Gen X Pittsburgh by David Rullo

Gen X Pittsburgh by David Rullo

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.

David Rullo is a poet, freelance writer, journalist, musician and artist. His work is influenced by the Beat Writers, especially Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Rullo has been published in various literary magazines including Exhausted Ramblings, Cavalcade, Pendulum and more. For over a year Rullo penned the weekly column/blog Aging Hip Replacement for the pop culture website Popblerd. As a musician Rullo is a member of the two-piece experimental band Centrale Electrique and the ambient/electronic project Architects of the Atmosphere.

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ISBN 13	9781467153744
Title	Gen X Pittsburgh
Author	David Rullo
Series	History Press Ser
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	History Press
Year published	2023-10-30
Number of pages	176
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