Glen Hazel is a

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's east city area. It has both zip codes of 15207 and 15217, and has representation on

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by Corey O'Connor. The neighborhood is located on a hilltop along the

Monongahela River The Monongahela River ( , )—often referred to locally as the Mon ()—is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 river on the Allegheny Plateau in North Cen ...

and primarily consists of a public housing development of the same name, along with a county-owned nursing home. Glen Hazel was developed by the

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during

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as a government housing project for defense workers called Glen Hazel Heights. The 1000-unit development was built in 1941–42 and was one of the largest defense housing projects in the country. The defense housing was razed in the 1970s and replaced with a new 104-unit public housing project and 155-unit senior living facility.

Surrounding and connecting Pittsburgh neighborhoods

Situated along the Monongahela River, most of Glen Hazel is bordered by Hazelwood and shares a small border with Squirrel Hill South to the northeast. The

Glenwood Bridge The Glenwood Bridge is a cantilever bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which carries Pennsylvania Route 885 over the Monongahela River. It started construction on June 3, 1958. It was completed in 1966 to replace an old, decayed, unsafe iron b ...

across the Monongahela connects Glen Hazel to another Pittsburgh neighborhood, Hays, to the south.

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