- Polish Hill
Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood
name = Polish Hill
caption = Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
locator_
population1990 = 1610
population2000 = 1488
latd = 40.457
longd = 79.965
area_sqmi = 0.255Polish Hill ( _pl. Polskie Góry) is a
neighborhood inPittsburgh ,Pennsylvania . It hasZIP codes of both 15219 and 15213, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 7 (North Central East Neighborhoods). Primarily a residential area, it is home to one of Pittsburgh's oldest and largest churches, Immaculate Heart of Mary,cite web | title=A History of Polish Hill and the PHCA| format=HTML | url=http://phca.pghfree.net/history.html | accessdate=2006-12-22] as well a number of bars, including Gooski's, which is known for having the best juke box in Pittsburgh. The neighborhood is also known as Herron Hill.The neighborhoods surrounding Polish Hill are
Bedford Dwellings , Lower Lawrenceville, North Oakland,Strip District , andUpper Hill .History
Large numbers of Polish immigrants settled the neighboorhood in the latter half of the 1800s. These had come primarily to work in Pittsburgh's burgeoning
steel industry. After World War Two, Polish Hill began to lose population, like many urban areas of the United States.References
*cite book | author=Toker, Franklin | title=Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | origyear=1986 | year=1994 | id=ISBN 0-8229-5434-6ee also
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List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
*Polish Cathedral style churchesExternal links
* [http://www.phcapgh.org Polish Hill Civic Association]
* [http://blogski.phcapgh.org Polish Hill Community Blog]
* [http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/maps/flash.html Interactive Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Map]
* [http://polishhillremembered.com A Website Dedicated to a book inspired by the memory of Polish Hill]PGH-stubfish
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