Shadyside (Pittsburgh)
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Shadyside is a neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

, United States. It has zip codes of both 15232 and 15206, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 8 (East Central Neighborhoods). The nomenclature Shadyside is drawn from the 19th century Pennsylvania Railroad station in the area, named for its shady lanes.

Shadyside is home to many upscale stores and boutiques in Pittsburgh including Moda
Moda
Moda may refer to:* Moda Records, a record label* Andrea Moda, an Italian fashion company* Andrea Moda Formula, a defunct Formula One racing team* MODA , Malaysia Official Designers Association* Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, London...

, Coach
Coach (company)
Coach, Inc. is an upscale American leather goods company known for ladies' and men's handbags, as well as items such as luggage, briefcases, wallets and other accessories . Coach also offers watches and footwear.- History :Coach was founded in 1941, in a loft in New York...

, Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a high-end American consumer retail company that sells kitchenwares, furniture and linens, as well as other housewares and home furnishings, along with a variety of specialty foods, soaps and lotions...

, and White House Black Market
White House Black Market
White House | Black Market is an American fashion store targeting women 25 years of age and older. White House | Black Market is known for its sleek lines, and its focus on white, black, and other variants of the two colors...

. In Shadyside, businesses (retail & restaurants) are located along three corridors: Walnut Street, Ellsworth Avenue and S. Highland Avenue. Given the compact nature of this historic residential neighborhood, the three business corridors are all within walking distance of one another.

Shadyside is also home to international ticketing company ShowClix
ShowClix
ShowClix is a full-service ticketing company that offers web-based solutions to event organizers, promoters and venue managers internationally. The company provides its clients, which include live music venues, performing arts groups, museums, festivals, nightclubs, artist management companies,...

. Another neighborhood institution is Shadyside Hospital, a member of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is an $9 billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 54,000 employees, 20 hospitals, 4,200 licensed beds, 400 outpatient sites and doctors’ offices, a 1.5 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and...

. Additionally, Chatham University is located just across the northern edge of the neighborhood in Squirrel Hill
Squirrel Hill
Squirrel Hill is a residential neighborhood in the east end of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The city officially divides it into two neighborhoods, Squirrel Hill North and Squirrel Hill South, but it is almost universally treated as a single neighborhood...

, along with Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts is a non-profit community arts campus that offers arts education programs and contemporary art exhibitions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....

 which is also a part of Mellon Park
Mellon Park
Mellon Park is a park in the Shadyside and Point Breeze neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the corner of Fifth and Shady Avenues, beside the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts building. The park is home to the Walled Garden, and holds events throughout the year. It is also home to several...

 (a portion of Mellon Park is located in Shadyside as well as the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh).

Walnut Street

On Walnut Street
Walnut Street (Pittsburgh)
Walnut Street is located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It runs southwest-northeast, bounded on the west by South Aiken Avenue and on the east by Denniston Avenue. Walnut Street is most well known for its upscale shopping, concentrated between South Aiken Street and...

, there are more stores that belong to national chains, including Gap
Gap (clothing retailer)
The Gap, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher. The company has five primary brands: the namesake Gap banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta. As of September 2008,...

 (along with BabyGap, GapKids and GapBody), Apple, J.Crew
J.Crew
J.Crew Group, Inc. is a multi-brand, multi-channel, specialty retailer. The company offers an assortment of women's, men's and children's apparel and accessories, including swimwear, outerwear, loungewear, wedding, bags, hair accessories, belts, jewelry, and shoes. As of January 30, 2010, it...

, American Apparel
American Apparel
American Apparel is a clothing manufacturer in the United States. It is a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that also performs its own design, advertising, and marketing...

, Chico's
Chico's (retail chain)
Chico's is a retail women's clothing chain founded in 1983 on Sanibel Island, Florida.The Company currently operates 1,084 women's clothing stores, including stores in 48 states, Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico operating under the Chico's, White House | Black Market and...

, Victoria's Secret
Victoria's Secret
Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear, lingerie and beauty products. It is the largest segment of publicly-traded Limited Brands with sales of over US$5 billion and an operating income of $1 billion in 2006...

, Banana Republic, Talbots
Talbots
Talbots is a specialty retailer and direct marketer of women’s classic clothing, shoes and accessories. Established in 1947, the company sells items such as the blazer, trench, white shirt, ballet flats and pearls....

 Coach, and United Colors of Benetton. Local restaurants include The Elbow Room, Cappy's, Mario's, William Penn Tavern, Pamela's and La Feria.

Pamela's Diner has been serving breakfast since 1980. Pamela's gained publicity when Gail Klingensmith and Pamela Cohen, the two co-owners of Pamela's P&G Diners, were summoned to make pancakes for President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

. Not only was it for the president, but for First Lady Michelle Obama and 80 veterans in 2009 for a Memorial Day breakfast.

The Jam on Walnut is a summer concert series that features local and regional music concerts. The concerts are held on the last Saturday of each summer month on the corner of Bellefonte and Walnut Street. Proceeds from beer sales go to Cystic Fibrosis. Walnut Street also hosts the Shadyside Arts Festival, a juried art show. This late summer/early fall street fair has been held on Walnut Street for so long that the event has been renamed "The Art Festival on Walnut Street."

Ellsworth Avenue

Ellsworth Avenue tends to have smaller locally-owned businesses, including Eons (a vintage store), Gallerie Chiz (an art gallery), hip'tique (a women's boutique) and beauty salons such as 5804, Capristo salon, Dante Salon and Mikel's. Ellsworth has a number of restaurants such as Bites and Brews, Umi, Fajita Grill, and Soba. Ellsworth also features two of Pittsburghs' gay and gay friendly bars, Spin and 5801.

S. Highland Avenue

S. Highland Avenue features several upscale design and furniture stores, including Weiss House, Arhaus and Penhollows. Local restaurants include Casbah, Buffalo Blues, Typhoon and Oh Yeah! Ice Cream & Coffee Co. Also on S. Highland, is the entrance to the EastSide retail complex, which features Whole Foods, Wine and Spirits, Starbucks Coffee and Eva Szabo Spa, as well as local restaurants, Dinette and Plum. Shadyside also features boutique Inns and Hotels like Shadyside Inn Suites, The Inns On Negley, and Sunnyledge

Residential Shadyside

Since the 1920s, residential Shadyside has been home to a mix of affluent families, young professionals, artists, musicians, students, and apartment dwellers. The residential areas of the neighborhood include Victorian mansions along with modern apartments and condominiums. The neighborhood has a compact layout, which prevents most houses from having garages. Public transportation is available via Port Authority
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Port Authority of Allegheny County is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 11th-largest in the United States. When considering that its service area is the 20th largest in the U.S...

 bus system; express busway
Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway
The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is a two-lane dedicated bus-only highway serving the city of Pittsburgh and many of its eastern neighborhoods and suburbs. The original segment of the busway opened in February 1983, running between Downtown Pittsburgh and Edgewood, a length of 6.8 miles...

 stops are located in the neighborhood on Negley Avenue (between Ellsworth and Centre avenues) and on Ellsworth Avenue (at Shady Avenue).

Schools

The Shadyside
Shadyside
Shadyside may refer to:in the United States:* Shadyside, Indiana, site of head-on collision on railroad at passing loop* Shadyside, Ohio in Belmont County, Ohio* Shadyside , listed on the NRHP in Mississippi...

 school district consists many of, The Liberty School, a public school, and private schools, Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school with two campuses: a Pre-Kindergarten through grade five North Hills Campus in Hampton Township and a Pre-Kindergarten through grade twelve City Campus in Shadyside, Pittsburgh...

, and The Ellis School
The Ellis School
The Ellis School is an independent, age 3 – grade 12 college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1916, the school is a private all-girls institution with a current enrollment of 470 students.-Notable alumnae:...

.

The Liberty School is located in the Shadyside
Shadyside
Shadyside may refer to:in the United States:* Shadyside, Indiana, site of head-on collision on railroad at passing loop* Shadyside, Ohio in Belmont County, Ohio* Shadyside , listed on the NRHP in Mississippi...

 area of Pittsburgh, and consists of grades pre-kindergarten to fifth. The school's colors are navy and white and its mascot is the soaring eagle. It was built in 1872, and in 1911, the industrial arts portion of the school was built. From the years 1911 to 1934, the first and older building instilled primary instruction- such as the core subjects of learning- while the newer building offered woodworking
Woodworking
Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.-History:Along with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. Microwear analysis of the Mousterian stone tools used by the Neanderthals show that many were used to work wood...

, home economics
Home Economics
Home economics is the profession and field of study that deals with the economics and management of the home and community...

, and other courses. In 1934, the eldest building was completely torn down to further renovate the school. Therefore, the newest building was attached to the 1911 building, consisting of both classrooms and an auditorium. Later on in the 1990s, playgrounds were constructed on both sides of the buildings providing more recreation for the students.

The motto for this highly regarded public school is "Respect, Responsibility, and Reputation," which clearly portrays its values. The Shadyside
Shadyside
Shadyside may refer to:in the United States:* Shadyside, Indiana, site of head-on collision on railroad at passing loop* Shadyside, Ohio in Belmont County, Ohio* Shadyside , listed on the NRHP in Mississippi...

 community has high standards and expectations of the students in Liberty, as it utilizes the work effort and helpful contributions of dedicated teachers, parents, and volunteers. Liberty is a "magnet school
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...

," which merely means it is a public school with specialized courses and therefore draws in a diverse group of students. The institution specifically prides itself on its Spanish International Studies magnet program for students whom desire to apply. The overall program of the school is based on the district's extensive curriculum, accentuating mainly on the basic and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 standards in reading, math, science, social studies, art, music, and physical education. Liberty offers both learning and autistic support for students- for instance in the subjects of reading and math, Title I programs are offered to students who desire to enhance their academic skills. First and second graders have the opportunity to participate in the Creative movement through the prestigious Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an American professional ballet company based in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.- History :...

. The school offers a wide and diverse range of after school programs and activities including Peacemakers
Peacemakers
Peacemakers, was an American pacifist organization. The name of the group is taken from a section of the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”...

, Challenge 24 Math Club, Red Cross, Pittsburgh Chess Club, African Drums, and many more. Liberty is also stocked with a daycare program called Liberty Extended Daycare Program (L.E.D.P).

Liberty's approximate student enrollment is 375 students per school year, with a student to teacher ratio of about 16:1. The percentage of males and females is fairly equal, with 45% male and 55% female.

Contrary from the Liberty School, the Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school with two campuses: a Pre-Kindergarten through grade five North Hills Campus in Hampton Township and a Pre-Kindergarten through grade twelve City Campus in Shadyside, Pittsburgh...

 is a private institution located in Shadyside
Shadyside
Shadyside may refer to:in the United States:* Shadyside, Indiana, site of head-on collision on railroad at passing loop* Shadyside, Ohio in Belmont County, Ohio* Shadyside , listed on the NRHP in Mississippi...

. It has two campuses-the North Hills campus in Allison Park and the city campus in Shadyside
Shadyside
Shadyside may refer to:in the United States:* Shadyside, Indiana, site of head-on collision on railroad at passing loop* Shadyside, Ohio in Belmont County, Ohio* Shadyside , listed on the NRHP in Mississippi...

. The school has a respectful and prestigious reputation for achieving excellence in intellectual, personal, and athletic fields for females. It prides itself for a devoted faculty and administration that focuses on the strengths and improvements of each individual student.

The Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school with two campuses: a Pre-Kindergarten through grade five North Hills Campus in Hampton Township and a Pre-Kindergarten through grade twelve City Campus in Shadyside, Pittsburgh...

 concentrates on five specific core values including critical thinking, integrity, empathy, community, and diversity in order to encourage and inculcate each student with motivation and fervor. It has a diligent academic system with a majority of students taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and accepted in and attending several of the most competitive and highly regarded colleges in the country, as well as receiving an assortment of scholarships. The school program is active and structures itself to prepare students for the real word, through the use of robotics in each class and in after school programs. Fourth and fifth graders have participated in the FIRST LEGO League
FIRST Lego League
The FIRST® LEGO® League is an international competition organized by FIRST for elementary and middle school students ....

 competition at the National Robotics Engineering Consortium. The teaching at each school is advanced and contemporary as the administration strives to instill global ideals in the students. For instance, Winchester Thurston has collaborated with University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...

's Asian Studies Center and Confucius
Confucius
Confucius , literally "Master Kong", was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period....

 Institute to provide cultural studies. Also, the learning garden gives students an opportunity to learn to care for and maintain an area of vegetation
Vegetation
Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader...

.

The school has recently received a three year grant of $250,000, named the Edward E. Ford Foundation Leadership Grant, in order to take on the City as Our Campus program. It allows students to take their learning beyond the classroom environment and interact with their city, enriching their minds with concerns of crime, poverty and renovation.

The Ellis School
The Ellis School
The Ellis School is an independent, age 3 – grade 12 college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1916, the school is a private all-girls institution with a current enrollment of 470 students.-Notable alumnae:...

 is an independent school for girls ages three through grade twelve in Shadyside
Shadyside
Shadyside may refer to:in the United States:* Shadyside, Indiana, site of head-on collision on railroad at passing loop* Shadyside, Ohio in Belmont County, Ohio* Shadyside , listed on the NRHP in Mississippi...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. It was established in 1916 by Sara Frazer Ellis who was dedicated to prepare girls for their futures in college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...

 and provide them with adequate means to fulfill and go beyond admission requirements. This preparation further anticipated the girls to survive in the real world.

The Ellis School
The Ellis School
The Ellis School is an independent, age 3 – grade 12 college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1916, the school is a private all-girls institution with a current enrollment of 470 students.-Notable alumnae:...

 has a set of core beliefs in which it bases its teaching and learning. It instills a rigorous academic schedule, encourages girls to work with faculty to enhance their critical thinking and individuality, creates an environment to pursue ultimate academic achievement, offers an opportunity for students to collaborate and create connections, and offers a diverse curriculum to encounter global aspects as well. The students come from diverse backgrounds-from different areas, ethnicities, and familial incomes. The approximate student enrollment at Ellis is 462 students, with a student to teacher ratio of 6:1 and a 100% college acceptance rate.

The school's advanced technology program equips each student with a personal laptop starting in grade eight. The libraries are equipped as well, with 12,00 volumes in the Lower School library, and 36,000 volumes in the Middle and Upper School library. The Ellis School has a number of memberships including National Association of Independent Schools
National Association of Independent Schools
The National Association of Independent Schools is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools. Founded in 1963, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boarding, and day/boarding schools; elementary and secondary...

, National Coalition of Girls' Schools
National Coalition of Girls' Schools
National Coalition of Girls' Schools is an association of independent and public, day and boarding schools in U.S. which advocates for single-sex schools for girls....

, and National Association of Laboratory Schools.

The Ellis School
The Ellis School
The Ellis School is an independent, age 3 – grade 12 college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1916, the school is a private all-girls institution with a current enrollment of 470 students.-Notable alumnae:...

 and the Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School
Winchester Thurston School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school with two campuses: a Pre-Kindergarten through grade five North Hills Campus in Hampton Township and a Pre-Kindergarten through grade twelve City Campus in Shadyside, Pittsburgh...

 are both part of the Pittsburgh Consortium of Independent Schools (PCIS) which is a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 consisting of these and seven other independent schools in the area.

Shady Side Academy
Shady Side Academy
Shady Side Academy is a private, secular coeducational PK-12 preparatory school located on three campuses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, established in 1883.- Campuses :Shady Side Academy has three campuses in Pittsburgh....

 is no longer located in the Shadyside neighborhood. When the school was founded in 1883, it was located on Aiken Avenue. It moved, however, to its current suburban campus in Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania
Fox Chapel is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, and is a suburb of Pittsburgh located northeast of downtown.The population was 5,388 as of the 2010 census.-History:...

, in 1921.

Shadyside Action Coalition

The Shadyside Action Coalition, known colloquially as SAC, is a community organization. This not-for-profit organization was formed in 1973. According to their website, their goals are to, "preserve values and laws of this community"; the issues they have chosen to focus on are "neighborhood safety, planning and zoning, parking, quality of life, preserving the character of the community, and being actively involved with the future development of our community". Composed of 34 organizations, book clubs, and churches, SAC has "sought to be the instrument through which Shadyside could control its own destiny, mainly by generating sufficient power to influence forces such as government planners, larger property investors, banks, and school boards".

Within the larger Shadyside Action Coalition, there are six different committees: community networking, fundraising
Fundraising
Fundraising or fund raising is the process of soliciting and gathering voluntary contributions as money or other resources, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies...

, historic Shadyside, membership, public safety
Public Safety
Public safety involves the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety of the general public from significant danger, injury/harm, or damage, such as crimes or disasters .-See also:* By nation...

, and zoning
Zoning
Zoning is a device of land use planning used by local governments in most developed countries. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another...

.
Community networking's stated goal is to, "maintain collaborative relationships with adjacent community groups to work on shared projects along borders". They are involved with liaisons in many other neighborhoods around Pittsburgh. These neighborhoods include East Liberty
East Liberty (Pittsburgh)
East Liberty is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End. It is bordered by Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights, Garfield, Friendship, Shadyside and Larimer, and is represented on by Patrick Dowd...

, North Point Breeze
North Point Breeze
North Point Breeze is a neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It has a zip code of 15208, and representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 9 ....

, South Point Breeze, Bloomfield
Bloomfield (Pittsburgh)
Bloomfield is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh; it is located three miles from the Golden Triangle, which is the city's center, and is represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Patrick Dowd and Bill Peduto. Bloomfield is referred to as Pittsburgh's Little Italy...

, Friendship
Friendship (Pittsburgh)
Friendship is a neighborhood of large Victorian houses in the East End of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, about four miles east of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle...

, Oakland
Oakland (Pittsburgh)
Oakland is the academic, cultural, and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and is Pennsylvania's third largest "Downtown". Only Center City Philadelphia and Downtown Pittsburgh can claim more economic and social activity than Oakland...

, and Squirrel Hill
Squirrel Hill
Squirrel Hill is a residential neighborhood in the east end of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The city officially divides it into two neighborhoods, Squirrel Hill North and Squirrel Hill South, but it is almost universally treated as a single neighborhood...

. Projects that are being worked on as of 2010 are the Baum Centre Initiative and Bakery Row.

The Baum Centre Initiative is a project with the goal of, "developing a cohesive, renewed, and thriving Baum-Centre Corridor". The Baum-Centre Corridor is a section of UPMC Shadyside
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is an $9 billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 54,000 employees, 20 hospitals, 4,200 licensed beds, 400 outpatient sites and doctors’ offices, a 1.5 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and...

, and there has been much debate surrounding this project. Concerns include whether this project constitutes an expansion of UPMC Shadyside or if it is a transformation of the building that is already there. The project has encountered some legal and legislative problems.

Bakery Row is a collaborative effort with East Liberty Development Inc
East Liberty (Pittsburgh)
East Liberty is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End. It is bordered by Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights, Garfield, Friendship, Shadyside and Larimer, and is represented on by Patrick Dowd...

. and SAC to develop the "Bakery Row" section of Penn Ave. Seven districts converge at Bakery Row: East Liberty. Homewood, North Point Breeze, South Point Breeze, Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, and Larimer. Plans include development of Penn and Shady, the resurrection of an East Liberty Station, reopening the Reizenstein Middle School, redevelopment of buildings in "Bakery Square", creating more pedestrian-friendly transportation, as well as more "transit-oriented" transportation.

Other projects the community networking committee has worked on include the Pedestrian Bridge, the Doc Economou project, UPMC's Cromisa halfway house, Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is a chain of restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada specializing in burritos and tacos, founded by Steve Ells in 1993 and based in Denver, Colorado...

, Fidelity Bank on Centre, Hertz
Hertz
The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications....

 on Baum and Bobby Rahal's on Baum.

SAC has one annual fundraiser- the house tour. According to their website all of the money raised through this event is put into the community. In 2010 the funds were utilized for scholarships for summer arts camps at Shadyside Center For the Arts, bike racks
Bicycle stand
A bicycle stand,also called a bike rack, is a device to which bicycles may be securely attached. It may be free standing or securely attached to the ground or some stationary object such as a building. Indoor bike racks are commonly used for private bicycle parking, while outdoor bike racks are...

, block watch signs and safety programs, an architect/zoning real estate attorney opinion about a neighborhood issue, "Welcome to the Neighborhood" packets for new people in the area, and the creation of a quarterly newsletter. In 2010, for the 32nd annual house tour, people went through eight homes on a self guided tour. Transportation from each private home was provided by Molly's Trolley's.

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