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MWSS Annual Holiday Party
Dec
8

MWSS Annual Holiday Party

Last General Membership Meeting of the Year!

You can buy tickets at the door (cash/check/card), or purchase tickets online here.

Please join us on Sunday December 8th at the beautiful Historic Day House, located at 512 West North Ave, for our last General Membership Meeting of the Year and a joyous holiday party!

The party starts at 5:00pm and entry to this event is $20 per person, which covers your MWSS Membership fee for the upcoming 2025 year.

This is a potluck-style party, so please bring a side dish (or dessert!) to share. Mains will be provided by the MWSS.

Wine and beer will also be provide by the MWSS.

Donations for the Food Pantry

At the party we are collecting items for the Northside Food Pantry. The pantry is looking for:

  • Peanut butter

  • Pasta sauce

  • Soup

  • Laundry detergent

  • Paper towels

  • Toilet paper

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Oct
26

Halloween Block Party on Veto Street

All are welcome at the 4th Annual Veto Street Halloween Block Party!

Bria and Jimmy have been hosting this Spooktacular block party for the last three years in honor of Jimmy’s wife, Bria’s mother, and lifelong Northsider, Sandy; who passed away unexpectedly in 2020. Sandy embraced everything Halloween - her favorite time of year - and was known for her love of dancing, so what better way to honor Sandy than combining all of her favorite things?!  

This year, the Mexican War Streets Society is honored to be able to sponsor this beloved block party. We hope you'll join us to celebrate the season, honor Sandy’s memory, and dance the night away to live music while enjoying the company of friends and neighbors.

All ages are welcome at this FREE outdoor event, which will be held rain or shine. Light beer will be available free-of-charge to 21+ guests while supplies last. BYOBoos after that! Check back here as we get closer to the date to see the final line-up of events and activities.

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2nd Annual Halloween Decoration Contest
Sep
30
to Nov 2

2nd Annual Halloween Decoration Contest

Happy Hauntings Neighbors! "It's Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus" Right?

Let's have some fun this Halloween and make our neighborhood the OOKIEST-SPOOKIEST HAUNTED NEIGHBORHOOD IN PITTSBURGH for Halloween night!
Welcome to our 2nd Annual Mexican War Streets Halloween Decorating Extravaganza! BOO!

If you would like to participate, please fill out this form below.
For those who have been here for a long time, you know Halloween is one of the craziest nights of the year in this neighborhood. We typically get between 700-800 kids, if not more! So, for any neighbor who wants to participate or not, at least be prepared with enough candy!

How to Participate:
 Please send us 2 photos of your decorations:

  • 1 photo in the Daytime

  • 1 photo at Nighttime

  • Address

  • Theme of Decorations

~With you sending us your photos, you consent to us publishing them on our social media platforms and our website.

Deadline to send photos is Monday September 30, 2024 by 12:00 midnight.

Please email your photos to: info@mexicanwarstreets.org

*A map will be created with each house (Just like the Yard Sale & Holiday Contest), so people will know where to visit and vote on.* This will be a digital map only- no physical printed maps.

Voting will take place virtually (over social media & MWSS Membership Newsletter Blasts) between Saturday October 26th - Saturday Nov 2nd. Winners will be announced by that weekend of November; So keep a look out for more information!

Houses must be within The MWSS Boundaries- The Mexican War Streets Boundaries exist from North - South: West Jefferson- West North Avenue; East & West: Federal Street (Garden Theatre Block)- Brighton Road). 

This event is only for the exterior of the house, not inside.

Winners will win Mexican War Streets Society Merchandise!

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Mexican War Streets Society at: info@mexicanwarstreets.org

 

Forms Link: https://forms.office.com/r/ZRNxF1dF0B

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52nd Annual Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour
Sep
15

52nd Annual Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour

The Mexican War Streets Society continues to build upon its mission of preserving and promoting the historic significance of our neighborhood. Each year we uphold our rich tradition of producing the most established House and Garden Tour in the city of Pittsburgh.

We are proud to announce that our 52nd Annual House and Garden Tour will take place on Sunday, September 15, 2024 from 11 am – 5 pm, and will present beautifully restored homes, as well as private and community gardens.

Our tour is never cancelled and always goes on—rain or shine! Tickets are $30 per person and will be sold ONLINE ONLY. Please note: There will be no tickets sold on tour day. Click the "Tickets" button on this page to get yours today!


Special thanks to our 2024 House & Garden Tour Sponsors:

Horn Corp Builders & Remodelers

rivers casinO

Eisler Landscapes

Allegheny Millwork & Lumber

Edmondson Real Estate Group

TREK DEVELOPMENT GROUP

NATIONAL AVIARY

JOHN FRANCONA, ARCHITECT

JANNEY PONTIS WEALTH ADVISORS

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Annual Yard Sale
Jun
8

Annual Yard Sale

  • 1201 Sherman Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15212 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A special thank you to our featured vendors, who you can find in the Sherman Ave parking lot!

Join neighbors in the Mexican War Streets to sell, hunt for treasure, and traverse the neighborhood during our annual summer yard sale. Food trucks and vendor booths will be found at the Sherman Ave parking lot.

Our garage sale map is available on Google Maps. You can also view printouts of the maps below. Bathrooms, eats and sellers can be found on the map.

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May
16

Spring Membership Meeting

Please join us for our spring General Membership Meeting on May 16th at 6:00pm at Fabled Table to hear about all of our updates!

We’ll discuss results from our Community Outreach Forum, strategic initiatives for the coming months, special guest speakers, upcoming events, and more.

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Apr
30

Allegheny Commons Ribbon Cutting

Pittsburgh Parks will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 30 at 6:30 pm to commemorate the completion of Phase 2 of construction. Food and family-friendly activities will be there, and MWSS will have a booth at the celebration while we join Mayor Ed Gainey, Rep. Bobby Wilson and other Pittsburghers to celebrate.

The festivities will take place in the park between Federal Street and the George Washington statue.

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2024 Progressive Dinner: Shamrock Soiree
Mar
2

2024 Progressive Dinner: Shamrock Soiree

We are excited to kick off our first event of the year - The Annual MWSS Progressive Dinner! In honor of St. Patrick's day, as we are holding this event at the beginning of March, and the fact that Pittsburgh goes ALL-OUT for St. Patty's Day, we figured it just made sense to party hard and celebrate the beginning of Spring and good hearty comfort food!

Join us on Saturday March 2, 2024 at 5:00pm for an evening of food, drinks, networking, and lots of fun as we traverse from group-to-group to our individual dinner & dessert houses. Your ticket price pays for us to keep the Progressive Dinner intimate.

GUESTS, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY ARE ALL WELCOME! AGE 21+ **Max 2 persons per registration**

Your ticket includes admission to the happy hour, food, and wine/beer. All we ask is that you coordinate with your group to bring a side dish. Groups will be announced on Friday, February 23rd.

Ticket sales end at 11:59pm on Wednesday, February 21st, so get yours today!

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General Membership Meeting
Feb
15

General Membership Meeting

Please join us for our 1st Membership Meeting of 2024 to come hear about all of the things we have planned headed into the new year as well as voice your opinion on what you'd like to see from the Mexican War Streets Society this year.

We will be meeting at The Fabled Table, located at 1400 Buena Vista Street, from 7-8pm

Can't join us in person? Join us virtually:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81988211187...
Meeting ID: 819 8821 1187
Passcode: 060228

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MWSS Traditional Holiday Party
Dec
10

MWSS Traditional Holiday Party

Last General Membership Meeting of the Year

Welcome back our Traditional Holiday Party! We are so excited to finally hold our annual Membership Party this year after taking 3 years off due to COVID. Please join us on Sunday December 10th at the Historic Day House located at 512 West North Ave for our last General Membership Meeting of the Year and a joyous holiday party!

We are also bringing back the Neighborhood Decorating Contest! We encourage all neighbors to decorate and sign up for the contest to win a prize!
Voting will be conducted in-person at Holiday Party, so be sure to attend! You may even win!
Entry fee to the event is $20.00 which is your MWSS Membership fee for the 2024 year.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Nov
29

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Nov
22

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Nov
15

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Nov
8

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Nov
1

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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Stoop Night
Oct
26

Stoop Night

If you are not familiar with this tradition, once a month the MWSS hosts a neighborhood-wide social event where we try to promote as many neighbors to come out onto their stoops and enjoy the summer weather with snacks and drinks and make new friends while also having a great time with existing friends. Networking is the name of the game here.
Stooping is weather permitting, and as always you do not have to wait to stoop once a month- YOU CAN STOOP ANY TIME!

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Oct
25

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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General Membership Meeting
Oct
19

General Membership Meeting

Please join us for our third General Membership Meeting of the Year!
We have LOTS of updates to inform you about, so please plan on attending! Meetings will be held in person (weather permitting), plus virtually as as secondary option. Stay tuned for meeting details.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Oct
18

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Oct
11

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Oct
4

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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Stoop Night
Sep
28

Stoop Night

If you are not familiar with this tradition, once a month the MWSS hosts a neighborhood-wide social event where we try to promote as many neighbors to come out onto their stoops and enjoy the summer weather with snacks and drinks and make new friends while also having a great time with existing friends. Networking is the name of the game here.
Stooping is weather permitting, and as always you do not have to wait to stoop once a month- YOU CAN STOOP ANY TIME!

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Sep
27

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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weed & Wine Wednesday
Sep
20

weed & Wine Wednesday

Join us every Wednesday Evening (Weather Permitting) to help us upkeep Mechanic's Retreat Garden all Summer long!

Join our Greenspace Chair and Master Gardener each Wednesday evening amongst other volunteers to maintain our beautiful corner garden with pruning, trimming, cleaning, and watering! BYO tools if you can, some will be provided. Also BYOB! Each volunteer must sign a waiver regarding safety and liability to participate.

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There are many volunteer opportunities for our various events, neighborhood clubs, and the MWSS board. If you would like to volunteer with us, click the button below to sign up!