Neighborhood of the week: Garfield

[norcider]

Originally Posted by selltheburgh

Roboto moving to Garfield was definitely 2011. There was a second Roboto known as Roboto II that was in a boxing warehouse in Wilkinsburg in 2000 or 2001.

Quiet storm opened in 2001.

People's Indian was in the late 90s if I remember correctly.

Kraynick's in Garfield has been around since the 70s or early 80s. It was in Oakland before that when his father ran the business.

Thanks, I swear there was a second location much earlier than 2011. The earliest I remember going to People's would have been around the Winter of 96/97. Up to that point my only experience eating Indian was when Sree (RIP Sree!) had his first truck at the intersection of Frew and Schenley drive.

[selltheburgh]

there was project 1877 in the early 2000's?

[Gmenpg]

I deliver in Garfield every day. From dearborn. all the way to black street. Its slowly gentrifying .

[mikeindeland]

I grew up in Garfield in the 50's and 60's, on north Mathilda street. It was a great working-class neighborhood. Penn Avenue had a few bars, our barber (Pete and his son, near Millvale Ave), Autenreight's (spelling is probably wrong) 5 & 10 store, my dentist, etc. Lots of businesses all the way to East Liberty. I remember East Liberty's Penn Circle construction, a huge mistake. I remember the "projects" in Garfield Heights, Stanton Heights shopping center also. You are correct, as our family left in 1970 and moved to Florida. We lived with my grandfather, who retired in 1966 and spent winters in Florida to play gold. In 1970 he decided to move, so my mom, brother and myself went with him. I hope Garfield eventually gets back to some semblance of what I was lucky enough to experience.

[robrobrob]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

Unblurred goes back to 1998 or 1999. My brother was one of the first artist to move to Garfield during that time. He lived in the loft spaces above the Dance Alloy for a few years. The first few years was like a bizarre. Prostitutes and drug addicts mixed with young artists and well healed older urban professionals.

You are right. In my prior life I worked in City Court and during that time prostitutes and drug addicts were everywhere along Penn Avenue. I also think that there were a bunch along Forbes in Uptown.

Back then City Court was very similar to the old tv show Night Court.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by robrobrob

You are right. In my prior life I worked in City Court and during that time prostitutes and drug addicts were everywhere along Penn Avenue. I also think that there were a bunch along Forbes in Uptown.

Back then City Court was very similar to the old tv show Night Court.

compared to now, yes, it was a little crazy. i dont remember the hookers, but the drugs in the 1990s? there was a 12 year old involved in that business, riding around on his ten speed, smoking a cigar. he thought he was the mob boss of Penn Avenue or something. i was a little older but played around in that area. friends were easily scoring drugs there, but i dont think it was meth and maybe not even heroin - pot and cocaine definitely. I am not sure because i didnt ask and didn't care about that stuff.

[gg]

Wow, Garfield is brining a million for a single family home. Nice.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5...11622671_zpid/