By Alice T. Carter, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, February 22, 2011 New Book Helps Fans Trace Steps of August Wilson A new book published by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation offers a guide to playwright August Wilson's world in fact and fiction. [caption id="attachment_8931" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="August Wilson poses for ... Read More
County Urban Farm Effort Expands in Second Year 'Allegheny Grows' will donate produce to food pantries, families in need Thursday, February 17, 2011 By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A new "urban farm" in Bellevue will help North Hills Community Outreach achieve one of its top goals for the more than 1,200 families ... Read More
Thursday, February 10, 2011 By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Allegheny Grows Funds First-Year Projects in Wilkinsburg, Bellevue and Penn Hills "Allegheny Grows" is itself growing with urban-agriculture projects spreading to three more communities. Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato will announce today that Bellevue, Wilkinsburg and Penn Hills will be the sites this ... Read More
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011 11:26 AM
Written by Diana Nelson Jones
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You know how some projects are so compelling that you can start them at 8 ... Read More
Saturday, January 22, 2011 Phyllis Gricus will give a talk on the winter gardens at Kentuck Knob as part of the Green Tree Garden Club's meeting on Feb. 10. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. and the program on the ground of the Fayette County house designed by Frank Lloyd ... Read More
Thursday, December 23, 2010 By Carole Gilbert Brown The decision by Collier commissioners to spend $1,134.20 to scan and frame historical township photographs is an award winner for Gene Czambel, 67, of Steen Hollow Road. Mr. Czambel, a lifelong resident who traces his family's roots in Collier back to 1882, has been on ... Read More
Ben Muessig AOL News (Dec. 2) -- Preservationists outside Pittsburgh are fighting to put an abandoned steel mill back to work -- not so it can produce metal, but so it can protect history. Since the blast furnaces fired up for the last time at the Carrie Furnace in 1978, the decaying steel ... Read More
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If you haven't ... Read More
Saturday, December 04, 2010
By Patricia Lowry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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On Thanksgiving eve, when I called Alex Watson about previewing his house for next weekend's Allegheny West Victorian ... Read More
December 2, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Contact: Bill Schillinger 724-321-7915 bill@rachelcarsonhomestead.org New Era Begins for Regional Environmental Organization SPRINGDALE, PA - (Dec. 2, 2010) - The Board of Directors of the Rachel Carson Homestead Association, a regional organization dedicated to the principles of greater environmental awareness and action promoted by its namesake, announced today the ... Read More
By Bob Karlovits, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, November 22, 2010 Many small towns have rich stories, but few tell them as well as Vandergrift. Part of that tale is in the layout of the historic area of the 115-year-old town. Designed by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, the creator of New York ... Read More
Saturday, November 20, 2010 The Winter Flower Show opens Friday at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland. Nine of the indoor gardens will be bedecked with topiary snowmen, decorated trees, hanging baskets, thousands of lights and more than 2,000 poinsettias. Newer varieties of poinsettias will be on display, including 'Polar ... Read More
Thursday, November 18, 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Woodville Plantation living history museum will celebrate the holiday season in an 18th-century fashion with candlelight tours from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at the historic site, 1375 Washington Pike, Collier. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 6-12. The event will feature costumed ... Read More
Sunday, November 14, 2010 By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [caption id="attachment_7755" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The former Abel Colley Tavern, five miles west of Uniontown in Fayette County, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1995. It was recently restored. Marylynne Pitz"]... Read More
Tuesday, November 09, 2010 By Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Public Schools already is on track to revamp its career and technical education program for high school students. Now there's a proposal for students in third through eighth grade. At the school board's education committee meeting tonight, Angela Mike, the district's executive director of ... Read More
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Pop City Media Wilkinsburg's main commercial district on Penn Avenue suffers from a 38% vacancy rate, but a $25,000 grant from State Representative Joseph Preston Jr. to the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation is the most recent achievement for the growing two year old organization hard at ... Read More
Saturday, November 06, 2010 By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [caption id="attachment_7644" align="alignnone" width="330" caption="A model replica of the Agnew-Anderson House, built in 1808, is among the exhibits in "Bricks, Mortar and Charm," an exhibition at the Beaver Area Heritage Museum. Bob Donaldson / Post-Gazette"]... Read More
Thursday, November 04, 2010 By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fans will have a chance to buy seats and other memorabilia from the Civic Arena over the next two months through on-line sales. The city-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority approved an agreement this morning with the Penguins related to the sale of assets ... Read More
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
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The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees has unanimously agreed to make plans to renovate the South Side branch a top ... Read More
Monday, November 01, 2010
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Monday, November 01, 2010 By Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Up hills, along tight curves and down into the river valleys, a bus full of local real-estate agents navigated Pittsburgh last week on a tour the Urban Redevelopment Authority put together to boost city home sales. "I just got a whole different perspective," said ... Read More
Thursday, October 28, 2010 By Norm Vargo Will the Lamp shine again? The once-popular movie theater in downtown Irwin closed in 2005. Its marquee still boldly predicts "the Lamp will shine again." But $500,000 is needed for that to happen. Westmoreland Cultural Trust acquired ownership from Irwin-based KCS Real Estate Services in 2007. KCS purchased ... Read More
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Youth friendly music venue The Red Theater makes noise in historic Polish Hill building
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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A beautiful piece of Polish Hill history is experiencing a second life as an all ages performance venue. ... Read More
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
By Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Residents often know of special places in their towns that don't make it into tour books, from the eye-popping taxidermy in the ... Read More
COLLIER TOWNSHIP, PA (October 25, 2010) – Step back in time at Woodville Plantation as this living history museum presents a special weekend-long event. On Saturday, November 6, and Sunday, November 7, 2010, the public is invited to join the troops of Anthony Wayne's Legion as they make camp at ... Read More
By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Monday, October 25, 2010 Last updated: 5:41 am Six local communities were chosen for a pilot project of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council to revitalize river towns with free professional services, work plans and tips on finding money to pay for the urban makeovers. Millvale, Etna, Sharpsburg, Aspinwall, O'Hara and Blawnox are ... Read More
Thursday, October 21, 2010 By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A former porn theater would become a food market and apartments would anchor the upper floors of buildings under a plan to redevelop a rundown block of North Avenue on the North Side. The team of Zukin Development Corp. and Collaborative Ventures is proposing ... Read More
Saturday, October 16, 2010
By Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Never overlook the potential of a small lot.
Pittsburgh artist Rose Clancy's ... Read More
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette May the best burrito win. Chipotle Mexican Grill is the latest restaurant headed for Market Square, claiming about 2,300 square feet of space on the first floor of the former G.C. Murphy store. It will compete against another Market Square Mexican-style restaurant, Moe's Southwest Grill. Chipotle ... Read More
Monday, October 18, 2010 By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Friends of Old Economy Village will receive a $241,000 grant from the state of Pennsylvania to upgrade facilities, develop a marketing plan and hire education staff for tours at Old Economy Village in Ambridge, Beaver County. Sen. Elder Vogel Jr., who announced the ... Read More
Thursday, October 14, 2010 By Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The former Trinity Industries building in Butler, fresh from a yearlong, $1 million rehabilitation, is open for business. A project of the Butler Community Development Corp., the building was debuted at an event described by corporation executive director Ken Raybuck as "Deal Day." The building ... Read More
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 & Landmarks Foundation, is overseeing two new housing projects in Wilkinsburg worth almost $10 million. "By this time next ... Read More
By Chris Ramirez PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Last updated: 8:02 am [caption id="attachment_7307" align="alignnone" width="245" caption="Jay Willis plays the saxophone during a dedication of a mural Tuesday evening in Wilkinsburg. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. dedicated the mural as part of the organization's public art program to preserve, restore and enhance ... Read More
By Chris Ramirez PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Last updated: 2:37 pm A public-private partnership today detailed plans for $10 million in house-restoration projects in Wilkinsburg. A total of $8.6 million will be used to renovate two early 20th century apartment houses — the Crescent Building at Rebecca and Kelly avenues and the ... Read More
