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'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 ... Read More
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 & Exhibition Authority board to give the group ... Read More
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For some, it's a pipe dream. For Aubrey Bruce, it's a mission. A former music promoter, Mr. Bruce hopes to save Mellon Arena by recruiting an arena football team, a Women's National Basketball Association team and an American Basketball Association team to ... Read More
Sunday, July 11, 2010
By Bill Toland, Virginia Linn, Patricia Lowry, Marylynne Pitz and Katy Buchanan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Our crown jewel fountain at Point State Park (No. 1 on the map above) is dry until ... Read More
Friday, July 09, 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The city'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) ... Read More
Thursday, July 08, 2010 By Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [caption id="attachment_6416" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Surrounded by members of the Urban Redevelopment Committe and the Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation, Gov. Ed Rendell signs the economic development portion of the 2010-11 state budget to help create jobs."]... Read More
Thursday, July 01, 2010 By Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [caption id="attachment_6363" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Lake Fong/Post-Gazette From left, Chuck Matus, JRHSS Design Community; Ray Rush, Main Street Program manager; Dennis Chambers, chairman of Saxonburg Historical and Restoration Commission; and Gary Mullen, member of Saxonburg Historical and Restoration Commission outside the Hotel ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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's business district to this day. In more recent years, however, the advent of malls and other factors drew many customers away from town, ... Read More
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's when a naming rights agreement between BNY Mellon and the Penguins will expire. At that point, ... Read More
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, ... Read More
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. [caption ... Read More
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 & Exhibition Authority. In the commission's letter sent Wednesday, director Jean Cutler requested more information. "We ... Read More
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. "We've seen an increasing number of green roofs in Pittsburgh in the past three years, some of which are Downtown," said Aurora Sharrard, director ... Read More
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, ... Read More
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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State Senator Jim Ferlo and the board of Pittsburgh Green Innovators hosted tours of ... Read More
Friday, June 11, 2010
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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The 80-year-old former Connelley Technical Institute in the Hill District is slated to become a green ... Read More
By Adam Brandolph PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, June 10, 2010 Consultants for the city-county Sports & 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 ... Read More
PHLF News 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. ... Read More
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The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) recently presented its 2009 J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation to ten outstanding historic rehabilitation ... Read More
PHLF News October 23, 2009 Heinz Healey’s men’s store and Nettleton Shoes now occupy the retail space at Market at Fifth. Their handsome stores opened in time for the G-20 and sales have been brisk. We are receiving many compliments both on the appearance of the restoration of the buildings and on the quality ... Read More
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April 2, 2009 PHLF News Ohio-based Spruce Street Properties, Ltd. has donated a preservation easement to Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation on the exterior of The Carlyle, at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street that is being converted to luxury condominiums. A preservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement made between ... Read More
PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION BEFORE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC HEARING ON 200-210 FIFTH AVENUE; 438 & 440 MARKET STREET NOVEMER 5, 2008 As the future holder of a ... Read More
PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION BEFORE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC HEARING ON 200-210 FIFTH AVENUE; 438 & 440 MARKET STREET NOVEMER 5, 2008 As the future holder ... Read More
By Glen Meakem Pittsburgh Tribune Review Sunday, August 31, 2008 In 1998, Pittsburgh celebrated as the "glitzy" new Lazarus department store opened on Fifth Avenue, Downtown. In the spring of 2004, after just five years, Pittsburghers mourned as the store closed its doors forever -- another blow to a city struggling to succeed. Now ... Read More
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 By Elwin Green, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Union Trust Building, a Downtown landmark that served for 20 years as an operations center for Mellon Bank, soon will become home to Siemens Engineering's environmental engineering operations. Siemens signed a 10-year lease last week with Los Angeles-based Mika Realty ... Read More
By Sam Spatter FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Downtown's Union Trust Building on Monday obtained its first major lease since it was purchased by new ownership -- with Siemens Engineering signing a 10-year lease to occupy three to six floors in the landmark building. Siemens Engineering, a unit ... Read More
by Ben Semmes Pittsburgh Business Times August 4, 2008 The Union Trust Building in Downtown Pittsburgh has secured a major office tenant at last. Siemens Power Generation Inc. will consolidate about 500 local employees on three floors at the nearly 600,000-square-foot, 11-story structure — formerly known as Two Mellon Center. It has ... Read More
By staff and wire reports Pittsburgh Tribune Review Tuesday, July 8, 2008 The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority completed the $2.31 million sale of five Downtown buildings, including the former G.C. Murphy store, to Washington County developer Millcraft Industries Inc.The deal was completed June 30 and deeds recorded July 3 ... Read More
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By Jeremy Boren TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, July 3, 2008 The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, a major investor in Market Square's revitalization, might nix a new seven-unit apartment complex if the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership sticks to a plan to close some of the square to vehicles.The foundation is spending $3.5 million ... Read More
Thursday, July 03, 2008 By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Work on pedestrian-friendly project might begin next spring The proposed $5 million revamp of Market Square got a boost yesterday when Pittsburgh's Historic Review Commission gushed over the reduced traffic, piazza-type design and nicer trees. "This will be a miniature ... Read More
PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION BEFORE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC HEARING ON MARKET SQUARE REDESIGN JULY 2, 2008 Landmarks is investing $3.5 million to restore four historic buildings in ... Read More
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The city of Pittsburgh's Historic Review Commission today approved a dramatic redesign of Downtown's Market Square, clearing the way for construction planning but urging that the architects meet with Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation officials about their concerns. The redesign would ... Read More
