In many parts of the South Side Slopes, homes offer panoramic views of the city skyline that span the distance from beyond McKees Rocks, to Homestead.

This neighborhood provides access to the South Side Flats by various means, including the many public staircases.

Every autumn the South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association (SSSNA) hosts its annual "StepTrek", where participants travel over the various public step streets.

Pittsburgh, like many cities in the United States built on hillsides, classifies public staircases as streets.

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire houses 24 Engine and 24 Truck on the South Side.

A cor-ten sculpture representing the neighborhood's topography and buildings is on display in the garden of Paul of the Cross Monastery.

[2] In 1763, King George III of Great Britain granted John Ormsby, a soldier in the French and Indian War as well as the alleged first settler of Pittsburgh, 2,400 acres of land along the southern banks of the Monongahela River for his service in the capture of Fort Duquesne.

[3] South Side expanded and grew in order to keep up with Pittsburgh's industrial boom, adopting the nickname "Workshop of the World".

They are fashioned in a classical Victorian style row home way with carved doorways, cornices, corbelling, cast iron ornaments and geometric slate patterns.

There are some areas that are too steep for automobile navigation so the numerous staircases located throughout South Side Slopes serve as the "streets".

The Slopes neighborhood is also close to the diverse East Carson Street and the SouthSide Works shopping center.