Editing Braddock, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Braddock''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] located in the eastern suburbs of [[Pittsburgh]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]], United States, {{Convert|10|mi}} upstream from the mouth of the [[Monongahela River]]. The population was 1,721 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], a 91.8% decline since its peak of 20,879 in 1920.<ref name="2020Pop">{{Cite web|title=Braddock borough, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4207992|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref><ref name="1930And1920">{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch09.pdf |title=Table 5. Population of Incorporated Places: 1930 and 1920 |page=959 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Braddock's Battlefield LCCN2006677780.jpg|thumb|left|[[Braddock's Field]]]]
Braddock is named for General [[Edward Braddock]] (1695–1755), commander of American colonial forces at the start of the [[French and Indian War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a4NIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2867%2C2505444 |title=Town names carry a little bit of history |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=May 10, 1984 |access-date=26 May 2015 |author=Porter, Thomas J. Jr. |pages=1}}</ref> The [[Braddock Expedition]] to capture [[Fort Duquesne]] (modern day [[Pittsburgh]]) from the [[France|French]] led to the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] general's own fatal wounding and a sound defeat of his troops after crossing the [[Monongahela River]] on July 9, 1755. This battle, now called the [[Battle of the Monongahela]], was a key event at the beginning of the [[French and Indian War]].

The area surrounding [[Braddock's Field]] was originally inhabited by the [[Lenape]], ruled by [[Queen Alliquippa]].<ref name="15104ccHistory">{{cite web |url=http://15104.cc/history/  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104115812/http://15104.cc/history/ |archive-date=2015-11-04 |url-status=dead |title=History {{!}} Braddock, PA 15104 |last1=Kline |first1=Jonathan |last2=Brill |first2=Christine}}</ref>

In 1742, [[John Fraser (frontiersman)|John Fraser]] and his family established the area at the mouth of [[Turtle Creek (Pennsylvania)|Turtle Creek]] as the first permanent English settlement west of the [[Allegheny Mountains]].<ref name="15104ccHistory" /> [[George Washington]] visited the area in 1753–1754. It was the site of Braddock's Defeat on July 9, 1755.

Braddock's first industrial facility, a barrel plant, opened in 1850.<ref name="15104ccHistory" /> The borough was incorporated on June 8, 1867.<ref name="phmc">{{cite web|url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/counties/pdfs/Allegheny.pdf |title=Allegheny County - 2nd Class |access-date=2007-08-18}}</ref> The town's industrial economy began in 1873, when [[Andrew Carnegie]] built the [[Edgar Thomson Steel Works]] on the historic site of Braddock's Field in what is now [[North Braddock, Pennsylvania]]. This was one of the first American [[steel mills]] which used the [[Bessemer process]]. As of 2010, it continues operation as a part of the [[United States Steel Corporation]]. This era of the town's history is depicted in [[Thomas Bell (novelist)|Thomas Bell]]'s novel ''[[Out of This Furnace]]''.

Braddock is also the location of the first of Andrew Carnegie's 1,679 (some sources list 1,689) [[Carnegie library|public libraries]] in the United States, designed by [[William Halsey Wood]] of [[Newark, New Jersey]], and dedicated on March 30, 1889. The [[Carnegie Free Library of Braddock]] included a tunnel entrance for Carnegie's millworkers to enter a bathhouse in the basement to clean up before entering the facilities (which originally included billiard tables). An addition in 1893, by [[Longfellow, Alden & Harlow|Longfellow, Alden and Harlow]] (Boston & Pittsburgh, successors to [[Henry Hobson Richardson]]), added a swimming pool, indoor basketball court, and 964-seat music hall that included a Votey pipe organ. The building was rescued from demolition in 1978 by the Braddock's Field Historical Society, and is still in use as a public library. The bathhouse has recently been converted to a pottery studio; the music hall underwent extensive restoration and musical performances will be presented in 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://braddock.librarycalendar.com/event/grand-reopening-ribbon-cutting-open-house-299 | title=Grand Reopening - Ribbon Cutting & Open House &#124; Braddock Carnegie Library }}</ref>

During the early 1900s many immigrants settled in Braddock, primarily from Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary.

[[File:Condemned houses in Braddock, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|left|Condemned houses in Braddock, 2009]]
Braddock lost its importance with the collapse of the steel industry in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. This coincided with the [[crack epidemic|crack cocaine epidemic]] of the early 1980s, and the combination of the two woes nearly destroyed the community. In 1988, Braddock was designated a [[Financially Distressed Municipalities Act|financially distressed municipality]]. The entire water distribution system was rebuilt in 1990-1991 at a cost of $4.7 million, resulting in a fine system where only 5% of piped water is deemed "unaccounted-for".{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} As of the early 2020s, Braddock's population is approximately 90% reduced from a peak of about 20,000 in the 1920s.<ref name="2020Pop" /><ref name="1930And1920" />

[[John Fetterman]], mayor of Braddock from 2006 until his 2019 inauguration as [[Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania]], launched a campaign to [[Gentrification|attract new residents]] to the area from the artistic and creative communities.<ref name="15104ccMayor">{{cite web |url=http://15104.cc/mayor/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602041820/http://15104.cc/mayor/ |archive-date=2016-06-02 |url-status=dead |title=Mayor {{!}} Braddock, PA 15104 |access-date=2007-08-18}}</ref> He also initiated various revitalization efforts, including the nonprofit organization Braddock Redux.<ref>[http://www.braddockredux.org BraddockRedux.org], accessdate September 4, 2009</ref> In the [[2022 United States elections|2022 midterms]], Fetterman became the first [[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|US Senator from Pennsylvania]] to hail from Braddock, and the second member of Congress, after [[Matthew A. Dunn]].

Since 1974, Braddock resident [[Tony Buba]] has made many films. One of his earlier films is ''Justice League'' centering on the borough and its [[deindustrialization|industrial decline]], including ''Struggles in Steel.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117780/|title=Tony Buba|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> In September 2010, the [[Independent Film Channel|IFC]] and [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance]] television channels showed the film ''Ready to Work: Portraits of Braddock'', produced by the Levi Strauss corporation. This film interviews many of the local residents and shows their efforts to revitalize the town.<ref>[http://wduqnews.blogspot.com/2010/09/braddock-film-gets-additional-airing.html Braddock Film Gets Additional Airing], WDUQ News</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}}, {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}} of which is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (13.85%) of which is water. Its average elevation is {{convert|764|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>

Braddock has two land borders, with [[North Braddock, Pennsylvania|North Braddock]] from the north to the southeast, and [[Rankin, Pennsylvania|Rankin]] to the northwest.  Across the [[Monongahela River]] to the south, Braddock is adjacent to [[Whitaker, Pennsylvania|Whitaker]] and [[West Mifflin, Pennsylvania|West Mifflin]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1290
|1880= 3310
|1890= 8561
|1900= 15654
|1910= 19357
|1920= 20879
|1930= 19329
|1940= 18326
|1950= 16488
|1960= 12337
|1970= 8795
|1980= 5634
|1990= 4682
|2000= 2912
|2010= 2159
|2020= 1721
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235623/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archive-date=19 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="2020Pop" /><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Braddock borough, Pennsylvania – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1980<ref>{{Cite web |title=1980 census of population. Characteristics of the population. General Social and Economic Characteristic. Pennsylvania |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/pennsylvania/1980censusofpopu80140un_bw.pdf |access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pennsylvania: 1990, Part 1 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-40-1.pdf}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pennsylvania: 2000 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2002/dec/phc-1-40-pt1.pdf}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Braddock borough, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US4207992&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Braddock borough, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US4207992&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 1980
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,892
|2,433
|872
|489
|style='background: #ffffe6; |317
|51.33%
|51.96%
|29.97%
|22.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.42%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|2,641
|2,165
|1,910
|1,555
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,219
|46.88%
|46.24%
|65.64%
|72.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |70.83%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|20
|4
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|0.00%
|0.43%
|0.14%
|0.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|0
|11
|6
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.00%
|0.23%
|0.21%
|0.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.41%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|N/A
|N/A
|0
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|18
|9
|9
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.32%
|0.19%
|0.31%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.76%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|N/A
|N/A
|67
|49
|style='background: #ffffe6; |117
|N/A
|N/A
|2.30%
|2.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.80%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|83
|44
|44
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42
|1.47%
|0.94%
|1.51%
|1.85%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.44%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''5,634'''
|'''4,682'''
|'''2,910'''
|'''2,159'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,721'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

According to the [[American Community Survey]] in 2020, Braddock has an employment rate of 34.2%, a median household income of $23,050, 3.7% of the population has no health care coverage, with 10.7% of the population possessing a [[Bachelor's degree]] or higher.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=census%20of%20Braddock%20borough,%20Allegheny%20County,%20Pennsylvania], Braddock borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 2020 Census Data, retrieved November 14, 2022</ref>

==Government==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results<ref>{{cite web|last1=EL|title=2012 Allegheny County election|url=http://triblive.com/politics/2907065-74/pittsburgh-ward-hills-west-borough-braddock-east-elizabeth-north-park|website=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=EL|title=2016 Pennsylvania general election results|url=http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/electionresultsgen2016/|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=15 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/PA/Allegheny/106267/web.264614/#/detail/0004 | title=Election Night Reporting }}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''9%'' ''82''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''89%'' ''784''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''0.6%'' ''6''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''9%'' ''82''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''89%'' ''822''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''2%'' ''18''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2012|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''7%'' ''66''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''93%'' ''933''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''1%'' ''4''
|}
The borough is represented by the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]]'s [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 45|45th district]], the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]]' [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 34|34th district]], and {{ushr|PA|12}} in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].

==Education==
[[Woodland Hills School District]] is the local school district.

==Media==
*The 2010 film ''[[One for the Money (film)|One for the Money]]'' used the shuttered [[University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]] facility in Braddock as the "Trenton Police Headquarters".
*''[[Out of the Furnace]]'', a film starring [[Christian Bale]] released in 2013, was shot in Braddock.<ref name="monthlyreview.org"/>
*Parts of the 1996 TV film ''[[The Christmas Tree (1996 film)|The Christmas Tree]]'' were shot in the [[Carnegie Free Library of Braddock]]

==Notable people==
*[[Thomas Bell (novelist)|Thomas Bell]] – novelist; set ''[[Out of This Furnace]]'' in Braddock
* [[Andrew J. Boyle]] – U.S. Army lieutenant general<ref name="Register1940">{{cite book |last=Cullum |first=George W. |author-link=George Washington Cullum |editor-last=Farman |editor-first=E. E. |date=1940 |title=Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. |volume=VIII |url=https://usmalibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16919coll3/id/19096/rec/6 |location=Chicago, IL, Crawfordsville, IN |publisher=R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, The Lakeside Press |page=1121 |via=West Point Digital Library}}</ref>
*[[Tony Buba]] – filmmaker
*[[John Clayton (sportswriter)|John Clayton]] – sportswriter and [[National Football League|NFL]] analyst
*[[Henry Clay Drexler]] – recipient of the [[Navy Cross]] and [[Medal of Honor]]
*[[Matthew A. Dunn]] – former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]
*[[John Fetterman]] – former mayor of Braddock, former [[Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania]], and [[United States Senate|United States Senator from Pennsylvania]]
*[[Gisele Barreto Fetterman]] – former Second Lady of [[Pennsylvania]]
*[[LaToya Ruby Frazier]] – artist; 2015 MacArthur Fellow
*[[James Samuel Gallagher]] – former member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]
*[[Joseph M. Gaydos]] – former member of the United States House of Representatives
*[[Vernon Irvin]] – Chief Marketing Officer for [[XM Satellite Radio]]
*[[Bill Jones (steelmaking)|Captain Bill Jones]] – first superintendent of the [[Edgar Thomson Steel Works|Edgar Thompson Works]] under [[Andrew Carnegie]]
*[[Melville Kelly]] – former member of the United States House of Representatives; established the ''Braddock Leader'' newspaper
*[[Billy Knight]] – former [[Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball|Pittsburgh Panther]] and [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player and executive
*[[Sean Lomax]] – professional whistler
*[[John Maisto]] – former ambassador to [[Venezuela]], [[Nicaragua]], and the [[Organization of American States]]
*[[Tom Major-Ball]] – music hall performer and father of British Prime Minister [[John Major]]<ref>John Major, ''The Autobiography'', HarperCollins (1999), pp. 2–3.</ref>
*[[Joseph A. McDonald]] – [[steel industry]] executive
*[[Art Pallan]] – radio celebrity
*[[George Peppard]] – lived and worked in Braddock as a radio announcer in his early career
*[[James L. Quinn (politician)|James L. Quinn]] – former member of the United States House of Representatives
*[[Frank S. Scott]] – first enlisted member of the [[United States armed forces]] to lose his life in an [[aircraft accident]]<ref name="wpafb">{{cite web |url=http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/documents/frankscott.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040423152744/http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/documents/frankscott.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2004 |title=Corporal Frank S. Scott |access-date=2006-08-31 |date=2006-04-17 |publisher=Scott AFB History Office}}</ref>
*[[Lauren Tewes]] – actress best known for playing Cruise Director Julie McCoy on ''[[The Love Boat]]''

==In popular culture==
*[[The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company|A&P's]] first [[supermarket]] opened in Braddock in 1936.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.groceteria.com/store/national-chains/ap/ap-history/|title=A&P History|date=6 April 2009}}</ref>
*[[George A. Romero]]'s 1978 horror film ''[[Martin (1978 film)|Martin]]'' takes place in Braddock and was largely filmed there.
*[[Levi Strauss & Co.]], the maker of Levi's jeans, chose the borough for its "youth" commercial campaign, which was televised in late 2010 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.levi.com/news/we-are-all-workers/ |title=Levi Explore : We Are All Workers |access-date=2010-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013180354/http://explore.levi.com/news/we-are-all-workers/ |archive-date=2010-10-13}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Bell (novelist)|Thomas Bell]]'s historical novel ''[[Out of This Furnace]]'' is set in Braddock during the 1890s to the 1930s.<ref name="monthlyreview.org">{{Cite web |last1=Straub |first1=Jim |last2=Economy |first2=Bret LiebendorferTopics: Political |date=2008-12-01 |title=Monthly Review {{!}} Braddock, Pennsylvania Out of the Furnace and into the Fire |url=https://monthlyreview.org/2008/12/01/braddock-pennsylvania-out-of-the-furnace-and-into-the-fire/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Monthly Review |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The 2022 feature film ''[[Dear Zoe (film)|Dear Zoe]]'' is primarily set in Braddock.

==See also==
* [[Braddock's Battlefield History Center]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Braddock, Pennsylvania}}
{{EB1911 poster|Braddock}}
*{{official website|https://braddockborough.com/}}
*[http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A29134 2005 ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' feature story about Braddock including history, interviews with residents and a controversial highway project]
*[http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A28774 ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' feature story about Braddock's urban decay, and the recent influx of artists drawn to the city by mayor John Fetterman]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/us/01braddock.html ''New York Times'': "Braddock, Pa: Rock Bottom for Decades, but Showing Signs of Life"]
*[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/15/us-mayor-postcode-tattoo Article in the UK's ''Guardian'' newspaper about mayor John Fetterman]
*[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9580/ The Battle of the Monongahela], which took place in Braddock in 1755

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