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	<title>Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation &#187; Religious Properties</title>
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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>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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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 here on the floor [...]]]></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 heavily cultivated and well-maintained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steel Valley Agency Eyes Old Gym For After-School Use</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/steel-valley-agency-eyes-old-gym-for-after-school-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/15/steel-valley-agency-eyes-old-gym-for-after-school-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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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 potential.
He and a small-but-growing band [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/09/carnegie-catholic-church-may-get-7-1m-renewal/#comments</comments>
		<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.
It would reopen as the [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/16/challenge-grant-deadline-june-30-please-contribute-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</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 on members and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swissvale Showcases Makeover</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/28/swissvale-showcases-makeover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tony LaRussa
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, May 28, 2010

Agatha Balgrove was a bit shy about joining the celebration going on Thursday several doors away from her Duquesne Avenue home in Swissvale, where efforts to revitalize the neighborhood were being showcased.
But the 61-year-old native of Jamaica wasn&#8217;t shy about expressing her feelings on the project&#8217;s potential.
&#8220;I just love [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/13/48-more-days-to-reach-challenge-grant-goal-of-37500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 21:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</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 Lu Denny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History &amp; Landmarks Foundation Calls for Religious Revival in Preservation</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/03/history-landmarks-foundation-calls-for-religious-revival-in-preservation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/03/history-landmarks-foundation-calls-for-religious-revival-in-preservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Craig Smith
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, May 1, 2010
When Swissvale United Methodist Church needed exterior repairs costing $12,000, church officials turned to a Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation program that has provided about $700,000 to preserve 100 religious buildings in Allegheny County since 1997.
Foundation officials hope this summer to restart the program, which they suspended last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donations Sought to Restore Historic Religions Sites in County</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/03/donations-sought-to-restore-historic-religions-sites-in-county/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/03/donations-sought-to-restore-historic-religions-sites-in-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Monday, May 3, 2010








Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation said it&#8217;s seeking $25,000 in donations by June 30 to help restore historic religious properties in Allegheny County and meet conditions for a matching grant.
Two anonymous foundation members have promised a $25,000 matching grant for the program, and the foundation will provide matching money. In [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/26/all-or-nothing-challenge-grants-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</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 just 65 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Economy Village to reopen Friday</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/14/old-economy-village-to-reopen-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/04/14/old-economy-village-to-reopen-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, April 13, 2010
By Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Old Economy Village in Ambridge, the third and final home of the 19th Century Christian communal group the Harmony Society, will reopen Friday. Its future had been in question for several months due to the state&#8217;s budget crisis in 2009.
Friends of Old Economy and the Pennsylvania Historical and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Side&#8217;s &#8216;Mala Jaska&#8217; deteriorates as Route 28 grows</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/20/north-sides-mala-jaska-deteriorates-as-route-28-grows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/20/north-sides-mala-jaska-deteriorates-as-route-28-grows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Diana Nelson Jones,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Helen Kusar sold her house in old Mala Jaska to PennDOT two years ago; now she lives in Reserve with her daughter.



The sidewalk along Route 28 is as wide as it needed to be when the road was East Ohio Street all the way out to the 31st [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/20/historic-harmony-donates-preservation-easements-eight-properties-under-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</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 faster growing areas of [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/01/14/historic-religious-properties-committee-awards-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</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 Church on the North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New group eyes saving historic St. Nicholas Church</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/12/19/new-group-eyes-saving-historic-st-nicholas-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/12/19/new-group-eyes-saving-historic-st-nicholas-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Ritchie
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, December 19, 2008 
A new group has taken up the battle to spare St. Nicholas Church, after PennDOT once again expressed interest in demolishing the vacant building to accommodate a Route 28 improvement project.

Preservation Pittsburgh, with support from the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation, is part of a consortium that wants to buy the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight to preserve historic St. Nicholas Church fails</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/10/03/fight-to-preserve-historic-st-nicholas-church-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/10/03/fight-to-preserve-historic-st-nicholas-church-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Ritchie
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, October 3, 2008 
The battle to preserve the historic St. Nicholas church was all for naught.

The Croatian group that hoped to spare the 107-year-old building from a PennDOT wrecking ball and turn it into an ethnic museum has failed to reach an agreement with the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
&#8220;We made an offer to the [...]]]></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>
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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 and owned by the First Baptist Church in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old churches answer prayers of congregations, developers</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/09/22/old-churches-answer-prayers-of-congregations-developers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/09/22/old-churches-answer-prayers-of-congregations-developers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Craig Smith
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, September 22, 2008
 

When thieves stripped a former Roman Catholic church in Larimer several years ago, they left behind a stained-glass window, which a historian calls one of the most important religious artwork of its day.
&#8220;This is a major window &#8212; and it&#8217;s still intact,&#8221; said Al Tanler, historical collections director at Pittsburgh History [...]]]></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>
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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 attend. [...]]]></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>
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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&#8217;s Jon Greiner Monday night that they believed the [...]]]></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>
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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 built in 1851, will [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/03/former-church-in-west-tarentum-caught-up-in-fraud-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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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 and Center Street [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/02/public-hearing-on-st-marys-academy-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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 complex to become a City-Designated Historic Structure.
The St. [...]]]></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>
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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 Jones (trumpet) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bethel AME marks 200th birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/06/02/bethel-ame-marks-200th-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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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 tear down the Bethel [...]]]></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>
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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 the walls and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Nicholas North Side</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/03/07/st-nicholas-north-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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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 could be [...]]]></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>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/03/06/pittsburgh-history-landmarks-foundation-awards-84700-in-grants-and-technical-assistance-to-15-historic-religious-properties-in-allegheny-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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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 Landmarks is headquartered. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic-church projects task foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2007/12/29/historic-church-projects-task-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2007/12/29/historic-church-projects-task-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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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 cracked stained-glass windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anniversary brings special focus to Rodef Shalom building</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2007/10/16/anniversary-brings-special-focus-to-rodef-shalom-building/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, October 16, 2007
By Patricia Lowry,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Rodef Shalom Congregation will mark the 100th anniversary of its building and the 150th birthday of the congregation with an afternoon of lectures and discussions open to the community.
At the free event, titled &#8220;Historical Symposium: Honoring Our Builders and Building,&#8221; Brandeis University professor Jonathan Sarna will give the keynote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tears accompany closing of St. Paulinus Church in Clairton</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2007/10/04/tears-accompany-closing-of-st-paulinus-church-in-clairton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2007/10/04/tears-accompany-closing-of-st-paulinus-church-in-clairton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, October 04, 2007
By Mary Niederberger,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For the past 20 years, Isabel Lauterbach has volunteered her time to help clean St. Paulinus Church in Clairton, but she took extra care with last week&#8217;s cleaning.
That&#8217;s because it would be the last time she would dust and polish the church she has attended for more than 60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symposium Marks Centennial for Rodef Shalom,  Western PA’s Oldest Jewish Sanctuary</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2007/10/03/symposium-marks-centennial-for-rodef-shalom-western-pa%e2%80%99s-oldest-jewish-sanctuary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 25, 2007 
Historians and architectural experts will discuss Rodef Shalom Congregation’s landmark sanctuary listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its founders during “Historical Symposium: Honoring Our Builders and Building” on Sunday, November 4, 2007 as part of the sanctuary’s centennial celebration and the Congregation’s sesquicentennial observances.  Free and open to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southminster church windows being restored</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2007/09/27/southminster-church-windows-being-restored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Erin Gibson Allen
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Enter Southminster Presbyterian Church, in Mt. Lebanon, and you&#8217;ll see two stained glass windows on either side of the main door that welcome visitors &#8220;&#8230; into the house of the Lord.&#8221;
In the spacious sanctuary you will see a large stained glass window, known as the Chancel Window, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$43,000+ in Grants Awarded to Maintain and Restore Religious Proprerties</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carole Malakoff
Pittsburgh History &#038; Landmarks Foundation
August 8, 2007
Since January, $43,899 has been paid out in matching grant funds to help eight congregations maintain and restore their historic religious structures.  Five of these grants were from last year’s grant cycle.
The organizations were:
2006:
- Calvary United Methodist, North Side
- Hawthorn Avenue Presbyterian, Crafton
- Union Project, East Liberty
- [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 schools in region to share preservation grant</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Pickels
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, July 20, 2007
Four area schools of higher education will share in a $200,000 Getty Foundation grant aimed at preserving the individual campuses&#8217; historic buildings and landscapes.
Each of the four schools &#8212; Seton Hill University, Washington &#38; Jefferson College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and California University of Pennsylvania &#8212; also contributed $10,000 to [...]]]></description>
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