The address: 305 Gist Street, Pittsburgh, PA (Google Maps)
If you're lost, you can call 412-434-5629 the day of the event for directions.
Gist Street is a right turn off of Forbes (if you’re heading from Downtown toward Oakland) or a left turn off of 5th Avenue (heading from Oakland toward Downtown).
If you’re taking the Parkway toward Downtown, take the Blvd. of the Allies exit and take a quick right onto Gist (just after the Sun King building).
There’s on-street parking along Fifth Avenue, Gist Street, and the surrounding streets. Take care not to park in anyone’s driveway.
The studio building is three story brick with an ugly plastic, yellow fence running along the side. The inside of the building is quite cozy.
There’s a giant baby King Kong.
Bus routes: 61abc; 71abc; 500
Photos this page: James Simon
“There are so many good things to say about reading at Gist Street. First, the venue is amazing! Second, and more importantly, the audience is engaged, smart, and lively. I felt a lot of energy from them. Thirdly, FOOD. It's the most inviting, invigorating, nourishing (in all senses of the word) place I'll ever read.”
—Ladette Randolph
Author of This is Not the Tropics, Associate Director, University of Nebraska Press
The address: 305 Gist Street, Pittsburgh, PA (
There’s a giant baby King Kong.
