Squirrel Hill
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Squirrel Hill is a large residential neighborhood in the east end of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. As of the census of 2000, there are 26,425 people, 12,030 households, and 6,325 families residing in the 15217 ZIP Ccode, which covers approximately the same region as the City of Pittsburgh's delineation of Squirrel Hill.
The public high school for the neighborhood is Taylor Allderdice High School. Squirrel Hill is home to Chatham College, and parts of the Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh campus (which also is partly in Oakland) lie within the neighborhood.
Squirrel Hill is bordered on the west by Oakland and Schenley Park, on the north by Shadyside and Point Breeze, on the east by Frick Park, and on the south by Greenfield and the Monongahela River.
Squirrel Hill has had a large Jewish population since the 1920s, when Jews began to move to the neighborhood in large numbers from Oakland and the Hill District. According to a 2002 study by the United Jewish Federation, 47% of the Jewish population of greater Pittsburgh lives in Squirrel Hill. The report states that "The stability of Squirrel Hill, a geographic hub of the Jewish community located within the city limits, is unique in North America."
See also
External links
- City of Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill page (http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district8/html/squirrel_hill.html)
- Taylor Allderdice High School (http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/)
- Squirrel Hill Historical Society (http://www.orgsites.com/pa/shhs/)
- 2002 Pittsburgh Jewish Community Study (http://www.ujf.net/content_display.html?ArticleID=84629)