Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville is one of the largest neighborhoods in Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located northeast of downtown, and like many of the city's riverfront neighborhoods, it has an industrial past. Lawrenceville is bordered by the Allegheny River, Polish Hill, Bloomfield, the Strip District and Stanton Heights. The city officially subdivides the neighborhood into three component parts, Upper Lawrenceville, Central Lawrenceville, and Lower Lawrenceville, but these distinctions have little practical effect. Accordingly, Lawrenceville is almost universally treated as being a single large neighborhood. The three areas combined also afford it the nickname "L.A." or Lawrenceville Area. Lawrenceville was founded in 1814 by...