http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/31/in-pittsburgh-on-the-border/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/31/in-pittsburgh-on-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-48527 Cryptic Ned Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:05:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2448#comment-48527 I must say that after living in the East End of Pittsburgh for five years I have no impressions, connotations, stereotypes or associations with Point Breeze, either positively, negatively, or directed in the direction of any particular race. This makes it different from any other neighborhood between the Allegheny and Monongahela. It has a very fancy art museum/playhouse, and an organic food co-op, and an extremely large, mostly black elementary school named after a Jewish lady. That's all I know about it. I must say that after living in the East End of Pittsburgh for five years I have no impressions, connotations, stereotypes or associations with Point Breeze, either positively, negatively, or directed in the direction of any particular race. This makes it different from any other neighborhood between the Allegheny and Monongahela. It has a very fancy art museum/playhouse, and an organic food co-op, and an extremely large, mostly black elementary school named after a Jewish lady. That’s all I know about it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/31/in-pittsburgh-on-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-48526 Cryptic Ned Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:04:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2448#comment-48526 I must say that after living in the East End of Pittsburgh for five years I have no impressions, connotations, stereotypes or associations with Point Breeze, either positively, negatively, or directed in the direction of any particular race. This makes it different from any other neighborhood between the Allegheny and Monongahela. It has a very fancy art museum/playhouse, and an organic food co-op, and an extremely large, mostly black elementary school named after a Jewish lady. That's all I know about it. I must say that after living in the East End of Pittsburgh for five years I have no impressions, connotations, stereotypes or associations with Point Breeze, either positively, negatively, or directed in the direction of any particular race. This makes it different from any other neighborhood between the Allegheny and Monongahela. It has a very fancy art museum/playhouse, and an organic food co-op, and an extremely large, mostly black elementary school named after a Jewish lady. That’s all I know about it.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/31/in-pittsburgh-on-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-48525 Matt Weiner Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:34:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2448#comment-48525 I'd confirm a's implication that race relations in Pittsburgh are not always stellar, but Pittsburgh isn't quite reactionary on a social level--it does have a gay rights law. Though that's not what he means by social. I’d confirm a’s implication that race relations in Pittsburgh are not always stellar, but Pittsburgh isn’t quite reactionary on a social level—it does have a gay rights law. Though that’s not what he means by social.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/31/in-pittsburgh-on-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-48524 a Mon, 01 Nov 2004 06:24:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2448#comment-48524 I'm sorry, but with a family home in Point Breeze, I have to differ with your description. Squirrel Hill is the primarily Jewish neighborhood. Point Breeze often gets lost on maps, between SH and Homewood. The local routes are all Homewood routes, and the white paperboys from SH refuse to deliver before sunup (Pittsburgh being solidly Democratic, but reactionarily conservative on a social level). Having muddied the geopolitical waters, I'll leave. I’m sorry, but with a family home in Point Breeze, I have to differ with your description. Squirrel Hill is the primarily Jewish neighborhood. Point Breeze often gets lost on maps, between SH and Homewood. The local routes are all Homewood routes, and the white paperboys from SH refuse to deliver before sunup (Pittsburgh being solidly Democratic, but reactionarily conservative on a social level). Having muddied the geopolitical waters, I’ll leave.

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