Spring Hill–City View (Pittsburgh)
Coordinates: 40°28′01″N 79°59′38″W / 40.467°N 79.994°W
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 Spring Hill (background, with radio mast), as seen from Frank Curto Park. The Cork Factory lofts in the Strip District and Troy Hill are located in the foreground. |
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 Neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: 40°28′01″N 79°59′38″W / 40.467°N 79.994°W | |
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| Population (1990): 3288[1] | |
| Population (2000): 3040[1] | |
| Area: 0.63 sq mi (1.6 km2)[1] | |
Spring Hill is a residential neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's North Side. According to a 1977 Neighborhood Atlas, "Spring Hill received its name from the many springs in the area. Germans immigrated there from 1850 to 1920, giving the neighborhood a Bavarian atmosphere. Local street names include Rhine, Woesnener, Hasslage, Zoller and Goehring. In 1959 ACTION-Housing opened Spring Hill Gardens, a moderate rent, racially integrated, 209-unit apartment project at Buente and Rhine Streets. Spring Hill Gardens was Pittsburgh's first multi-family housing project backed by the Federal Housing Authority." [2]
The neighborhood's population has changed over time. A 1974 report stated that the neighborhood held 8,000 people around 1970. [3] This declined to 4,900 in 1974 [4]and then to 2,900 in 2010. [5]
Neighborhood residents have been active for decades through the Spring Hill Civic League, which was first organized to oppose the public housing project in nearby Northview Heights and has remained active ever since. [6] This activism has helped the neighborhood to become one of the safest in all of Pittsburgh. [7]
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[edit] Surrounding neighborhoods
East Allegheny, Fineview, Northview Heights, Perry Hilltop, Reserve Township, Spring Garden (all areas except Reserve Township are neighborhoods within the city of Pittsburgh)
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Census: Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Department of City Planning. January 2006. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/assets/census/2000_census_pgh_jan06.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ "Spring Hill". Pittsburgh Neighborhood Atlas. http://www.ucsur.pitt.edu/files/nrep/1977/spring%20hill%20PNA%201977.pdf.
- ^ "Spring Hill". Neighborhood Profiles. City of Pittsburgh Urban Planning Department. http://www.ucsur.pitt.edu/files/nrep/1974/spring%20hill%201974.pdf.
- ^ "Spring Hill". Pittsburgh Neighborhood Atlas. http://www.ucsur.pitt.edu/files/nrep/1977/spring%20hill%20PNA%201977.pdf.
- ^ "Spring Hill". City of Pittsburgh Neighborhood Profiles – Census 2010 Summary File. University (of Pittsburgh) Center for Urban and Social Research. http://www.ucsur.pitt.edu/files/nrep/2010/UCSUR_SF1_NeighborhoodProfiles_July2011.pdf.
- ^ "History". Spring Hill Civic League. http://www.shcl.org/History/history.html.
- ^ "Spring Hill". City of Pittsburgh. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district1/html/spring_hill-cityview.html.
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