Susan E. Stoker and Cecilia Robert TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND MAPS .............................................................................................. iii TABLE OF APPENDICES .................. ;......................................................................................................... v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. vi DOCUMENT SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... viii THE HILL DISTRICT AREA: ........................................................................................................................... viii DEMOGRAPHICS: ............................................................................................................. ............. viii RESIDENTIAL DEVEWPMENT: ........................................................................................................................ ix COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: ........................................ .. ............................... , .... ix SOCIAL AND BASIC SERVICES: .................................. .. ....................................... x URBAN DESIGN AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION: ...................... .. ................................... Xl ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ xii BRIEF HISTORY OF CONSENSUS GROUP ............................. ............................. xii MEMBERSHIP .................................................. .. ............ xiii COMMITTEES .................................................... .. xiii I. Housing.. ................. .. ........................................ .. ...... xiii 2. Social Services .................................... .. ...xiv 3. Image and Identity ... ............ ............. ... xiv 4. Economic Development ......... ............................................. ............................. ... xiv 5. Safety and Security ... ............ .... xiv SECTION I - ASSESSMENT GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................... I DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 4 POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLDS ... 4 RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION .. .. ... 6 AGE DISTRIBUrrON ....... .. .... 8 INCOME DISTRIBUrrON .. ..8 EMPWYMENT ................ 10 OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES .... ... II EDUCATION ... .... 12 URBAN ZONING CODE .................................................................................................................................. 14 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................... 16 EXISTING HOUSING CONDITIO~S .. ... 16 Housing Stock .... .. .. 16 Public Housing.. ............... 17 Social Condition of Housing ... 19 Building Conditions ... .. 19 PROPOSED HOUSING DEVEWPMENTS .. .. ............. 21 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................. 26 EX1STING COMMERCIAL / RET AIL CONDITIONS .. 27 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ........ .. ................................................. 30 AREA EXPENDITIJRE POTENTIAL .............. 32 SUPPORTABLE RETAIL SPACE ..... .. ..... 34 Table of Contents, page i SOCIAL SERVICES .......................................................................................................................................... 35 CONTEA'T .................................................................................................................. ...................... 35 Health ................................................................................................................. ...................... 36 BASIC SERVICES .......................................................... , .............................................. .. ..................... 39 Education................................................................. ............ ......................... ..................... 39 Projected Impact o/Recent Developments on Schools ................................................... ........................ 40 Public Scifety............................................................... .............. .. 41 TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING IN THE HrLLDISTRICT ......................................................... .. .43 Public Transportation ........................ .. .................................................................... 44 MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK ........................................................................................ .46 JITNEYS ........................................................................................................................................................ 47 PARKING CAPACITY ...................................................................................................................................... 48 URBAN DESIGN ............................................................................................................................................... 49 PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS .............................................................................................................................. 49 RECREATIONAL SPACES ................................................................................................................................ 49 SECTION II - GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMMUNITY PLAN'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES .:................................................................................. 52 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 53 HOUSING .......................................................................................................................................................... 56 SAFETY AND SECURITY ............................................................................................................................... 58 SOCIAL AND BASIC SERVICES .................................................................................................................... 60 IMAGE AND IDENTITy.................................................................................................................................. 65 APPENDIX Table of Contents, page ii LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND MAPS TABLE 1 POPULATION TRENDS FOR TIlE HILL DISTRICT, CITY OF PITTSBURGH, AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY 1940-1990. ............................ .............................................................. 4 TABLE 2 GENDER OF HILL DISTRICT RESIDENTS .... .................. .... ............. ..... 5 TABLE 3 NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD ..... .•.......... 5 TABLE 4 RACIAL COMPOSITION OF TIlE HILL DISTRICT BY NEIGHBORHOOD.... ....................... 6 TABLE 5 RACIAL COMPOSITION OF CRAWFORD SQUARE, THIRD QUARTER 1994 ......................... 6 TABLE 6 CRAWFORD SQUARE RESIDENTS PREVIOUS ZIP CODES............ ......................... 7 TABLE 7 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF HILL DISTRICT RESIDENTS............ ......... ............ ............. 8 TABLE 8 INCOME DISTRIBUTION BY HOUSEHOLD (1989)....................................... ................. 9 TABLE 9 INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF CRAWFORD SQUARE ........................................................ 10 TABLE 10 TOTAL EMPLOYMENT OF TIlE LABOR FORCE (ALL PERSONS OVER 16 YEARS) ............. 10 TABLE 11 EMPLOYMENT DISAGGREGATED BY GENDER (LABOR FORCE INCLUDES ALL PERSONS OVER 16 YEARS) .................................................... .............. ..................... 11 TABLE 12 WORKERS AGED 16 YEARS OR OLDER BY AREA OF INDUSTRY.... ............. 12 TABLE 13 EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF ADULTS 25 YEARS OR OLDER ......... .. ... ...... ....... 13 TABLE 14 HOUSING UNITS CHANGE IN TIlE HILL DISTRICT, CITY OF PITTSBURGH, AND ALLEGHENY COUNTy......... .............................. ............................ .............. 16 TABLE 15 HOUSING UNITS BY NEIGHBORHOOD ..................................................................... 18 TABLE 16 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE OF FAMILIES AT TIlE PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITIES ............ 18 TABLE 17 PERCENT OF INCOME USED FOR RENT BY HOUSEHOLDS .. .. 19 TABLE 18 HILL STRUCTURES BY DATE OF CONSTRUCTION .................... ..20 TABLE 19 OCCUPIED VERSUS VACANT HOUSING UNITS AS OF 1990 ...................... .... 20 TABLE 20 ADDITIONAL HOUSING SINCE 1990 CENSUS ....................................................... 21 TABLE 21 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH LISTING OF PROJECTS, JUNE 1995. .. ..... 23 TABLE 22 POPULATION DECLINE FROM 1950-1990 IN TIlE HILL DISTRICT, CITY OF PITTSBURGH, AND ALLEGHENY COUNTy............. ............ ......... ...... 27 TABLE 23 PERCENTAGE OF LOCATION OF SHOPPING BY HILL RESIDENTS .. .......................... 33 TABLE 24 PREGNANCY OUTCOMES FOR TIlE HILL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, 1982- 1991........ ................. ..................... 36 TABLE 25 INFANT MORTALITY BY RACE AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE OF MOTIlER, 1982-1991 .. 37 TABLE 26 TEEN AGED BIRTHS AND NONMARrTALBIRTHS, 1982-1991 ..... ....... 37 TABLE 27 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN TIlE HILL DISTRICT AND PITTSBURGH, 1990-1994 ..... 38 TABLE 28