Our programs have moved!
Please join us in person/LIVE at the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh (JCC), 5738 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or via Zoom on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Masks are optional. Out of respect for other members of the audience, please do not attend if you are not feeling well.

If you cannot attend our live programs, we offer a hybrid Zoom version. SHHS members will be sent a link to the Zoom program no later than the weekend before the program. If you are not a SHHS and would like the link to the program, please contact the SHHS at sqhillhist@shhsoc.org.

NOTE for Zoom participants: Our programs are recorded and archived on our website using YouTube, so please turn off your video if you do not want to appear on the recording. YouTube guidelines do not permit sending pictures of people to others without their permission.

The Neill Log House 2026 Season runs from May through September 
The Neill Log House is now open on scheduled days and hours for drop-in visitation (normal days and hours are Sundays and Mondays, 11-2, but check the city schedule as these may change). Click on this City Parks Neill Log House link to see the weekly schedule.

Groups may still request scheduling a visit on different days and times and such requests will be accommodated as rangers and other docents are available. Go on the above site to post such requests..

The public hearing for Serpentine Drive took place at City Council on June 4, with Barb Warwick (district 5) and Erika Strassburger (District 8) present and another Councilwoman online. Seven SHHS members were in attendance and argued for reopening Serpentine to cars, citing the overwhelmingly large numbers of traffic accidents as shown in accident reports on the detour routes (Murdoch, Wightman, Bartlett and Darlington) compared with Serpentine when it was open. So much for Vision Zero. One of our speakers spoke of the importance of having a quick way to get through the park for Police, Park Rangers, and ambulances in emergency situations when seconds can count. None of these vital safety factors made a difference to the people who just want to use the road as another walking trail in the park. They won.

OUR NEXT PROGRAM

Tuesday, June 9th
“Squirrel Hill’s Fourth of July Celebrations Through the Years” 
Helen Wilson, SHHS Vice President, will talk about Squirrel Hill’s extravagant Fourth of July celebrations, mainly held  in Schenley Park in its early years.