Polish Hill
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Polish Hill (Polish: Polskie Góry) is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has a zip code of 15219, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 7 (North Central East Neighborhoods). Primarily a residential area, it is home to one of Pittsburgh's oldest and largest churches, Immaculate Heart of Mary,[1] as well a number of bars. The neighborhood is also known as Herron Hill.
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[edit] History
Large numbers of Polish immigrants settled the neighboorhood in the latter half of the 1800's. These had come primarily to work in Pittsburgh's burgeoning steel industry. After World War Two, Polish Hill began to lose population, like many urban areas of the Unites States.
[edit] Surruonding Pittsburgh neighborhoods
Bedford Dwellings, Lower Lawrenceville, North Oakland, Strip District, Upper Hill
[edit] References
- ^ No Author Listed. A History of Polish Hill and the PHCA (HTML). Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
- Toker, Franklin [1986] (1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.
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