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  2. Oakland (Pittsburgh) - Wikipedia

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    Oakland is the academic and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and one of the city's major cultural centers. Home to three universities, museums, hospitals, shopping venues, restaurants, and recreational activities, this section of the city also includes two city-designated historic districts: the mostly residential Schenley Farms Historic District and the predominantly institutional Oakland ...

  3. Schenley Farms Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Schenley Farms Historic District, also referred to as the Schenley Farms–Oakland Civic District, is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places that is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

  4. Oakland Square Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Today Oakland Square continues to be appreciated and to attract praise. The well-designed and attractive homes are still comfortable for a dense urban style of life. The open space, especially the park, relieves the monotony of walls of houses. In earlier times the City of Pittsburgh maintained beautiful gardens in the park.

  5. Schenley Plaza - Wikipedia

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    Schenley Plaza's carousel. From 2004–2006 the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh oversaw a major renovation of the plaza, funded in part by the Oakland Investment Committee, restoring it as a grand entrance to the park.

  6. List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1] The map of neighborhoods presented here is based on the official designations from the City of Pittsburgh. [2]

  7. As an era ends, the city that was home to the Oakland A's ...

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    After starting in Philadelphia in 1901, the A’s moved to Kansas City in 1955, then to Oakland in 1968, with California’s capital city of Sacramento and Las Vegas next in the peripatetic pipeline.

  8. Boulevard of the Allies - Wikipedia

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    The Boulevard of the Allies is a mostly four-lane road in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, connecting Downtown Pittsburgh with the Oakland neighborhood of the city. Some sections are part of Pennsylvania Route 885. The road begins in Downtown Pittsburgh at its intersection with Commonwealth Place and an offramp from Interstate 279.

  9. ‘Blueprint Planet’ by Huffington Post

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    As a city's population swells, its leaders must plan ahead. They need to build resilience into communities that depend on government to deliver vital services. City managers can use inexpensive sensors to measure air and water quality, allowing urban planners to find hot spots and reduce congestion and associated pollution.