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		<title>In a Former Lutheran Church in East Pittsburgh, an Artist Crafts a Home and Studio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, February 19, 2011 By Patricia Lowry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In a Former Lutheran Church in East Pittsburgh, an Artist Crafts a Home and Studio Here&#8217;s the church. Up there was the steeple. Open it up and there&#8217;s &#8230; no people. Unless, of course, it&#8217;s party time at Dan Riccobon&#8217;s house, the former Emanuel Lutheran Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Swissvale Church Receives Second Life as Condominium Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Farley, Pop City Media Wednesday, January 26, 2011 The Madonna del Castello Church at 7416 Duquesne Avenue in Swissvale has sat vacant for five years since its congregation left, leaving the unique brick building to fall into considerable disrepair. The church will experience new life as (a) condominium complex thanks to a partnership between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Pittsburgh Churches are a Sight to See</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/11/29/old-pittsburgh-churches-are-a-sight-to-see/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Deborah Deasy, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, November 29, 2010 t&#8217;s easy to overlook the oldest churches in Pittsburgh. &#8220;Then, you come inside and see how beautiful it is,&#8221; says Sean O&#8217;Donnell, secretary at Smithfield United Church of Christ, one the city&#8217;s four oldest houses or worship. The others &#8212; all soaring stone structures within blocks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying Here: Larimer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, November 20, 2010 By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Our Lady Help of Christians in Larimer was barely 5 years old when fire ripped through it in 1905, destroying the church at the corner of Meadow and Turrett streets. The Italian immigrants who had guided its construction in 1898, though, were a resolute bunch. Within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanka&#8217;s Art Garnering More Attention</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/10/27/vankas-art-garnering-more-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, October 27, 2010 By Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Residents often know of special places in their towns that don&#8217;t make it into tour books, from the eye-popping taxidermy in the back of Joe&#8217;s Bar in Ligonier to the best crab shack between D.C. and Baltimore. A Pittsburgh secret that&#8217;s beginning to gain a wider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing Renewal Under Way in Wilkinsburg</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/10/14/housing-renewal-under-way-in-wilkinsburg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, October 14, 2010 By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Michael Sriprasert promised Wilkinsburg residents on Tuesday that they would have new neighbors next fall. Mr. Sriprasert, director of real estate development for the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation, is overseeing two new housing projects in Wilkinsburg worth almost $10 million. &#8220;By this time next year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History Festival to Mark East Liberty&#8217;s Past</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/10/05/history-festival-to-mark-east-libertys-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First-time event to highlight area&#8217;s change, influence Friday, October 01, 2010 By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Public knowledge of East Liberty&#8217;s past is stuck on urban renewal, high-rises and crime. But that era was a blip. East End history buffs hope to put the past in perspective Saturday at the East Liberty History Festival, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Ministry Rescuing Decayed Friendship Church</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/10/05/urban-ministry-rescuing-decayed-friendship-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, September 27, 2010 By Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Three years ago, the stately 19th-century sandstone church at Friendship and South Pacific avenues in Bloomfield lay in ruins and was targeted for demolition. &#8220;Can this church be saved?&#8221; a newspaper article asked at the time. The answer, borne out by a leaking roof, missing windows, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tens of thousands still powerless after storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Margaret Harding, Michael Hasch and Bill Vidonic PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, September 23, 2010 Thousands of Western Pennsylvanians remain without power today and might not have service restored until Sunday morning. Wednesday&#8217;s brief but powerful thunderstorm has left a lasting impression. Duquesne Light reported 13,000 customers — many in Allegheny County&#8217;s South Hills neighborhoods — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Schools Consolidate to Form Sister Thea Bowman Academy in Wilkinsburg</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/10/04/two-schools-consolidate-to-form-sister-thea-bowman-academy-in-wilkinsburg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, September 30, 2010 By Tina Calabro The name of Sister Thea Bowman may not be widely recognized, but within the Catholic education community, she is celebrated for her commitment to the education of underprivileged children, especially those of African-American descent. Sister Thea, a Mississippi native and granddaughter of a slave, converted to Catholicism at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Between a Ramp and a Hard Place</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/09/14/between-a-ramp-and-a-hard-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, September 10, 2010 11:33 AM Written by Diana Nelson Jones To some people, the historic standards that prohibit vinyl windows and metal awnings are dictatorial. To others, those standards safeguard authenticity and dumbing down is not an option. When it’s your own budget, a little gray can seep into the argument. Even someone who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poke Run Presbyterian Church Divided Over Historic Building</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/09/10/poke-run-presbyterian-church-divided-over-historic-building/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chuck Biedka, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Friday, September 10, 2010 Last updated: 7:11 am Nine members of Poke Run Presbyterian Church are asking Westmoreland County Court to side with history and preserve the church&#8217;s academy building and its contents. The four couples and one individual filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop their congregation from demolishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Grant Generates $100,000 for Historic Religious Properties Program</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/08/05/challenge-grant-generates-100000-for-historic-religious-properties-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Thanks to $25,000 in challenge grants from two anonymous donors, The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation is reviving its recently troubled Historic Religious Properties Program, which provides matching grants to help congregations perform exterior maintenance on their facilities. &#8220;Since 1997, we&#8217;ve been giving an average of 70 to 80 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Religious Properties Technical Assistance Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/08/02/historic-religious-properties-technical-assistance-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 1, 2010 PHLF News Thanks to a successful Challenge Grant Initiative, the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation will be offering its Historic Religious Properties Grant Program again this Fall 2010. We are offering a technical assistance workshop for congregation leaders, representatives, and guardians of historic religious structures on September 20 at Calvary Episcopal Church in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Offering Money to Help Churches Pay For Repairs</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/26/foundation-offering-money-to-help-churches-pay-for-repairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jodi Weigand PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, July 26, 2010 A small Glassport church might have to pay thousands of dollars to replace antique stained-glass windows broken by vandals. &#8220;They were all handmade,&#8221; said the Rev. Ira Kelly, co-pastor of First Baptist Church of Glassport. &#8220;They&#8217;re as old as the church is, and now they&#8217;re lying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rodef Shalom&#8217;s Garden Grows into Latest Exhibit of Wearable Greens</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/16/rodef-shaloms-garden-grows-into-latest-exhibit-of-wearable-greens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alaina Raftis , TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, July 15, 2010 The lush greenery at Rodef Shalom&#8217;s Biblical Botanical Garden is celebrating it&#8217;s 25th year with a new exhibit titled &#8220;What Shall I Wear?&#8221; This year, the garden showcases various plants and flowers that have been used to make clothing and fragrances for thousands of years. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steel Valley Agency Eyes Old Gym For After-School Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Ramirez PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, July 15, 2010 Decades ago, the old gymnasium attached to the Steel Valley Council of Governments building was the place to go for pick-up basketball games and summer youth camps. Not so much now. Amid the walls, streaked with unsightly graffiti and time-yellowed pin-ups, the Rev. Jim Cannistraci sees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnegie Catholic Church May Get $7.1M Renewal</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/09/carnegie-catholic-church-may-get-7-1m-renewal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeffrey Widmer TRIBUNE-REVIEW NEWS SERVICE Thursday, July 8, 2010 The old St. Luke&#8217;s Church in Carnegie might gain new life. The Carnegie planning commission last month approved plans to renovate the red brick church at Third Street and Third Avenue. It closed after being ravaged by flooding caused by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Grant Deadline June 30: Please Contribute Now</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/16/challenge-grant-deadline-june-30-please-contribute-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News June 16, 2010 Six weeks ago, PHLF and two of its members pledged $37,500 for an all-or-nothing challenge grant to jump-start our Historic Religious Properties Program that provides matching grants and technical assistance to architecturally significant historic religious properties in Allegheny County who need to undertake critical building repairs. The challenge grant is contingent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>48 More Days to Reach Challenge Grant Goal of $37,500</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/13/48-more-days-to-reach-challenge-grant-goal-of-37500/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 21:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News May 12, 2010 We are making good progress but need your help to reach our goal of raising $37,500 by June 30 in support of our Historic Religious Properties (HRP) program. To contribute by credit card use the Targeted Donation Today option on the left hand side of this page, or call Mary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All or Nothing Challenge Grants Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/26/all-or-nothing-challenge-grants-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News April 26, 2010 Thanks to two of our members, the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation may receive $25,000 in matching grants to get our Historic Religious Properties Program (HRPP) back up and running. The grant, however, is contingent upon PHLF’s members and friends contributing $25,000 in new HRPP support by June 30th. That’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Harmony Donates Preservation Easements &#8211; Eight Properties Under Protection</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/20/historic-harmony-donates-preservation-easements-eight-properties-under-protection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jack Miller PHLF News April 20, 2009 The Pittsburgh History &#038; Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) has announced that Historic Harmony (HH) has donated preservation easements to PHLF that will ensure the preservation of eight historic HH properties located in Butler County. All of the protected properties are in Harmony Borough or Jackson Township in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Religious Properties Committee Awards Grants</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/01/14/historic-religious-properties-committee-awards-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 14, 2009 PHLF News Today, the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation’s Historic Religious Properties Committee awarded $31,000 in grants to 8 congregations, plus 3 Technical Assistance Grants and 1 Energy Study. The committee reviewed 22 applications from historic religious properties in Allegheny County.  Requests amounted to over $170,000. Grant recipients are: Allegheny Unitarian Universalist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Hearing Before Historic Review Commission on 4420 Bayard Street</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/10/01/public-hearing-before-historic-review-commission-on-4420-bayard-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY &#38; LANDMARKS FOUNDATION BEFORE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC HEARING ON 4420 BAYARD STREET, THE ELMHURST GROUP OCTOBER 1, 2008   Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation has reviewed the Elmhurst Group’s plans for a new office building in the parking lot behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technical Assistance Workshop for Guardians of Historic Religious Properties</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/09/05/technical-assistance-workshop-for-guardians-of-historic-religious-properties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News September 5, 2008 On Monday, September 15, the Historic Religious Properties Committee of Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) will host a technical assistance workshop at Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Avenue, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Congregation leaders, representatives, and guardians of historic religious properties in Allegheny County are invited to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parishioners Decry Demolished 157-Year-Old Church in Elizabeth</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/08/26/parishioners-decry-demolished-157-year-old-church-in-elizabeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WTAE August 26, 2008 A wrecking ball demolished a 157-year-old church in Elizabeth on Monday after decades of debate over the building&#8217;s future. St. Michael the Archangel Church, built in 1851, closed its doors in 1987 after the Pittsburgh Diocese deemed the structure unsafe. Long-time parishioners told WTAE Channel 4&#8242;s Jon Greiner Monday night that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group wants to save 1815 church in Elizabeth Borough from demolition</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/08/07/group-wants-to-save-1815-church-in-elizabeth-borough-from-demolition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, August 07, 2008 By Mary Niederberger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Though chipped and decaying, a statue of St. Michael the Archangel holding his shield still stands guard over the front door of the closed St. Michael Church in Elizabeth Borough. But it&#8217;s unlikely that the angel, considered the guardian and protector of the church that was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former church in West Tarentum caught up in fraud scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/03/former-church-in-west-tarentum-caught-up-in-fraud-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Celanie Polanick VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Thursday, July 3, 2008  A former Roman Catholic church in West Tarentum was one of two in the Greater Pittsburgh area bought by Raffaello Follieri, an Italian real estate mogul recently accused of fraud for pretending to work for the Vatican.A century ago, St. Clement&#8217;s Church on West Ninth Avenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Hearing on St. Mary&#8217;s Academy Building</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/02/public-hearing-on-st-marys-academy-building/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY &#38; LANDMARKS FOUNDATION BEFORE HISTORIC REVIEW COMMISSION, CITY OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC HEARING ON ST. MARY’S ACADEMY BUILDING CITY HISTORIC STRUCTURE NOMINATION JULY 2, 2008   Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation (Landmarks) strongly supports the nomination of the Academy Building of the St. Mary’s Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Concerts to be held at Historic Churches</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/06/10/downtown-concerts-to-be-held-at-historic-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra&#8217;s Bach Lunch Concerts Summer Series will be conducted at two historic downtown Pittsburgh churches.  Featured June 17 will be the Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra Strings at Smithfield United Church of Christ.  On July 22, Gretchen van Hoesen (harp) and Jim Gorton (oboe) will perform at First Lutheran Church. Finally, August 12, Sean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bethel AME marks 200th birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Craig Smith TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, June 2, 2008  Katie Everette Johnson&#8217;s pastor asked her to accompany him to a meeting with then-Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence because she took meticulous notes.It was a difficult assignment, recalled Johnson, now 85, of Schenley Heights. To make way for the Civic Arena, Lawrence said, the city would have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art appreciation</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/05/06/art-appreciation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 20:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alice T. Carter TRIBUNE-REVIEW THEATER CRITIC Tuesday, May 6, 2008  Diane Novosel has plans to shed light on a local art treasure in ways both literal and metaphoric.As the chairwoman of The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka, Novosel is producing &#8220;Gift to America,&#8221; a play that celebrates the murals that adorn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Nicholas North Side</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News March 7, 2008 St Nicholas Church on East Ohio Street was closed several years ago by the Roman Catholic Diocese and merged with St. Nicholas Millvale. A group envisioned saving the church and using it as a Croatian Heritage Museum, a goal that we were glad to see set forth. Unfortunately no agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh History &amp; Landmarks Foundation Awards $84,700 in Grants and Technical Assistance to 15 Historic Religious Properties in Allegheny County</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News March 6, 2008 By Carole Malakoff On February 7, George C. Dorman, trustee of the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation (Landmarks) and Chair of its Historic Religious Properties Committee,&#160; announced the 2008 Historic Religious Properties Grants and Technical Assistance Awards at the Annual Awards Ceremony in the Landmarks Building at Station Square, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic-church projects task foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Yochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeremy Boren TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, December 29, 2007 A growing number of historic churches in Allegheny County rotted by leaky roofs or even ransacked by thieves are seeking cash from the Pittsburgh History &#038; Landmarks Foundation to jump-start expensive renovation efforts. Since 1997, the foundation has given more than $600,000 to 94 congregations to fix [...]]]></description>
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