Polish Hill
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| Polish Hill | |
 Neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Population (1990): 1610[1] | |
| Population (2000): 1488[1] | |
| Area: 0.255 mi² [1] | |
Polish Hill (Polish: Polskie Góry) is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has ZIP codes of both 15219 and 15213, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 7 (North Central East Neighborhoods). Primarily a residential area, it is home to one of Pittsburgh's oldest and largest churches, Immaculate Heart of Mary,[2] as well a number of bars, including Gooski's, which is known for having the best juke box in Pittsburgh. The neighborhood is also known as Herron Hill.
The neighborhoods surrounding Polish Hill are Bedford Dwellings, Lower Lawrenceville, North Oakland, Strip District, and Upper Hill.
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[edit] History
Large numbers of Polish immigrants settled the neighboorhood in the latter half of the 1800s. These had come primarily to work in Pittsburgh's burgeoning steel industry. After World War Two, Polish Hill began to lose population, like many urban areas of the United States.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (January 2006). "Census: Pittsburgh". . Pittsburgh Department of City Planning Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
- ^ A History of Polish Hill and the PHCA (HTML). Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
- Toker, Franklin [1986] (1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.
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[edit] External links
- Polish Hill Civic Association
- Polish Hill Community Blog
- Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map
- A Website Dedicated to a book inspired by the memory of Polish Hill
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