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Day 24: Elliott

February 28, 2019April 25, 2019, Elliott
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  • Day 1: Windgap
  • Day 2: Brookline
  • Day 3: East Allegheny/Fineview Walk
  • Day 4: Allentown/Knoxville Walk
  • Day 5: East Liberty/Shadyside
  • Day 6: Mount Washington/Duquesne Heights
  • Day 7: Regent Square Walk
  • Day 8: Polish Hill
  • Day 9: Esplen
  • Day 10: Brighton Heights/Woods Run
  • Day 11: Brighton Heights
  • Day 12: Middle Hill/Bedford Dwellings
  • Day 13: North Shore/Allegheny Center/East Allegheny
  • Day 14: South Side Flats
  • Day 15: Crafton Heights
  • Day 16: Beechview
  • Day 17: Squirrel Hill
  • Day 18: Highland Park
  • Day 19: Greenfield
  • Day 20: Garfield/East Liberty
  • Day 21: East Liberty/Larimer
  • Day 22: Troy Hill
  • Day 23: Central Lawrenceville
  • Day 24: Elliott
  • Day 25: Central Northside/Mexican War Streets
  • Day 26: South Oakland
  • Day 27: Spring Hill-City View
  • Day 28: Perry North
  • Day 29: Westwood & East Carnegie
  • Day 30: Fineview
  • Day 31: Chateau/Manchester
  • Day 32: South Side Flats
  • Day 33: Hazelwood
  • Day 34: Perry North/Brighton Heights (1000th Street!)
  • Day 35: Lawrenceville/Stanton Heights
  • Day 36: Morningside/Highland Park
  • Day 37: Lower Lawrenceville/Bloomfield
  • Day 38: Squirrel Hill South and Point Breeze
  • Day 39: Brighton Heights
  • Day 40: Stanton Heights
  • Day 41: Brookline
  • Day 42: Mount Oliver and St. Clair
  • Day 43: Knoxville and Bon Air
  • Day 44: South Side Slopes
  • Day 45: Bloomfield and Friendship
  • Day 46: Banksville
  • Day 47: Perry North/South
  • Day 48: Point Breeze/Squirrel Hill North
  • Day 49: Duquesne Heights
  • Day 50: Downtown
  • Day 51: West Oakland/Terrace Village/Uptown/Crawford-Roberts
  • Day 52: Greenfield/Four Mile Run
  • Day 53: South Side Flats/Slopes & Arlington/Heights
  • 54: Brookline
  • 55: Sheraden & Windgap
  • 56: Oakland (Central, West, North)
  • 57: Washington’s Landing (Troy Hill)
  • 58: South Shore, North Shore, Golden Triangle
  • 59: Overbrook & Carrick
  • 60: Shadyside & Bloomfield
  • 61: Manchester, California-Kirkbride & Marshall-Shadeland
  • 62: Strip District, Polish Hill and a teeny tiny part of Lower Lawrenceville
  • 63: West End & Elliott
  • 64: Morningside, Stanton Heights & Highland Park
  • 65: South Shore, The Bluff, Crawford-Roberts, SS Flats
  • 66: Duquesne Heights, Beechview & Mt. Washington
  • 67: Upper Hill, North Oakland, Terrace Village, Middle Hill & Bedford Dwellings
  • 67: Troy Hill, Spring Garden, Northview Heights, Spring Hill-City View, and East Allegheny
  • 68: Beechview & Mount Washington
  • 69: Spring Garden, Spring Hill-City View & East Allegheny
  • 70: Carrick
  • 71: Too many neighborhoods to count or the one where I start naming blog posts
  • 72: All Creatures, Fake and Real
  • 73: I’m glad we didn’t end up on the news
  • 74: Third Time’s a Charm
  • 75: A tree tried to murder me and I almost killed Amy. Again.
  • 76: Little Walk on the Urban Prairie
  • 77: Closed Roads and Old Mines/Mills
  • 78: Big Dog, Big Jim’s, Big Rain
  • 79: RING! RING! Go Alarms and Phones. (East End)
  • 80: cARTwheels
  • 81: Treasure and Gator Hunting (Carrick)
  • 82: All the Small Things. Don’t even Blink.
  • 83: I’m sorry for what I said when I was hungry.
  • 84: Let’s Make a Dill, or Two.
  • 85: Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs.
  • 86: Runnin’ out of these streets
  • 87: Banksville Twofer
  • 88: Pokemon to the rescue!
  • 89: Is this a Wonkavator?
  • 90: Golden Girls and Gators
  • 91: Fruit of Plenty
  • 92: It’s in the Stars
  • 93: Shopping Carts in the Wild!
  • 94: Mixed Messages (Beechview)
  • 95: Snakes, Sloths, and Sticky Burs (Northside)
  • 96: Spider Webs, Kitty Hair, & Salt
  • 97: Say it, don’t spray it. (Mt. Washington/Allentown)
  • 98: Dickens has Chickens (West End, Elliott, Crafton Heights)
  • 99: Buggies, Toilets, and Beeping (East Liberty, Larimer, Lincoln-Lemington)
  • 100th Post! (Squirrel Hill North/South)
  • 101: The world is moving on (Terrace Village/Crawford-Roberts)

Unique Streets Walked: 17

Miles Walked: 1.47

Street Names: W. End Overlook, Fairview, Elkton, Comstock, Valonia, Advent, Uvilla, Marena, Marlow, Plover, Parnassus, Lorenz, Ramona, Rue Grande Vue, Najavo, Ironside, Paula

Today my 3-year-old, George and his Strider bike came along with me on my walk in Elliott. Elliott is home to the West End Overlook.

George and his Strider Bike

We parked in the Overlook’s lot to take in the great views of Pittsburgh. This area is a popular spot for photo shoots of all kinds. You can see why…

  • Grande Vue
  • and George

It was about 25 degrees and George was complaining a little because he is 3. He was also having issues with his dog-chewed helmet. Our pup had gotten a hold of it a few months ago and I didn’t realize he broke the buckle. I ended up carrying it most of the way because it kept falling off. I made sure he didn’t go too fast and stayed safe. Adding a new helmet to my shopping list!

Going down and out of the windy area, lightened George’s mood considerably. He was striding fast enough on flat streets that I had to run to keep up with him. We saw a set of closed stairs off of Advent Street:

We went back towards Lorenz Avenue which is a low spot for Elliot. We had to go down…

and back up

I ended up carrying the bike a lot. Partly because I was afraid he would wipeout on the steep, questionably paved streets and also because he was tired. It’s a good thing that bike is light!

We walked up Valonia and saw that the necessity of a drainage ditch required sidewalk bridges.

A Sidewalk Bridge
St. Martin Cemetery

George’s carping reached a fever pitch when we saw a grouping of low cacti.

He took one look, dropped his bike, and said “Seeing that makes me not want to ride my bike anymore.”

Preschooler Standoff – Do Not Engage

I picked up the bike and we walked past the Ten Commandments on our way to the car. The Ten Commandment Houses (there are only 9 now) are on Rue Grande Vue and command probably the best seats in the house on fireworks nights.

In the foreground, George, having fallen after getting back on his bike one last time.

I took a look at this area from the 1923 Hopkins Map and it has changed a bit. There was another street called Corfu to the East of the Overlook and some of the street names were different.

This was a fun little walk and I can’t wait to explore more of Elliott. One last word of advice: Before you write about a place, make sure you know how to spell it. Elliott has TWO ‘Ts’ at the end! Brought to you by the fact that I had to go back and edit this whole post to reflect the correct spelling.

After our walk we stopped at Big Daddy’s Donuts in Crafton. YUM!

Relive ‘Elliott Walk!’

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Chateau, Manchester, and more

  • Chateau, Manchester, and more
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Downtown and Mt. Washington

  • Downtown and Mt. Washington
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Advent Street Stairs (CLOSED)

  • Advent Street Stairs (CLOSED)
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Handprints

  • Handprints
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A steep street

  • A steep street
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I ended up carrying the bike more than he rode it. Good thing it's light!

  • I ended up carrying the bike more than he rode it. Good thing it's light!
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Across Lorenz Avenue

  • Across Lorenz Avenue
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A Sidewalk Bridge!

  • A Sidewalk Bridge!
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St. Martin Cemetery

  • St. Martin Cemetery
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Cacti

  • Cacti
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After he saw the cacti, he said "Seeing that makes me not want to ride my bike."

  • After he saw the cacti, he said "Seeing that makes me not want to ride my bike."
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The Ten Commandment Houses

  • The Ten Commandment Houses
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He deserved a Big Daddy Donut after the walk

  • He deserved a Big Daddy Donut after the walk
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