Arlington Heights is a neighborhood in the southern portion of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The zip code used by residents is 15210, and this neighborhood is represented on the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods). This neighborhood is home to five government housing projects.
Arlington Heights | |
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| Coordinates: 40°24′54″N 79°58′12″W / 40.415°N 79.970°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny County |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.132 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Total | 244 |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (710/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 15210 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 2,413 | — |
| 1950 | 2,860 | +18.5% |
| 1960 | 2,272 | −20.6% |
| 1970 | 2,037 | −10.3% |
| 1980 | 1,466 | −28.0% |
| 1990 | 1,497 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 238 | −84.1% |
| 2010 | 244 | +2.5% |
| [3][4] Source: University of Pittsburgh[5] | ||
Twenty Second Street Incline
editArlington Heights was once connected to the mills along the Monongahela River by the Twenty Second Street Incline, which ran from Josephine Street to Salisbury Street, near the location of Fort McKinley. [6] [7] [8]
Surrounding Pittsburgh neighborhoods
editArlington Heights has only two borders with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of the South Side Slopes to the northwest and Arlington to the northeast, south and southwest.
References
edit- ^ "Census: Pittsburgh" (PDF). Pittsburgh Department of City Planning. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ "Census: Pittsburgh". Pittsburgh Department of City Planning. April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
- ^ "PGHSNAP - Neighborhoods: All Raw Data".
- ^ "Census:Pittsburgh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2012. [better source needed]
- ^ "Pittsburgh Census Tracts". pitt.libguides.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ Fleming, George T (1922). History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution ... New York, Chicago: American Historical Society. pp. 169, 219.
- ^ Boehmig, Stuart P (2006-04-19). Pittsburgh's South Side. Arcadia. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7385-3939-3. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "With New Engineers" (PDF). Pittsburgh Post. 1889-04-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2009. Pittsburgh Post
Further reading
edit- Toker, Franklin (1994) [1986]. Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.