[ acordian ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: pittsburgh is a city of neighborhoods. each with it s own rights, and rituals. a patchwork of cultures that took shape over a century ago. back then, the city was a beacon of hope and possibility for people from all over the world, offering the promise of work, prosperity, a new life. pittsburgh could have been another company town gone to beautiful ruin. but something happened. the city started to pop up on lists of the most livable places in america. it became attractive to a new wave of people from elsewhere looking to reinvent themselves and make a new world. and so we find ourselves asking the same questions we ask in other cities in transition. are the new arrivals, new m
people. but, it doesn t change the life for those workers who were left behind. and kind of spit out. anthony: this is the hill district, traditionally african-american. the numbers here do not indicate a renaissance. black homes take in half the income of their white neighbors. and african-american youth are six times as likely to be arrested, go through the system. from which many can never break free. when activist sala udin was growing up here, the neighborhood was thriving. the golden age harlem of pittsburgh. sala: they used to call this city hell with the lid off . the mills ran 24 hours a day. i grew up in a time when most adult men in the neighborhood, in the morning, i saw them getting up and going to work. my dad for example, dropped out of school, but was still able to find work that paid enough to raise a family. my mother had 12 children. anthony: and your dad was able to raise 12 kids? sala: that s right.
anthony: money s definitely coming in. is it lifting all boats? sala: no. it is not. the new pittsburgh attracts new people. but, it doesn t change the life for those workers who were left behind. and kind of spit out. anthony: this is the hill district, traditionally african-american. the numbers here do not indicate a renaissance. black homes take in half the income of their white neighbors. and african-american youth are six times as likely to be arrested, go through the system. from which many can never break free. when activist sala udin was growing up here, the neighborhood was thriving. the golden age harlem of pittsburgh. sala: they used to call this city hell with the lid off.
city hell with the lid off . the mills ran 24 hours a day. i grew up in a time when most adult men in the neighborhood, in the morning, i saw them getting up and going to work. my dad for example, dropped out of school, but was still able to find work that paid enough to raise a family. my mother had 12 children. anthony: and your dad was able to raise 12 kids? sala: that s right. anthony: wow. that was a very different america. sala: that was a very different america. pedestrian: how you doing, sala? sala: good, good. this is where i lived, this is where i grew up. all of this area, this whole flat parking lot area that you
the new pittsburgh attracts new people. but, it doesn t change the life for those workers who were left behind. and kind of spit out. anthony: this is the hill district, traditionally african-american. the numbers here do not indicate a renaissance. black homes take in half the income of their white neighbors. and african-american youth are six times as likely to be arrested, go through the system. from which many can never break free. when activist sala udin was growing up here, the neighborhood was thriving. the golden age harlem of pittsburgh. sala: they used to call this city hell with the lid off . the mills ran 24 hours a day. i grew up in a time when most adult men in the neighborhood,