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The Brookline Community came into
existence as we know it beginning in the early 1900s. Before that it was
mainly a collection of small farms. There were two distinct phases of
construction, the first in the 1920s and the second during the period
immediately following World War II.
In the decades that followed, much
of the construction was limited to a new house here or there, infrastructure
improvements, the expansion of the parochial institutions, or the development
of land like the old Anderson Farm into what we know as Brookline Memorial
Park.
Most early development was done by
the West Liberty Development Company, the city of Pittsburgh, and the
parochial institutions. Later infrastructure improvements were handled
mainly by the city, the Port Authority, and the various utility
companys.
One interesting fact is that
back in the 1920s, it was possible to purchase a home through the Sears
Catalog and have it built here by local builders. An example of one of
these homes (The Fullerton) is shown in the links below.
We have gathered some interesting
photos from the various stages of our neighborhood's development. They
show a little bit about how Brookline came to be. |
