Panther Hollow

This article is about the neighborhood. For the valley, see Panther Hollow (valley).

Panther Hollow
Sub-neighborhood
Panther Hollow Location within Central Oakland
Coordinates: 40.43975°N 79.95108°W / 40.43975; -79.95108
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny County
City	Pittsburgh
Neighborhood	Oakland (Pittsburgh)

Panther Hollow is a small, somewhat isolated community at the bottom of Joncaire Street in Junction Hollow that runs along Boundary Street and is located in the Central Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The community was settled in late 19th century mostly by Italian immigrants from Pizzoferrato and Gamberale, Italy. Even today, park benches and picnic tables in the neighborhood are painted in the red, white, and green of the Italian flag and a sign post marks the distance to the two Italian cities from which most of the original residents arrived. Among its most famous such residents was Pittsburgh boxing legend Mose Butch. A remembrance memorial in the neighborhood, dedicated on December 2, 2007, commemorates the original 95 families that first settled in the neighborhood.

Panther Hollow sign post

Panther sculpture by Moretti on Panther Hollow Bridge (Cathedral of Learning in background)

See also

• Panther Hollow Lake
• Panther Hollow Bridge

References

• Toker, Franklin (1994) [1986]. Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6.

External links

• Schenley Park website
• Panther Hollow Bridge at Structurae
• Names of the families and plaque

Video

• WQED feature on Panther Hollow Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine