istory.
arrative.
utline.
eighborhoods.
ain Menu. "A desirable residential community in the days of the
Pennsylvania
Canal, the North Shore became primarily a commercial and industrial area
with the construction of the railroad. Its position between the railroad
lines and the Allegheny River brought an influx of factories and
warehouses and promoted the conversion of many Greek Revival-style houses
to mercantile and transient use. In 1903 Exposition
Park at School Street
and Shore Avenue was the site of the first baseball World Series, when
Pittsburgh lost to Boston. Three Rivers Stadium
stands in the North
Shore today, a first step in the City's continuing revitalization of the
neighborhood." (41)
"The east end of the North Shore is dominated by the historic H. J.
Heinz Plant, a mainstay of the community's economy for many years." (42)