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Old 05-02-2016, 10:55 AM
 
Location: crafton pa
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Be careful if you look at places in "Greentree" too. Many times realtors will advertise properties in Westwood, or even Oakwood as Greentree City. These neighborhoods are NOT in Greentree; they are part of Pittsburgh. It's sometimes tough to know where the city line runs. A helpful rule of thumb I've found is to look at the street signs near any house you are considering. If the signs are black, it's Crafton Borough, if they're green (of course) you're in Greentree. Blue signs mean you're in the city of Pittsburgh. It may not be perfect, but it does seem to help me anyway.
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Old 05-02-2016, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Crafton, PA
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This is great info! Street signs are a DEAD giveaway as to where you are around these parts as most of the borough's have their own design. I believe that Sophie Mazlov was the mayor who instituted the blue street signs for the City of Pittsburgh in the 80s as a way to help with this very problem. Carnegie is a plain green street sign with white lettering, Greentree is green with a small white tree on the left hand side of the sign. Crafton is black and white, Scott Township used to be brown on beige... now they are being changed over to white lettering on a blue sign with a white "ST" in the corner. Same with Collier Twp, there signs are blue with white lettering and a stylized "C" of some sort. Mt. Lebo's are plain brown with white writing - and I believe that Robinson's are yellow and blue. I can't remember any other off hand and since I'm a south/west guy I don't know any of the Northern borough's signs.
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