Spanning 1/2 square mile area northeast of downtown Pittsburgh, The Strip District lies on Penn Avenue between 11th and 33rd streets.
Luckily, The Strip District is fairly simply to get to from Pitt's campus, by car or bus. To get to Penn Avenue, follow fifth avenue to S Aiken Ave and turn right.
This turns into Liberty Avenue, which is followed until 22nd Street.
Penn Avenue will be the second left and you've reached "The Strip!"
Port Authority bussing to The Strip District is frequent and students can take the 54c bus route from Oakland.
The idea of the strip was conceived in 1814 when property owners James O'Hara and George A. Bayard established a plan of lots between 11th and 15th streets that was coined the "Northern Liberties of Pittsburgh."
The Strip District played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution, serving as the location for Andrew Carnegie to get his start in the iron and steel industries.
Then in the 1920s small grocery store chains began in the Strip District, but faced the challenges of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Small independent stores were forced to go out of business and cutting out wholesalers by purchasing directly from growers. Now, the Strip District is known and visited for its authentic produce and ethnic influence, with a culture as rich as its history.
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