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Unread 01-30-2011, 07:23 PM
 
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I have to say this would be the one. What a beauty. It's in my neighborhood and I got to witness the transformation years ago as the owners painstakingly and lovingly brought it back. It is for sale- if only I had the dough!

Bellevue, Pa 15202 Real Estate - A Home with no address listed - MLS #841177 - Realtor.com®#
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Unread 01-30-2011, 07:41 PM
 
Location: Oakland CA
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Can I play? Been in urban hell for long enough -- take me back to suburbia!

1208 Woodland Road, Pittsburgh PA - Trulia
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Unread 01-30-2011, 07:55 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Here are some of the houses that speak to me:

Bluff / Uptown:



West End:



East Deutschtown (North Side):


908 Peralta


841 Suismon



Manchester:



More West End:





(The Old Stone Tavern, circa 18th century)
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Unread 01-30-2011, 08:17 PM
 
Location: Mt. Lebanon
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841 Suismon rocks! I love that house. Its like a miniature Allegheny West mansion.

Rhondee, its embarassing but I also know the history of your dream house in Bellevue. It was the home of Michael Simon who owned the Eagle Planing Mill on Anderson street in Allegheny City. He made doors, window frames and other interior wood trim. That house is a showcase of what his company could make and is unbelievable inside. I think it was built in 1897, right before he died.
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Unread 01-30-2011, 08:38 PM
 
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So many of those rowhouses in the Fifth/Forbes corridor in that Uptown/Hill District/Soho area look marvelous when traveling from Oakland to Downtown or vice versa.

In getting specific, though, I'd throw my vote in for a couple of places south of the Mon: that 19th century building right around 320 Arlington Ave, and, though it doesn't look quite as nice on the outside, the boarded up place at the corner of St. Thomas and Regina....what a view they have up there!.
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Unread 01-30-2011, 08:47 PM
 
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I wish someone would do something with that big yellow house in Manchester. It's been empty for years and would make an amazing place fixed up.
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Unread 01-30-2011, 09:36 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I wish someone would do something with that big yellow house in Manchester. It's been empty for years and would make an amazing place fixed up.
It appears to be in pretty good shape, as if it was restored not too long ago. I wonder why no one is living there?
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Unread 01-30-2011, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I have always been fond of this property in Fox Chapel.

555 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA - Google Maps

Even the guest house has it's own built in swimming pool.
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Unread 01-30-2011, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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There's a house in Point Breeze on the corner of Reynolds and Linden that has a little bridge from the second floor to a garage-top patio that I always thought was a neat touch. It's a pretty elegant house and it has nice landscaping.
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Unread 01-30-2011, 10:11 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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This one in Highland Park is nice too. It reminds me of The Munsters.

King Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA - Google Maps
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