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View
a map of Garfield.
Visit the
Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation.
Visit the Garfield
Jubilee Association, Inc.
Garfield
is located in the famed East End of Pittsburgh, and is surrounded
by East Liberty, Friendship,
Bloomfield, and Lawrenceville.
The neighborhood was first developed by John Winebiddle in 1771
and was sold to the City in
1867. It is named after President James Garfield.
A diverse number of restaurants and shops lines Penn Avenue, which
runs through a large part of this area. Garfield has open
spaces, trees, and clean air. There's plenty of room for playing
ball and for gardening. There are hills for sled riding and
parks for picnicking. The view is breathtaking: from
the crest of Fern Street, one can see all across the city.
You
can still borrow a cup of sugar from your next door neighbor in
Garfield. Friends stop to chat along the sidewalks and to
lend a hand with snow shoveling or hedge trimming. Garfield
is a community filled with real old-fashioned neighborly neighbors.
Because
of its convenient location, Garfield offers its residents a choice
of cultural and recreational amenities. Highland
Park (home to the Pittsburgh
Zoo), as well as tennis courts and ballfields nearby.
In addition, Garfield is the home of the Upstairs Theater, an intimate
theater that features local performers. Fort Pitt Elementary School
and Rogers School for the Creative and Performing Arts are both
located here. Rogers students have given their artistic talent
to the neighborhood by creating murals that beautify the sides of
several buildings.
Garfield
is brimming with stately old "Pittsburgh Boxes," frame and brick
rowhomes, and new homes in Mossfield Court. The neighborhood's
residents are served by active community groups that provide youth
programming, rehabilitate houses and address issues that affect
the quality of life in Garfield.
Visit neighborhood related links:
www.trfn.org/eenf/ - East
End Neighborhood Forum (Bloomfield, Garfield, East Liberty, Friendship,
Highland Park, Homewood, Lawrenceville, Larimer, North Point Breeze)
Garfield Jubilee Association, Inc.
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