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Old 08-20-2015, 03:10 PM
 
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Where is this area exactly? Is it just around Brushton Ave., a few blocks in all directions?
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Old 08-20-2015, 07:03 PM
 
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The term "Homewood-Brushton" is a bit anachronistic and only old fogies like me still use the term. When it is used, its in reference to all of Homewood, not any particularly part.


Way back in the day, the eastern portion of today's Homewood was a separate municipality, Brushton Borough, eventually it just lost its own identity, becoming part of Homewood Brushton and today, its all considered just Homewood.
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Old 08-20-2015, 07:34 PM
 
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At one time, what is now Point Breeze, was considered to be part of Homewood, which is why Homewood Cemetery is in Point Breeze.
Today, what was once the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad serves as the southern border of Homewood. The western border is murkier. Fifth Avenue is the border from the tracks, north to Frankstown, then Washington Blvd down to the bridge. Then the border becomes Lincoln Avenue, out to about Apple St. The northern border is very murky, with Penn Hills serving as the border at one point, and Lincoln-Lemington at another. The eastern border is the city line with Wilkinsburg for a while, along with a an area bordering East Hills that has debatable borders.
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Old 08-20-2015, 07:47 PM
 
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At one time, what is now Point Breeze, was considered to be part of Homewood, which is why Homewood Cemetery is in Point Breeze.
Today, what was once the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad serves as the southern border of Homewood. The western border is murkier. Fifth Avenue is the border from the tracks, north to Frankstown, then Washington Blvd down to the bridge. Then the border becomes Lincoln Avenue, out to about Apple St. The northern border is very murky, with Penn Hills serving as the border at one point, and Lincoln-Lemington at another. The eastern border is the city line with Wilkinsburg for a while, along with a an area bordering East Hills that has debatable borders.
Yes it is debatable. All of the recent homicides in East Hills were actually in Brushton. My older neighbor's are so upset about the news coverage.
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Old 08-20-2015, 08:03 PM
 
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Yes it is debatable. All of the recent homicides in East Hills were actually in Brushton. My older neighbor's are so upset about the news coverage.
You'll have that kind of thing from the news stations.


For their own reasons, the local media outlets have designated the long problematic Greenway Park apartments as "Crafton Heights", even though it is beyond a rather steep hill on the other side of Steuben from Crafton Heights and is more connected with the Elliott street grid if its going to be part of anything.
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Old 08-20-2015, 09:04 PM
 
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You'll have that kind of thing from the news stations.


For their own reasons, the local media outlets have designated the long problematic Greenway Park apartments as "Crafton Heights", even though it is beyond a rather steep hill on the other side of Steuben from Crafton Heights and is more connected with the Elliott street grid if its going to be part of anything.
I see what you mean but it's clearly within the Crafton Heights boundary. For once the news media got that crime location correct.
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Old 08-20-2015, 09:07 PM
 
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Where is this area exactly? Is it just around Brushton Ave., a few blocks in all directions?
Brushton is not a city of Pittsburgh neighborhood. Homewood North, South and West border the neighborhoods of East Hills, Point Breeze North, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar and Larimer.
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Old 08-21-2015, 09:52 AM
 
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Brushton is not a city of Pittsburgh neighborhood. Homewood North, South and West border the neighborhoods of East Hills, Point Breeze North, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar and Larimer.
You left out Wilkinsburg.
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Old 08-21-2015, 10:24 AM
 
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Here is a map of the former Borough of Brushton, which was annexed by Pittsburgh in the 1890's as the 37th Ward.

I don't know when it lost its identity as a separate neighborhood.


Darlington Digital Library Maps:*DARMAP0805*DARMAP0805.TIF
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Old 08-25-2015, 09:12 PM
 
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You left out Wilkinsburg.

I did that on purpose since it's not a part of the city of Pittsburgh.
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