Get Free Shipping on orders over $89
Beechview - Audrey Iacone

Beechview

By: Audrey Iacone, Anna Loney, Nate Marini

Hardcover | 1 June 2005

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $45.10

$43.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.94 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Purportedly named for the many beech trees growing on its hillsides, Beechview was settled by Scotch-Irish and English pioneers in the late 1700s. This Pittsburgh neighborhood stretches along a broad ridge two and a half miles south of the Point.
While Pittsburgh grew and developed into the political and economic center of the region, on the ridge, self-reliant farmers, miners, and shopkeepers maintained an easy interdependency. In 1905, Beechview separated from Union Township to become a borough. The broad ridge was graded and laid with trolley track, which brought commercial and residential development to the area. Beechview became a destination community for inner-city residents seeking relief from the crowded urban spaces. Hundreds of new families arrived, established businesses, and created a degree of prosperity for the community. Beechview merged with Pittsburgh in 1909, and today, it is a thriving and diverse neighborhood.

More in History of the Americas

Before Dorothy - Hazel Gaynor

RRP $22.99

$20.75

10%
OFF
The Shortest History of the United States of America - Don Watson
Wartime Letters : London and Moscow 1941-1945 - Geoffrey Roberts

RRP $61.95

$46.75

25%
OFF
The History of the USA Year by Year - DK

RRP $55.00

$42.75

22%
OFF
CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy : A Life in Fashion - Sunita Kumar Nair

RRP $100.00

$70.99

29%
OFF
A History of Venezuela : Routledge Revivals - Guillermo Morón

RRP $315.00

$271.99

14%
OFF
Fire at the Big Top - Sandra Yannone

RRP $30.79

$30.75

Texas : An American History - Benjamin Heber Johnson