Urban Row Houses

Above are pictures of urban row houses from Pittsburgh, PA. These particular structures house businesses on the bottom floor, and personal residences on the upper floor(s). As is typical in urban row houses, the builidings share walls and are tall and narrow as to make use of the vertical space, which is much more prevelant than horizontal space in urban areas. These particular buildings are located in Pittsburgh's Southside. The Southside itself was oringally known as the village of Birmingham, and was annexed by the city of Pittsburgh in 1872. It is difficult to see, but many of the builidings have dates on them (such as 1884 in the top picture) that are evidence and reminders of the area's historic existence. The middle picture also shows one of the few and very narrow ally ways between these buildings. The Southside of Pittsburgh is much more trendy today than it was when it was a neighborhood for steel and glass industry workers in the nineteenth century.