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Larimer along Larimer Avenue. More than 60 years earlier, the city buried the stream that once carried floodwater to the river. Renowned entrepreneur and judge Thomas Mellon argued against it, saying that there was too much water to fit into an underground sewer line. “This run in cases of heavy
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foundries and commercial bakeries along
Lincoln Avenue towards Two-Mile Run (some of which still exist today), and a successful commercial district at the intersection of Larimer Avenue and Meadow Street, near the community's spiritual home of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church (1898). In
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Larimer Avenue near the entrance to Larimer from East Liberty. Today, aside from a few remaining businesses along Lincoln Avenue, no vestige of the neighborhood's Italian community remains (Our Lady Help of Christians was closed in 1992). The residents, largely
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In June 2014, Larimer successfully applied for and received a coveted $ 30 million grant to re-build the neighborhood, which was provided through the US Department of
Housing and Development. The grant will provide over 350 units of
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around the same time: the residents of
Bloomfield built modest frame row-houses, while those in Larimer built somewhat nicer detached brick homes with small yards. Before long, Larimer residents had built and were running
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Pittsburgh's East End, the 1960s were a turning point for Larimer. Some residents began to move to the suburbs in the early part of the decade, and this process was hastened by the
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Larimer's daughter, Rachel, married James Mellon, son of
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462:List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods
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993:Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar
303:East End Brewing Company
186:, who grew up in nearby
1065:Summerset at Frick Park
425:Cite journal requires
208:William Larimer Mellon
1243:St. Clair (1906–1923)
1238:St. Clair (1870–1872)
911:Central Lawrenceville
669:Spring Hill–City View
1176:Duquesne (1849–1868)
684:Washington's Landing
595:California-Kirkbride
392:"Census: Pittsburgh"
288:mixed-income housing
150: • Density
1092:Upper Lawrenceville
1060:Squirrel Hill South
1055:Squirrel Hill North
998:Lower Lawrenceville
605:Mexican War Streets
188:Westmoreland County
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1028:Polish Hill
1008:Morningside
1003:Middle Hill
728:Beltzhoover
700:South Hills
674:Summer Hill
659:Perry South
654:Perry North
644:North Shore
572:North Hills
71: /
1366:Categories
1209:Manchester
1161:Birmingham
1087:Upper Hill
951:Greenfield
946:Glen Hazel
936:Friendship
926:East Hills
906:Bloomfield
823:Banksville
795:Southshore
696:South Side
627:Manchester
568:North Side
542:(historic)
499:Pittsburgh
323:References
223:Bloomfield
172:Pittsburgh
137:Population
118:Pittsburgh
59:79°54′47″W
56:40°27′50″N
1341:St. Clair
1301:Chartiers
1293:Townships
1233:Overbrook
1199:Knoxville
1151:Beechview
1146:Allentown
1038:Shadyside
963:Hazelwood
868:Ridgemont
858:Fairywood
828:Chartiers
790:St. Clair
785:Overbrook
753:Knoxville
738:Brookline
723:Beechview
713:Arlington
708:Allentown
679:Troy Hill
540:Chinatown
360:cite news
305:, Larimer
256:Geography
1345:Sterrett
1283:Westwood
1248:Sheraden
1218:Montooth
1166:Brushton
1138:Boroughs
941:Garfield
893:East End
878:Westwood
873:Sheraden
815:West End
622:Fineview
527:Downtown
456:See also
408:July 19,
350:June 24,
311:See also
270:Homewood
228:concrete
215:Italians
168:East End
1331:Peebles
1326:Oakland
1321:McClure
1311:Liberty
1306:Collins
1184:Elliott
1171:Carrick
988:Larimer
883:Windgap
863:Oakwood
848:Elliott
743:Carrick
733:Bon Air
612:Chateau
219:Abruzzi
198:History
178:in the
166:in the
160:Larimer
84:Country
25:Larimer
1229:Ormsby
1189:Esplen
1120:Cities
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558:Uptown
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