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Vintage black-and-white photo of Pittsburgh’s steel mills in the 1940s, with glowing furnaces and workers in helmets, symbolizing the city’s WWII industrial might.

Pittsburgh’s Role in World War II: Arsenal of the Allegheny

Industry & Innovation, Events & Turning PointsBy userMay 14, 2025

Introduction: The Steel City Goes to War In the early 1940s, as World War II engulfed the globe, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stood as a beacon of industrial strength. Known as the “Steel City,” Pittsburgh was already a manufacturing giant, but the war elevated its role to new heights. The city became the “Arsenal of the Allegheny,”…

Black-and-white photograph of Pittsburgh’s Hill District in the early 1900s, showing a busy city street filled with diverse residents walking past shops, streetcars, and old brick buildings. The image captures the neighborhood’s dense urban life and multicultural character before its jazz era.

The Hill District Before Jazz: Immigrant Roots and Early Development

Neighborhoods & CommunitiesBy userMay 13, 2025

By the mid-1800s, Pittsburgh’s Hill District was already alive with a cacophony of languages and cultures. Long before the neighborhood earned its nickname as “Little Harlem” for its jazz heyday, the Hill was a true melting pot of immigrants and migrants forging a community atop the city’s eastern hills. Its story in the 19th and…

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