Relocating from Buenos Aires to Pittsburgh 11 years ago, Inés de San Martín was looking for a vibrant and walkable community. For her, a neighborhood with a wide variety of restaurants, coffee shops and cultural attractions mattered just as much as the house itself.
When she stood in front of 1616 Denniston St., de San Martín didn’t know what lay beyond the basic front stoop of the 1920s-era townhome in Squirrel Hill. When she stepped inside, though, she had an epiphany.
This was where she wanted to live; it would just take a little work…