Spring Hill is a
neighborhood
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on
Pittsburgh
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,
Pennsylvania
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's
North Side. Spring Hill was named for the abundance of springs near the site. According to a 1977 Neighborhood Atlas, "Germans immigrated there from 1850 to 1920, giving the neighborhood a Bavarian atmosphere. Local street names include Rhine, Woessner, Haslage, Zoller and Goehring. In 1959 ACTION-Housing opened Spring Hill Gardens, a moderate rent, racially integrated, 209-unit apartment project at Buente and Rhine Streets. Spring Hill Gardens was Pittsburgh's first multi-family housing project backed by the Federal Housing Authority."
The neighborhood's population has changed over time. A 1974 report stated that the neighborhood held 8,000 people around 1970 which included nearby
Spring Garden. The Spring Hill neighborhood (excluding Spring Garden) declined to 4,900 in 1974
and then to 2,900 in 2010.
Neighborhood residents have been active for decades through the Spring Hill Civic League, which was first organized to oppose the public housing project in nearby
Northview Heights and has remained active ever since. This activism has helped the neighborhood to become one of the safest in all of
Pittsburgh
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.
Surrounding neighborhoods
Spring Hill-City View has six borders, five with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of
Spring Garden to the east, northeast and south,
East Allegheny to the southwest,
Fineview and
Perry Hilltop to the west, and
Northview Heights to the northeast. The other border is with
Reserve Township to the north.
See also
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List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. The map of neighbor ...
References
External links
Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods MapSpring Hill Civic League
Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh
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