Should Pittsburgh let its "nooks and crannies" die? (Penn: apartments, movers)

[Evergrey]

Wow... that Creek Road is a very long, isolated dead end road. I'll have to drive it sometime.

[doo dah]

Originally Posted by Evergrey

Wow... that Creek Road is a very long, isolated dead end road. I'll have to drive it sometime.

Looks kind of creepy, and I wonder if the drivers of some of those cars in the weeds are still in them?

[LIRefugee]

Originally Posted by grep

Also, I don't think anyone mentioned this little nook in Oakland: https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.43539...201.57,,0,4.44

Farther down the Junction Hollow Trail, along the former Boundary St. towards Four Mile Run, you can see a former driveway or two heading up the hill a bit, leading to the remains of a house or two.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by grep

Also, I don't think anyone mentioned this little nook in Oakland: https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.43539...201.57,,0,4.44

thats amazing. i would live there, but it is hard to see how much room you actually have back there near the house.

i hope this works with the map. i actually remember a house here on Swinburne Street, basically perched on a cliff. And I do remember when it was occupied, too. the wall and mailbox remain.

sorry - dont know how to link to a specific point on google maps.

[doo dah]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

thats amazing. i would live there, but it is hard to see how much room you actually have back there near the house.

i hope this works with the map. i actually remember a house here on Swinburne Street, basically perched on a cliff. And I do remember when it was occupied, too. the wall and mailbox remain.

sorry - dont know how to link to a specific point on google maps.

Do you mean here?
https://www.google.com/maps?q=Swinbu...49.74,,0,26.84

I can't use new Google Maps, it doesn't work for me, I have to use the old one:
https://www.google.com/maps?t=m&sll=...lassic&dg=ntvo

and shorten the link there.

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by Evergrey

Wow... that Creek Road is a very long, isolated dead end road. I'll have to drive it sometime.

A lot of people used to, a couple of junk yards were down there. Road's End hauled an old VW I used to own back to their auto graveyard on Creek Road.

[roastanug]

Originally Posted by rockthecasbah121

There's a weird nook in between uptown and Oakland where a bunch of shanty houses are situated going up a steep hillside. I always thought it would be cool if someone bought them, tore them down, and made an Italian hill-town style development. Of course, that would never happen here, but is neat to think about.

You'd be amazed at what a power washer can do. No need to tear down houses like this. Just renovate em'. That'll never happen though.

[PghYinzer]

I once did the South Side Step Trek and you pass this house...I can’t get a very good street view, but it is amazing....the only access is via steps from either side on Mary Street.

http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/R...30A00121000000

This is the view looking up the stairs towards the house...

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4209...IdUYTuA2ew!2e0

This is the view looking down from the high side of Mary Street...

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4214...C3DKas3kAA!2e0

[ferraris]

What's up with this house across from it on Mary Street? https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.38...22.46&t=m&z=11

It looks like someone slapped that ornate woodwork on after the fact.

[szug-bot]

these are incredible.

yes, doo dah - that is it exactly - the mailbox is still there! i wonder if there is a copy of Redbook and some S&H green stamps in there.

i cant fathom that house that is accessible only by steps! what if you need new appliances? wow.