1. Community and University Honors Social Justice Seminar Spring 2013 AUGUST WILSONS HILL DISTRICT TOUR

2. 1712 Bedford Avenue – Site of Fences Thought to be the site of Fences (set in 1950s) Former home of famous boxer Charlie Burley Wilsons grandmothers house

3. 1727 Bedford Avenue –Wilson Childhood Home Frederick August Kittel, Jr., one of seven children, lived in the rear of this building Front half of the building was a storefront Setting of the play Seven Guitars, set in 1948 Daisy Wilson Artist Community to refurbish the home

4. Miller African Centered Academy Once the McKelvy School Pernells school in King Hedley II Former home of the Pittsburgh Crawfords Just over 300 students 97% African American 96% eligible for free or reduced-price lunches

5. 2215 Wylie Avenue – West Funeral Home West Funeral Home has been operating for almost a century Mentioned both in The Piano Lesson and Two Trains Running Thomas West, Sr., is an important character in Two Trains Running One of the oldest continuously running businesses in the Hill District

6. 2172 Wylie Avenue – Eddies Restaurant August Wilson worked at Eddies Unofficial center of Hill Districts literary and dramatic community Inspiration for Memphis Lees restaurant in Two Trains Running Many patrons operated on a tab system Torn down in November 2007

7. 2141 Wylie Avenue – Crawford Grill Night spot, restaurant, jazz club, and hangout Owned and operated by Gus Greenlee, the Numbers King of the Hill District Mentioned in Fences and King Hedley II Closed in 2002

8. 2046 Wylie Avenue – Site of Jitney One of many jitney stations that operated in the Hill Still an important mode of transportation in todays Hill District A perfect place for a play – August Wilson

9. 1839 Wylie Avenue – Aunt Esters House Aunt Ester is a 285-year-old woman central to many plays of the Pittsburgh Cycle, including Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf Came to America with earliest slaves Aunt Ester = ancestor

10. 1835 Centre Avenue – Hill House Association Traces its heritage to the Anna B. Heldman and Soho settlement houses, which helped immigrants and black migrants settle in the Hill District (people like August Wilsons family) Association created in 1964 as a product of the Civil Rights Movement Empowering individuals to change, become models for their family, and gradually reweave the communitys social fabric Headquarters completed in 1972

11. 2007 Centre Avenue – New Granada Theater Built in 1928, designed by Louis Bellinger Remodeled in 1937 as movie theater and jazz club Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Cab Calloway performed there

12. 2145 Centre Avenue – Lutzs Meat Market Mr. Lutz plays a central and symbolic role in Two Trains Running Polish, white man, a reminder that the Hill District was once a very diverse neighborhood Sold the business after 1968 riots

13. 2250 Centre Avenue – Weil School Black Horizon Theater (1968) August Wilson directed his first plays at this building School still in use today Photo by Teenie Harris