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The Northside Chronicle
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The Community Newspaper of Pittsburgh’s Historic Northside
Northside Business Briefs: June 2021 By Ashlee Green
City of Asylum announces new restaurant 40 North at Alphabet City Prepare your tastebuds for 40 North, a new restaurant which will open this summer at City of Asylum’s Alphabet City venue. Filling the space that the former Brugge on North left when it closed in 2020, 40 North—located at the intersection of 40 W. North Avenue and Reddour Street— will spotlight the talents of Executive Chef Bethany Zozula and Beverage Director Sam Suter, both formerly of Ace Hotel’s Whitfield. City of Asylum’s Executive Director Andrés Franco explained in a Photo: Detre Library & Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
East Ohio Street looks much different now than it did around 1863. That's when the Northside Market House, a.k.a. the Allegheny Market House (pictured)—formerly located at the intersection of Federal and Ohio Streets—was still around. In 1965, the Market House was demolished to make way for Allegheny Center Mall, now Nova Place. More Northside history below.
Exploring the old days of Historic Deutschtown
Photo: Sam Suter
The talents of Executive Chef Bethany Zozula, formerly of Ace Hotel's Whitfield, will be on display at 40 North, a new restaurant opening this summer at City of Asylum's Alphabet City venue. press release that the restaurant’s name is both the spot’s actual address as well as a reference to Pittsburgh’s latitudinal See Business, Page 8
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Brush up on the history of eight notable sites in the Northside’s Historic Deutschtown neighborhood with this self-guided walking tour. By Briana Canady It has been more than a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While more vaccines are being distributed throughout the state, people are still being urged not to congregate, and to keep a safe distance from each other. Fortunately, wherever you go throughout the Northside,
there’s something to look at; something historical. Located next to the North Shore and across the river from the Cultural District, Historic Deutschtown offers you its rich history and a fine collection of 19th and early 20th century residential buildings. Historic Deutschtown was the primary area for Pittsburgh’s German community during the 19th century. This self-guided walking tour
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will route you safely outside among eight of the many historic landmarks to explore throughout the neighborhood. You will begin your tour in the western portion of Allegheny Commons Park, the oldest park in Pittsburgh. Known for its canopy trees and wide promenade, Allegheny Commons, according to the Pittsburgh See Tour, Page 9
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