The Universities of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon

[Evergrey]

This is a brief tour of Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood, focusing on the Universities of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon. This is by no means a comprehensive tour, as there is MUCH more to this large neighborhood.

downtown from Schenley Park:

University of Pittsburgh

One of several business districts in Oakland:

Carnegie-Mellon University (a leader in the robotics field)

CMU with Pitt in background

home of the CMU Tartans!

chic coffeeshops and ethnic restaurants abound in Oakland!

New office building for RAND CORP! Oakland has a very hot office market

Oakland has a remarkable collection of civic and cultural treasures

some "non-student" housing in West Oakland

Carlow University

[PghUSA]

Again, great pics Evergrey . . . for those of you from outside the 'burgh Oakland (or as my out-of-towner conscious ways like to put it "The University District") is the 3rd largest commute destination in the state of Pennsylvania, it is also the fastest growing commute destination in the state! For a commonwealth with the likes of the megaplex of Philly and the major city of Pittsburgh in it that is a major achievement for what in reality is a "neighborhood"!

Carnegie Mellon, Carlow, Chatham, University of Pittsburgh all call this area home and the beauty as Everygrey has documented is amazing!

Thanks again EG for sharing!

[TheGerbil]

Ahh, good old Oakland! Memories of my college days! I have always adored that neighborhood. The mix of old and new buildings, the students and the business-people and the panhandlers and everyone just mixing together. Always changing.

One of my favorite pics is the one of the steep cobble-stone street (Halket?). It looks like everything is about to fall out of the picture and onto my desk.

[urbanophile]

Ahh, good old Oakland! Memories of my college days! I have always adored that neighborhood. The mix of old and new buildings, the students and the business-people and the panhandlers and everyone just mixing together. Always changing.

One of my favorite pics is the one of the steep cobble-stone street (Halket?). It looks like everything is about to fall out of the picture and onto my desk.

It looks like Chesterfield Rd. to me. Halket isn't steep and isn't asphalt.

[TheGerbil]

It looks like Chesterfield Rd. to me. Halket isn't steep and isn't asphalt.

You're right. Chesterfield is near Halket so I got confused. I was thinking of the right street, just not the right name