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Really appreciate you showing the brighter side of these neighborhoods that the news does a poor job in showing only the bad side. Keep up the good and honest work. ❤Pgh
I love to see 15221 getting a good look visually...Wilkinsburg raised....so I've seen the good ,bad,and ugly I'm just glad it's getting a positive look💯
I was born in Wilkinsburg at Columbia hospital in 1964. My uncle worked at Jerry Nuzum Chevrolet for years and my dad and I visited him at lunch break often. My dad was a plumbing contractor, self employed. I moved to Houston in 1998 because Pgh doesn't need too many chemical engineers nowadays and I still miss her. I really appreciate your video and echo the sentiments about being positive. There was a time when I wouldn't even go there. I hope it turns itself around and reinvents itself just like it's big sister Pittsburgh has done. Thanks much.
It would be great to see Wilkinsburg thriving. It's a great little area. I grew up out in Westmoreland County (live in Pgh now), and we would come in to visit family in the South Hills often. We would always go through Wilkinsburg to stop at Salvatore's Pizza, and sometimes stop at the animal shelter in Homewood to volunteer walking dogs. It's been a couple years since I've been to Salvatore's but it's still doing great and stands as one of my favorite places to eat in the entire area. Wilkinsburg has so much potential to be what it used to be - we just need more people to take time and effort to make it that.
While in high school in a neighboring district, I worked out of a business on Penn Ave in Wilkinsburg. In exchange for also taking care of the showroom and offices, the owner let me have a small apartment on the 3rd floor. This was from 1969 to 1971, and Wilkinsburg was a really great place to work and play. I recently moved back to the Greater Pittsburgh Area and sometimes visit the Strip District via Penn Ave when the Parkway is jammed. I can't even recognize which building it was because Penn Ave is so dilapidated. Everyone I knew is long gone. Hate to say it, but Wilkinsburg is probably now prime real estate for gentrification, and that would displace a lot of people.
Dean, I thank you for these videos. Sincerely. From the bottom of my heart. I live in a town about 30 minutes from Pittsburgh and I’ve always been blinded by the stereotypes and “bad” things said about these places that I doubt I would’ve ever seen past them. These videos shine the light in the dark and where and what needs to be exposed. You’re cinematography and camera angles are truly spectacular and I love your personality. Again, thank you for these videos. You’re doing a phenomenal thing here.
These videos are INSANE. I didn't grow up in Pittsburgh, but I grew up in Altoona and to see PA getting represented in such a beautiful way is amazing. I wish I had a series like this on every city, but i'm glad I at least have this for Pittsburgh :) thank you so much for doing these
This series seriously rocks so much. I'm sitting around on Christmas Eve from my kitchen table in Kilauea, Hawaii, missing my hometown so much. Regent Square, Pittsburgh. Pizzelle cravings and all. Thank you for this work!
My grandparents parents and myself and my sisters were raised in Wilkinsburg. My granddad Power owned a neat market on the corner of Wood and South...Power’s Meats. My other grandfather was a Wilkinsburg Police officer. Our beautiful old home on South Ave near the hospital is 3 apartments now.
Hey man, just wanted to thank you for your videos. I moved to Toledo 4 years ago and while I cannot imagine my life being any different, I miss my home. Pittsburgh is such a special place and capture that so beautifully in your videos. I was pretty down yesterday and I am randomly found your channel. I ended up watching all the neighborhood videos (minus this one of course). It just made my day and filled me with such joy. Thank you for that.
Nice documentary. I was born & raised in Wilkinsburg. Our family was one of the first AA families on our street back in the 70’s. I’m in my mid 40’s now & moved out of Wilkinsburg in the late 90’s when I went to college but it will always be home to me!
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The quality of these videos are out of this world. This series is next level.
Really appreciate you showing the brighter side of these neighborhoods that the news does a poor job in showing only the bad side. Keep up the good and honest work. ❤Pgh
Hey Dean, I just wanted to give a personal thanks.
my dad owns a jewelry store in wilkinsburg called Kenyon jewelers! its on penn ave and has been there for almost 100 years
I'm so early, I'm going to where you left your bike to steal it.
I love to see 15221 getting a good look visually...Wilkinsburg raised....so I've seen the good ,bad,and ugly I'm just glad it's getting a positive look💯
I grew up in Wilkinsburg. The house I grew up in is shown on the screen so many times that it brought me to tears. Damn you for making me so homesick.
I was born in Wilkinsburg at Columbia hospital in 1964. My uncle worked at Jerry Nuzum Chevrolet for years and my dad and I visited him at lunch break often. My dad was a plumbing contractor, self employed. I moved to Houston in 1998 because Pgh doesn't need too many chemical engineers nowadays and I still miss her. I really appreciate your video and echo the sentiments about being positive. There was a time when I wouldn't even go there. I hope it turns itself around and reinvents itself just like it's big sister Pittsburgh has done. Thanks much.
It would be great to see Wilkinsburg thriving. It's a great little area. I grew up out in Westmoreland County (live in Pgh now), and we would come in to visit family in the South Hills often. We would always go through Wilkinsburg to stop at Salvatore's Pizza, and sometimes stop at the animal shelter in Homewood to volunteer walking dogs. It's been a couple years since I've been to Salvatore's but it's still doing great and stands as one of my favorite places to eat in the entire area. Wilkinsburg has so much potential to be what it used to be - we just need more people to take time and effort to make it that.
Been living in Pittsburgh my whole life and every video I gain a new perspective. Great series. Hope to see a full documentary one day
While in high school in a neighboring district, I worked out of a business on Penn Ave in Wilkinsburg. In exchange for also taking care of the showroom and offices, the owner let me have a small apartment on the 3rd floor. This was from 1969 to 1971, and Wilkinsburg was a really great place to work and play. I recently moved back to the Greater Pittsburgh Area and sometimes visit the Strip District via Penn Ave when the Parkway is jammed. I can't even recognize which building it was because Penn Ave is so dilapidated. Everyone I knew is long gone. Hate to say it, but Wilkinsburg is probably now prime real estate for gentrification, and that would displace a lot of people.
Dean, I thank you for these videos. Sincerely. From the bottom of my heart. I live in a town about 30 minutes from Pittsburgh and I’ve always been blinded by the stereotypes and “bad” things said about these places that I doubt I would’ve ever seen past them. These videos shine the light in the dark and where and what needs to be exposed. You’re cinematography and camera angles are truly spectacular and I love your personality. Again, thank you for these videos. You’re doing a phenomenal thing here.
These videos are INSANE. I didn't grow up in Pittsburgh, but I grew up in Altoona and to see PA getting represented in such a beautiful way is amazing. I wish I had a series like this on every city, but i'm glad I at least have this for Pittsburgh :) thank you so much for doing these
This series seriously rocks so much. I'm sitting around on Christmas Eve from my kitchen table in Kilauea, Hawaii, missing my hometown so much. Regent Square, Pittsburgh. Pizzelle cravings and all. Thank you for this work!
My grandparents parents and myself and my sisters were raised in Wilkinsburg. My granddad Power owned a neat market on the corner of Wood and South...Power’s Meats. My other grandfather was a Wilkinsburg Police officer. Our beautiful old home on South Ave near the hospital is 3 apartments now.
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Hey man, just wanted to thank you for your videos. I moved to Toledo 4 years ago and while I cannot imagine my life being any different, I miss my home. Pittsburgh is such a special place and capture that so beautifully in your videos. I was pretty down yesterday and I am randomly found your channel. I ended up watching all the neighborhood videos (minus this one of course). It just made my day and filled me with such joy. Thank you for that.
love to see you do homestead. so much history down there with the steel mills
I grew up playing for the Hornets. I've always loved how people in the Burg looked out for each other.
Nice documentary. I was born & raised in Wilkinsburg. Our family was one of the first AA families on our street back in the 70’s. I’m in my mid 40’s now & moved out of Wilkinsburg in the late 90’s when I went to college but it will always be home to me!