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		<title>Neighbors in the Strip Accredited as a National Main Street Program</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/22/neighbors-in-the-strip-accredited-as-a-national-main-street-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Pop City Media
Neighbors in the Strip, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting  economic development in the Strip District, has been awarded  designation as an accredited National Main Street Program by the National  Trust for Historic Preservation.
The  prestigious designation is based on a ten point set of criteria, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKeesport Will Demolish 15 Homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Candy Woodall

McKeesport&#8217;s 7th Ward is getting a face-lift.
Despite a poor economy, McKeesport continues to attract stimulus dollars to improve its neighborhoods.
Using a $100,00 from Allegheny County, Mayor James Brewster said the city will raze another 15 blighted homes along Bailey Avenue, beginning on July 27.
&#8220;We&#8217;re tearing down a house every four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latrobe Considers Trails Linking to Saint Vincent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Candy Woodall

Latrobe foundation and city leaders are deciding how to establish a trail system that would link the region&#8217;s educational, recreational and industrial institutions.
The first step is creating a 2-mile trail from Saint Vincent College in Unity to neighboring Latrobe to provide a connection for the campus&#8217; 2,000 students to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Asks 1-Year Delay in Mellon Arena Demolition</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/group-asks-1-year-delay-in-mellon-arena-demolition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A group seeking to save Mellon Arena today urged its owner to delay a proposed demolition for one year.
Rob Pfaffmann, a Downtown architect who leads Reuse the Igloo, asked the city-Allegheny County Sports &#38; Exhibition Authority board to give the group a year to develop an economically viable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could New Teams Save Old Mellon Arena?</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/14/could-new-teams-dave-old-mellon-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, July 14, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

For some, it&#8217;s a pipe dream. For Aubrey Bruce, it&#8217;s a mission.
A former music promoter, Mr. Bruce hopes to save Mellon Arena by recruiting an arena football team, a Women&#8217;s National Basketball Association team and an American Basketball Association team to play there.
It&#8217;s debatable which is the biggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh Offers Plenty of Refreshing Water Havens During the Summer Months:  A Walking Tour of the City&#8217;s Fountains and Water Feaures</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, July 11, 2010
By Bill Toland, Virginia Linn, Patricia Lowry, Marylynne Pitz and Katy Buchanan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Our crown jewel fountain at Point State Park (No. 1 on the map above) is dry until 2012 while it undergoes repairs, and a few others also need work, but there are plenty of other burbling basins to enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>URA Moves to Subsidize Several Developments in Pittsburgh</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/09/ura-moves-to-subsidize-several-developments-in-pittsburgh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, July 09, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The city&#8217;s Urban Redevelopment Authority board Thursday made early moves to subsidize developments in the Strip District, Squirrel Hill and the South Side and sold properties to make way for an expanded YMCA in the Hill District.
The subsidies it preliminarily approved were tax increment financing (TIF) plans to support building public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hill Innovation Center Gets State Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/08/hill-innovation-center-gets-state-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 08, 2010
By Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Gov. Ed Rendell on Wednesday announced up to $8 million in state funding for a green innovation center in the Lower Hill District that may begin operations by fall.
Pittsburgh Green Innovators &#8212; to be housed in the former Connelley vocational-technical school &#8212; will be a home for new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saxonburg&#8217;s Main Street Has Money For a Facelift</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/01/saxonburgs-main-street-has-money-for-a-facelift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 01, 2010
By Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


For all its charm and historical significance, Saxonburg&#8217;s Main Street is showing its age &#8212; and not in a way history aficionados prefer.
Some of the paved sidewalks are lifting; some street curbs are crumbling; and the green strip fronting the string of shops that comprise the bustling business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKeesport Invests in Itself</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/24/mckeesport-invests-in-itself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 24, 2010
By Candy Woodall

The mayor calls it a renaissance. The school superintendent calls it a revitalization. Both agree that more than $80 million worth of construction and upgrades will make Mc-Keesport a more attractive city.
The school district is expected to break ground this summer on its $46.4 million plan to build two new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facade Improvements, Parking Lot Planned in McDonald</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/24/facade-improvements-parking-lot-planned-in-mcdonald/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 24, 2010
By Andrea Iglar

In the early 1900s, tax revenues from booming oil and coal industries funded construction of the buildings that make up McDonald&#8217;s business district to this day.
In more recent years, however, the advent of malls and other factors drew many customers away from town, but borough leaders are taking action to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arena Will Lose Mellon Name in August</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/24/arena-will-lose-mellon-name-in-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 24, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Say goodbye to Mellon Arena.
The iconic silver-domed venue will lose its name when the Penguins officially move into the Consol Energy Center on Aug. 1.
That&#8217;s when a naming rights agreement between BNY Mellon and the Penguins will expire. At that point, the Igloo most likely will reclaim the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YWCA&#8217;s New Green Roof Contributes to Revitalization of the Wood Street Corridor</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/23/ywcas-new-green-roof-contributes-to-revitalization-of-the-wood-street-corridor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The 42-year-old YWCA building at 305 Wood Street received a $175,000  grant from the Richard King  Mellon Foundation and Eden Hall Foundation to build a new green roof.
The new  retro-fitted roof will protect the building envelope from moisture  penetration, with a final layer of plantscaping, and is scheduled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many Suggest Ways to Save Mellon Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/23/many-suggest-ways-to-save-mellon-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 23, 2010
By Patricia Lowry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


When I asked for ideas for reusing Mellon Arena on June 13, I hoped to get at least a handful of responses. But almost 60 of you e-mailed or called with suggestions or simply encouragement to find a way to save the arena.
Convert it to a market house, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. Historical Panel Raises Concerns About Mellon Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/17/pa-historical-panel-raises-concerns-about-mellon-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 17, 2010
By Katie Falloon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has expressed concerns about the speed of the planned demolition of the Mellon Arena, prompting a response today from the Sports &#38; Exhibition Authority.
In the commission&#8217;s letter sent Wednesday, director Jean Cutler requested more information.
&#8220;We are sympathetic with the need to move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundations Aid Pittsburgh YWCA&#8217;s Green Roof</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/17/foundations-aid-pittsburgh-ywcas-green-roof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Zlatos
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 17, 2010

The YWCA is getting a green roof, part of a campaign by charitable foundations to make Downtown more environmentally friendly.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen an increasing number of green roofs in Pittsburgh in the past three years, some of which are Downtown,&#8221; said Aurora Sharrard, director of innovation for the Pittsburgh Green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Offers 6 Options for Mellon Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/17/study-offers-6-options-for-mellon-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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By Jeremy Boren
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Demolishing Mellon Arena would make way for a mix of new homes and high-end office space covering nine city blocks in the lower Hill District, according to a study released Wednesday.
The 107-page report provides the first detailed look at six scenarios, which include restoring the arena to its original [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction to Begin on Connelley Center Project Next Fall</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/16/construction-to-begin-on-connelley-center-project-next-fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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  State Senator Jim Ferlo and the board of Pittsburgh Green  Innovators hosted tours of the former Clifford B. Connelley Vocational School last Thursday in the Hill District, in order to explain the progress that has taken place in their project to turn the former high school into a green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former School to Become Green Center</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/11/former-school-to-become-green-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The 80-year-old former Connelley Technical Institute in the Hill District is slated to become a green technology demonstration showcase under the ownership of Pittsburgh Green Innovators Inc.
PGI has a sales agreement with Pittsburgh Public Schools and expects to close this summer and begin retooling the former vocational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEA Consultants Advise Razing Mellon Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/10/sea-consultants-advise-razing-mellon-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Brandolph
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Consultants for the city-county Sports &#38; Exhibition Authority recommended in a draft report sent to the state Bureau of Historic Preservation that Mellon Arena be demolished and the 28-acre Uptown site be developed, SEA officials confirmed Wednesday.
The report, according to Chris Cieslak, a consultant working with Oxford Development and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh History &amp; Landmarks Foundation Weighs Saving Mellon Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/08/pittsburgh-history-landmarks-foundation-weighs-saving-mellon-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group waiting for &#8216;Igloo&#8217; review
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation won&#8217;t rush to judgment on the future of Mellon Arena.
PHLF President Arthur P. Ziegler Jr. said Monday that the organization would await the outcome of a required review to determine possible alternatives to demolishing the 48-year-old landmark before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HRC Gives Conditional Nod to Apartments in Old Uptown School</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/05/hrc-gives-conditional-nod-to-apartments-in-old-uptown-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 03, 2010
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Historic Review Commission Wednesday conditionally approved the plans of an investment group to renovate the former Fifth Avenue High School, Uptown, into 65 rental lofts.
Casey Steiner and Jonathan Hill, on behalf of the new owner, an investment partnership called LMS 5th LP, said they propose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preservationists Want More Time to Study Reuse of Mellon Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/04/preservationists-want-more-time-to-study-reuse-of-mellon-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, June 04, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette




Local preservationists are pressing for more time in their battle to save Mellon Arena from demolition.
At a news conference today, they called on the city-Allegheny County Sports &#38; Exhibition Authority to delay any decision on the future of the Igloo, which will close in August when the Consol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors Plan for 65 Rental Lofts in Old 5th Avenue High, Uptown</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/03/investors-plan-for-65-rental-lofts-in-old-5th-avenue-high-uptown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 03, 2010
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette







The Historic Review Commission Wednesday conditionally approved the plans of an investment group to renovate the former Fifth Avenue High School, Uptown, into 65 rental lofts.
Casey Steiner and Jonathan Hill, on behalf of the new owner, an investment partnership called LMS 5th LP, said they propose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Pittsburgh High School To Get Second Life As Lofts</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/03/former-pittsburgh-high-school-to-get-second-life-as-lofts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rick Stouffer, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Owners of the historic former Fifth Avenue High School hope to start renovations and construction at the Uptown building by early fall to convert it to 65 loft apartments.
The development known as the 5th Avenue School Lofts will cost more than $10 million, and the first apartments could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allegheny County Office Building Roof Going Green: Landscaping Begins on Downtown Building&#8217;s Environmentally Friendly Roof</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/01/allegheny-county-office-building-roof-going-green-landscaping-begins-on-downtown-buildings-environmentally-friendly-roof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 01, 2010
By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette




A black and yellow butterfly landed for a moment on one of the white flowers transplanted on the roof of the County Office Building.
Darla Cravotta was delighted to see the insect taking advantage of the new garden under construction 70 feet above Forbes Avenue, Downtown.
&#8220;It&#8217;s like a scene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mellon Arena Roof May Open for Final Show But There are Plenty of Hurdles</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/25/mellon-arena-roof-may-open-for-final-show-but-there-are-plenty-of-hurdles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, May 25, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Mellon Arena may go out with its top down.
Officials are exploring the possibility of opening the arena&#8217;s distinctive retractable roof one last time to close down the 48-year-old building this summer.
Jay Roberts, general manager of Mellon Arena/SMG, confirmed Monday that the idea is under consideration, but he added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Face-Lift On Horizon For Disintegrating Mellon Square</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/17/face-lift-on-horizon-for-disintegrating-mellon-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Zlatos
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, May 16, 2010
The square&#8217;s broken fountain and mineral-stained staircases will be repaired and cleaned during an $11 million renovation.
Mellon Square, an icon of Pittsburgh&#8217;s first renaissance, has deteriorated with broken fountains and an overgrown patch infested by pigeons and rats. But foundations and nonprofit groups plan to restore it.
&#8220;If it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Clash of Visions</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/30/a-clash-of-visions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, April 25, 2010
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Cities including Pittsburgh followed Robert Moses&#8217; top-down, neighborhood-destroying &#8220;urban renewal&#8221; lead during the 1960s and &#8217;70s.
Prominent among opponents of Moses&#8217; imperious style and massive, hardship-imposing projects was Greenwich Village&#8217;s Jane Jacobs, whose success inspired others. She wrote such books as &#8220;The Death and Life of Great American Cities&#8221; and &#8220;Cities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Says Razing Mellon Arena Makes Economic Sense</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/29/study-says-razing-mellon-arena-makes-economic-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architect calls report &#8216;incomplete&#8217;
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Destroying Mellon Arena is a better economic bet than saving it.

That&#8217;s the conclusion of an economic analysis which found that the Penguins&#8217; plan to demolish the arena and redevelop the land had nearly double the benefit of a proposal to reuse the structure and surround [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ravenstahl: Mellon Arena must come down for redevelopment</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/12/ravenstahl-mellon-arena-must-come-down-for-redevelopment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, April 12, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette





Mayor Luke Ravenstahl won&#8217;t stand in the way of Mellon Arena being demolished when it closes later this year.
Mr. Ravenstahl said this morning he believes the arena must come down as part of efforts to reconnect the Hill District to Downtown and to redevelop the 28 acres sitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh&#8217;s Fifth Avenue retail reborn</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/12/pittsburghs-fifth-avenue-retail-reborn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some say new shops could be the beginning of a return to the corridor&#8217;s glory days
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Lower Fifth Avenue is becoming the Eliza Doolittle of Downtown.
Once a gloomy stretch of boarded up buildings and empty storefronts for the most part, Fifth between Wood and Market streets now boasts a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Pittsburgh redevelopment starts to bear fruit</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/01/31/downtown-pittsburgh-redevelopment-starts-to-bear-fruit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Conte
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, January 31, 2010


Lubin &#38; Smalley Florists sat along Fifth Avenue 40 years ago, when customers dressed up to shop Downtown.
It moved to Market Square by the time then-Mayor Tom Murphy 12 years ago wanted to raze the Fifth and Forbes avenues retail corridor for a singular development project. The florist was there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apartments Leasing Downtown</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/11/05/apartments-leasing-downtown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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November 5, 2009
Of the seven apartments at Market at Fifth, four are leased,  a studio with a study is currently available, and two of two-story penthouse apartments with expansive roof decks overlooking our green and growing roof with wonderful views of the architecture of downtown Pittsburgh are still available.   Please call Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market at Fifth Receives National Housing &amp; Rehabilitation Association Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
November 3, 2009

The National Housing &#38; Rehabilitation Association (NH&#38;RA) recently presented its 2009 J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation to ten outstanding historic rehabilitation projects throughout theU.S.  The awards were presented at a special luncheon during NH&#38;RA’s 2009 Annual Fall Developers Forum conference at the Taj Hotel to honor outstanding real estate [...]]]></description>
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