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	<title>Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation &#187; Threatened Historic Resources</title>
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		<title>Historical Groups Left in Lurch by Funding Cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/27/historical-groups-left-in-lurch-by-funding-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Robbins, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Just two years ago, Soldiers &#38; Sailors Memorial Hall &#38; Museum, the Oakland landmark honoring veterans of all of America&#8217;s wars, was on the receiving end of a nice piece of change from Pennsylvania: $260,000.
In 2009, the state&#8217;s largesse shrank dramatically, to a mere $30,000.
This year, Soldiers &#38; Sailors [...]]]></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>Rain Barrels and Rain Gardens: Nine Mile Run Watershed Association Looks Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/14/rain-barrels-and-rain-gardens-nine-mile-run-watershed-association-looks-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, July 14, 2010
This Saturday night, the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association (NMRWA) will celebrate another year of progress at their annual fundraiser.
In lower Frick Park, near the confluence of the Fern Hollow and Nine Mile Run streams, &#8220;A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Storm&#8221; will include food and drink from Point Brugge Café and Make Your Mark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight On to Keep Brick Street in Regent Square</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/09/fight-on-to-keep-brick-street-in-regent-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alyssa Karas
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The clusters of bright orange cones on Macon Avenue in Regent Square alert motorists and pedestrians of giant holes in the yellow-brick road.
But the cones are warning signs of a battle brewing between Swissvale residents and a water company.
When Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority replaces the water line in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Newsmaker You Should Know: Historical Society Chief Links Past to Present</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/08/a-newsmaker-you-should-know-historical-society-chief-links-past-to-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 08, 2010
By Candy Woodall

Marilyn Albitz barely passed high school history &#8212; a close call she attributes to a teacher who she said wanted her students only to memorize dates.
&#8220;I was an A student, but [historical] dates always turned me off. Rather, I&#8217;ve always liked to hear stories about the people, what they did, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gettysburg Casino Plan Raises Hackles of Historians</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/07/01/gettysburg-casino-plan-raises-hackles-of-historians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, July 01, 2010
By Dante Anthony Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Historical musings about the bloodiest Civil War battle and concerns over a continuing gambling debate intersected yesterday in a poetically timed proclamation.
On the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg&#8217;s 147th anniversary, a group of prominent American historians sent a letter to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board stressing [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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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>Pennsylvania Rail Museum Gets Critical $5M</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/18/pennsylvania-rail-museum-gets-critical-5m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marie Wilson
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, June 4, 2010

More than 40 pieces of Pennsylvania&#8217;s railroad history are deteriorating from sun, rain, snow and wind as they sit outside the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Lancaster County.
But $5 million from Gov. Ed Rendell&#8217;s office will help build an indoor facility to house the artifacts.
&#8220;That kind of money will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fund Set Up to Pay for Pittsburgh Monument Maintenance</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/15/fund-set-up-to-pay-for-pittsburgh-monument-maintenance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/15/fund-set-up-to-pay-for-pittsburgh-monument-maintenance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Last updated: 1:33 pm

Pittsburgh City Council today approved setting up a trust fund to bankroll maintenance to monuments and war memorials in the North Side.
Establishing the account was part of several bills introduced last week by Council President Darlene Harris after people and veterans groups complained that many of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands to Take to Ohio&#8217;s Banks Saturday for River Sweep</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/06/14/thousands-to-take-to-ohios-banks-saturday-for-river-sweep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rossilynne Skena
VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Monday, June 14, 2010

Pat Walters grew up on the Allegheny River. She remembers a time when she swam the river every day.
As the public has become more aware of the river&#8217;s dangers, however, people don&#8217;t do that anymore.
Still, Walters is passionate about the river and about keeping it clean. She is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preservationists Envision Reuse of Hulton Bridge; Vandergrift on List Too</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/28/preservationists-envision-reuse-of-hulton-bridge-vandergrift-on-list-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2010/05/28/preservationists-envision-reuse-of-hulton-bridge-vandergrift-on-list-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>colleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rossilynne Skena
VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Thursday, May 27, 2010

PennDOT plans to tear down the Hulton Bridge when it builds its replacement, but a historical preservation group contends the century-old span should remain standing as a pedestrian and bicycling bridge.
The Hulton Bridge, connecting Oakmont and Harmar, is one of the top 10 historic preservation opportunities in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remarks by Louise Sturgess at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Public Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/12/14/remarks-by-louise-sturgess-at-the-carnegie-library-of-pittsburgh-public-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, December 14, 2009
4:00 p.m.,
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland
Two-minute remarks presented by Louise Sturgess, Executive Director
Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation
During the Great Depression, the hours of all Carnegie branch libraries were extended and no branch libraries were closed. That fact can inspire all of us in our efforts to keep the Carnegie branch libraries open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House sale to save Manchester history</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/16/house-sale-to-save-manchester-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kim Leonard
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, October 16, 2009 
Visitors to the seven homes featured in this weekend&#8217;s Great House Sale &#38; Tour in Manchester can get a feel for their historic character, roominess and surroundings.
But for a true picture of what they might consider buying, &#8220;look at the floor plan,&#8221; Stanley Lowe said as he walked through an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War of words begins over closing, downsizing libraries</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/11/war-of-words-begins-over-closing-downsizing-libraries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Zlatos
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, October 11, 2009
As he fights a plan to close city libraries, Glenn Walsh feels a strong sense of deja vu.
Seven years ago, Walsh, 53, of Mt. Lebanon opposed allowing the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to lease, then sell, its city-owned branches because he was concerned the Carnegie would try to close and sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnegie board&#8217;s vote provokes an uproar</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/07/carnegie-boards-vote-provokes-an-uproar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/07/carnegie-boards-vote-provokes-an-uproar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, October 07, 2009
By Bob Hoover and Amy Schaarsmith,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Residents and politicians alike decried the announced cuts yesterday by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, which will close five branches, move others and trim hours in the face of a spiraling deficit.
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl called for an independent audit of the library budget by the Regional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweeter deals on North Side homes –  Manchester offers tickets to ownership</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/05/sweeter-deals-on-north-side-homes-%e2%80%93-manchester-offers-tickets-to-ownership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, October 05, 2009
By Diana Nelson Jones,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Manchester will bring back an old model, hoping it still works, when it tries to sell 40 houses in two days with the Great House Sale and Tour on Oct. 17 and 18.
Manchester Citizens Corp. and Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation have come up with the scheme &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Pittsburgh Offers Properties For Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/08/03/city-of-pittsburgh-offers-properties-for-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
August 3, 2009
The City of Pittsburgh, in an effort to reduce the number of vacant or abandoned properties, has created sources that offers a menu of properties for sale.  Many of these properties are in Pittsburgh&#8217;s most historic neighborhoods.

The Real Estate Division of the Department of Finance and the Urban Redevelopment Authority accepts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridge fans enthralled by local spans</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/07/12/bridge-fans-enthralled-by-local-spans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matthew Santoni
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, July 12, 2009
To most residents of Western Pennsylvania, the region&#8217;s many bridges are ever-present but utilitarian things: A way to get from A to B across obstacle C, except when congestion or construction makes them into obstacles themselves.
But through the eyes of a dozen enthusiasts from around the country who came to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester residents hope to have history on their side</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/06/01/manchester-residents-hope-to-have-history-on-their-side/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/06/01/manchester-residents-hope-to-have-history-on-their-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, June 01, 2009
By Diana Nelson Jones,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


A year ago, Duane Hill went Downtown from his home on Sheffield Street to ask the Historic Review Commission for more time. A demolition of the property adjacent to his Manchester home was pending.
He had bought the property 10 years before and was renovating as he could. The [...]]]></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>
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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>Landmarks supports the nomination of the Old Stone Tavern as a City-Designated Historic Structure.</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/01/landmarks-supports-the-nomination-of-the-old-stone-tavern-as-a-city-designated-historic-structure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</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 THE OLD STONE TAVERN
CITY HISTORIC STRUCTURE NOMINATION
April 1, 2009
Landmarks supports the nomination of the Old Stone Tavern to become a City-Designated Historic Structure.
The building was surveyed in both of Landmarks’ architectural surveys of Allegheny County and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmarks Joins City of Chicago’s Appeal of Landmark Decision</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/11/landmarks-joins-city-of-chicago%e2%80%99s-appeal-of-landmark-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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by Anne E. Nelson, General Counsel
PHLF News
March 11, 2009
On March 11, 2009, Landmarks joined the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Landmarks Illinois, New York Landmarks Conservancy, Cleveland Restoration Society, sixty-three Illinois municipalities and other organizations in filing an amicus curiae motion before the Supreme Court of Illinois in the case Hanna v. City of Chicago.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmarks opposes the demolitions of 1403 and 1414 Nixon Street and 1109 Bingham Street</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/01/07/landmarks-opposes-the-demolitions-of-1403-and-1414-nixon-street-and-1109-bingham-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:35:28 +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 CITY DEMOLITIONS
JANUARY 7, 2008
Landmarks opposes the demolitions of 1403 and 1414 Nixon Street and 1109 Bingham Street because the City was instructed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to cease all demolition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group campaigns to save historic bridge in Collier</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/12/13/group-campaigns-to-save-historic-bridge-in-collier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/12/13/group-campaigns-to-save-historic-bridge-in-collier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Ritchie
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, December 13, 2008 

One of the oldest bridges in Allegheny County &#8212; built before cars were invented &#8212; will be replaced in 2009 unless a group wishing to preserve the Collier span is successful.
Local and national groups want to raise enough money to safely move the Dorrington Road Bridge, built in 1888, from its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undeveloped Strip District land a focus of riverfront master plan</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/11/02/undeveloped-strip-district-land-a-focus-of-riverfront-master-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/11/02/undeveloped-strip-district-land-a-focus-of-riverfront-master-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, November 02, 2008
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Tom Balestrieri is raring to go.
For years, a prime Strip District riverfront parcel owned by the firm he heads has served as a parking lot for shoppers, revelers and commuters. But Mr. Balestrieri, the Buncher Co.&#8217;s chief executive officer and president, doesn&#8217;t want it to stay that way [...]]]></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>Pittsburgh council OKs historic status for Malta Temple</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/30/pittsburgh-council-oks-historic-status-for-malta-temple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/30/pittsburgh-council-oks-historic-status-for-malta-temple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeremy Boren
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 



In a preliminary vote today, Pittsburgh City Council dubbed the 81-year-old Malta Temple building on the North Side a historic structure.The historic status prevents the Salvation Army, the owner, from demolishing the building without the Historic Review Commission&#8217;s consent. The nonprofit religious organization had planned to raze it and build a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council delays vote on status of historic North Side shelter</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/17/council-delays-vote-on-status-of-historic-north-side-shelter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/17/council-delays-vote-on-status-of-historic-north-side-shelter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By The Tribune-Review
Thursday, July 17, 2008 
Pittsburgh City Council delayed a vote Wednesday on whether to give historic protection to a North Side building that serves as a Salvation Army homeless shelter and chapel.
The Salvation Army wants to demolish the 81-year-old building, which once served as the headquarters of the Ancient and Illustrious Order of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Councilman protests forced preservation of Malta Temple</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/15/councilman-protests-forced-preservation-of-malta-temple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/15/councilman-protests-forced-preservation-of-malta-temple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeremy Boren
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 
Forcing the Salvation Army to preserve an 81-year-old North Side religious and social services center would violate a city rule that says a church&#8217;s owner &#8212; not interlopers &#8212; must willingly seek historic protection, a Pittsburgh councilman said Monday.&#8221;Churches have an inherent right to have control over their own property,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market Square street closure may alter apartment project</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/03/market-square-investor-threatens-to-pull-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/03/market-square-investor-threatens-to-pull-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeremy Boren
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, July 3, 2008 
The Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation, a major investor in Market Square&#8217;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 to renovate three vacant buildings on Graeme Street into [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</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 and Center Street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic review panel OKs Market Square makeover</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Historic Review Commission gushed over the reduced traffic, piazza-type design and nicer trees.
&#8220;This will be a miniature Parisian square,&#8221; said commission Vice Chairman Paul Tellers, whose motion to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dramatic redesign approved for Market Square</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/07/02/dramatic-redesign-approved-for-market-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, July 02, 2008
By Rich Lord,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The city of Pittsburgh&#8217;s Historic Review Commission today approved a dramatic redesign of Downtown&#8217;s Market Square, clearing the way for construction planning but urging that the architects meet with Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation officials about their concerns.
The redesign would allow car traffic around the outside of the square, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market Square&#8217;s makeover shifts into high gear this week</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/06/30/market-squares-makeover-shifts-into-high-gear-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, June 30, 2008
By Diana Nelson Jones,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Market Square&#8217;s transition is in full swing.
Dunkin Donuts opens there at 6 a.m. today. Moe&#8217;s Southwest Grill will open Thursday. A dark, romantic bar is to follow later this summer.
In addition, a veteran restaurant, Buon Giorno, is dressing up for a higher profile. Renovations are ongoing to add [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School board votes to close Schenley building</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2008/06/26/school-board-votes-to-close-schenley-building/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, June 26, 2008
By Joe Smydo,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


The Pittsburgh school board last night voted 5-4 to close the Pittsburgh Schenley High School building, rejecting a proposed referendum on the issue and saddening school supporters who spent months fighting to save the historic structure.
Voting to close Schenley were board members Heather Arnet, Theresa Colaizzi, Jean Fink, Floyd [...]]]></description>
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