• Home
  • Neighborhood Posts
  • Family Adventures
  • Why am I doing this?
  • Methodology
You Can't Get There from Here
  • Home
  • Neighborhood Posts
    • Allegheny Center
    • Allegheny West
    • Allentown
    • Arlington
    • Arlington Heights
    • Banksville
    • Bedford Dwellings
    • Beechview
    • Beltzhoover
    • Bloomfield
    • Bluff/Uptown
    • Bon Air
    • Brighton Heights
    • Brookline
    • California-Kirkbride
    • Carrick
    • Central Business District/Downtown
    • Central Lawrenceville
    • Central Northside
      • Mexican War Streets
    • Central Oakland
    • Chartiers
    • Chateau
    • Crafton Heights
    • Crawford-Roberts
    • Duquesne Heights
    • East Allegheny/Deutschtown
    • East Carnegie
    • East Hills
    • East Liberty
    • Elliott
    • Esplen
    • Fairywood
    • Fineview
    • Friendship
    • Garfield
    • Glen Hazel
    • Greenfield
      • Four Mile Run
    • Hays
    • Hazelwood
    • Highland Park
    • Homewood North
    • Homewood South
    • Homewood West
    • Knoxville
    • Larimer
    • Lawrenceville
    • Lincoln Place
    • Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar
    • Lower Lawrenceville
    • Manchester
    • Marshall-Shadeland/Brightwood
      • Brunot Island
    • Middle Hill
    • Morningside
    • Mount Oliver
    • Mount Washington
      • Chatham Village
    • New Homestead
    • North Oakland
    • North Point Breeze
    • North Shore
    • Northview Heights
    • Oakwood
    • Overbrook
    • Perry North
    • Perry South
    • Point Breeze
      • Park Place
    • Polish Hill
    • Regent Square
    • Ridgemont
    • Saint Clair
    • Shadyside
    • Sheraden
    • South Oakland
      • Panther Hollow
    • South Side Flats
      • SouthSide Works
    • South Side Slopes
    • Southshore
      • Station Square
    • Spring Hill-City View
    • Squirrel Hill North
    • Squirrel Hill South
      • Summerset
    • Stanton Heights
    • Strip District
    • Summer Hill
    • Swisshelm Park
      • Duck Hollow
    • Terrace Village
    • Troy Hill
      • Washington’s Landing
    • Upper Lawrenceville
    • West End
    • West Oakland
    • Westwood
    • Windgap
    • Woods Run
  • Family Adventures
  • Why am I doing this?
  • Methodology
You Can't Get There from Here
  • Home
  • Neighborhood Posts
    • Allegheny Center
    • Allegheny West
    • Allentown
    • Arlington
    • Arlington Heights
    • Banksville
    • Bedford Dwellings
    • Beechview
    • Beltzhoover
    • Bloomfield
    • Bluff/Uptown
    • Bon Air
    • Brighton Heights
    • Brookline
    • California-Kirkbride
    • Carrick
    • Central Business District/Downtown
    • Central Lawrenceville
    • Central Northside
      • Mexican War Streets
    • Central Oakland
    • Chartiers
    • Chateau
    • Crafton Heights
    • Crawford-Roberts
    • Duquesne Heights
    • East Allegheny/Deutschtown
    • East Carnegie
    • East Hills
    • East Liberty
    • Elliott
    • Esplen
    • Fairywood
    • Fineview
    • Friendship
    • Garfield
    • Glen Hazel
    • Greenfield
      • Four Mile Run
    • Hays
    • Hazelwood
    • Highland Park
    • Homewood North
    • Homewood South
    • Homewood West
    • Knoxville
    • Larimer
    • Lawrenceville
    • Lincoln Place
    • Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar
    • Lower Lawrenceville
    • Manchester
    • Marshall-Shadeland/Brightwood
      • Brunot Island
    • Middle Hill
    • Morningside
    • Mount Oliver
    • Mount Washington
      • Chatham Village
    • New Homestead
    • North Oakland
    • North Point Breeze
    • North Shore
    • Northview Heights
    • Oakwood
    • Overbrook
    • Perry North
    • Perry South
    • Point Breeze
      • Park Place
    • Polish Hill
    • Regent Square
    • Ridgemont
    • Saint Clair
    • Shadyside
    • Sheraden
    • South Oakland
      • Panther Hollow
    • South Side Flats
      • SouthSide Works
    • South Side Slopes
    • Southshore
      • Station Square
    • Spring Hill-City View
    • Squirrel Hill North
    • Squirrel Hill South
      • Summerset
    • Stanton Heights
    • Strip District
    • Summer Hill
    • Swisshelm Park
      • Duck Hollow
    • Terrace Village
    • Troy Hill
      • Washington’s Landing
    • Upper Lawrenceville
    • West End
    • West Oakland
    • Westwood
    • Windgap
    • Woods Run
  • Family Adventures
  • Why am I doing this?
  • Methodology

77: Closed Roads and Old Mines/Mills

June 3, 2019September 5, 2019, East Carnegie Oakwood
  • Prev
  • Next
This post is part of a series called PGHProject
Show More Posts
  • 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: 22

Miles Walked: 6.78

Street Names (italicized have been walked on another day, underlined are not in the city): Chartiers Avenue, Morange Road, Idlewood Road, Bell Road, Bell Run Road, Xavier Street, Turner Road, Desoto Street, Lincoln Avenue, Jerry James Way, Ewing Road, S. Grandview Avenue, Orchard Street, S. Linwood Avenue, Woodlawn Street, Saxman Road, Saxman Street, Muncie Street, Noblestown Road, Noble Arms Lane, Angena Drive, Durbin Street, Craftmont Avenue, Jonto Street, Oakwood Road, Cannon Street, Tarner Street, Weddle Way, Balver Street, Grasmere Street, Glendon Street, Bulwer Way, Pensdale Street, Steen Street, Baldwick Road, Crafton Boulevard

East Carnegie and Oakwood. Two places I didn’t know existed let alone were a part of the city until I started walking it. I parked in Crafton and took a little trail that ran along the West Busway.

I came out on Chartiers Avenue and was hit with a dilemma. I could see on the map that part of East Carnegie was down Chartiers and it included at least 4 streets: Bell Road, Bell Run Road, Xavier/Xaver Street (an indexed map I have says it’s Xaver but Google says it’s Xavier), and Turner Road. I decided to venture towards them because if I didn’t walk them now, it would be hard to later.

Chartiers Avenue at this point ran along a tributary to Chartiers Creek.

I came across Cellone’s Bakery but unfortunately couldn’t smell any baking bread. They must have a really good air filtration system.

I made a right on Bell Road so I could access Bell Run Road and Xavier/Xaver Street but found the former closed off!

I was pretty perturbed that I wouldn’t be able to walk THE ONLY STREET IN PITTSBURGH THAT STARTS WITH AN ‘X.’ Some research showed me that SBA is a company that provides cellular infrastructure. Here is a screenshot from Google Maps that shows the tower that is the reason the roads are blocked off.

I went back up to Chartiers to see if I could walk on Turner Road and maybe access the X street that way but found it was a private road in a bus depot parking lot. I was afraid that I would be trespassing so I didn’t even try to walk on it.

Super perturbed now and not wanting to backtrack, I followed Chartiers Creek into Crafton past their composting lot. This area was flat and had a nice trail cut into the trees at the creek bank.

A spooky mailbox with ’19’ or ’61’ hung from a tree branch on the trail.

If I hadn’t seen two people walking on the trail, I might have been really creeped out. I came off of the trail onto a baseball field.

After my little Crafton excursion, I went back up Morange Road and made a right onto Idlewood. Pittsburgh Paintball sat across from Saxman Road and Saxman Street.

I could see that Saxman Street abutted St. John Vianney Manor and St. Paul’s Seminary (used to be St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Orphan’s Asylum) and walked all the way up it to see what the access was like.

I could see a train of tarped vans, East Carnegie proper, and both 376 and 79 in the distance.

There was also a strange lane flanked by cement rails that ran into the woods.

A look at the Hopkins Map from 1923 showed that the Pittsburgh Mine Company operated the Idelwood Mine in this vicinity. Maybe the rails were from mining. Ever searching for more information, I found a website that details the process miners used in the early 20th century. The author’s grandfather worked in the Idlewood Mine. Currently, Canevin Catholic High School sits on top of the mine.

I stopped at Hop House for lunch and then continued into Oakwood. This area is suburban through and through.

On Jonto Way (not marked on either end so I almost missed it) I saw a really neat patio in a backyard.

Many people were outside working in their yards and one woman was working out by holding hand weights and walking around and around the circular Balver Avenue. She passed me twice! I must have been awed by her ability because I almost missed the public steps that turned into a sidewalk through the woods.

I came out on Oakwood near a war memorial that caught my eye.

I read it and got closer, hoping I was wrong about the grammar. Thankfully, I was. The apostrophe used to be there but has been lost to time.

I walked down Grasmere to Glendon and found some secret (not on the map) stairs that led back up to Oakwood.

I was near my car but not done walking yet so I went under the Oakwood Street Bridge to walk on Pensdale/Steen Street. The creek that ran along it made the area smell a bit like the Ye Old Mill ride at Kennywood in a good way. Now the ride is Garfield’s Nightmare, not in a good way.

Relive ‘6/3/19’

Check out all of the photos I took on Facebook or Google Photos.

Posted in East Carnegie, Oakwood
Tagged mines, stairs
Leave a comment
spookypgh
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google Plus
  • Pinterest

Post navigation

   76: Little Walk on the Urban Prairie
78: Big Dog, Big Jim’s, Big Rain   

You may also like

Day 29: Westwood & East Carnegie

Continue Reading

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Author

Hi there, I’m Meghan S. spookypgh

My name is Meghan and I love 311, History, Books, Sleepwalking, and every thing Stephen King.

Stats from 1/14/19 to 12/6/2020

  • 4,756 Streets Travelled
  • 90 Neighborhoods Visited
  • 939.45 Miles Walked
  • 107,857 Feet of Elevation

Neighborhoods Visited

  • Allegheny Center (6)
  • Allegheny West (5)
  • Allentown (6)
  • Arlington (4)
  • Arlington Heights (2)
  • Banksville (4)
  • Bedford Dwellings (3)
  • Beechview (8)
  • Beltzhoover (5)
  • Bloomfield (7)
  • Bluff/Uptown (2)
  • Bon Air (1)
  • Brighton Heights (9)
  • Brookline (9)
  • California-Kirkbride (3)
  • Carrick (5)
  • Central Business District/Downtown (8)
  • Central Lawrenceville (5)
  • Central Northside (7)
  • Central Oakland (4)
  • Chartiers (1)
  • Chateau (3)
  • Crafton Heights (2)
  • Crawford-Roberts (4)
  • Duquesne Heights (4)
  • East Allegheny/Deutschtown (5)
  • East Carnegie (2)
  • East Hills (2)
  • East Liberty (8)
  • Elliott (3)
  • Esplen (2)
  • Fairywood (1)
  • Family Adventure (3)
  • Fineview (4)
  • Four Mile Run (2)
  • Friendship (2)
  • Garfield (4)
  • Greenfield (5)
  • Hays (2)
  • Hazelwood (3)
  • Highland Park (6)
  • Homewood North (3)
  • Homewood South (2)
  • Homewood West (2)
  • Knoxville (5)
  • Larimer (4)
  • Lincoln Place (3)
  • Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar (4)
  • Lower Lawrenceville (3)
  • Manchester (5)
  • Marshall-Shadeland/Brightwood (5)
  • Middle Hill (4)
  • Morningside (3)
  • Mount Oliver (1)
  • Mount Washington (8)
  • New Homestead (1)
  • North Oakland (4)
  • North Shore (6)
  • Northview Heights (3)
  • Oakwood (1)
  • Overbrook (3)
  • Perry North (6)
  • Perry South (3)
  • Point Breeze (4)
  • Point Breeze North (2)
  • Polish Hill (3)
  • Regent Square (2)
  • Ridgemont (1)
  • Saint Clair (2)
  • Shadyside (8)
  • Sheraden (5)
  • South Oakland (4)
  • South Side Flats (8)
  • South Side Slopes (6)
  • Southshore (4)
  • SouthSide Works (2)
  • Spring Garden (3)
  • Spring Hill-City View (7)
  • Squirrel Hill North (4)
  • Squirrel Hill South (8)
  • Stanton Heights (4)
  • Station Square (1)
  • Strip District (3)
  • Summer Hill (3)
  • Swisshelm Park (2)
  • Terrace Village (3)
  • Troy Hill (3)
  • Upper Hill (2)
  • Upper Lawrenceville (2)
  • Uptown (1)
  • Washington's Landing (1)
  • West End (3)
  • West Oakland (3)
  • Westwood (3)
  • Windgap (3)
  • Woods Run (1)

Tags

bridge (8) cat (18) cemetery (10) coffee (9) deer (14) errors (19) friend (13) garbage (9) george (12) johnny (12) stairs (49) steep (11) trail (10) trails (12)

4,756 Streets Travelled
90 Neighborhoods Visited
939.45 Miles Walked
107,857 Feet of Elevation

Author

Hi, I’m Meghan S. spookypgh

My name is Meghan and I love 311, History, Books, Sleepwalking, and every thing Stephen King.

Tags

bridge cat cemetery coffee deer errors friend garbage george johnny stairs steep trail trails

Neighborhoods Visited

  • Allegheny Center (6)
  • Allegheny West (5)
  • Allentown (6)
  • Arlington (4)
  • Arlington Heights (2)
  • Banksville (4)
  • Bedford Dwellings (3)
  • Beechview (8)
  • Beltzhoover (5)
  • Bloomfield (7)
  • Bluff/Uptown (2)
  • Bon Air (1)
  • Brighton Heights (9)
  • Brookline (9)
  • California-Kirkbride (3)
  • Carrick (5)
  • Central Business District/Downtown (8)
  • Central Lawrenceville (5)
  • Central Northside (7)
  • Central Oakland (4)
  • Chartiers (1)
  • Chateau (3)
  • Crafton Heights (2)
  • Crawford-Roberts (4)
  • Duquesne Heights (4)
  • East Allegheny/Deutschtown (5)
  • East Carnegie (2)
  • East Hills (2)
  • East Liberty (8)
  • Elliott (3)
  • Esplen (2)
  • Fairywood (1)
  • Family Adventure (3)
  • Fineview (4)
  • Four Mile Run (2)
  • Friendship (2)
  • Garfield (4)
  • Greenfield (5)
  • Hays (2)
  • Hazelwood (3)
  • Highland Park (6)
  • Homewood North (3)
  • Homewood South (2)
  • Homewood West (2)
  • Knoxville (5)
  • Larimer (4)
  • Lincoln Place (3)
  • Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar (4)
  • Lower Lawrenceville (3)
  • Manchester (5)
  • Marshall-Shadeland/Brightwood (5)
  • Middle Hill (4)
  • Morningside (3)
  • Mount Oliver (1)
  • Mount Washington (8)
  • New Homestead (1)
  • North Oakland (4)
  • North Shore (6)
  • Northview Heights (3)
  • Oakwood (1)
  • Overbrook (3)
  • Perry North (6)
  • Perry South (3)
  • Point Breeze (4)
  • Point Breeze North (2)
  • Polish Hill (3)
  • Regent Square (2)
  • Ridgemont (1)
  • Saint Clair (2)
  • Shadyside (8)
  • Sheraden (5)
  • South Oakland (4)
  • South Side Flats (8)
  • South Side Slopes (6)
  • Southshore (4)
  • SouthSide Works (2)
  • Spring Garden (3)
  • Spring Hill-City View (7)
  • Squirrel Hill North (4)
  • Squirrel Hill South (8)
  • Stanton Heights (4)
  • Station Square (1)
  • Strip District (3)
  • Summer Hill (3)
  • Swisshelm Park (2)
  • Terrace Village (3)
  • Troy Hill (3)
  • Upper Hill (2)
  • Upper Lawrenceville (2)
  • Uptown (1)
  • Washington's Landing (1)
  • West End (3)
  • West Oakland (3)
  • Westwood (3)
  • Windgap (3)
  • Woods Run (1)

© Theme by Purethemes.net. All Rights Reserved.