Pittsburgh Hosted the 1948 NFL Draft Before. Here’s What That Looked Like.
When the NFL rolls into Pittsburgh for the 2026 Draft on April 23rd, the city is going to look like a football carnival. The North Shore packed. Point State Park lit up. Acrisure Stadium as the backdrop for a broadcast seen by millions. It will feel enormous. It will feel new. It won’t be new.…
Bootleg Tunnels and Speakeasies Under Pittsburgh’s Strip District
On a Tuesday afternoon in 1925, a federal Prohibition agent walking down Smallman Street would have seen nothing unusual. Produce vendors hawking vegetables. Freight trucks rumbling over cobblestones. Warehouse workers loading and unloading cargo along the Allegheny River. Then the agent would have noticed the door. Unmarked. Reinforced. A small sliding panel at eye level.…
Pittsburgh’s Oldest Commercial Building Is a Sandstone Tavern on Greentree Road. Here’s Its Story.
Sometime around 1782 — possibly earlier — a trader named Daniel Elliott built a sandstone tavern along the road connecting Washington and Pittsburgh, and travelers heading into the frontier started stopping there for a drink, a meal, and a place to sleep. That building is still standing. It sits at 434 Greentree Road, two stories…
The Oldest House in Pittsburgh Is a Scottish Pub in Hazelwood. Here’s Its Story.
In 1792, when Pittsburgh was barely a city and the surrounding region was still very much a frontier, a man named John Woods built a stone house overlooking the Monongahela River in what is now Hazelwood. That house is still standing. It has two-foot-thick rubble-stone walls, hand-hewn beams, wide-plank floors, and fireplaces at each end.…
Park House Tavern Has Been on the North Side Since Before Prohibition. It’s Still Worth Finding.
At 403 East Ohio Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side, there is a two-story brick building that has been part of the neighborhood since the 1890s. It started as a soda fountain. It became one of the first licensed bars in Pittsburgh after Prohibition ended. It survived a pandemic closure and came back under new ownership.…
The Original Oyster House Has Been Standing in Market Square Since 1870. Here’s Its Story.
There is a building on Market Square that has been serving food and drinks since Ulysses S. Grant was president. Not a building that looks old. Not a place that leans on vintage aesthetics as a marketing strategy. An actual bar and restaurant that has been continuously operating in the same spot in downtown Pittsburgh…