Tour Overview
Explore the heart of the East Liberty Commercial Historic District. On this tour you'll see physical evidence of three major phases of change in East Liberty's past. You'll see buildings that date back to when the area was a booming commercial hub—a period when it was considered Pittsburgh's "second downtown." There are also traces of the city's largest urban renewal project during the Pittsburgh Renaissance, when almost a third of the commercial core was demolished to make way for an outdoor pedestrian mall. Today, East Liberty is once again experiencing change as new development is evident around every corner. Explore the visible layers of history in this resilient neighborhood, and see how old buildings are being reused for new purposes.
The tour is handicap accessible and the route is on relatively flat terrain. There is a slight uphill section walking from Centre Avenue through the East Side Bond Pedestrian Plaza to view the East Liberty Transit Station (you will have a choice to use a ramp or about ten steps).
Last edited April 2019
Stops
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Stop 1: Auto Row: (Baum Blvd. and Beatty St.)
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Stop 2: Motor Square Garden: (5900 Baum Boulevard)
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Stop 3: Joy of Life Fountain: (Baum Square)
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Stop 4: Carnegie Library - East Liberty Branch: (130 S Whitfield St)
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Stop 5: Ace Hotel (120 S Whitfield St)
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Stop 6: Kelly Strayhorn Theater (5941 Penn Ave)
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Stop 7: Penn and Highland Avenue
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Stop 8: Facadism on south side of Penn Avenue: (6016 and 6018 Penn Ave)
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Stop 9: Liberty Building: (6101 Penn Ave)
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Stop 10: Missionary Temple Church of God - former St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran: (6378 Centre Ave)
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Stop 11: Rodman Street Baptist Church: (6111 Rodman St)
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Stop 12: East End Cooperative Ministry: (6140 Station St)
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Stop 13: East Liberty Transit Center: (Spirit St. and Busway Pedestrian Bridge)
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Stop 14: 6014 Centre Avenue
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Stop 15: Werner Building: (124 S Highland Ave)
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Stop 16: Highland Building: (121 S Highland Ave)
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Stop 17: East Liberty Presbyterian Church: (116 S Highland Ave)
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