Bloomfield aka “Pittsburgh’s Little Italy”, is a neighborhood located 3 miles from Pittsburgh’s downtown and is surrounded by other neighborhoods such as Shadyside, Friendship, Garfield, Lawrenceville and Oakland. Easy routes to get to Bloomfield include Liberty Avenue, Penn Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard. Among the three, Liberty Avenue is Bloomfield’s main business access road.
The diverse populations of this borough have an amalgamation of European descents, African-Americans and a working class Italian-Americans. Bloomfield literally got its name from its previous condition as a vast field of wildflowers before it was transformed as a plantation. In the 1800s, row-houses were designed by mill workers from the neighboring Lawrenceville. The architecture was constructed to fit single families as well as businesses. It has been a tradition for Bloomfield residents to bequeath their homes to their families. A close knit family orientation keeps grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandchildren’s to live in houses at proximity.
Liberty Avenue offers an abundant number of regular day-to-day commodities including a few extravagant facilities. Bars, restaurants, supermarkets, tanning and hair salons, gift and card shops, gyms, cafes, stores, boutiques, barber shops, recreational complex, banks and Hospitals. There are two churches in the area, the Immaculate Conception Church and Saint Joseph Parish. Top caliber medical facilities such as West Penn Hospital, UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Hillman Cancer Center and the Children’s Hospital are also very accessible to Bloomfield. All of these qualities made Bloomfield a neighborhood which draws people from other regions and the whole of Pittsburgh.
A much-awaited presentation of Bloomfield’s beautiful Italian heritage is exhibited every last weekend of September, this affair draws 20,000 people. The three-day fantastic celebration is called, The Little Italy Days. This affair also flaunts the neighborhood’s bocce, cannoli, peroni, and Bloomfield’s lavish line of scrumptious food collection. “The Little Italy Days” commemorate all of Bloomfield’s features both Italian and Pittsburgh. A great number of restaurants surround this district. They feature Asian cuisines such as Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indian. European cookery is also at hand from Polish to Italian dining. Pasta dishes, sweet sausages, gelatos, pizelles, sfogliatelles, spaghetti ice cream and stuffed pastries are only a few of the abundant food treats to be enjoyed in Bloomfield. When it comes to shopping, Bloomfield has a lot to offer. A wide array of clothing apparel, gift shops, medical clinics, financial establishments, jewelry stores, houseware businesses are all accessible in Bloomfield.
Finding an excellent home or apartment in this nice community is easy. It provides a great deal of options to choose from. The price of owning a Bloomfield property is quite reasonable as well as affordable. This is one great reason why Bloomfield has always been a wonderful place to live. The area has neighboring universities in Oakland making it suitable for student residents. Its proximity to Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, stadiums and convention center are only minutes away. The Pittsburgh Public School District is also very beneficial to families with children.
Bloomfield, Pittsburgh has proven itself as an admirable place for people looking for a haven outside of the crowded rowdy urban locale.
Mike Martin
Mike Martin is the creator of the Stuck in Pittsburgh blog. In his spare time he enjoys creating websites, playing baseball, and drinking beer.
