Archive for February 6th, 2025
Ups and downs in Greenfield
Thursday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Circumstance found your humble narrator transiting through Pittsburgh’s 15th ward, where the community of Greenfield can be found. Quirky and idiosyncratic in terms of the layout of its streets, Greenfield is set against a steep hill overlooking an area called ‘The Run’ by ordinary people, but I’m told the real estate crowd uses ‘Lower Greenfield’ instead. Valuation is the only thing that matters, yo.
The views on hand from Greenfield are worth the price of admission, I’d offer, and I’m already planning on coming back here for a sunset when time and opportunity allow. Neat.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
I was piloting the Mobile Oppression Platform, a Toyota, down the hill towards the flatter sections of the City where the high speed roads heading downtown are found. Couldn’t help but pull over a couple of times to capture the scene. Fascinating spot – and from what I’ve been told – Greenfield is a pretty decent place to live. According to recent statistics, the average closing price for one of these pictured Greenfield houses, in 2024, was $212.4 K.
When you get to the depths of the hill, things get a little complicated. There’s a narrow switchback at the bottom, a couple of them in fact, which I could easily see a van or truck getting snarled into and trapped.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Just before turning out of Greenfield and into neighboring Hazelwood, one last quick stop for a photo. This one looks over the Monongahela River. The black bridge closest to you is the ‘Hot Metal Bridge,’ with the arch of the ‘Birmingham Bridge’ right behind it.
I seem to have conquered the microorganisms which invaded the physical plant over the weekend. Feeling a LOT better today, but am still rather fatigued from all the coughing and fever. Cannot win, me.
Back tomorrow.
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