Kevin Kirkland

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Trina Goggins grew up in a food desert on the city's West End with little access to the fruits and vegetables typically found in a grocer's produce aisle. “If it didn't come in a can, I didn't know how to cook it,” she said. Today, she grows her own food in The Hood Garden, a full-blown horticultural experiment on her property in Homewood. She laughed as she explained its name. “It's a garden and I'm in the ’hood, so why not?” she said.

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1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Kevin Kirkland |Diana Jones

The first time I saw August Wilson’s play “Jitney,” the dialogue transported me back to 1966, when I lived on Centre Avenue next to Lee’s Floral Shop. A short walk down Elmore Street brought me to Pat’s Place. The corner store, surviving hard times, transformed from a cigar shop to a jitney stand where streetwise men gathered in conversation, frequently hunched over a game of checkers.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Kevin Kirkland

Shawn Aversa and Jamie McAdams have made some big changes in their 1899 Queen Anne-style house since it was last featured on the Highland Park House Tour. There is a large, modern addition with a cathedral ceiling and a tiny in-ground pool tucked into the backyard. But they know the most talked-about element among tour-goers on May 10 will likely be the same as it was 10 years ago: the wallpaper in the front hall. “People loved or hated it,” said Aversa, a Wisconsin native.