East Liberty: An American Parable (in person, free talk)

Talk given by Ed Simon: With a history of more than two centuries, Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood has been reinvented over and over again--from a commons open to all during the colonial era to one of the wealthiest trolley-line suburbs in the United States, a community welcoming immigrants from Europe and migrants from the South to an urban neighborhood marred by ill-conceived urban development. Now as a gentrifying neighborhood, for better or worse, East Liberty reinvents itself again. Ed Simon, whose first neighborhood was East Liberty, discusses this historic community as the story of Pittsburgh in miniature, and even more importantly, as a symbolic story of America itself. A book sale and signing of Simon's "The Soul of Pittsburgh" will follow.

The East Liberty Valley Historical Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to raising public awareness of and encouraging scholarship about the history of the neighborhoods of the East Liberty Valley, including East Liberty, Garfield, Stanton Heights, Shadyside, Lincoln-Lemington, Larimer, Highland Park, Morningside, Friendship, Homewood-Brushton, Belmar and Point Breeze.
The talk is free and no registration is required (just show up!). But please consider supporting the activities of the Historical Society with a tax deductible donation! Next talk will be May 7th!