Citizens Live at the Wylie is set to open its doors to the public Sept. 28 as a part of its “Soundcheck on Wylie Avenue” event.
The music venue is situated in Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District, a predominantly Black neighborhood that served as an epicenter for jazz music from the 1920s through the 1950s.
Formerly known as the Crossroads of the World, 95 acres of the historic district was cleared out beginning in 1955 as the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh declared the area “blighted.”…