Sad but true the North side of Pittsburgh has been completely chewed up and rebuilt with highway bypasses in many areas . Destroying the Neighborhoods of Manchester ,Woods Run, East Street Valley ,Dutche Town and East Ohio Street among others
As the many homes and business where torn up and destroyed and hearts broken 2 cases stand out with there own horrific endings.
A long time hold out on the I-279 East Street Valley expressway a meat Packing Company and East Ohio Street Bypass Pa 28 a Auto Body Shop
Both where last to leave by force and both ended up commuting suicide in the end .
After moving to there new locations .
Allegheny Auto Body Shop owner Bill Leibreth Jr. Moved to Verona Road near Frankstown Rd in Penn Hills and within a year of moving took his own life by gun shot after shooting a relative in a dispute
His property along E. Ohio Street was a bunch of old run down buildings painted a hideous orange and at one time was a small brewery with caves in the hill behind it .
he tried to have the buildings preserved along with St Nicholas Church but both fell to the wrecking ball. The stress in the end was too much . there is still a FB page for Allegheny Auto Body and comments on he tragedy
https://www.facebook.com/Alleghenyautobodysavedeductible/
Northwestern Packing was located at the far end of East Street near Milroy Street and he also held out and was built a place off Mt Pleasant Street which lasted a couple years but he alsosuposedly took his life details of which are hard to confirm .
Seems Pendot and others want to forget what happened to all the families and businesses destroyed in the name of progress . You think the history and places would be recorded some where but i have not been able to find them.
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