Friendship, Pittsburgh
Street Lighting Program

Friendship is an urban enclave located some three miles east of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, and takes its name from Friendship Avenue, an east-west street running through the middle of the neighborhood. Its houses are large, square homes designed for professional-class families in the Victorian period. Friendship experienced severe disinvestment beginning in the 1960s, but has been the focus of urban revitalization efforts since the early 1990s.

This summer's internship project in Friendship intends to make the neighborhood a safer and more desirable place to live by establishing an Urban Street Lighting Campaign. The intern will work closely with the Friendship Development Associates, the Friendship Preservation Group and The Community Technical Assistance Center to create an inventory of street light existing conditions. In addition the intern will conduct outreach activities to educate residents about the importance of porch lighting, as well as assist in the distribution of long life bulbs and solar powered security lighting to homeowners. The culmination of the internship will be the coordination of a Porch and Alley Light Up the Night event.