August 26, 2025

Located to the west, Crafton Heights is home to many things but most notable for our family is the Pittsburgh Gifted Center. Gifted is located in the Greenway School building (which also currently houses Pittsburgh Classical school, and teacher development for Pittsburgh Public Schools). Gifted was a favorite part of school for both Barlow kids. They both were able to visit the Gifted Center weekly; Pippa attended from third through eighth grades and Edmund from first to fifth. While neither kid currently attends, the Center’s yearly open house offered a chance to visit favorite teachers and the opportunity to get shaved ice from the Kona Ice truck. Pippa grabbed watermelon and mango, and Liddy had pina colada and mango. We then took a drive through the rest of the neighborhood. It’s very hilly and mostly residential.

Fun Fact:
Liddy’s colleague Rev. Dave Carver has been serving the neighborhood of Crafton Heights for over forty years! Read more about the youth organization he founded, The Open Door, and check out his blog, too.