Neighborhood Walking Tour: Mexican War Streets

The Mexican War Streets section of the North Side is one of Pittsburgh’s most colorful neighborhoods—literally and figuratively. On this tour, you will learn about the area’s history, including the creation of Allegheny Commons and the Mexican War Streets, and become familiar with Victorian architectural styles and terminology. As you stroll a neighborhood of well-cared-for historic buildings, docents will explain how two organizations—the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation and the Mexican War Streets Society—worked together and employed historic preservation strategies to reverse decades of neighborhood decline and disinvestment. Preservation continues to take center stage in the tour as we hear about imaginative individuals who have creatively repurposed historic structures to create vital, nationally acclaimed cultural resources.