The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook (Belt Neighborhood Guidebooks)

By: Ben Gwin

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Synopsis: Explore Pittsburgh through poetry and essays with this probing guide to the Steel City&’s diverse locales. Pittsburgh is made up of more than ninety different neighborhoods. And while The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook can&’t detail every last one of them, it does its best, exploring the contrasts and contradictions that define the city&’s neighborhoods and how they play out through the personal narratives of those who live there. Edited by Ben Gwin, in these pages you&’ll find stories about: · Old Lawrenceville, Garfield, and Squirrel Hill · Swisshelm Park and Oakland in East Pittsburgh · Crafton-Ingram, Thorn Street, and the bars of Dormont · And much more In over thirty poems and essays by lifetime residents, transplants, and transients, The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook offers a portrait of a city that&’s constantly being hailed for its renaissance but that is still marked by the old remnants of wealth inequality, gentrification, and racism. The newest installment in Belt&’s Neighborhood Guidebook Series, The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook is a book for anyone who thinks they know Pittsburgh, or just wishes they did.

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