Greensburg Apartments
Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 15,889 (56,610 if surrounding Hempfield Township is included) at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Westmoreland CountyGR6. It is named after Nathaniel Greene, a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.
Located southeast of Pittsburgh, Greensburg is a major business and cultural center in Western Pennsylvania. It is evident as the city’s population doubles during work hours. The city ranks seventh in Pennsylvania in terms of daytime growth, behind Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, King of Prussia, Lancaster and State College. It also ranks 16th in the United States for daytime growth among towns with a resident population between 15,000 to 24,999.
The city of Greensburg is currently composed of eight wards, most of which were formerly boroughs. The borough of Bunker Hill, now Fifth Ward, was merged into Greensburg in 1894. The name originated because of fights at the rowdy Bushfield Tavern in the early 1840s to mid-1800s that were compared to the Battle of Bunker Hill.
In 1905, Greensburg absorbed three adjacent boroughs, including Ludwick, now Sixth Ward, which was named for Ludwig Otterman, an early settler for whom the street is also named, as well as East Greensburg, now Seventh Ward, and Southeast Greensburg, unofficially known as Paradise (Eighth Ward). South Maple Avenue was originally named Kinderhook. Second Ward, located north of Downtown Greensburg, is the largest ward. The area near the Hilltop Social Club is unofficially named Hilltop and was originally settled by Italian immigrants.
In August 1965, Greengate Mall opened west of the city in Hempfield Township, marking a new era for retail shopping in the area. Greensburg’s downtown was adversely affected as large downtown department stores closed. However, it rebounded as the city became a center for service industries, professional offices and banking. Today, small downtown shops and a growing number of restaurants are reviving downtown as a mercantile center. Westmoreland Mall is currently the largest shopping complex in the Greensburg area and all of Westmoreland County, while Greengate Mall was razed in 2003 for a new shopping center called Greengate Centre, anchored by a Wal-Mart Supercenter. Numerous shopping plazas and dining establishments also line the Route 30 corridor east and west of the city.
Light to moderate industry and service industries thrive in Greensburg. Economic downturns affect the community less than they do communities depending on one major industry. Housing growth continues on the northern end of the city, with the Saybrook Village and Evergreen Hill plans. The construction of the seven-story State Office Building on North Main Street, the four-story addition to the Courthouse Square Extension, and the proposed Performing Arts Center of Seton Hill University is expected to add new jobs to the city.
