Suburb of the week: Edgeworth (Pittsburgh, Fox Chapel: chapel, homes, neighborhoods)

[eschaton]

Edgeworth is a western suburb of Pittsburgh, located just down the Ohio from Sewickley, and upriver from Leetsdale. Like many of the boroughs immediately surrounding Sewickley, it somewhat lacks a distinct identity of its own, sharing a common school district (Quaker Valley), using the Sewickley business district, and generally speaking being considered part of "Greater Sewickley." The borough went through two distinct periods where it was built out. The first ran from roughly 1900 to 1920, and the second ran from 1950 to 1970. As a result, it has a wide mix of housing typologies, but everything is very suburban in built form. This is because Edgeworth was built out as an extension of Sewickley, and as an "old money" place the wealthy who moved there in the early 20th century universally had cars. Indeed, looking at individual streets, the early 20th century areas are often much more visually impressive than the mid 20th century areas.

Although Sewickley has a reputation for wealth, most of that wealth is truly in the outlying municipalities like Edgeworth. In terms of per-capita income, the numbers I have available from Wiki show Edgeworth as the third wealthiest municipality in the county (after Fox Chapel and Sewickley Heights) and the fifth-wealthiest overall. Admittedly, much of the latter is because in the eastern part of the state, the true wealthy areas along Philly's "Main Line" are part of much larger townships which are more mixed in income. Still, Edgeworth is a very tony area, almost completely suburban and residential aside from a few businesses located along Route 65 close to the river.

[gg]

Edgeworth is beautiful and some of it is walkable to Sewickley's downtown. Huge trees and many very nice homes and good proximity to the airport for those that need to travel.

[WhoIsStanwix?]

Originally Posted by gg

Edgeworth is beautiful and some of it is walkable to Sewickley's downtown. Huge trees and many very nice homes and good proximity to the airport for those that need to travel.

Desire for proximity to the airport is becoming more of a reality for me. Being at the airport at minimum every other week has been taxing, especially if I am coming home around 5 pm and need to go through the Ft. Pitt Tunnel. I often spend more time commuting home from the airport than I do in the air from the midwestern destinations I frequent.

Alas, I would prefer not to leave the city and walkability.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by WhoIsStanwix?

Desire for proximity to the airport is becoming more of a reality for me. Being at the airport at minimum every other week has been taxing, especially if I am coming home around 5 pm and need to go through the Ft. Pitt Tunnel. I often spend more time commuting home from the airport than I do in the air from the midwestern destinations I frequent.

Alas, I would prefer not to leave the city and walkability.

Sewickley proper seems perfectly walkable to me. Admittedly it's the equivalent of one city neighborhood, but still, it would be the obvious solution.

[gg]

Originally Posted by eschaton

Sewickley proper seems perfectly walkable to me. Admittedly it's the equivalent of one city neighborhood, but still, it would be the obvious solution.

Sewickley and part of Edgewood are as walkable as any city area in our region. Heck, the amenities are probably better than most city neighborhoods as well. Certainly better than downtown Pittsburgh, but that isn't saying much.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by gg

Sewickley and part of Edgewood are as walkable as any city area in our region. Heck, the amenities are probably better than most city neighborhoods as well. Certainly better than downtown Pittsburgh, but that isn't saying much.

Did you mean part of Edgeworth?

[Paul2421]

Originally Posted by gg

Sewickley and part of Edgewood are as walkable as any city area in our region. Heck, the amenities are probably better than most city neighborhoods as well. Certainly better than downtown Pittsburgh, but that isn't saying much.

Heck l'ville is quoted as the walkable mecca without a grocery store. seems like "walkable" is intertwined with "walkable to bars and restaurants" for some people.

[xdv8]

Originally Posted by Paul2421

Heck l'ville is quoted as the walkable mecca without a grocery store. seems like "walkable" is intertwined with "walkable to bars and restaurants" for some people.

You keep repeating this, but it isn't accurate. There is a Shop n Save in Lawrenceville.

SHOP 'n SAVE
450 56th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
(412) 784-8701

https://goo.gl/maps/SGmzKidpSDz

[prnlvsxy]

Originally Posted by xdv8

You keep repeating this, but it isn't accurate. There is a Shop n Save in Lawrenceville.

SHOP 'n SAVE
450 56th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
(412) 784-8701

https://goo.gl/maps/SGmzKidpSDz

That's the very far edge....that's probably a 1/2 hour walk from the heart of Lawrenceville.

[WhoIsStanwix?]

Originally Posted by prnlvsxy

That's the very far edge....that's probably a 1/2 hour walk from the heart of Lawrenceville.

The Bloomfield ShurSave is a 6 minute walk from my Lawrenceville home and is very walkable for most Central and Lower Lawrenceville residents, just as the Shop n' Save is very walkable for some Central and Upper Lawrenceville residents. Those without easy walkable access to one of those two places are likely in the far reaches of Lower Lawrenceville which has easy walkable access to the Strip. In most cases, an able bodied individual should be able to walk from their Lawrenceville residence to a grocery in 20 minutes or less. I'd call that very walkable by most standards.