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map of Bloomfield.
Visit the
Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation.
 Areas
of Bloomfield are in Council
District 7, and
other areas are in Council
District 8.
View the map
of districts
for a delineation.
Bloomfield is located just east of Downtown, and is surrounded by Shadyside,
Friendship, Garfield , Lawrenceville , and Oakland .
It is easily accessible via Liberty Avenue, Penn Avenue and Bigelow
Boulevard. Bloomfield's name was derived from the many wild
flowers that bloomed there years ago.
 Bloomfield is home to one of the city's largest, and
most active, business districts along Liberty Avenue. Card
shops, shoe stores, Italian restaurants, and groceries abound, attracting
shoppers not only from nearby neighborhoods but from the whole Pittsburgh
region.
In the late 1800s, millworkers in nearby Lawrenceville constructed
small row houses designed for single families and businesses in the style of their homeland. Today, well-maintained rowhomes along quaint, narrow streets characterize Bloomfield. Here
homes are often passed down through families, and grandchildren usually
live just a few blocks from grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Bloomfield residents are deeply rooted in the community
and are proud of their recreational and youth programs.
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