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Point Breeze
Neighborhood of Pittsburgh
Henry Clay Frick's "Clayton"
Henry Clay Frick's "Clayton"
Pgh locator point breeze.svg
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Allegheny County
City Pittsburgh
Area
 • Total 1.004 sq mi (2.60 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 5,315
 • Density 5,293.8/sq mi (2,044.0/km2)

Point Breeze, or South Point Breeze, is a largely residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The community was named after a tavern once located there.

Like nearby Squirrel Hill it contains a large Jewish population, but is still majority Catholic and contributes to a high percentage of students enrolled in Taylor Allderdice High School, Oakland Catholic High School, and Central Catholic High School.

The most prominent feature of Point Breeze is Henry Clay Frick's Clayton, which is a part of the 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) Frick Art & Historical Center. Nearby is St. Bede School, a Catholic school, and the Pittsburgh New Church School. It is also the home to two Pittsburgh Public Schools, Linden Academy elementary school and Sterrett Middle School, and the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. The neighborhood also hosts much open space, with Westinghouse Park, Mellon Park, the scenic Homewood Cemetery, as well as the northern edge of Frick Park within its borders.

Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard's popular memoir, An American Childhood, is set in Point Breeze during the 1950s. As a child she attended Park Place Elementary. Both of John Edgar Wideman's memoirs, Brothers and Keepers and Hoop Roots, use North Point Breeze's Westinghouse Park as a setting, as well as in his fictional Homewood Trilogy.

Although officially distinct neighborhoods separated by Penn Avenue, "Point Breeze" is also frequently taken to include North Point Breeze.

Notable residents

Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller,

Images for kids

  • TheFrickArtMuseumatClayton

    The Frick Art Museum, part of the Frick Art & Historical Center at "Clayton".

  • FrickGreenhouse

    The greenhouse at the Frick Art & Historical Center.

  • FrickParkGate

    The Frick Park gate near the corner of Reynolds Street and S. Homewood Avenue.

  • MellonParkFountain

    Mellon Park, established in 1943 (gardens designed in 1912), at the corner of Fifth and Shady Avenues.

  • Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary

    The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary is located on Penn Avenue.

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