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View
a
map of Friendship.
Visit the
Friendship Preservation Group.
Areas
of Friendship are in Council
District 7,
and other areas are in Council
District 8.
View the map
of districts
for a delineation.
 Friendship is located in Pittsburgh's East End, and is surrounded by Shadyside, Bloomfield, Garfield, and East Liberty. Friendship's convenient location puts it in a unique position among Pittsburgh
neighborhoods -- it is within walking distance of Bloomfield's Liberty Avenue business district, Walnut Street in Shadyside and Garfield's Penn Avenue. Upscale chic boutiques and family-owned Italian restaurants and groceries are at each resident's fingertips.
 Characterized
by beautiful and large Victorian homes and wide streets, the quiet
residential neighborhood of Friendship was a farmland until the
early 1900s, when trolley lines, and then houses, appeared.
Many of the homes have since been converted into apartments, and
people living here enjoy the luxury of original ornamental woodwork.
Homes in this neighborhood parade along the edges of wide, handsome
streets. They tend to be large, single-family homes on rectangular,
flat lots. Many of the attics have also been converted into
third-floor apartments--often with unique details like polished
hardwood floors and stained glass windows. The neighborhood
is named for the friendship that existed between Joseph Conrad Winebiddle,
who had an estate here, and the family of William Penn. Friendship
is home to Friendship Elementary School and the Ursuline Academy
for Girls.
This unique neighborhood has experienced a popularity boom in recent years. Among the residents are young families, single professionals, and medical personnel from nearby West Penn and St. Francis Hospitals. |
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