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  Lawrenceville: History
Lawrenceville is made up of the 6th, 9th and 10th wards.
Lawrenceville was incorporated as a borough in 1834.
Opened in 1844, Allegheny Cemetery is the final resting place of Pittsburgh's first mayor (15), Ebeneezer Denny; the actress, Lillian Russell Moore; composer, Stephen Foster; Civil War veteran, General Alexander Hays; and victims of the Allegheny Arsenal explosion.
www.clpgh.org /exhibit/neighborhoods/lawrenceville/law_n4.html   (749 words)

  
 Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
One of the largest neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lawrenceville is located north of downtown, and like many of Pittsburgh's riverfront neighborhoods (Lawrenceville borders the Allegheny River), it has an industrial past.
Lawrenceville is part of Pittsburgh's Design Zone, and art galleries have popped up all along Lawrenceville's main artery, Butler St., and the surrounding area, along with clothing boutiques, furniture stores, and a smattering of new restaurants, coffee shops, and bars.
Lawrenceville is surrounded by Polish Hill, Bloomfield, the Strip District and Stanton Heights.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lawrenceville_(Pittsburgh)   (248 words)

  
 For the love of Lawrenceville - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Lawrenceville has been showing new signs of life recently as an influx of artists and young professionals begin to move in.
Tony Ceoffe, president of the neighborhood advocacy group Lawrenceville United, said residents are taking a stand against the junkies, prostitutes and petty crooks that helped perpetuate a negative image of the neighborhood.
"(Lawrenceville) is still in transition, and it has come a long way," she said.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_309180.html   (842 words)

  
 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau
Lawrenceville, one of the city’s largest neighborhoods, is also one of Pittsburgh’s oldest neighborhoods.
Though it bills itself as a “back to the basics” neighborhood, Lawrenceville’s 11,000 residents represent a changing mix of established families, whose parents and grandparents moved to Pittsburgh in the late 1800s to work in the factories, and young professionals, artists and musicians attracted by the architectural gems and affordable homes.
Lawrenceville and the neighboring Strip District are home to the 16:62 Design Zone, Pittsburgh’s interior design district.
www.visitpittsburgh.com /static/index.cfm?contentID=465   (301 words)

  
 Pittsburgh Real Estate Agents, Pittsburgh Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County located in western Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh is also home to many colleges, universities, and research facilities such as the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
Pittsburgh is a welcoming community with a lively downtown district full of culture, entertainment, and cuisine, plus it has many quiet, small town residential districts as well.
www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/PA/pittsburgh.html   (701 words)

  
 Destination: Lawrenceville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Lawrenceville faces one potential crisis that many neighborhoods have not overcome -- the decline of single-family stability.
She said the group hopes to catch and nurture the bulk of this housing to prevent blight as the owners die.
Hartley had moved to Pittsburgh from Chicago in 1996, opened an antique store and bemused a lot of people with her enthusiasm.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05318/606158.stm   (1257 words)

  
 Welcome to 16:62 Design Zone - Design Zone History
Lawrenceville was first inhabited by English and Scotch-Irish settlers in the 18th century.
In 1814, William Barclay Foster (father of the famous composer Stephen Foster, who is buried in Allegheny Cemetery) laid out the town of Lawrenceville in honor of Captain James Lawrence, whose dying words "Don't Give Up the Ship!" became the rallying cry of Americans in their struggle against the English in the War of 1812.
Lawrenceville was annexed into the City of Pittsburgh in 1868.
www.1662designzone.com /shop/dzHistory.htm   (565 words)

  
 Welcome to Lawrenceville United
Lawrenceville United is a non-profit, resident-driven, community-based organization, which was established in May of 2001.
Lawrenceville United works with the residents of Lawrenceville to give voice to the concerns of the citizens.
Membership is open to all residents of Lawrenceville, regardless of City Ward, race, years lived in Lawrenceville, age, income, religion, sexual orientation, political views, or disability.
www.lunited.org   (187 words)

  
 Concerted effort giving Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville an artsy image
When it began developing the Design Zone three years ago, Lawrenceville Corp. hoped the cluster of shops, residences and factories would promote a distinct identity for Lawrenceville, draw more businesses to the neighborhood, entice such spinoffs as restaurants and shops, and eventually draw more people to live there.
A number of new businesses have been drawn to Lawrenceville by its architecture, with its wealth of Victorian storefronts and residences and an active facade improvement program.
Lawrenceville Corp. would like to encourage new development and construction on big, empty lots along Butler Street, he said, particularly around Doughboy Square, at the intersection of Butler and Penn Avenue, and near 52nd Street.
www.post-gazette.com /businessnews/20020905lawrence0905p3.asp   (803 words)

  
 The Church Brew Works
By 1834, the population of Lawrenceville had increased enough to form the area into a borough.
As the mills thrived, housing in Lawrenceville swelled.
On the 6th of August in 1993, the church was put under an act of suppression by the Bishop of Pittsburgh.
www.churchbrew.com /church_history.html   (1492 words)

  
 kdka.com - Lawrenceville Lands Weed & Seed Grant
Buchanan says the group Lawrenceville United used grant money to buy the property for the back taxes owed on it and was able to stop it from being used for illegal activities.
Lawrenceville is now eligible for up to a million dollars in federal funding over the next five years.
Lawrenceville is now part of a federal program to weed out criminal and drug activity in local communities.
kdka.com /topstories/local_story_236134403.html   (309 words)

  
 Lawrenceville Library's Most Famous Headstone
In fact, the Lawrenceville library, built in 1898, was the second library to be funded by Carnegie.
The city of Lawrenceville renamed the cemetery to Washington Burial Ground, began charging for cemetery plots, and made some beautification efforts, such as walkways and fences, with the proceeds.
In 1868, Lawrenceville was incorporated into the rapidly-growing city of Pittsburgh, and land was becoming more of a precious commodity close to town.
www.ghostvillage.com /legends/2003/legends9_01112003.shtml   (1157 words)

  
 Lawrenceville
One of the city's largest neighborhoods, Lawrenceville stretches from the eastern edge of the Strip District, barely a mile from downtown, along the banks of the Allegheny River, almost to the western border of Highland Park.
Lawrenceville bills itself as a "back to the basics" neighborhood.
Lawrenceville's more than 11,000 residents represent a changing mix of established families, whose parents and grandparents moved to Pittsburgh in the late 1800s to work in the factories, and young professionals, artists, and musicians attracted by the architectural gems and affordable homes.
www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us /district7/html/lawrenceville.html   (180 words)

  
 Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA Lawrenceville 20 Year Masterplan Project
This semester a group of students under the supervision of Jonathan Kline and Davis Lewis will be exploring urban design in Lawrenceville within the Urban Laboratory at the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture.
Lastly the studio will explore the role of the arts within the community and attempt to provide opportunities for the arts to play a vital role in the future of the neighborhood.
www.andrew.cmu.edu /course/48-500   (160 words)

  
 Lawrenceville Historical Society - Resources[Articles]
Lawrenceville is not a town, although it used to be one.
Woolslayer fought the seizure in court and the court ruled that he was in fact part of Lawrenceville and the city had to drop its case.
Heidi Estrin, a former Children’s Librarian at the Lawrenceville Branch of Carnegie Library, informed me that she had learned in college that the New York Public Library was the first library to have such a room.
www.lhs15201.org /articles_b.asp?ID=20   (21066 words)

  
 Pittsburgh Point - Dining
Pittsburgh’s premiere chop house menu highlighted by an authentically restored turn-of-the-century tavern.
The traditions of French cuisine blend with the flavors of the Pittsburgh market to create a casual but elegant dining experience.
PITTSBURGH RARE — 7 Station Square Drive (Located in the lobby of the Sheraton Station Square Hotel), Pittsburgh.
pittsburghpoint.com /dining.html   (1680 words)

  
 Society for Cultural Exchange
We are also currently fundraising for a project that will transform a blighted lot in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville into an indoor/outdoor public electronic media art and performance center situated in a rain garden.
Live performances, educational workshops, and community gatherings will mark this garden as a significant Pittsburgh gathering space while providing the public with free and accessible cutting edge art from around the world, future educational opportunities, and possible employment – volunteer and paid.
The Pittsburgh A.I.R. project is located in a 5 bedroom, 2500 sq.
www.societyforculturalexchange.org /projects.html   (716 words)

  
 Living Fashion by Suzanne Mauro
Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville has become a neighborhood of galleries, fashion and artist's residences 365 days a year, which all started one magical night a decade ago.
You can never go wrong when adding a great straw hat to that summer sundress, and this season there are so many to choose from, and to few sunny days to wear them all.
Also try and get to Burlingtone Coat Factory on Smithfield Street, downtown Pittsburgh, they have some really great hats for spring/summer and some great trendy shoes to add to your spring/summer fashion style, and the best part is how very inexpensive they are.
youngfashion.blogspot.com   (679 words)

  
 WQED Multimedia
Every year since 1988, folks in the part of Pittsburgh called Lawrenceville have organized an annual opportunity to wander in and out of local houses.
Our final stop on our abbreviated version of this Lawrenceville Hospitality House Tour was at the home of Jason and Darien Lewandowski, a young couple who moved to Pittsburgh recently and who were delighted to find such a distinguished Italianate structure (from the late 1850s) ready to be scrubbed, painted and revived.
Here’s a possibility, a place we visited in Pittsburgh A To Z where L is for Lipinski in Lawrenceville.
www.wqed.org /tv/pghist/neighborhoods/lawrenceville.shtml   (399 words)

  
 Art All Night: Lawrenceville
Art All Night Lawrenceville is one of Pittsburgh’s most popular and populist arts events.
Lawrenceville has become a magnet for artisans, lovers of beautiful architecture, and people drawn to the spice and flavor of urban living.
Art All Night is planned and coordinated by an all-volunteer organizing committee comprised of residents and supporters of Pittsburgh’s vibrant Lawrenceville neighborhood.
www.artallnight.com /about.htm   (331 words)

  
 Hanson Design Group, Ltd. | Residential Projects | Lawrenceville Penn Avenue Townhomes
Hanson Design Group, Ltd. was selected by the Lawrenceville Corporation along with Sustainable Communities, LLC, and Steve Catranel Construction Company to act as the design-build team for the project.
Sponsored by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the project is intended to build on the successful housing developments by the project team in the past, and to raise the market of new homes being offered in Lawrenceville.
Lawrenceville Neighborhood, Pittsburgh, PA Hanson Design Group, Ltd 2333 East Carson St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203 412.488.8840
www.hdg-ltd.com /lawr.html   (244 words)

  
 Visit Pittsburgh Neighborhoods, Self-Guided Walking Tours
Pittsburgh Neighborhood Tours offers a variety of self-guided itineraries pointing you to the places, traditions and people that make Pittsburghers proud.
Pittsburgh Neighborhood Tours takes you to the places that locals love for shopping, dining, relaxing, and celebrating.
His gravesite is found in Lawrenceville at the Allegheny Cemetery, also the location of Stephen Foster’s grave.
www.pittsburghneighborhoodtours.com /pr13   (687 words)

  
 A PITTSBURGH BENEFACTOR
One benefactor was John H. Shoenberger, an early industrialist and philanthropist in Pittsburgh.
Margaret served as president of the Episcopal Church Home, Lawrenceville, which was the first incorporated charity in Pittsburgh.
It was decided to divide the Diocese of Pennsylvania, to begin the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and for the first time to have a Bishop of Pittsburgh.
www.shire.net /osl/benefactor.htm   (560 words)

  
 News Releases
Lawrenceville, PA – September 27, 2004 – U.S. Representative Mike Doyle (PA-14) today presented a check for $75,000 to State Senator Jim Ferlo, Lawrenceville Corporation Board President Joe Kelly, and Lawrenceville Corporation Interim Executive Director Kate Trimble.
This funding will be used to build a mixed-use development at 5201 Butler Street in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood.
This funding was included at Congressman Doyle’s request in H.R. 2673, the Fiscal Year 2004 Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations bill providing the money needed to operate many of the federal government agencies this year.
www.house.gov /doyle/newsrel/pr040928lawrenceville.htm   (404 words)

  
 Lawrenceville Historical Society - Resources[Publications]
Ray Ouin included a chapter on Lawrenceville entrepreneur Mary de Turpin, who was instrumental in bringing the movie industry to Lawrenceville.
In addition, local historian and author Jude Wudarczyk reviewed the musical career of Lawrenceville native Billy May and traced the blow-by-blow bout between boxers Fritzie Zivic and Billy Conn in "The Fight That Rocked Pittsburgh." Other chapters deal with other events and persons of which even most long-time residents have little knowledge.
He was the son of William Barclay Foster, founder of Lawrenceville and Eliza Tomlinson.
www.lhs15201.org /publications.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Penn Main Business District, Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh PA, Future Home of Children’s Hospital
Activities in the Penn Main Business District are organized and managed by the Lawrenceville Corporation, a non-profit community development organization, and the Penn Main Business Association, a committee of the Lawrenceville Corporation.
The Lawrenceville Corporation's work is made possible by the generosity of many grantmakers, in-kind supporters, sponsors, local business owners, and individuals.
Mainstreets Pittsburgh is a program of the Urban Redevelopment Authority and is funded in part by the City of Pittsburgh, Mayor Tom Murphy, and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
www.pennmain.com   (143 words)

  
 Pop City - Home Page - Pop City Media
While Pittsburgh has been a national leader in green building, another green revolution is underway here.
Pittsburgh in the News Ink jet technology to help make muscle and bone cells
Packed tight on a low peninsula and framed by green bluffs, Downtown Pittsburgh is shaped by three rivers – the Allegheny and the Monongahela, which merge to form the Ohio.
www.popcitymedia.com   (494 words)

  
 Archives Service Center - Finding Aids Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Donated by the Zion Evangelical Church of Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville), Pennsylvania in
Original records are in the possession of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville), Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Churches and religious affairs -- Lutheran
www.library.pitt.edu /guides/archives/finding-aids/ais883.htm   (359 words)

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