Shop Til You Drop!

Start in the 16:62 Design Zone, a 46-block design district that stretches from the Strip District into neighboring Lawrenceville with nearly 100 arts and interior design businesses, including many retail operations. In The Strip’s section of the Design Zone, you’ll find great antiques at great prices, as well as shops featuring home accessories, pottery from local artists, artful dried flower arrangements, and contemporary leather furniture. Don't miss the sparkle of Collagefor that perfect gift.

Located at the head of the former Pennsylvania Railroad Fruit Auction Building on Smallman Street,the Society for Contemporary Craft  offers art for sale in both its gallery and store. Here you’ll find modern interpretations of traditional craft processes such as papermaking, metalsmithing, and woodworking. The Store features a selection of handmade home furnishings, tabletop and glassware, one-of-a-kind jewelry, journals from regional and national artists, as well as a selection of art books.

Equally impressive is the gift selection at the Senator John Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. Housed in the century-old Chautauqua Lake Ice Company building, the History Center shop features a large selection of books about the region’s history and ethnic traditions, retro toys, historic art prints, and historic sports memorabilia.

Continue your search for stylish and one-of-a-kind home furnishings by venturing to Lawrenceville, the neighborhood adjacent to the Strip District. The 16:62 Design Zone district continues here on Butler Street and Liberty Avenue, with art galleries, antique shops, and artist studios housed in restored Victorian buildings.

As you continue up Butler Street, make a sidestep onto 43rd Street for two don’t-miss shops. Gallery on 43rd Street  is packed with art and craft from southwestern PA artisans, including woven textiles, pottery, photography, paintings, and jewelry. And a few doors away at Equita in the historic Ice House Artist Studios, you'll find green, socially responsible items for body and home, as well as food.

You might want to catch the soap maker at Jay Design Soaps & Gifts pour their deliciously scented bars in-house.

Disciples of modern design won’t want to miss the mid-century stylings of Who New? Retro-Mod Décor, a double-wide showroom filled with furniture, lighting, art, pottery, and other collectibles from the Atomic Age.

And at ASHgalleries or Slaughterhouse Gallery & Studios, you might choose to take the painting straight from the artist’s easel.