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Oakland is the academic and healthcare center of Pittsburgh and one of the city's major cultural centers. Home to three universities, museums, hospitals, shopping venues, restaurants, and recreational activities, this section of the city also includes two city-designated historic districts: the mostly residential Schenley Farms Historic District and the predominantly institutional Oakland Civic Center Historic District, as well as the locally-designated Oakland Square Historic District .

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68-492: In addition, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire operates Fire Station No. 14 on McKee Place and Fire Station No. 10 on Allequippa Street. Oakland is officially divided into four neighborhoods : North Oakland , West Oakland , Central Oakland , and South Oakland . Each section has a unique identity, and offers its own flavor of venues and housing. Oakland is Pittsburgh's second most populated neighborhood with 22,210 residents,

136-432: A $ 12 paper shopping bag—plain white with a red Campbell's soup can. His painting of a can of a Campbell's soup cost $ 1,500 while each autographed can sold for three for $ 18, $ 6.50 each. The exhibit was one of the first mass events that directly confronted the general public with both pop art and the perennial question of what art is. Warhol used assistants to increase his productivity and these collaborations would remain

204-532: A 1958 design for a book cover he submitted to Simon and Schuster for the Walter Ross pulp novel The Immortal , and later used others for his series of paintings. With the rapid expansion of the record industry , RCA Records hired Warhol, along with another freelance artist, Sid Maurer, to design album covers and promotional materials. As a commercial artist, Warhol worked with high-end advertising clients such as Tiffany & Co. In 1961 Warhol purchased

272-416: A Bachelor of Fine Arts in pictorial design in 1949. Later that year, he moved to New York City and began a career in magazine illustration and advertising. Warhol's early career was dedicated to commercial and advertising art, where his first commission had been to draw shoes for Glamour magazine in 1949. In the 1950s, Warhol worked as a designer for shoe manufacturer Israel Miller. While working in

340-509: A Brooks Brothers shirt and tie, DeNoyer blazer, and Levi jeans. As Warhol continued to forge into filmmaking, he had established himself as "one of the most celebrated and well-known pop art figures to emerge from the sixties." The Pasadena Art Museum in Pasadena organized a major retrospective of his work in 1970, which traveled in the United States and abroad. In 1971, the exhibition

408-594: A bike up or down the flight. North Oakland can be loosely defined as the area of Oakland between Neville and Bouquet Streets, encompassing all of Craig Street and running north to Polish Hill . The Cathedral of Learning , the engineering or midsection of the University of Pittsburgh campus, and the Craig Street business district are in North Oakland. RAND 's Pittsburgh center is located in North Oakland as well as

476-558: A defining (and controversial) aspect of his working methods throughout his career. One of the most important collaborators during this period was Gerard Malanga . Malanga assisted the artist with the production of silkscreens, films, sculptures and other works at The Factory, Warhol's aluminum foil -and-silver-paint-lined studio on 47th Street. Other members of Warhol's Factory crowd included Freddie Herko , Ondine , Ronald Tavel , Mary Woronov , Billy Name , and Brigid Berlin . In November 1964, Warhol's first Flowers series exhibited at

544-481: A direct border) with Lower Lawrenceville to the north with its meeting point in the middle of the Bloomfield Bridge. Central Oakland has five Pittsburgh neighborhood borders, including North Oakland to the north, Squirrel Hill North to the northeast, Squirrel Hill South to the east, South Oakland to the south and southwest, and West Oakland to the northwest. South Oakland has six land borders, including

612-587: A library, museum and concert hall complex, which opened in 1895. In 1917, Teddy Roosevelt visited the neighborhood. Oakland has long been considered Pittsburgh's university center. Carnegie Mellon University is the result of a 1967 merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, founded in Oakland in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie, and Mellon Institute , founded in 1913 by Andrew W. and Richard B. Mellon to conduct industrial research. The University of Pittsburgh, which

680-505: A majority of these residents being students. Scattered amongst Oakland's four neighborhoods are 29 distinct flights of city steps – many of which are open and in a safe condition. These Steps of Pittsburgh quickly connect pedestrians to public transportation and provide an easy way to travel through this densely populated area. As of 2020, two of these public stairways, Joncaire Street (Central Oakland) and Louisa Street (West Oakland), also contain runnels which allow cyclists to easily transport

748-613: A marginal figure in the Factory scene before to the shooting. She authored the SCUM Manifesto , a separatist feminist tract that advocated the elimination of men; and appeared in the Warhol film I, a Man (1967). Amaya received only minor injuries and was released from the hospital later the same day. Warhol was seriously wounded by the attack and barely survived and remained in the hospital for nearly two months. Solanas turned herself into

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816-500: A profound effect on Warhol's life and art. He had physical effects for the rest of his life, including being required to wear a surgical corset . The Factory became more regulated and Warhol focused on making it a business enterprise. He credited his collaborator Paul Morrissey with transforming the Factory into a "regular office." In September 1968, Warhol hosted a party at the Factory for Nico 's album The Marble Index . Warhol and his superstars Viva and Ultra Violet appeared on

884-519: A program to incentivize first time home buyers actively brought the neighborhood to life. Entertainment and residential life has a catalyst through The Corner , which hosts social events of all kinds. Here you can find pop up art displays to jazz nights, afterschool programs, and more. Although the campus of Carnegie Mellon University and parts of Schenley Park , including Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens and Flagstaff Hill are popularly referred to as being in Oakland, and are located with

952-568: A series of Elizabeth Taylor portraits, were shown at his second exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. Later that year, Warhol relocated his studio to East 47th Street, which would turn into The Factory . The Factory became a popular gathering spot for a wide range of artists, writers, musicians and underground celebrities. Warhol had his second exhibition at the Stable Gallery in

1020-459: A successful children's book illustrator. Warhol had an older sister, Maria, who died in infancy in Austria-Hungary. In third grade, Warhol had Sydenham's chorea (also known as St. Vitus' Dance), the nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever which causes skin pigmentation blotchiness. At times when he

1088-469: A temperament of its own, a sort of sly, Toulouse-Lautrec kind of sophistication, but the shape and the style came through accurately and the buckle was always in the right place. The kids in the apartment [which Andy shared in New York – note by Coplans] noticed that the vamps on Andy's shoe drawings kept getting longer and longer but [Israel] Miller didn't mind. Miller loved them." In 1952, Alexander Iolas

1156-691: A townhouse at 1342 Lexington Avenue in Carnegie Hill , which he also used as his art studio. In 1962, Warhol was taught silkscreen printmaking techniques by Max Arthur Cohn at his graphic arts business in Manhattan. In his book Popism: The Warhol Sixties , Warhol writes: "When you do something exactly wrong, you always turn up something". In May 1962, Warhol was featured in an article in Time with his painting Big Campbell's Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable) (1962), which initiated his most sustained motif,

1224-712: Is also the location of the relatively isolated and historic neighborhood of Panther Hollow which runs along Boundary Street in Junction Hollow as well as the Oakland Square Historic District . South Oakland runs along the Monongahela River and forms a triangular shape between the Monongahela River , the Boulevard of the Allies, and the western bank of Junction Hollow . Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC and

1292-599: Is credited as discovering Andy Warhol, and he organized first solo show at the Hugo Gallery in New York. Although that show was not well received, by 1956 Warhol was included in his first group exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art , New York. In 1956, Warhol traveled around the world with his friend, production designer Charles Lisanby, studying art and culture in several countries. Warhol's "whimsical" ink drawings of shoe advertisements figured in some of his earliest showings at

1360-591: Is heir to the Pittsburgh Academy that was incorporated in 1787, relocated to Oakland in 1909 from its campus that was then in Allegheny . Some of the most impressive architecture in Oakland is on Pitt's campus. In 1925, work began on what was then the world's tallest educational building, the 42-story Cathedral of Learning . Although the Cathedral of Learning is now the fourth-tallest educationally purposed building in

1428-481: The Bodley Gallery in New York in 1957. Warhol habitually used the expedient of tracing photographs projected with an epidiascope . Using prints by Edward Wallowitch , his "first boyfriend", the photographs would undergo a subtle transformation during Warhol's often cursory tracing of contours and hatching of shadows. Warhol used Wallowitch's photograph Young Man Smoking a Cigarette ( c.  1956 ) for

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1496-453: The Borough of Wilkinsburg and Ingram Borough through the use of two engine companies. The Bureau started out as a volunteer fire department and officially transitioned to a fully paid department on May 23, 1870. Over 30 years later in 1903 a group of Pittsburgh firefighters sought to improve working and living conditions of those serving in the department. They formed an association known as

1564-702: The Campbell's soup can. That painting became Warhol's first to be shown in a museum when it was exhibited at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford in July 1962. On July 9, 1962, Warhol's exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles with Campbell's Soup Cans , marking his West Coast debut of pop art . In November 1962, Warhol had an exhibition at Eleanor Ward's Stable Gallery in New York. The exhibit included

1632-513: The Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, where he studied commercial art . During his time there, Warhol joined the campus Modern Dance Club and Beaux Arts Society. He also served as art director of the student art magazine, Cano , illustrating a cover in 1948 and a full-page interior illustration in 1949. These are believed to be his first two published artworks. Warhol earned

1700-540: The City of Pittsburgh , as well as BLS response on medical details. In all, the bureau is responsible for 55.5 square miles (144 km ) with a population of 305,841 as of the 2013 Census estimation . The Bureau was the first fire department in the United States to unionize and thus has the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) local number of 1. The Fire Bureau provides fire and rescue services to

1768-517: The Leo Castelli Gallery in New York. In May 1965, his second Flowers series, which had more sizes and color variation that the previous, was shown at Galerie Ileana Sonnabend in Paris. During this trip Warhol announced that he was retiring from art to focus on film. From the 1960s to the 1970s, Warhol also groomed a retinue of bohemian and counterculture eccentrics upon whom he bestowed

1836-547: The Pittsburgh Technology Center are major landmarks of this neighborhood. The neighborhood is split between a riverfront flood plain to the southwest and a plateau to the northeast. The plateau is divided into two primarily residential areas which are separated from one another by Bates Street, which runs up a valley from the flood plain to the plateau. The residents of the neighborhood on the north side of Bates Avenue call their neighborhood Oakcliffe. The flood plain

1904-658: The Shah of Iran , Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , at the White House . In 1975, Warhol published The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again) . In September 1975, he went on an eight-city U.S. book tour, followed by stops in Italy, France, and England. In 1976, Warhol and painter Jamie Wyeth were commissioned to paint each other's portraits by the Coe Kerr Gallery in Manhattan. In January 1977, Warhol traveled to Kuwait for

1972-786: The experimental rock band the Velvet Underground . After surviving an assassination attempt by radical feminist Valerie Solanas in June 1968, Warhol focused on transforming The Factory into a business enterprise. He founded Interview magazine and authored numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975) and Popism: The Warhol Sixties (1980). He also hosted the television series Fashion (1979–80), Andy Warhol's TV (1980–83), and Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (1985–87). Warhol died of cardiac arrhythmia , aged 58, after gallbladder surgery in February 1987. Warhol has been

2040-682: The most expensive paintings ever sold . In 2013, Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963) sold for $ 105 million, setting a record for the artist. In 2022, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold for $ 195 million, which is the highest price paid at auction for a work by an American artist. Warhol was born on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child of Ondrej Warhola (Americanized as Andrew Warhola Sr.; 1889–1942) and Julia Warhola ( née Zavacká, 1891–1972). His parents were working-class Rusyn emigrants from Mikó , Austria-Hungary (now called Miková, located in today's northeastern Slovakia ). Warhol's father emigrated to

2108-590: The silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67). Born and raised in Pittsburgh , Warhol initially pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s. After exhibiting his work in art galleries , he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist in

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2176-405: The 15213 zip code, they are actually part of the adjacent neighborhood of Squirrel Hill North . The border between Oakland and Squirrel Hill runs along Junction Hollow . The name first appeared in 1839 in a local paper, Harris' Intelligencer . The area got its name from the abundance of oak trees found on the farm of William Eichbaum, who settled there in 1840. Oakland developed rapidly following

2244-408: The 1960s, revealing Warhol's connections to a diverse range of artistic scenes during this time. Less well known was his support and collaboration with several teenagers during this era, who would achieve prominence later in life, including writer David Dalton , photographer Stephen Shore and artist Bibbe Hansen (mother of pop musician Beck ). The experimental rock group The Velvet Underground

2312-467: The 1960s. His New York studio, The Factory , became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens , playwrights, bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons. He directed and produced several underground films starring a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars , and is credited with inspiring the widely used expression " 15 minutes of fame ." Warhol managed and produced

2380-641: The Carnegie Museum, and Phipps Conservatory. Baseball fans might know Oakland for the beloved Forbes Field , which was built in 1909 as the third home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and first home to the Pittsburgh Steelers. While Forbes Field was closed in 1970, some remnants of the ballpark still stand. Pirates fans gather on the site each year on the anniversary of Bill Mazeroski's World Series winning home run on October 13, 1960. The Decade nightclub

2448-472: The City Fireman's Protective Association. By September 1903, the first International Association of Fire Fighters union was organized, IAFF Local No. 1. Below is a complete listing of all fire station and apparatus locations in the city of Pittsburgh according to Battalion. Andy Warhol Andy Warhol ( / ˈ w ɔːr h ɒ l / ; born Andrew Warhola Jr. ; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)

2516-723: The Great Fire of 1845 in Downtown Pittsburgh, with many people moving out to suburban territory. By 1860, there was considerable commercial development along Fifth Avenue. In 1868, Oakland Township, just two years after seceding from Pitt Township , was annexed to the City of Pittsburgh. Twenty-one years later, Mary Schenley gave the city 300 acres in Oakland for a park. Officials bought another 100 acres from her for "Schenley Park." And Mary Schenley gave another gift: land for Schenley Plaza. At Schenley Plaza, industrialist Andrew Carnegie built

2584-580: The Mao portraits were installed at the Musée Galliera in Paris. Warhol was visiting Europe more often in the early 1970s. He had a fondness for Paris, and by 1973 he had purchased an apartment on rue du Cherche-Midi on Paris' Left Bank . In 1974, Warhol and Johnson moved from his home on Lexington Avenue to a townhouse at 57 East 66th Street in Manhattan's Lenox Hill neighborhood. In May 1975, Warhol attended President Gerald Ford 's state dinner in honor of

2652-482: The Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Central Oakland to the northeast, Squirrel Hill South to the east, Greenfield to the southeast, Hazelwood to the south-southeast, Bluff to the west, and West Oakland to the northwest. Across the Monongahela River, South Oakland runs adjacent with Pittsburgh's South Side Flats neighborhood. West Oakland has six borders with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of North Oakland to

2720-462: The United States in 1912 and worked in a coal mine. His wife joined him in Pittsburgh in 1921. The family lived at 55 Beelen Street and later at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. They were Ruthenian Catholic and attended St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church . Warhol had two elder brothers—Paul (1922–2014) and John (1925–2010). Paul's son, James Warhola , became

2788-818: The University of Pittsburgh who decide to live off-campus reside in this neighborhood. Many of its homes are historic masonry structures dating from the turn of the century. The area is often confused with South Oakland. Its Main Business District runs along Forbes and Fifth Avenue, and contains a diversity of restaurants, retailers, and financial services. These businesses are organized by the Oakland Business Improvement District (OBID) . Smaller business districts in Central Oakland provide additional dining options along Atwood Street and Semple Street. It

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2856-472: The area between Forbes Avenue and the Boulevard of the Allies houses many undergraduate students. While it is commonly considered to be in South Oakland, it is actually the heart of Central Oakland. South Oakland was the childhood home of Andy Warhol , and later the residence of fellow pop artist Keith Haring . Haring had his first art show while living in Oakland. NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback Dan Marino

2924-569: The basis for his silkscreen portraits when he resumed painting in the 1970s. In late 1969, Warhol and British journalist John Wilcock founded Interview magazine. Compared to the success and scandal of Warhol's work in the 1960s, the early 1970s were much quieter years, as he became more entrepreneurial. He was generally regarded as quiet, shy and a meticulous observer. Art critic Robert Hughes called him "the white mole of Union Square ". His fashion evolved from what Warhol called his "leather look" to his " Brook Brothers look," which included

2992-644: The cover of the November 10, 1968, issue of The New York Times Magazine . In 1969, Warhol and his entourage traveled to Los Angeles to discuss a prospective movie deal with Columbia Pictures . Warhol, who has always had an interest in photography, used a Polaroid camera to document his recuperation after the shooting. In 1969, some of his photographs were published in Esquire magazine. He would become well known for always carrying his Polaroid camera to chronicle his encounters. Eventually, he used instant photography as

3060-471: The designation " superstars ", including Edie Sedgwick , Nico , International Velvet , Viva , Ultra Violet , Joe Dallesandro , Candy Darling , Holly Woodlawn , Jackie Curtis and Jane Forth . These people all participated in the Factory films, and some—like Berlin—remained friends with Warhol until his death. Important figures in the New York underground art/cinema world, such as writer John Giorno and filmmaker Jack Smith , also appear in Warhol films of

3128-553: The film was too long, there were technical problems." In 1967, Warhol established Factory Additions for his printmaking and publishing enterprise. In February 1968, Warhol's first solo museum exhibition was mounted at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. 1968 assassination attempt On June 3, 1968, radical feminist writer Valerie Solanas shot Warhol and Mario Amaya , art critic and curator, at The Factory. Solanas had been

3196-483: The long time RIDC business incubator on Henry Street. The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh , the largest mosque in the city, is located in North Oakland. This sector is also home to the Schenley Farms Historic District and many mid-rise condominium and apartment buildings. Central Oakland is bordered by Schenley Park , the Boulevard of the Allies, Fifth Avenue, and Halket Street. Many students at

3264-402: The longstanding border between Central Oakland and South Oakland was established long ago along the Boulevard of the Allies. Forbes Avenue provides much of the neighborhood’s northern boundary. South Oakland is reputed to be a student neighborhood, but only 36.9% of its population is between the ages of 18 and 24, compared to Central Oakland's figure of 74.1%. The difference is largely because

3332-426: The main house on the property in 1972. Lee Radziwill , Jackie Kennedy , The Rolling Stones , Elizabeth Taylor , Halston , and John Lennon were among the estate's notable guests. Although Warhol was considered to be apolitical, he participated in an exhibition with the poster Vote McGovern (1972) in effort to raise funds for George McGovern 's 1972 presidential campaign . In October 1972, Warhol's work

3400-566: The north. While the smallest of the Oakland districts, the neighborhood hosts a range of commercial and residential dwellings. Among notable commercial operations exists Carlow University and most of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center , including UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Montefiore . The residential makeup is diverse and consists of a number of long-time, permanent residents living alongside students completing their undergrad and graduate degrees. Many permanent residents have called West Oakland home dating back to around 1990, when

3468-595: The northeast, Central Oakland to the southeast, South Oakland to the south and south-southeast, Bluff to the southwest, and the Crawford-Roberts and Terrace Village regions of the Hill District to the west and northwest, respectively. 40°26′28″N 79°57′25″W  /  40.441°N 79.957°W  / 40.441; -79.957 Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire (PBF) provides fire suppression and prevention for

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3536-545: The police a few hours after the attack and said that Warhol "had too much control over my life." She was subsequently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and eventually sentenced to three years in prison. Jed Johnson , one of the helpers at the Factory, had been a witness to the shooting. During Warhol's hospitalization, Johnson visited him regularly and they developed a deep relationship. Subsequently, Johnson moved in with Warhol to help him recuperate and care for his mother Julia Warhola. The assassination attempt had

3604-439: The shoe industry, Warhol developed his "blotted line" technique, applying ink to paper and then blotting the ink while still wet, which was akin to a printmaking process on the most rudimentary scale. His use of tracing paper and ink allowed him to repeat the basic image and also to create endless variations on the theme. American photographer John Coplans recalled that "nobody drew shoes the way Andy did. He somehow gave each shoe

3672-436: The size of the box. A pivotal event was The American Supermarket exhibition at Paul Bianchini's Upper East Side gallery in late 1964. The show was presented as a typical small supermarket environment, except that everything in it—from the produce, canned goods, meat, posters on the wall, etc.—was created by prominent pop artists of the time, among them sculptor Claes Oldenburg , Mary Inman and Bob Watts . Warhol designed

3740-439: The spring of 1964, which featured sculptures of commercial boxes stacked and scattered throughout the space to resemble a warehouse. For the exhibition, Warhol custom ordered wooden boxes and silkscreened graphics onto them. The sculptures— Brillo Box , Del Monte Peach Box , Heinz Tomato Ketchup Box , Kellogg's Cornflakes Box , Campbell's Tomato Juice Box and Mott's Apple Juice Box —sold for $ 200 to $ 400 depending on

3808-484: The studio, parties, restaurants, and on trips to Europe. He created portraits of Archie, Johnson and Amos, a second dachshund they got a few years later. Between 1972 and 1973, Warhol created a series of portraits of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong with funding from two New York galleries, Knoedler & Co. and the Leo Castelli Gallery, as well as art collector Peter Brant . In February 1974, some of

3876-433: The subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions , books, and documentary films. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city of Pittsburgh, which holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives, is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist. Warhol has been described as the " bellwether of the art market". His artwork is regarded as extremely collectible and valuable. His work include

3944-550: The tone for his reception. In 1963, Warhol formed The Druds , a short-lived avant-garde noise band that included notable figures from the New York minimal art and proto- conceptual art scenes, including Larry Poons , La Monte Young , Walter De Maria , Jasper Johns , Claes Oldenberg , and Lucas Samaras . In January 1963, Warhol rented his first studio—an old firehouse at 159 East 87th Street—where he created his Elvis series, which included Eight Elvises (1963) and Triple Elvis (1963). These portraits, along with

4012-581: The works Gold Marilyn , eight of the classic Marilyn series also named Flavor Marilyns , Marilyn Diptych , 100 Soup Cans , 100 Coke Bottles , and 100 Dollar Bills . Gold Marilyn was bought by the architect Philip Johnson and donated to the Museum of Modern Art. In December 1962, New York City's Museum of Modern Art hosted a symposium on pop art, during which artists such as Warhol were attacked for "capitulating" to consumerism. Critics were appalled by Warhol's open acceptance of market culture, which set

4080-601: The world, it remains the world's second tallest university building, the tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere, and the second tallest gothic-styled building in the world. Oakland is also home to the university's French-Gothic revival Heinz Memorial Chapel and St. Paul Cathedral , the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is also home of the main branch of the Carnegie Library,

4148-584: Was a staple of the neighborhood in the 1970s and 1980s. North Oakland has eight borders with the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Bloomfield to the northeast, Shadyside and Squirrel Hill North to the east, Central Oakland to the south, West Oakland to the southwest, the Terrace Village region of the Hill District to the west, the Upper Hill District to the northwest Polish Hill to the north-northwest. North Oakland also runs catty-corner (without

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4216-466: Was also born in Oakland, not far from Warhol's home. Dan Marino Field on Frazier Street was named in honor of its native son. Although they were not contemporaries, Warhol and Marino grew up on the same block with their former houses only a few doors apart. West Oakland is bordered by Fifth Avenue in the south, DeSoto Street in the east, the Birmingham Bridge to the west, and Aliquippa Street to

4284-438: Was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, and filmmaking. Some of his best-known works include

4352-450: Was confined to bed, he drew, listened to the radio and collected pictures of movie stars around his bed. Warhol later described this period as very important in the development of his personality, skill-set and preferences. When Warhol was 13, his father died in an accident. As a teenager, Warhol graduated from Schenley High School in 1945, and also won a Scholastic Art and Writing Award . After graduating from high school, he enrolled at

4420-590: Was included in the inaugural show at the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, Texas . After years of deteriorating health, Warhol's mother, Julia Warhola, died in Pittsburgh in November 1972. Although he covered the cost of her funeral, he chose not to attend or inform his close friends of her death. Warhol and his longtime partner Jed Johnson got a dachshund, Archie (Bunker) Warhol, for Christmas in 1972. Warhol doted on Archie and took him everywhere: to

4488-907: Was mounted at the Tate Gallery in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The Whitney show distinctly featured Warhol's Cow Wallpaper (1966) as the backdrop for his paintings. In May 1971, Warhol's first and only theater production, Andy Warhol's Pork , opened at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York. In August 1971, it was brought to the Roundhouse in London. In late 1971, Warhol and his business partner Paul Morrissey purchased Eothen , an oceanfront estate in Montauk, New York on Long Island . They began renting

4556-728: Was previously packed with industrial sites such as the Pittsburgh Works Consolidated Gas Co. and the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., but presently, the Pittsburgh Technology Center hosts facilities such as the Entertainment Technology Center of Carnegie Mellon University . Many residents of Central Oakland - as well as news outlets - often consider their neighborhood part of South Oakland. However,

4624-448: Was taken on by Warhol around the end of 1965. In his capacity as their manager, he included them as a key component of his Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia performances in 1966 and 1967, and he funded their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967). Warhol intended to present the film Chelsea Girls (1966) at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival , but it wasn't shown because "the festival authorities explained that

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