Gen X Pittsburgh: The Beehive and the '90s Scene (The History Press) - Softcover

Rullo, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467153745 ISBN 13: 9781467153744

Publisher: History Press, 2023

Synopsis

Beginning in the early 1990s, Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood began to transform from the post-industrial morass it had been suffering for the last few decades. Artists began to rent empty apartments, what were once shot-and-a-beer bars became hip dive bars and entrepreneurs found inexpensive real estate to follow their visions. It was in this landscape that the Beehive Coffeehouse began to attract a new 90s alternative crowd./East Carson Street was soon home to not just coffeehouses but Slacker, Dee's Cafe, Culture Shop, Club Laga and the Lava Lounge. Across a bridge, in the university community of Oakland, The Upstage, Electric Banana and another Beehive catered to the new youth culture. Cappuccinos, thrift shop culture, grunge music, local alternative bands, artists, writers and creative denizens of all stripes would soon enter the city's collective conscious. The South Side Beehive though was where the night often began, and weekends ended.

About this title

About the Author

David Rullo is an award-winning journalist and a senior writer at the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle . His work has appeared in national and international newspapers, magazines and literary journals. He has spent the better part of five decades exploring and contributing to the city's art and literary scene. Rullo's work has been exhibited and heard in Pittsburgh's cultural district, and his bands Digital Buddha, Architects of the Atmosphere and Centrale Electrique have explored the boundaries between electronic music, spoken word, performance art and experimental music. Rullo's collection of poetry, Tired Scenes from a City Window, was published in 2015. David is a Pittsburgh native, and he lives in the city's South Hills.

Edition details

• Publisher: History Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1467153745
• ISBN 13: 9781467153744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176