Pittsburgh's "Hilltop" communities, like the rest of Pittsburgh, have strong historical ties to agriculture. And there was once a lot of open land up there. Check out some of these historic scenes!
South Side Slopes chicken run, 1918
South Side businessmen and a goat, 1900
Goats on a hillside in Mount Washington, 1923 or 1927
"A Family Coal Mine - A Pittsburgh Sketch" depicting "Coal Hill" (Mount Washington), 1871
(Not from Pitt Archives)
(Not from Pitt Archives)
Arlington Avenue, 1924
Castle Shannon, 1885
Brookline, 1909
South Side Slopes school garden, 1917
Arlington Neighborhood, 1914
Photo source, unless otherwise noted: Historic Pittsburgh
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