WordNet
n. the side that is on the north
Wikipedia
North Side (sometimes written as Northside) refers to the region of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, located to the north of the Allegheny River and the Ohio River. The term "North Side" does not refer to a specific neighborhood, but rather to a disparate collection of contiguous neighborhoods.
The neighborhoods that make up the North Side of Pittsburgh include: Allegheny Center, Allegheny West, Brighton Heights, California-Kirkbride, Central Northside, Chateau, East Allegheny, Fineview, Manchester, Marshall-Shadeland, North Shore, Northview Heights, Perry North, Perry South, Spring Garden, Spring Hill–City View, Summer Hill, and Troy Hill.
The North Side has seven hills ( Observatory, Monument, Troy, Spring, Seminary, Fineview, and Mt. Troy).
The Northside is an area composed of northern Richmond, Virginia and some parts of Henrico County, Virginia.
The area is home to many diverse neighborhoods, especially early streetcar suburbs, including Barton Heights, Bellevue, Ginter Park, Washington Park, Hermitage Road, Highland Park, Sherwood Park, etc. These neighborhoods are made up of houses with a variety of architectural styles, which include Arts and Crafts Bungalows, Romanesque Revival, and Queen Anne houses among other styles.
North Side is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network. The stop serves the North Shore neighborhood and other adjacent North Side neighborhoods. PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball stadium; the Andy Warhol Museum; the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh; the National Aviary; and Allegheny Center are within walking distance.
North Side station and Gateway Center station lie at the northern and southern ends of the Allegheny River Tunnel, respectively.
Usage examples of "north side".
The Surprise lay moored head and stern in forty fathom water on the north side of the island, in Cumberland Bay, the only sheltered road, and Jack Aubrey sat on his quarterdeck in an elbow chair with an awning over his head to keep off the sun, digesting his dinner - lobster soup, three kinds of fish, a roast shoulder of kid, sea-elephant steak grilled to a turn - and contemplating the now familiar shore of Juan Fernandez.
North Wind hurried Diamond down the north side of the iceberg, stepping by its jags and splintering.
But when Newman crossed back over to the north side of M Street, the shadow also turned and headed back in the direction from which he'd come.
I steamed close alongside the five south-facing column legs, then back up the north side.
A maze of kiosks on the north side catered to shoppers of all varieties.
The others on the police beat are covering a convenience store shooting on the north side.
The water on the north side was deeper than at the entrance but he could see that it shoaled out quickly and large areas of the banks were already exposed to the dropping tide.
On the north side of town, you'll find Central Texas State University, where Mike McQuaid teaches in the Criminal Justice Department, and China's friend Sheila Dawson is the chief of Campus Security.
Then there was the crumbling farmhouse of old Goody Fowler the witch, with its little evil windows and great roof sloping nearly to the ground on the north side.