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I'm taking out this section in favor of a 'local establishment' (or some better phrase) list. I could only think up two off the bat, so fee free to add. Relisting the Carnegie (et al) entities seemed redundant. Exoterrick 14:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Any support for separating this article into 4 separate articles? (North, Central, South, West Oakland) These areas are distinctive from each other, and I think are worthy of individual attention. Of course, I will await consensus before doing anything drastic. -- TheZachMorrisExperience ( talk) 04:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Looking at the City's official neighborhood maps, it appears most of CMU, including Hamerschlag Hall, fall with the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill North, not Oakland. Should CMU photos/links be removed (except for Mellon Institute) for this reason? or I guess you could argue the photo was taken from Oakland. CrazyPaco ( talk) 02:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Other Pittsburgh neighborhood articles mention the number of square miles/acres the neighborhood occupies. Any luck on having that data added here? Dean ( talk) 13:47, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Regarding this edit, has anyone else ever heard of any part of Oakland being referred to as "Collegetown"? It could be a new thing, but I've never, ever heard that from anybody, resident or non-resident, nor have I ever seen that in any source or publication (I've found zero hits in relation to "Collegetown" and Oakland in searches in The Pitt News, Post-Gazette, Trib-Review, and Google). It certainly isn't widespread, so I reverted this for now, but if this a term that others have regularly heard referring to Oakland, I have no problem having it in there, although it still would be better with a source. CrazyPaco ( talk) 22:34, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
The number of trucks cited as being in a single house here is more than the number attributed to the entire dept in the article on the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. The number of engines is a full third of the number of such cited in that same article. Something ain't right??? Irish Melkite ( talk) 01:11, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
A large portion of the prose in the "South Oakland" section presently serves to distinguish South Oakland from Central Oakland, and I've been largely (or maybe wholly) responsible for that fact. The issue is that, for many residents of Oakland, Central Oakland is referred to as "South Oakland", and the real South Oakland may as well not even exist!
I live in South Oakland myself, so it's a very sore point for me that whenever I tell someone I live in South Oakland, they misunderstand and think I live in what they think is South Oakland, but which I know is actually Central Oakland. I've taken to saying simply that I live on the southern side of the Boulevard, since the term "South Oakland" has been pervasively redefined by the residents of Central Oakland. In terms of encyclopedic concern, this issue is especially problematic when people assert, for example, that South Oakland is a student ghetto, when it definitely is not, as proven by census figures.
With all of that said, I recognize that the issue is currently being given undue weight vis-a-vis the limited scope of the other prose in the South Oakland section. The ideal solution, I think, would be to expand the sections of all of the subdivisions of Oakland. — Bill Price ( nyb) 02:36, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
An anonymous IP edited in new (2010) census numbers. The corresponding infobox will need to be updated to display them, but do we have a source for these new numbers? CrazyPaco ( talk) 05:45, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Is it really encyclopedic to open up the article with the statement about oakland being the academic, cultural and healthcare center of pittsburgh without any real numbers anywhere (even in the sources) to back that up? I wouldn't be surprised if the oakland neighborhoods ended up with a higher concentration of academics or healthcare facilities / employees, but I think terming oakland the "cultural center" of pittsburgh is just unverifiable and biased opinion. 108.32.85.226 ( talk) 15:57, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
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The NHL Pittsburgh Penguins have never played in Oakland. The only NHL team to play in Oakland was called the Pittsburgh Pirates, a short lived team from the 1920's that did play at Duquesne Gardens. They are not affiliated with the modern penguins in any way. Duquesne Gardens was demolished more than 10 years before the Penguins played their first game. The Penguins only home arenas have been the Civic Arena and PPG Paints Arena.
I advise/suggest we replace the penguins with a link to the NHL version of the Pittsburgh Pirates. At the very least, the reference to the Penguins playing in Oakland should be removed.
/info/en/?search=Pittsburgh_Pirates_(NHL)
http://pittsburghhockey.net/arenas/duquesne-gardens
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I'm taking out this section in favor of a 'local establishment' (or some better phrase) list. I could only think up two off the bat, so fee free to add. Relisting the Carnegie (et al) entities seemed redundant. Exoterrick 14:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Any support for separating this article into 4 separate articles? (North, Central, South, West Oakland) These areas are distinctive from each other, and I think are worthy of individual attention. Of course, I will await consensus before doing anything drastic. -- TheZachMorrisExperience ( talk) 04:16, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Looking at the City's official neighborhood maps, it appears most of CMU, including Hamerschlag Hall, fall with the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill North, not Oakland. Should CMU photos/links be removed (except for Mellon Institute) for this reason? or I guess you could argue the photo was taken from Oakland. CrazyPaco ( talk) 02:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Other Pittsburgh neighborhood articles mention the number of square miles/acres the neighborhood occupies. Any luck on having that data added here? Dean ( talk) 13:47, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Regarding this edit, has anyone else ever heard of any part of Oakland being referred to as "Collegetown"? It could be a new thing, but I've never, ever heard that from anybody, resident or non-resident, nor have I ever seen that in any source or publication (I've found zero hits in relation to "Collegetown" and Oakland in searches in The Pitt News, Post-Gazette, Trib-Review, and Google). It certainly isn't widespread, so I reverted this for now, but if this a term that others have regularly heard referring to Oakland, I have no problem having it in there, although it still would be better with a source. CrazyPaco ( talk) 22:34, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
The number of trucks cited as being in a single house here is more than the number attributed to the entire dept in the article on the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. The number of engines is a full third of the number of such cited in that same article. Something ain't right??? Irish Melkite ( talk) 01:11, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
A large portion of the prose in the "South Oakland" section presently serves to distinguish South Oakland from Central Oakland, and I've been largely (or maybe wholly) responsible for that fact. The issue is that, for many residents of Oakland, Central Oakland is referred to as "South Oakland", and the real South Oakland may as well not even exist!
I live in South Oakland myself, so it's a very sore point for me that whenever I tell someone I live in South Oakland, they misunderstand and think I live in what they think is South Oakland, but which I know is actually Central Oakland. I've taken to saying simply that I live on the southern side of the Boulevard, since the term "South Oakland" has been pervasively redefined by the residents of Central Oakland. In terms of encyclopedic concern, this issue is especially problematic when people assert, for example, that South Oakland is a student ghetto, when it definitely is not, as proven by census figures.
With all of that said, I recognize that the issue is currently being given undue weight vis-a-vis the limited scope of the other prose in the South Oakland section. The ideal solution, I think, would be to expand the sections of all of the subdivisions of Oakland. — Bill Price ( nyb) 02:36, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
An anonymous IP edited in new (2010) census numbers. The corresponding infobox will need to be updated to display them, but do we have a source for these new numbers? CrazyPaco ( talk) 05:45, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
Is it really encyclopedic to open up the article with the statement about oakland being the academic, cultural and healthcare center of pittsburgh without any real numbers anywhere (even in the sources) to back that up? I wouldn't be surprised if the oakland neighborhoods ended up with a higher concentration of academics or healthcare facilities / employees, but I think terming oakland the "cultural center" of pittsburgh is just unverifiable and biased opinion. 108.32.85.226 ( talk) 15:57, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
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The NHL Pittsburgh Penguins have never played in Oakland. The only NHL team to play in Oakland was called the Pittsburgh Pirates, a short lived team from the 1920's that did play at Duquesne Gardens. They are not affiliated with the modern penguins in any way. Duquesne Gardens was demolished more than 10 years before the Penguins played their first game. The Penguins only home arenas have been the Civic Arena and PPG Paints Arena.
I advise/suggest we replace the penguins with a link to the NHL version of the Pittsburgh Pirates. At the very least, the reference to the Penguins playing in Oakland should be removed.
/info/en/?search=Pittsburgh_Pirates_(NHL)
http://pittsburghhockey.net/arenas/duquesne-gardens
Thanks!