Allegheny Center (Pittsburgh)

Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood
name = Allegheny Center


caption = The Carnegie Hall theater in Allegheny Center
locator_

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population2000 = 886
population1990 = 1262
latd = 40.453
longd = 80.005
area_sqmi = 0.21

Allegheny Center is a neighborhood in on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside. Its zip code is 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both council members for District 6 (Downtown, North Shore) and District 1 (Northside).

Allegheny Center has a prominent rectangular roundabout bordered by Commons street, known as Allegheny Square. The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is located within it. Allegheny Center is also home to the National Aviary, situated within West Park.

Allegheny Center, designed by architects Detter & Ritchey, was a $65 million project of Alcoa Properties, Inc. The construction project razed about 518 buildings to make way for 2 professional buildings, 4 apartment complexes totaling 840 units, 50 townhouses, a shopping mall, and a 3-acre public square. The public square was the object of an international design competition sponsored by the Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority. The entire Allegheny Redevelopment Area encompasses approximately 79-acres on the North Side, about a half-mile from downtown Pittsburgh.

ee also

* List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods

References

Further reading

*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | origyear=1986 | year=1994 | id=ISBN 0-8229-5434-6
* [http://www.pittsburghkids.org/Templates/CMP_Level3_List.aspx?CID=416&SECID=5&MENUID=154 Children's Museum of Pittsburgh history]
* [http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/AlleghenyCenter.html History of the Buhl Planetarium]