Walking Historical Manchester - Monday
Special Event | FULL (Membership Required)
Manchester is one of 18 sections of the North Side. It was laid out by English immigrants in 1832 (like Liverpool and Sheffield Streets). Starting out as a borough in 1843 and then merged with the City of Allegheny in 1860's (which we call North Side today) and then became part of Pittsburgh in 1907. It was classified as one of the top 10 neighborhoods of Pittsburgh because it's close to everything, walkable, with public transportation and close to major roadways. We will explore the huge Victorian homes (some with ballrooms) and wide streets (unusual for Pittsburgh). We will look at the Colonial Anderson 31-room mansion. He used to let the young boys like Andrew and Tom Carnegie, Henry Oliver, and Henry Phipps use his library (rare in the day). This inspired Carnegie later in life to finance libraries throughout the world (mostly Western Pennsylvania).
Transportation and parking is on your own. The location to meet will be sent with confirmations.
Jay Steele
Jay Steele is a retired professor of Health and Physical Education at CCAC. He is a Pittsburgh native born and raised in the Observatory Hill section of the North Side. He currently lives in Ross Township with his wife Carol and pug Charlie. He has also taught since 1998 community education walking courses/tours for CCAC, Pitt and CMU Osher, and Doors Open Pittsburgh. He has developed these walking tours/classes throughout the city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County which combines his love of exercise, and Western Pennsylvania history and architecture.