Homewood (Pittsburgh)

Homewood (Pittsburgh)
The Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 7101 Hamilton Avenue in the Homewood South neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Homewood is a predominantly African American neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, officially divided into three neighborhoods: Homewood North, Homewood South and Homewood West.

Homewood is bordered on the southwest by the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway which follows the old Pennsylvania Railroad line in toward downtown Pittsburgh.

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History

Homewood was a predominantly German American and Irish American area until the 1950s. Homewood was also the Pittsburgh residence of industrialists Andrew Carnegie and Thomas M. Carnegie until the late 1880s. The adjacent Brushton area had a notable and vibrant Italian American community. Jazz composer Billy Strayhorn and his family moved to Homewood from Dayton, Ohio, when Strayhorn was very young. The neighborhoods were annexed by the city of Pittsburgh on December 1, 1884.

Demographics

The 2000 Census demographics of the neighborhood are 98.3% African American, 0.6% White, 0.3% Asian, 0.0% American Indian, and 0.8% from 2 or more races. [1]

Neighborhoods

Homewood is officially divided into three neighborhoods: Homewood North, Homewood South and Homewood West.

Coordinates: 40°27′36″N 79°54′00″W / 40.460°N 79.900°W / 40.460; -79.900

Homewood North
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Baxter High School
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Neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°27′36″N 79°54′00″W / 40.460°N 79.900°W / 40.460; -79.900
Population (1990): 5331[1]
Population (2000): 4522[1]
Area: 0.434 sq mi (1.12 km2)[1]
  • Homewood North is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA's east city area. It has zip codes of both 15221 and 15208, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both the council members for District 9 (Northeast Neighborhoods).

Coordinates: 40°27′18″N 79°54′00″W / 40.455°N 79.900°W / 40.455; -79.900

Homewood South
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East End Brewing Company
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Neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°27′18″N 79°54′00″W / 40.455°N 79.900°W / 40.455; -79.900
Population (1990): 4811[1]
Population (2000): 3647[1]
Area: 0.398 sq mi (1.03 km2)[1]

Coordinates: 40°27′36″N 79°54′18″W / 40.460°N 79.905°W / 40.460; -79.905

Homewood West
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Westinghouse High School
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Neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°27′36″N 79°54′18″W / 40.460°N 79.905°W / 40.460; -79.905
Population (1990): 1369[1]
Population (2000): 1114[1]
Area: 0.199 sq mi (0.52 km2)[1]
ZIP code(s): 15206, 15208
  • Homewood West is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA's east city area. It has ZIP Codes of both 15206 and 15208, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 9 (Northeast Neighborhoods).

Further reading

John Edgar Wideman talks about growing up in Homewood in his book Our Time.

Toker, Franklin (1986, 1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6. 

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Census: Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Department of City Planning. January 2006. http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/assets/census/2000_census_pgh_jan06.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-19. 

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