generation of social media and his new company Bagooba, Inc.: A Power Plant for Emotional Energy. He describes...
Andy Warhol Museum driving by and Time Lapse of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Andy Warhol Museum driving by and Time Lapse of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Where to find sizzling Pittsburgh real estate deals at below market prices
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Street With A View - Project Tour
In May 2008, artists Ben Kinsley and Robin Hewlett teamed up with Google Inc. to create the first ever integration of art into Googles Street View mapping platform. Partnering with the Mattress...
Unofficial Unpacking (and Assembly) of an Oru Kayak
Since I ordered the Oru Pack shortly after it's release, I felt that it was only fitting to make a video of my 'unpacking' of an Oru Kayak. This is play off of my first video, the "Unofficial"...
Swingin' on the Kong Wubba
Zuzu goes into orbit gripping a Kong Wubba that she swiped from another dog at Allegheny Commons in Pittsburgh. The Kong Wubba was eventually returned to its rightful owner.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Heinz Field
Heinz Field is a stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh Panthers American football teams, members of the National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) respectively. The stadium opened in 2001, after the controlled implosion of the teams' previous stadium, Three Rivers Stadium. The stadium is named for locally-based H. J.
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise and National Football League (NFL) franchise respectively. Built as a replacement to Forbes Field, which opened in 1909, the US$55 million ($ million today) multi-purpose facility was designed to maximize efficiency.
PNC Park
PNC Park is a baseball park located on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. It opened during the 2001 MLB season, after the controlled implosion of the Pirates' previous home, Three Rivers Stadium. The ballpark is sponsored by PNC Financial Services, which purchased the naming rights in 1998. PNC Park features a natural grass playing surface and seats 38,362 people for baseball.
Exposition Park (Pittsburgh)
Exposition Park (sometimes called Exposition Park III) was a baseball park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1890 to circa 1915. It was located on the north side of the Allegheny River across from Pittsburgh's downtown area. Prior to the construction of this version of Exposition Park, two previous ballparks of the same name were similarly situated along the Allegheny. Due to flooding from the nearby river, the three stadiums' exact locations varied somewhat.
Allegheny, Pennsylvania
There is also Allegheny County and several Allegheny Townships in Pennsylvania. Allegheny City (1788–1907) was a Pennsylvania municipality located on the north side of the junction of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, across from downtown Pittsburgh. It was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. The area today is known as the North Side of Pittsburgh, and its waterfront district, along the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, as the North Shore.
WPXI
WPXI, channel 11, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. WPXI is owned by Cox Media Group, and has its offices and studios in the Summer Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The station's transmitter is located in the Fineview section of the city, on the site of the station's original studio location.
WSHH
WSHH is an adult contemporary radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The station, which is owned by Renda Broadcasting, operates at 99.7 MHz with an ERP of 15.5 kW (The lower power is due to the antenna being mounted on an extremely high tower in the area). Its transmitter is co-located with NBC television affiliate WPXI in Pittsburgh.
WWSW-FM
"3WS" redirects here. For the Buffalo, New York radio station with the same brand, see WWWS. WWSW-FM (3WS), is a classic hits radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 94.5 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW. Its transmitter is located in Pittsburgh. The current airstaff is made up of Jonny Hartwell, Sheri Van Dyke, Mike Frazer, Steve Grenato, and Kate Harris.
Battle of Bushy Run
The Battle of Bushy Run was fought on August 5-6, 1763, in western Pennsylvania, between a British column under the command of Colonel Henry Bouquet and a combined force of Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Huron warriors. This action occurred during Pontiac's Rebellion. Though the British suffered serious losses, they routed the tribemen and successfully relieved the garrison of Fort Pitt.
National Aviary
The National Aviary, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is America's only independent indoor nonprofit aviary. It is also America's largest aviary, and the only accorded honorary "National" status by the United States Congress. The aviary is home to over 600 animals representing about 200 species, and is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Mattress Factory
The Mattress Factory is a museum of contemporary art located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It exhibits room-sized installation art by regional, national and international artists. The Museum is named for its gallery buildings, housed since 1977 in the former Stearns & Foster mattress factory and warehouse buildings at 500 Sampsonia Way in the Mexican War Streets area of Pittsburgh's Central Northside. Currently, the Mattress Factory receives about 55,000 visitors per year.
Rachel Carson Bridge
Rachel Carson Bridge, also known as the Ninth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named for the naturalist Rachel Carson, a Pittsburgh native, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Roberto Clemente Bridge and the Andy Warhol Bridge.
Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School
Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12 (CAPA) is a magnet school located in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CAPA is one of four 6th to 12th grade schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. It was formed from a merger between CAPA High School and Rogers CAPA Middle School. CAPA offers students six art majors: visual arts, literary arts, theater, instrumental music, vocal music, and dance.
Cultural District, Pittsburgh
The Cultural District is a fourteen-square block area in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA bordered by the Allegheny River on the north, Tenth Street on the east, Stanwix Street on the west, and Liberty Avenue on the south. The Cultural District features six theaters offering some 1,500 shows annually, as well as art galleries, restaurants, and retail shops.
Allegheny Riverfront Park
Allegheny Riverfront Park is a municipal park that runs along the south bank of the Allegheny River in Downtown Pittsburgh. It is a parcel of the Three Rivers Park, the city's grand urban waterfront park project along its rivers that will provide a continuous green trail connecting existing and future riverfront developments. Completed segments include North Shore Riverfront Park, South Shore Riverfront Park, and Point State Park.
Byham Theater
The Byham Theater is a landmark building at 101 Sixth Street in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally built in 1903 as The Gayety Theater, the former vaudeville house was renovated and reopened as The Byham Theater in 1990. Built in 1903 and opened Halloween night 1904, the then-named Gayety Theater was stage and vaudeville house, and it featured stars such as Ethel Barrymore, Gertrude Lawrence, and Helen Hayes.
O'Reilly Theater
The O'Reilly Theater is a 650-seat theater building, opened on December 11, 1999, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Located at 621 Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District, the O'Reilly Theater is actually a three-part building: The 65,000 square feet theater (with a 150-seat rehearsal hall), a large parking garage called Theater Square, and the adjacent 23,000 square feet Agnes R. Katz Plaza.
Allegheny General Hospital
Allegheny General Hospital is a large urban hospital located at 320 East North Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Allegheny General Hospital, also known locally by the acronym "AGH", is located in the Central Northside neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It was founded on December 4, 1882http://digital. library. pitt. edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.
Roberto Clemente Memorial Park
Roberto Clemente Memorial Park is maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation, City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in honor of Pittsburgh Pirates great Roberto Clemente. The park is located along North Shore Drive in the city's North Side, near Heinz Field and PNC Park. 32x28px Pittsburgh portal
North Shore Riverfront Park
North Shore Riverfront Park is a small municipal park along the north banks of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers across from Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a parcel of Three Rivers Park, the city's urban waterfront park along its rivers that provides a continuous green trail link between existing and future riverfront destinations. Completed segments include South Shore Riverfront Park, Allegheny Riverfront Park, and Point State Park.
Gateway Center (Pittsburgh)
The Gateway Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a high-rise building complex with 1,500,000 square feet of office space in five buildings. The plans developed during World War II to redevelop the dense and "blighted" forks of the Ohio River into both Point State Park and a "Gateway" of offices. It was announced as fully financed on September 21, 1949 when the Equitable Insurance Co.
Vet Tech Institute
Vet Tech Institute (often abbreviated as VTI) is a private career school offering associate degrees. Vet Tech Institute offers training for Veterinary Technician careers. From 2006-2016, the demand for trained veterinary technicians is expected to increase faster than the rate for all occupations (Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-2009 edition).
Allegheny Aqueduct (Pittsburgh)
The Allegheny Aqueduct was John A. Roebling's first wire cable suspension bridge. It was built in 1844 by as a replacement for a wooden covered bridge aqueduct over the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, part of the Pennsylvania Canal.
North Side (PAT station)
North Side is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. The stop serves the North Shore neighborhood and other adjacent North Side neighborhoods. PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball stadium; the Andy Warhol Museum; the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh; the National Aviary; and Allegheny Center are within walking distance. North Side station and Gateway Center station lie at the northern and southern ends of the Allegheny River Tunnel, respectively.
Allegheny (PAT station)
Allegheny is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. The stop serves the North Shore neighborhood and other adjacent North Side neighborhoods. Heinz Field, the Pittsburgh Steelers football stadium; Rivers Casino; Stage AE amphitheater; Community College of Allegheny County's Allegheny Campus; and Carnegie Science Center are within walking distance.