Welcome to our blog series showcasing Pittsburgh’s heritage housing that you can not build today. Why can’t you build it you ask!? Because our zoning code makes it illegal for builders to build the very housing that makes most Pittsburgh neighborhoods what they are today. Pittsburgh’s zoning code exacerbates the housing crisis by making denser housing difficult to build and perpetuates segregation by codifying redlining.
Our fourteenth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to an early 20th century fourplex in Greenfield.
Our thirteenth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to the childhood home of renowned Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson in the Hill District.
Our twelfth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to a turn of the century small apartment building in Highland Park.
Our eleventh entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to an early 20th century Garden City Movement collection of courtyard townhouses in Shadyside.
Our tenth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to an early 20th century apartment building close to two Red Line stops in Beechview.
Our ninth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to a Le Corbusier style “Towers in the Park” type 1970-era apartment building in Allegheny Center.
Our eighth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to a former 1898 elementary school that is now apartments in East Allegheny.
Our seventh entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to an early 20th century hospital that is now senior apartments in the South Side Flats.
Our sixth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to a 1937 apartment complex in Mt Washington.
Our fifth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to a modern senior living facility in Sheraden.
Our fourth entry in the You Can’t Build That Here series takes us to a turn of the century apartment building in Highland Park.
Our third entry in the You Can’t Build that Here series looks at an 20th century row house in Fineview.
Our second entry in the You Can’t Build that Here series takes us to a charming turn of the century courtyard apartment building in Bloomfield.
Our first entry of the You Can’t Build That Here! series.
Come with us to look at Woodlawn Apartments in Squirrel Hill and why you can no longer build that building here.
