What is "bon air"

Bon Air is the name of multiple municipalities and places in the United States:

• Bon Air, Alabama
• Bon Air, Sumner County, Tennessee
• Bon Air, White County, Tennessee
• Bon Air, Virginia
• Bon Air, Louisville, Kentucky
• Bon Air (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
• Bon Air (Fallston, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
• Bon Air (Elkton, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
• Bon Air (PAT station)
• Bon Air (Tampa), a neighborhood within the City of Tampa, Florida
• Bon Air (Fast Eddie's), the hotspot of the midwest in Alton, Illinois

Bon Air is a neighborhood in the south portion of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its two zip codes are 15226 and 15210, and it is represented in the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 4 (South Neighborhoods).

Bon Air is small in geographic size compared to the other communities in District 4, but its reputation, "Country living in the City" is well deserved by its terrain. Bon Air is on a mountaintop, surrounded almost entirely by steep forested mountainsides. Road access to Bon Air is limited by only two connecting streets to the Knoxville neighborhood to the east. North of Bon Air is McKinley Park, with a 1200-foot drop down to Bausman Avenue, to the west another drop down to Route 51. South is a precipitous drop down to a low forested valley and east a drop down into a large cemetery. One of the most isolated neighborhoods of the City of Pittsburgh, it still is only minutes away from Downtown and Oakland by public transportation and affords its residents the benefits of residing in a leafy "suburban" setting as well as the benefits of all that city life provides. Bon Air is well-served by its own "T" (light-rail) stop from which residents can be in Downtown Pittsburgh in mere minutes and is also the terminus of the 54 Bus that travels directly to the Oakland neighborhood.

The neighborhood is a balanced mix of families, single persons, and senior citizens. There is no commercial zoning on the Bon Air mountaintop, all the residences are single family homes, usually with superb views. A small parklet on the mountaintop is excellent for young children.

Bon Air is a station on the Overbrook branch of the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. It is located in the Bon Air neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Bon Air is a high level handicap accessible station that exits into Bon Air from a valley below Roseton Avenue. The station is designed as the primary transit access for residents of this small neighborhood of single family homes where bus service is limited.

Bon Air is a historic home located at Fallston, Harford County, Maryland. It is a three story dwelling of stone, stuccoed and scored in imitation of ashlar, with a steep hipped roof featuring a pronounced splay or "kick" at the eaves. It was built in 1794 by Francois de la Porte, who brought his own joiners, blacksmiths, masons, and artisans with him to recreate an exact replica of a rural seat in Northern France. It is one of the few structures in Harford County with a distinct French heritage.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Bon Air is a neighborhood within the district of West Tampa, which represents District 6 of the Tampa City Council. The estimated population recorded was 858.

Bon Air, also known as the Adam and Susan Bear House and Bear Lithia, is a historic home located near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, central-passage plan brick dwelling with Italianate and Greek Revival style decorative details. It has a metal-sheathed, hip-and-deck roof, a rear two story ell, front and back porches, and two one-story bay windows on the front facade. Also on the property is a contributing two-level meat house/storage building. The house stands next to Bear Lithia Springs, a boldly flowing water source acquired by the Bear family during the colonial period and commercially exploited in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.