One week in Pittsburgh! (Washington, Carnegie: hotel, house, neighborhoods)

[loss4words]

Hi everyone!

I have read a lot of wonderful things about Pittsburgh and decided to come and spend a week in the city in August! I'm coming as a tourist but I am also very interested in just walking around and getting familiar with different neighborhoods, get a feel for Pittsburgh as a whole since I'm considering possibly relocating in the coming years. I'm traveling by myself so hopefully I'm able to cover a lot of ground and visit as many places as possible.

I would be interested in visiting colleges and universities. I've worked mainly in high education and feel that finding a job at an educational institution might be the best option for me so I would definitely like to walk around the surrounding areas close to universities.

So far my tourist side of itinerary is like this:
Go to Mt. Washington and ride an incline!
Nationality Rooms tour and Phipps Conservatory in Oakland
Aviary and maybe the Zoo
Visit Point State Park
Visit Museums - Carnegie Science Center and Museum of Natural History sound very nice!
Stop by the Rivers Casino

It's not much but it's all I could come up with for now Would you guys be able to recommend me some nice, family friendly nice neighborhoods I can walk around in to get a feel for a city and if possible recommend me some fun tourist locations I can visit that I didn't list?

Thank you!!!!!!

[ex-burgher]

Definitely walk around the business districts in the Shadyside and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods. These are family friendly neighborhoods near the universities.

[phatty5011]

I will add to some possibilities if they are available:

PNC Park for a pirate game (sit on thirdbase side) If you aren't into baseball, it is still a fun atmosphere with great views of the city.

Visit the cultural district and maybe see a show - there are 4 or 5 theatres to choose from to see a show if there are any the week you are here. Also the part of downtown where the better resaurants are.

The strip district on Saturday morning/afternoon - the outdoor market are of the city is always alive and fun to check out.

Biking along the river trails.

Andy Warhol / Matress Factory - 2 really interesting art musuems.

Gateway Clipper Tour

If I think of anything else I will add it later on. Hope you enjoy.

[Goodjules]

Society for Contemporary Craft on Smallman in the Strip District. Contemporary Craft | Home

Gallery on 43rd St. in Lawrenceville. http://www.galleryon43rdstreet.com

[DaisyDaisy]

OP, I agree with your ideas as well as the suggestions above.

This may sound silly but another option to view the city is the Just Ducky Tour. We've taken some international visitors on it and they loved it! It shows a different side of the city and provides some unique info you might not hear elsewhere.

Here's another good resource for planning... www.visitpittsburgh.com
and one if you are contemplating a move www.imaginepittsburgh.com - has sections on "live, work, play"

[Goodjules]

Originally Posted by DaisyDaisy

OP, I agree with your ideas as well as the suggestions above.

This may sound silly but another option to view the city is the Just Ducky Tour. We've taken some international visitors on it and they loved it! It shows a different side of the city and provides some unique info you might not hear elsewhere.

Here's another good resource for planning... www.visitpittsburgh.com
and one if you are contemplating a move www.imaginepittsburgh.com - has sections on "live, work, play"

I'm going to disagree a bit with the Ducky Tours suggestion. I went with a friend from out of town. It was a lot of fun, but the interesting stuff was on the water. The land part was basically a quick trip around downtown. Not bad, but there's other stuff I would do first.

[Tinare]

The Just Ducky Tours are fun -- https://www.justduckytours.com/

I've personally wanted to try one of these tours, but haven't yet, they just look like fun -- Segway in Paradise | Guided Segway Tours of Pittsburgh |

Here's the link to the Cultural District website so you can see if there is anything you would want to see while here -- Cultural District

Fallingwater is about an hour and half drive from the city. Since you're spending a week in the area, you would have time to drive out that way if you're interested in Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. There is also a smaller FLW home in that area called Kentuck Knob. Ohiopyle is a State Park near there and there is also Fort Necessity -- which was the site of the start of the French & Indian War. It's all in the mountains just east and it's very pretty countryside if you'd be interested in any of that for a day trip.

Fallingwater | Home
Kentuck Knob | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for I.N. and Bernardine Hagan
PA*DCNR*-*Ohiopyle State Park
Fort Necessity National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)

[Geeo]

Lots of good suggestions from others. I would add Clayton, the restored home of industrialist Henry Clay Frick and the adjacent Frick Art Museum. The house remains as it was lived in during the early 20th century. His daughter spent a good deal of time there until she died in 1986 and kept it as it was when her father was alive.

[slamont61]

Originally Posted by loss4words

Hi everyone!

I have read a lot of wonderful things about Pittsburgh and decided to come and spend a week in the city in August! I'm coming as a tourist but I am also very interested in just walking around and getting familiar with different neighborhoods, get a feel for Pittsburgh as a whole since I'm considering possibly relocating in the coming years. I'm traveling by myself so hopefully I'm able to cover a lot of ground and visit as many places as possible.

I would be interested in visiting colleges and universities. I've worked mainly in high education and feel that finding a job at an educational institution might be the best option for me so I would definitely like to walk around the surrounding areas close to universities.

So far my tourist side of itinerary is like this:
Go to Mt. Washington and ride an incline! There are two inclines, you should try both. Grandview avenue at the top is a nice walk, if it's nice you could walk Granview between the two. At the bottom of the Mon incline is Station Square, worth checking out. From there you can even walk across the Smithfield St Bridge into town.

Nationality Rooms tour (Pitt) and Phipps Conservatory in Oakland: Decent choices, Phipps is in Schenley Park

Aviary and maybe the Zoo
Nice neighborhood above the zoo and a huge City Park (Highland Park)

Visit Point State Park The Point is a given, just spend some time wandering there.

Visit Museums - Carnegie Science Center and Museum of Natural History sound very nice!
Yes and Yes
Stop by the Rivers Casino Ok, haven't been here but why not?

It's not much but it's all I could come up with for now Would you guys be able to recommend me some nice, family friendly nice neighborhoods I can walk around in to get a feel for a city and if possible recommend me some fun tourist locations I can visit that I didn't list?

Check out the South Side area, East Carson St. Busy little city hood that gets busier at night. The South side has several sets of City Steps going up the Hill Side, good exercise and views.

If the Bucs are in town, take in a Ball Game at PNC.

The Strip District on a Saturday

Thank you!!!!!!

Okay, enough added. Any interests we don't know to help suggest anything?

[loss4words]

Wow! Thank you so much everyone!! These ideas sound awesome! Now that I think about it a week might not be enough to do everything so I'm really excited about the trip

I don't drive so I'm not sure if I can make it to Fallingwater this time around since it doesn't seem like there's public transportation to get there, but I'll try to squeeze in everything else.

Is there a good map I could use to familiarize myself with the different neighborhoods and how to get there either by foot or public transportation?

One other thing I can think of is that I like big parks and hiking. Are there any trails if I decide to do a hike one day?

I will be staying in Sheraton hotel in downtown so hopefully I didn't place myself too far from all the activities I'm planning but it looks like I should be ok