Current Conditions In and Future Plans for the Strip District

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Introduction
Over the last 200 years, the Strip District has gone through many different changes throughout its long history. Stretching from 11th Street to 33rd Street, The Strip as it is known from Pittsburgh was at one in the 1920’s the economic center of Pittsburgh and was home to such companies as U.S. Steel, The H.J. Heinz Company and Westinghouse. As the 21st century rolled into, the ghosts of past industry giants still remained, but the Strip District had changed into a Saturday destination to Pittsburghers and a tourist spot for those people visiting Pittsburgh. This paper will describe the ways the Strip District has changed in the areas of shopping, restaurants, and residential since the new millennium as well as the future plans focused on the Strip District. The paper will also show the ways the Strip District has reinvented itself like the city of Pittsburgh has by mixing the old with the new and continuing to grow as one of Pittsburgh’s most iconic neighborhoods.

Food
If someone from out of town asks a local Pittsburgher where they could find a good place to eat, they would more than likely be pointed in the Strip’s direction. The Strip district is home to a wide variety of culinary options, from very authentic Pittsburgh food and restaurants like Primanti Bros. and DeLuca’s to very upscale or diverse options like Eleven or Sushi Kim. No matter what your taste of food is there is an option for you in the Strip District. Even if cooking your own food is what you prefer, there are a number of local produce and meat distributers in the district. With such a wide variety of restaurants having their homes here for decades and new ones making their place and success in the Strip District area, food is a big part ...

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Works Cited

1. Smydo, Joe. "Buncher vows to build in the Strip." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2013/11/09/Buncher-vows-to-build-in-Pittsburghs-Strip-District/stories/201311090104 (accessed November 30, 2013).
2. Belko, Mark. "Panel opts to preserve Strip District produce terminal." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/neighborhoods-city/2013/10/02/Panel-opts-to-preserve-Strip-District-produce-terminal/stories/201310020062 (accessed November 30, 2013).
3. "Neighbors in the Strip." Neighbors in the Strip. http://www.neighborsinthestrip.com/thestrip/thestrip.html (accessed November 30, 2013).
4. "Loft Apartments. On the River. In the Strip.." Strip District Pittsburgh Apartments. http://www.thecorkfactory.com/ (accessed November 30, 2013).
5. Meiser, Cory. "Loft Developers Do It Old School." Off The Bluff, Spring 2013.

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