Friendship - Neighborhood of Pittsburgh

The Friendship neighborhood of Pittsburgh is named for the friendship that existed between Joseph Conrad Winebiddle, who had an estate here, and the family of William Penn. The neighborhood was once considered a suburb of Pittsburgh, accessible by street car. Friendship is a very diverse neighborhood with regard to ethnicity/race, occupation, sexual orientation and socio-economic status of residents. As with many East End neighborhoods, Friendship is home to a number of college students and young professionals, as well as families who have been there for generations.

Friendship is located in Pittsburgh's East End, and is surrounded by the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Shadyside, Bloomfield, Garfield and East Liberty.

Friendship's convenient location puts it in a unique position among Pittsburgh neighborhoods -- it is within walking distance of Bloomfield's Liberty Avenue business district, Walnut Street in Shadyside and Garfield's Penn Avenue. Upscale chic boutiques and family-owned Italian restaurants and groceries are all easily accessible. Friendship is also home to Friendship Elementary School and the Ursuline Academy for Girls.

Characterized by beautiful and large Victorian homes and wide streets, the quiet residential neighborhood of Friendship was a farmland until the early 1900s, when trolley lines, and then houses, appeared. Homes in the Friendship neighborhood parade along the edges of wide, handsome streets. They tend to be large, single-family homes on rectangular, flat lots. Many of the attics have also been converted into third-floor apartments--often with unique details like polished hardwood floors and stained glass windows.

Friendship is represented by three Pittsburgh City Council districts: District 7, District 8 and District 9.