Pittsburgh Punk Rock Embroidered Patch – Wax Back – Merrowed Edge – 4″ Diameter – Iron City Punk – The Burgh

Pittsburgh Punk Rock Embroidered Patch – Wax Back – Merrowed Edge – 4″ Diameter – Iron City Punk – The Burgh

The Steel City is known for its gritty ambience and hardworking ethos. It makes perfect sense, then, that Pittsburgh has a long association with punk. Low prices and a booming local arts scene have long made this possible. In the late 80s and early 90s, the subculture gave birth to bands such as Anti-Flag.

More recently, with rising prices and a stabilizing population, the nature of this culture has changed. Some centers of punk have closed — Babyland and Glitterbox Theater announced last year that they would shutter following a non-extension of their lease. Yet punk still has a foothold in the ‘Burgh. Though Polish Hill is the neighborhood most known for its punk sensibilities, Pittsburgh punk also has a home in places like Garfield. Let’s take a trip to some of the places punk thrives in Pittsburgh.