North City fared well in a recent magazine article about neighborhoods. Pittsburgh Magazine recently re-emphasized the affordability factor and noted that Pittsburghers want a bargain. Northside is one place homeseekers can find such a bargain. (The magazine defines that bargain as a home for less than $75,000).
What else to homebuyers want? An easy commute, a coffee shop and good shopping. No suprise here. My customers ask for the same things.
Brighton Heights won the most prominent spot among North City neighborhoods in the article with the median home price hitting that bargain barometer at $75,000. I also suspect it may not have made the magazines list if it wasn't for The Vault, a coffee shop on California Avenue.
I don't think it's the coffee shop itself that many homebuyers want, as the article infers, it's the "third-places" where people can connect with neighbors.
Brighton Heights also offers some shopping opportunities with a modern, full-scale pharmacy, butcher shop and other stores. North City neighborhoods may benefit in the future as both downtown shopping improves, and perhaps more importantly (and perhaps at the expense of downtown) Ross Park Mall solidifies its position as the regions premeir shopping mall.
Observatory Hill was mentioned in a sidebar labled "Seven Neighborhoods On The Rise." A lack of immediate shopping options or a coffee shop, I suspect kept it from making the main article. East Allegheny was also mentioned in the seven, although the median price listed of $33,000 is first unrealistic and second could actually scare away lookers. Those familiar with East Allegheny know the bargains are on the East side of the highway. Neighborhood group feuds (along with the highway) have in some minds created two neighborhoods (although with only 800 or so residents I can't imagine the benefits of an even smaller city neighborhood(s).)
What do we draw from this? Things are getting better and people are noticing. More, we know where we need to build, coffee and shopping. Read The Article
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