Thornburg

==Media==
=== http://www.wqed.org/mag/features/0706/neighborhoods3.shtml===
Median Home Price: $365,000
Population: 468
Factoid: Named a National Historic District in 1982
American Idyll
"Covered-dish-supper Friday," says a flyer posted along Harvard Road, where stately homes sprawl on spacious lots. If you have to ask where or when, you probably don't live in Thornburg. One of the prestigious addresses of Allegheny County, this 200-home enclave, off Route 60 in the city's western suburbs, has some of the feel of Sewickley. Dozing on the steep hillside between Rosslyn Farms and Crafton, the borough's Ivy League street names befit a low-key community of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes. The home of developer Frank Thornburg, at the corner of Harvard and Lehigh, is a grand pile in the H.H. Richardson style. No Wal-Marts here, thanks. In fact, there are no shops at all.
"Not many people know we exist. We're close to downtown and the airport, but still have a country setting," says 32-year resident Mary Grogan, who's raised her family here.
Thornburg's Community CenterA marker at the borough's charming stucco community center (below) proclaims the neighborhood as an official historic district, a notable example of early-20th-century community planning and design. The design tradition continues, in homes designed by contemporary architects such as Tasso Katselas. Those newcomers are sandwiched between Tech Road's 1960s-style split levels by Chartiers Country Club and early-1900s mansions near the golf course.
In the oldest, lowest section, broad, sidewalked streets run horizontally across the steep slope. Short vertical lanes connect yards punctuated by gazebos, swings and fabulous New England-style porches. The community center is a popular home to low-key pursuits such as the theater group. It's the polling place, too. "Everybody is political, in the sense that everyone votes and has an opinion, but there's no one-party affiliation. We have our own mayor and council as an independent borough," says Grogan.
Thornburg homeIf you're looking to buy, chances are slim. "Turnover is sporadic, and houses aren't on the market long," warns Grogan. Most sell by word of mouth; outsiders may have a hard time getting in on the grapevine. But once you get here, it's like Brigadoon: You'll never leave.
category:where