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Esop Way

Posted on September 29, 2020 by

Make right and walk 100 feet to parking lot. Make left into parking lot to join Julia St. Connector Trailhead. If you started here, congrats on completing the 2020 StepTrek! If you joined at #40 and S. 21st St, pick … Continue reading →

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Julia St.

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Make left and walk one short block to Esop Way and Arlington Ballfield.

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Arlington Ave.

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Make left. Just past the Fire Station is Julia St. Though unmarked, it begins at the corner of M. J. Stein Building. Climb 2 steps on left side.

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St. Patrick St.

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Be careful as you cross S. 18th St. to St. Patrick. Descend 5 steps on the right. Be careful of metal plates placed on the street as part of PWSA update to water lines. You will walk up St. Patrick … Continue reading →

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* Wayne Lester Memorial Orchard

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Just before the Fire Station Engine #22 and Arlington Ave. is the Wayne Lester Memorial Orchard. Mr. Lester, a Pittsburgh firefighter and active member of the Arlington community, was instrumental in planting the orchard adjacent to the fire station.

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St. Paul St.

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Make left to follow Church Route. The orange brick building on the left is the St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center, which is available for individual retreats by arrangement. SSSNA holds its meetings here. Continue down the street to … Continue reading →

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S. Patrick St. Steps

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Descend the 82 steps to S. 18th St.

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Monastery Ave.

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From the top of Monastery St., make a right and descend one block along left side of Monastery Ave.

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Monastery St. Steps

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Cross street and make left to continue on Church Route. Ascend 15 steps on the right side. These steps and sidewalk were rebuilt a few years ago as part of a project to replace a larger set of steps that … Continue reading →

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* St. Paul of the Cross Monastery

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Known as the barefoot missionaries, the Passionists vowed to live a life of prayer, poverty, penance and solitude. The first bishop of Pittsburgh invited the Italian order over in 1852. Designed by the architect Charles Bartberger, who also designed St. … Continue reading →

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