Important!

Please read the directions start to finish first, and read ahead a couple of steps when not on major highways. A lot of the steps are closer together than they appear, and it can be difficult or impossible to simply backtrack if you miss a turn! Also, I did try to generate a map using Mapblast.com, but got a map for 1719 Arlington Avenue, which is obviously incorrect.

I will be attempting a map which will be added to this page as soon as possible. If you have any other questions regarding these directions, please email mari@aspects.org.

From the Oakland Area (Via Bus):

• Get on the 54C from 5th Avenue. (54C and other bus schedules)
• Take the 54C to Arlington Avenue at the top of 18th Street. You'll pass the graveyard on the left, then Milcarek Garage on the left. The bus stop is on the right at the Sunoco Station.
• Almost directly across 18th Street from the bus stop will be Arlington Court. The Colony is the left half of the duplex that is the second house on the left and has a gravel driveway.

From the Oakland Area (Via Car):

• Get onto Fifth Avenue heading inbound (towards downtown). * Be in either the 2nd or 3rd lane from the bus lane (which is the far LEFT lane)*.
• Once you are through the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Craft Avenue and have past Carlow College, get into the LEFT lane.
• At the next traffic light, turn LEFT onto the Birmingham Bridge.
• On the bridge, get in the RIGHT lane, and when another lane is added move over to the new far RIGHT lane.
• At the end of the bridge, turn RIGHT onto Carson Street.
• Take Carson Street to 18th Street and turn LEFT onto 18th Street.*There will be a LEFT turn only lane at this intersection, and a Bruegger's Bagels on the RIGHT*.
• 18th Street will go through two traffic lights, and then after the next block under a train overpass and bends sharply to the RIGHT.
• At the 'Y' intersection, continue following 18th Street, which is the RIGHT arm of the 'Y'.
• You will go through another traffic light and a number of bends in the road.
• Just past a cemetary on your left, there will be a garage called Milcarek Auto and South Side Glass Company on the left and a small street on the RIGHT.
• Between Milcarek and South Side Glass, and directly across from the Sunoco, will be Arlington Court.
• There is no parking on Arlington Court, but you can park on the small street across from Milcarek, in the bank parking lot at the corner of 18th Street and Arlington Avenue at the traffic light, and at metered spaces on Brownsville Road (which is what 18th Street becomes at Arlington Avenue).

From Points West:

• Take 70 E to the 470 E bypass. 470 E will deposit you back onto 70 E around Wheeling, W. VA.
• Continue on 70 E to the exit for 79 N towards Washington, PA.
• Pick up with directions below "From Points South".

From Points South:

• Take 79 N until you see signs for a RIGHT lane exit only for 279 N towards Pittsburgh.
• Take 279 N past the Runaway Truck Sand Pile. Past the sand pile, two lanes will be added before the Fort Pitt Tunnels.
• Carefully move over to the far RIGHT lane and take exit 7A for Truck 19 S and 51 S towards Uniontown.
• Merge onto 51 S and go through two traffic lights. Immediately after the second light, get into the LEFT lane, and at the third traffic light turn LEFT onto Warrington Avenue.
• Take Warrington Avenue up over the hill, and through several traffic lights.
• Past the "T" South Hills Junction, trolley tracks will start and you'll go straight through three traffic lights.
• Just past the Warrington Beer and Beverage Center will be the fourth light at which you turn RIGHT onto Arlington Avenue. * There will be a Dairy Mart directly ahead and a Hostel on the right at the light*.
• Follow Arlington Avenue up over the to the next traffic light and turn LEFT onto 18th Street.
• The next immediate RIGHT between the empty small business/South Side Glass and Milcarek Auto is Arlington Court. There is no parking on Arlington Court, however, you can park at the bank across Arlington Avenue from Johno's Art Studio, at metered spaces on Brownsville Road (which is what 18th Street becomes on the other side of Arlington Avenue), or on the little side road across from Milcarek Auto and next to the Sunoco gas station.