The Mexican War Streets Society (MWSS) was founded in 1969 as a non-profit organization. Its mission is to preserve the historic character of the Mexican War Streets and to promote the neighborhood through personal and community involvement.

View the MWSS Bylaws and 2005 revisions. (Download Acrobat PDF document - 9 k)

General membership meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at the Unitarian Universalist Church at the corner of West North Avenue and Resaca Place. Topics of interest to the neighborhood and upcoming events are discussed. Guests are welcome to attend. For more information, please call (412) 323-9030.

There are many ways to become involved and get connected with MWSS. Check out our Calendar of Events and Annual Events.

The Mexican War Streets neighborhood is a federally and City designated historic district. The following guidelines are designed to help individual property owners formulate plans for the preservation, rehabilitation and continued use of historic buildings in the City¹s historic districts. The guidelines pertain to buildings of all occupancy and construction types.


2009 MWSS Board of Directors


Officers
 
President Bruce Harshman
bruski730@comcast.net

Vice President David R. McMunn 
LTEMcMunn@msn.com

Secretary Mace Porac
portola4@msn.com

Treasurer James Lawrence
james.r.lawrence@comcast.net


Board Members
 
House Tour Chairs David and Laurie Charlton
david@charltonsplace.com
laurie@charltonsplace.com

Membership Chair

 

Zandrea Ambrose
Zandrea.ambrose@gmail.com

Historic Preservation Chair Greg Mucha
gjmucha@aol.com

Greenspace Chair John Engle
engle.jh@mellonequity.com

Public Safety Liaison Jill Greenwood
jgreenwood@tribweb.com

Federal-North Liaison Paul Johnson
paulcoganjohnson@aim.com

Events/Social Chair Sandy Kniess
kniess1@comcast.net

Program Chair Neill Stouffer
ncs222@comcast.net


Staff
 
Communications Consultant Leslie Vincen
ljvincen@comcast.net

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