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		<title>Governor Rendell Says Families in SW PA Will Benefit From $85 Million Towards Down Payment Help; Affordable Housing; New Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/06/10/governor-rendell-says-families-in-sw-pa-will-benefit-from-85-million-towards-down-payment-help-affordable-housing-new-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 10, 2009
STEELTON, Pa., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8211;The foreclosed Wood Street Commons in downtown Pittsburgh; abandoned homes in Butler County; and foreclosed properties in Fayette County and other areas within Southwestern Pennsylvania will be turned into nearly 1,500 units of affordable housing with the award of more than $85 millionin federal economic recovery funds, Governor Edward G. Rendell said today.
The new investment is part of a statewide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arthur P. Ziegler, Master Preservationist</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/06/09/arthur-p-ziegler-master-preservationist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
		
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Historic Preservation Planning Alumni, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
By Nathaniel C. Guest
June 9, 2008
&#34;If you want to know preservation, follow Arthur Ziegler around for a few hours.&#34;
This is what a friend from the National Trust told me a little while back. And in a rare bit of serendipity, I did.
On April 10, 2009, Arthur Ziegler, a [...]]]></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>
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		<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>A Touch of Eden – Chatham University is Turning Donated Farm Into Model of Sustainability</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/30/a-touch-of-eden-%e2%80%93-chatham-university-is-turning-donated-farm-into-model-of-sustainability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 20:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, May 30, 2009
By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette
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Whenever H.J. Heinz was out of town, his first cousin, Sebastian Mueller, ran the famous food company.
Bearded and distinguished, Mueller lobbied for the Pure Food Act of 1906 and made sure Heinz&#8217;s female employees received medical care, even paying for it if they could not afford it.
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Chronicles Vandergrift&#8217;s Past &amp; Present</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/28/new-book-chronicles-vandergrifts-past-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 19:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westmoreland County
May 28, 2009
A new book entitled Vandergrift: Then &#38; Now ($21.99, Arcadia Publishing) has just been released. The book, authored by Vandergrift resident Sara McGuire, combines historic photographs of Vandergrift juxtaposed with photographs of the same buildings and locations at present day.
Weaved throughout the book is the historical information gleaned by consulting with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh struggles with future of rundown Garden Theatre</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/26/pittsburgh-struggles-with-future-of-rundown-garden-theatre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeremy Boren
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A decade-long fight to transform the former Garden Theatre from a porn parlor into a movie house or performance hall is mired in yet another intermission with no clear end in sight.

The Urban Redevelopment Authority purchased the X-rated cinema for $1.1 million in February 2007 after the owner agreed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$500,000 Grant Goes to Renew Carnegie Free Library &amp; Music Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/21/500000-grant-goes-to-renew-carnegie-free-library-music-hall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/21/500000-grant-goes-to-renew-carnegie-free-library-music-hall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ken Fibbe
TRIBUNE-REVIEW 
Thursday, May 21, 2009
A $500,000 state grant will pay for new seats in the music hall and to renovate the old studio at the historic Andrew Carnegie Free Library &#38; Music Hall.
Library Executive Director Maggie Forbes said the upgrades should draw more visitors to the library and surrounding shops and restaurants in [...]]]></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>Shining a Light on Stained Glass Artists</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/20/shining-a-light-on-stained-glass-artists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By William Loeffler
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The name Charles J. Connick may not resonate like that of Andy Warhol or Frank Lloyd Wright.
But Connick, a Pennsylvania native who died in 1945, left a legacy of masterful stained-glass art in churches and academic buildings in Pittsburgh, Butler and Greensburg. Locally, he is probably best known for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Log Cabin Seeks Good Home</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/15/log-cabin-seeks-good-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/15/log-cabin-seeks-good-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 18:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
		
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by Jack Miller
PHLF News
May 15, 2009
A two-story log cabin that may date to the early 1800&#8217;s has been discovered within another structure in North Fayette Township near the Pittsburgh International Airport. 
While the building appears to have no architectural or historic significance, rather than demolish it, the owner is willing to give it to anyone willing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donor Magazine Format to Change in Cost-Cutting Move</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/15/donor-magazine-format-to-change-in-cost-cutting-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 18:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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by Jack Miller
PHLF News
May 15, 2009
Landmarks has announced that it will discontinue publishing the hard copy version of its estate planning magazine, Landmark Legacies.  Instead, the magazine will be posted in a pdf format at http://plannedgifts.phlf.org/newsletters.php.  The move is expected to free up $2,000 annually that can be applied to mission-related programs &#38; projects.
The move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling Rock billboard in historic district to come down</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/07/rolling-rock-billboard-in-historic-district-to-come-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/05/07/rolling-rock-billboard-in-historic-district-to-come-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 07, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A Rolling Rock billboard that hangs over Downtown, and drew the ire of preservationists, will come down within a month, said the attorney for its owners.
Attorney Joel Aaronson, of Reed Smith, said sign firm Capitol Outdoor Inc. decided to remove the sign rather than face a hearing and vote set for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Harmony Donates Preservation Easements - 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>
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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>Landmarks Community Capital Corporation Provides Loan to Three Rivers Youth, for “At Risk Youth”</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/03/landmarks-community-capital-corporation-provides-loan-to-three-rivers-youth-for-%e2%80%9cat-risk-youth%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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by Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., CEO and President, LCCC
April 3, 2009
PHLF News
Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Landmarks Community Capital Corporation (LCCC) announced its largest loan to date through its Urban Economic Loan Fund of $1,350,000 to Three Rivers Youth for the acquisition and restoration of the new headquarters of Three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmarks receives preservation easement on historic downtown building</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/landmarks-receives-preservation-easement-on-historic-downtown-building/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/landmarks-receives-preservation-easement-on-historic-downtown-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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April 2, 2009
PHLF News 
Ohio-based Spruce Street Properties, Ltd. has donated a preservation easement to Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation on the exterior of The Carlyle, at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street that is being converted to luxury condominiums.
A preservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement made between a property owner and an authorized preservation organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Trust Scholarships</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/national-trust-scholarships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/national-trust-scholarships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 2, 2009
 PHLF News
National Trust Diversity Scholarships For the National Preservation Conference to be held in Nashville, TN October 13-17.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation  is offering scholarships to individuals from diverse racial, ethic, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Deadline June 1st. http://www.preservationnation.org/ 
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		<title>Tour &amp; Lecture Series:  Charles J. Connick: World Class Stained Glass in Pittsburgh</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/tour-lecture-series-charles-j-connick-world-class-stained-glass-in-pittsburgh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/tour-lecture-series-charles-j-connick-world-class-stained-glass-in-pittsburgh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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April 2, 2009
PHLF News
 Charles J. Connick: World Class Stained Glass in Pittsburgh, based on Albert Tannler’s recent book on Connick  is a special series of six public lectures and tours.
Eminent English historian Peter Cormack will present the keynote address on Sunday, May 24, at Calvary Episcopal Church. During his illustrated lecture, “Stained Glass of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put on your walking shoes!  PHLF Announces 2009 Tour &amp; Event Schedule</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/put-on-your-walking-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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April 2, 2009
By Louise Sturgess, Executive Director
PHLF News
 Expert guides from PHLF will lead FREE Friday walking tours in downtown Pittsburgh, May through September, and in Oakland on Fridays in October. 
Beginning on September 5, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Mainstreets, and PHLF will offer a FREE series of ten Saturday afternoon tours to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apply Now for Landmarks Scholarship</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/apply-now-for-landmarks-scholarship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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April 2, 2009
by Louise Sturgess, Executive Director
PHLF News
College-bound high school students who live in Allegheny County, have a 3.25 grade point average or above, and care deeply about the Pittsburgh region may apply to Landmarks’ Scholarship Program. 
The deadline is April 24.  Click here to download an application.
http://www.phlf.org/education-department/scholarships/the-landmarks-scholarship/

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		<title>Building Pride and Character through City Tours</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/building-pride-and-character-through-city-tours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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by Louise Sturgess, Executive Director
April 2, 2009
PHLF News 
By April 30, eleven Pittsburgh Public Schools will have participated in Landmarks’ Building Pride/Building Character city tour, described by a teacher as “one of the best [field trips] ever.” The innovative educational program is sponsored through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program and is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmarks Creates Preservation Related Group on FaceBook</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/landmarks-creates-preservation-related-group-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ronald C. Yochum, Chief Information Officer
April 2, 2009
PHLF News
FaceBook, a popular social networking web site,  offers individuals and organizations opportunities to present news, events, and discussions. FaceBook is the largest social network, with over 175 million active users.
In early March, staff members Anne E. Nelson, Michael Sriprasert, and David Farkas collaborated to create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. to Speak at Seton Hill University and Carnegie Mellon University in April</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/02/howard-slaughter-to-speak-at-seton-hill-university-in-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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April 2, 2009


KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Howard B. Slaughter, Jr.
D.Sc., MBA, Chief Executive Officer
Landmarks Community Capital Corporation
 
    “Collaborative Community Development as a Means for Regional Revitalization and Entrepreneurship”    
Dr. Slaughter serves as the CEO of Landmarks Community Capital Corporation (LCCC). The non-profit corporation’s focus is to provide equity, debt, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Howard B. Slaughter Among Those Elected to The Pittsburgh Foundation Board</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/04/01/dr-howard-b-slaughter-among-those-elected-to-the-pittsburgh-foundation-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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New role created for local nonprofit leaders
April 1, 2009
PHLF News 
The Pittsburgh Foundation has broadened membership of its Board of Directors to include community leadership representing key nonprofit organizations serving the southwestern Pennsylvania region.
Two positions have been created under the initiative, and the first directors elected to the Foundation’s Board to serve in this role are [...]]]></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>
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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>Squirrel Hill interior designer left her mark across city</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/20/squirrel-hill-interior-designer-left-her-mark-across-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/20/squirrel-hill-interior-designer-left-her-mark-across-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jerry Vondas
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, March 20, 2009
As an interior designer, Marie Navarro could size up a challenge.
 





 
Her numerous accomplishments included designing the interior decorations for the Landmarks Building at Station Square.
Marie A. Delli Gatti Navarro of Squirrel Hill, founder of Morewood Galleries and Morewood Interiors, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in her home. She was 82.
Arthur [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Howard B. Slaughter Elected President of Landmarks Community Capital Corporation</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/19/dr-howard-b-slaughter-elected-president-of-landmarks-community-capital-corporation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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March 19, 2009
PHLF News
 Landmark Community Capital Corporation is pleased to announce that Howard Slaughter has been elected president.   
PHLF launched LCCC in October 2007 and under Dr. Slaughter’s leadership as CEO, it has expanded our geographic range and increased our lending to non-profit organizations substantially. 

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		<title>Foundation aids in fight against deterioration</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/19/foundation-aids-in-fight-against-deterioration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, March 19, 2009
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Margaret Smykla

The Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation has offered to help Elizabeth Borough save two vacant, deterioriating buildings in the center of its downtown.
&#8220;We believe they contribute in an important way to the screetscape,&#8221; said community revitalization program manager Ethan Raup of the properties at 113 and 119 Second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two developers extol Downtown apartments</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/13/two-developers-extol-downtown-apartments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/13/two-developers-extol-downtown-apartments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, March 13, 2009
By Mark Belko,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Standing on the rooftop of a four-story Market Square building going back more than a century, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl had no doubt that people would pay for the view.
Despite the worst economic slump in decades, the mayor and other officials said yesterday they see strong demand for more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once eyesore, Market Square building now gem</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/12/once-eyesore-market-square-building-now-gem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/12/once-eyesore-market-square-building-now-gem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
By Mark Belko,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



It wasn&#8217;t that long ago that the building at 439 Market St., Downtown was in such a crumbling state that nearby property owners feared it could collapse at any moment.
But you wouldn&#8217;t know it some four years later.
Thanks to the intervention of the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation, the [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/11/landmarks-joins-city-of-chicago%e2%80%99s-appeal-of-landmark-decision/#comments</comments>
		<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>Steps taken to preserve historic Old Stone Inn in West End</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/05/steps-taken-to-preserve-historic-old-stone-inn-in-west-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/05/steps-taken-to-preserve-historic-old-stone-inn-in-west-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tony LaRussa
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, March 5, 2009 
 

The city&#8217;s Historic Review Commission on Wednesday took the first formal step to protect the Old Stone Inn, a former tavern in the West End that some people believe to be the second-oldest building in Pittsburgh.
The commission voted unanimously to begin the process that would allow City Council to designate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh&#8217;s character shines through camera lens</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/05/pittsburghs-character-shines-through-camera-lens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/05/pittsburghs-character-shines-through-camera-lens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Craig Smith
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, March 5, 2009
 


Bob Cranmer is a big fan of photographer Ansel Adams.
&#8220;He could take an image and see the picture in it. He inspired me to look for pictures,&#8221; said Cranmer, 52, of Brentwood.
The former Allegheny County commissioner has organized 81 pictures he took from across the county into a book, &#8220;The World [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dormont Pool Receives Funds for Repairs</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/04/dormont-pool-receives-funds-for-repairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/04/dormont-pool-receives-funds-for-repairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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by Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., President
March 4th, 2009
PHLF News
 Friends of the Dormont Pool, which formed to save this huge swimming pool when the Borough was going to close it because of the expense of repairing it, has continued to raise funds to keep the pool open and on St. Patrick’s Day presented the Borough with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Frank House Foundation Formed</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/04/alan-frank-house-foundation-formed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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March 4th, 2009
PHLF News 
The Alan I.W. Frank Foundation has been launched as a 501(c)(3) to raise funds to secure the house designed by Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer for Alan and Cecelia Frank on Woodland Road near Chatham College.
It has been faithfully preserved by their son Alan Frank.  This is the largest private residence designed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sweeney Hotel and Saloon To Be Preserved</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/04/the-sweeney-hotel-and-saloon-to-be-preserved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/03/04/the-sweeney-hotel-and-saloon-to-be-preserved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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March 4th, 2009
PHLF News 
At the request of Senator Jim Ferlo and the Natrona Comes Together Association in the Natrona Flats, Landmarks helped the organization secure the vacant Sweeney Hotel and Saloon built in 1900 at 36 Chestnut Street.  Over the years the hotel had become a bank, an antique store, and finally The Vault Theatre, [...]]]></description>
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