Squirrel Hill PA - A Neighborhood of Joy, Wealth, Scandal & Tragedy - What Makes It Special?

In this episode of the Fascinating History and Amazing Stories of our Neighborhoods, Town Tours Online is looking at the very interesting, diverse and close-knit community of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh, PA. We will take a look at the history of this neighborhood from its modest beginnings as a farm town, to its days as the place some of Pittsburgh's elite had their great estates, to where it became one of the largest Jewish communities in the United States. We will show what makes this neighborhood so special and unique.
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[@highlife0586]

I remember going through the Squirrel Hill tunnel and a "head shop" from the early 70's called "Heads Together".

[@jmichaelbell5434]

Thank you for this opportunity to revisit a place very near to me. Though I’ve been in California for twenty years now, Pittsburgh/Sq. Hill are in my DNA.

[@janholder2286]

I lived with and worked for a lovely Jewish family in Squirrel Hill on Woodland Rd in the early eighties...very fond memories❤

[@bryanzhang314]

i have been living in squirrel hill for 3 years now. really love this area.

[@kenosabi]

Its a beautiful spot. Incredibly safe and friendly. I dropped some money over on Murray one time and someone ran up the street to give it back to me.

[@tedmerr]

how could anyone not? It was literally Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. My dad's cousin lived there too.

[@thomasbridges7323]

Wow now i know the history of my city great to hear how its got it's name i like this kind of stuff plus to see we in Pittsburgh still has places like thia around very sorry to hear of the crimes really some thing how here in 2022 as bad as its gotten in the world we can still find some peace at home watching history of different cities thanks

[@thegman4990]

oh yeah, good old Pittsburgh.

[@ontrelwigvehl871]

experimentation is no foreign belief for Town Tours!

[@dirindilla]

that just went in cloud number 7 🎧🥉

[@richardphipps1507]

Town Tours will soon be popular!!!

[@anitapotts4429]

Not if they keep pushing their political views on people!

[@orrenhummer7189]

pure coincidence alone got me to it 🕹

[@osmanaabdi4493]

Hmmm, interesting matter for me 😃

[@leannsherman6723]

Skirmishes? I wouldn't have chosen that word. I grew up in Squirrel Hill.

[@zacfabian3046]

I use to work for a moving company in Pittsburgh and we moved a very nice old lady up there and she's said she was the little girl for "The Walton's"..

[@trishanewcomb964]

wanted to shrug off that one originally but couldn't hold off at all. 👍

[@fergusroldan1886]

I believe it's needless to state that we need more facts about cities‼🐰

[@genetyburn951]

THEY. FORGOT TO. MENTION....... OSCOUR LAVANT, GENE KELLY, Gene TYRNAUER

[@HwoarangtheBoomerang]

14:12 You just couldn't help yourself, could you?

[@KimberlySmith14]

Where can you find kosher food?

[@Invictus96vid]

The picture on the thumbnail and at 10:48 is of central Oakland (when the Cicero's owned a lot of property there), not Squirrel Hill. (Note the Strand Bowling Alley.) As a ;lifelong (76 year) Pittsburgh resident, I am always irritated by narrators who don't know how to pronounce "Carnegie.." The people of Dunfirmline, Scotland would emphasize the second syllable (as do true Pittsburghers), not the first syllable (as do Irish-influenced New Yorkers).

[@hawaii5-086]

there is loads of spice in it!

[@rhainegraves7235]

πSquirrel Hill, © Pennsylvania ®™, ²USA.

[@SincerelyFromStephen]

Update: The synagogue shooter has been sentenced to death

[@WilliamMannPGH]

Squirrel Hill is the closest thing to Brooklyn that Pittsburgh has.

[@sheehy933]

The picture of President Trump with the words "hate" and "extremism" enblazened next to him was a low blow. President Trump was/is a supporter of the Jewish community and Israel.

[@HeidiMuster]

I love Pittsburgh, despite this hehehe

[@tomlester5291]

Very interesting history of this great neighborhood. Unfortunately, a couple of quick political points were added in a very inappropriate manner. Very disappointing.

[@anitapotts4429]

Points that were incorrect.

[@annpowell6764]

Ok at best. Choppy, deficient, not altogether accurate

[@alexandereckert5939]

jewhill

[@poopstewart]

GFY

[@ronblack2700]

Racist squirrel hill.

[@Leroy-wm4ib]

How do? Please explain thanks!!

[@joycepeak1784]

What wrong with you. This is not the whole story.