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		<title>Downtown Pittsburgh redevelopment starts to bear fruit</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2010/01/31/downtown-pittsburgh-redevelopment-starts-to-bear-fruit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Conte
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, January 31, 2010


Lubin &#38; Smalley Florists sat along Fifth Avenue 40 years ago, when customers dressed up to shop Downtown.
It moved to Market Square by the time then-Mayor Tom Murphy 12 years ago wanted to raze the Fifth and Forbes avenues retail corridor for a singular development project. The florist was there [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/12/14/remarks-by-louise-sturgess-at-the-carnegie-library-of-pittsburgh-public-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislative / Advocacy]]></category>
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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>Landmarks 2009 Outstanding Philanthropic Organization</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/11/12/landmarks-2009-outstanding-philanthropic-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/11/12/landmarks-2009-outstanding-philanthropic-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PHLF News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planned Giving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Miller
PHLF News
November 12, 2009
KDKA Radio and Television personality Larry Richert and more than 300 guests were on hand at the Sheraton at Station Square on November 11 to honor the Pittsburgh History &#038; Landmarks Foundation as the region’s 2009 Outstanding Philanthropic Organization.
Landmarks President Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. accepted the award, presented by the Western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apartments Leasing Downtown</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/11/05/apartments-leasing-downtown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/11/05/apartments-leasing-downtown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
November 5, 2009
Of the seven apartments at Market at Fifth, four are leased,  a studio with a study is currently available, and two of two-story penthouse apartments with expansive roof decks overlooking our green and growing roof with wonderful views of the architecture of downtown Pittsburgh are still available.   Please call Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market at Fifth Receives National Housing &amp; Rehabilitation Association Award</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/11/03/market-at-fifth-receives-national-housing-rehabilitation-association-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/11/03/market-at-fifth-receives-national-housing-rehabilitation-association-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
November 3, 2009

The National Housing &#38; Rehabilitation Association (NH&#38;RA) recently presented its 2009 J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation to ten outstanding historic rehabilitation projects throughout theU.S.  The awards were presented at a special luncheon during NH&#38;RA’s 2009 Annual Fall Developers Forum conference at the Taj Hotel to honor outstanding real estate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14th Annual Architectural Design Challenge Features Monessen, PA</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/29/14th-annual-architectural-design-challenge-features-monessen-pa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/29/14th-annual-architectural-design-challenge-features-monessen-pa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 30, 2009
About 135 middle and high school students from 17 Westmoreland County schools are participating in the 14th Annual Architectural Design Challenge, sponsored by the Pittsburgh History &#38; Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) and offered in 2009-10 in cooperation with the Greater Monessen Historical Society (GMHS).
During orientation sessions in Monessen on October 29 and October [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heathside Cottage Sold</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/29/heathside-cottage-sold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/29/heathside-cottage-sold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 29, 2009
On October 28th, Landmarks received $152,000 from the sale of Heathside Cottage in Fineview.
The building and its preservation easement were donated to us in 2000 and a life interest in the property was donated in 2008.
Proceeds from the sale will be used to endow that easement and support other Landmarks preservation-related programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LCCC Leads European Delegation Through East Liberty</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/28/lccc-leads-european-delegation-through-east-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/28/lccc-leads-european-delegation-through-east-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 28, 2009
Landmarks Community Capital Corporation (&#8220;LCCC&#8221;), at the request of Robert Morris University (&#8220;RMU&#8221;) led a group of European professionals on study fellowships through the German Marshall Fund (&#8220;GMP&#8221;), on a visit to East Liberty.  The Washington-based GMP was created with German funding in recognition of the US Marshall Plan for Europe.
A group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mechanics Retreat Park Receives Community Greening Award</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/27/mechanics-retreat-park-receives-community-greening-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/27/mechanics-retreat-park-receives-community-greening-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 27, 2009
The Mexican War Streets Society reported receipt of the Community Greening Award from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for Mechanics Retreat Park in that neighborhood.
The Park was originally created with gifts from our late Chairman Charles Arensberg, John Craig, and PHLF and the Mexican War Streets Society. Congratulations to John Engle and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market at Fifth Shops Open</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/23/market-at-fifth-shops-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/23/market-at-fifth-shops-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 23, 2009
Heinz Healey’s men’s store and Nettleton Shoes now occupy the retail space at Market at Fifth.
Their handsome stores opened in time for the G-20 and sales have been brisk.
We are receiving many compliments both on the appearance of the restoration of the buildings and on the quality interiors for these stores.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing Resource Center Underway</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/23/housing-resource-center-underway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/23/housing-resource-center-underway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Main & Elm Street Programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 23, 2009
Construction is now moving forward with our Housing Resource Center to be located in an area of the Packard Building in Wilkinsburg that we acquired with a grant from the Hillman Foundation several years ago.
The Center is being developed with grant funds from the Allegheny Foundation, a charitable trust of Richard M. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Abatement Program Passed in FLAG Communities</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/23/tax-abatement-program-passed-in-flag-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/23/tax-abatement-program-passed-in-flag-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 23, 2009
Property owners in Freeport, Leechburg, and Apollo will have a new incentive to make capital improvements to their buildings now that a tax abatement program has been approved in the three boroughs.
The Freeport Leechburg Apollo Group worked with Freeport, Leechburg, and Apollo boroughs, Freeport Area school board, Leechburg Area school board, Apollo-Ridge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tickets Still Available for Recognition Event</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/21/tickets-still-available-for-recognition-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/21/tickets-still-available-for-recognition-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jack Miller
PHLF News
October 21, 2009
Reduced-price tickets are still available through Landmarks for the Western PA Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals&#8217; National Philanthropy Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 11, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel in Station Square.   Landmarks has been named AFP&#8217; s 2009 Outstanding Philanthropic Organization for:

its exemplary record of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allegheny West Civic Councils Old Allegheny Victorian Christmas House Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/19/allegheny-west-civic-councils-old-allegheny-victorian-christmas-house-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/19/allegheny-west-civic-councils-old-allegheny-victorian-christmas-house-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 19, 2009
This popular guided tour will feature restored Victorian homes plus the historic Calvary United Methodist Church, famous for its beautiful Louis Tiffany stained glass windows. Also, visit one of the world’s largest toy train museums—a private collection of hundreds of colorful train sets from the early 20th century; many of them rolling [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/16/house-sale-to-save-manchester-history/#comments</comments>
		<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>Historic Mann’s Hotel Demolished</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/12/historic-mann%e2%80%99s-hotel-demolished/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/12/historic-mann%e2%80%99s-hotel-demolished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
October 12, 2009
The historic Mann’s Hotel in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, located at 23 Singer Avenue was demolished in the early hours of October 10, 2009.   The hotel was built in the early 1800s and functioned as a hostelry for many years.
The Mann family Ted and Karen Suslovic-Mann tried to continue the operation [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/11/war-of-words-begins-over-closing-downsizing-libraries/#comments</comments>
		<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>Valley Laurels &amp; Lances</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/09/valley-laurels-lances/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/09/valley-laurels-lances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, October 9, 2009
Tribune Review
Laurel to downtown revitalization efforts.
The Vandergrift Improvement Project is leading in the downtown effort and had put together a consortium of private funding, university know-how and the imagination of Kiski Area students to renovate the old J.C. Penney building on Grant Avenue. 
The Pittsburgh History &#038; Landmarks Foundation is the financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House sale revives great idea</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/08/house-sale-revives-great-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/08/house-sale-revives-great-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Seate
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, October 8, 2009
With over a thousand abandoned properties dotting city neighborhoods, I sometimes ride the bus home from the Trib&#8217;s North Side offices looking at some of the worst of the lot.
The long-vacant properties in the North Side&#8217;s Manchester neighborhood can be seen clearly from Ohio River Boulevard, their holed roofs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market at Fifth a harbinger of &#8216;the return of retail&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/08/market-at-fifth-a-harbinger-of-the-return-of-retail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kim Leonard
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, October 8, 2009
With many nearby buildings under construction or renovation, the new Market at Fifth complex Downtown is an early sign of the return of high-end retail stores to lower Fifth Avenue.
Heinz Healey&#8217;s men&#8217;s clothing store opened two weeks ago in the just-finished development that connects three historic buildings. Sales have been [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Businesses in Leechburg Restoring and Opening</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/06/businesses-in-leechburg-restoring-and-opening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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October 6, 2009-
It’s hard to miss Ray Voyten’s newly restored building in downtown Leechburg; during the day, passersby can take in a variety of improvements to the building; new awnings, new doors and windows, freshly cleaned bricks, and more. At night, the building’s façade is cast in a warm yellow light thanks to new [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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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>Secrets of the Buhl Building revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/04/secrets-of-the-buhl-building-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Albert M. Tannler,
FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEWSunday, October 4, 2009
This is a little gem of a building, clad in blue-creamy-white terra cotta thickly decorated with Renaissance motifs. The color contrast recalls Italian sgraffito work, in which an outer layer of stucco is cut away while still fresh to reveal &#8230; an inner layer in a contrasting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester residents to get look at blueprint for neighborhood</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/10/02/manchester-residents-to-get-look-at-blueprint-for-neighborhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sam Spatter,
FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEWFriday, October 2, 2009
A plan to preserve up to 160 vacant and abandoned houses in the city&#8217;s Manchester area will be presented to residents Monday evening.
Behind the development of a Manchester Neighborhood Strategic Plan is the Manchester Citizens Corp., which scheduled a public meeting at its offices, 1319 Allegheny Ave., starting at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forty homes on market in Manchester two-day sales event</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/09/30/forty-homes-on-market-in-manchester-two-day-sales-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kim Leonard,
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Forty homes in the historic Manchester section of Pittsburgh will be put up for sale during a two-day event in October that will entice buyers with tax breaks, low-interest loans and other perks.
The $20 million Great House Sale &#38; Tour on Oct. 17 and 18 will feature five neighborhood homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APOLLO-RIDGE: Group seeks OK on tax abatement plan</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/09/22/apollo-ridge-group-seeks-ok-on-tax-abatement-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SAM KUSIC, skusic@indianagazette.net
Indiana Gazette
Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:23 PM EDT
SPRING CHURCH &#8211; An Armstrong County community development organization is asking Apollo-Ridge School District to give its blessing to a tax abatement program in Apollo Borough.
At a meeting Monday, David Farkas, who is working with the Freeport, Leechburg and Apollo Group Inc., or FLAG, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travelers Aid of Pittsburgh to host Transit Treasure Hunt</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/09/19/travelers-aid-of-pittsburgh-to-host-transit-treasure-hunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jamie Inferrera
POINT PARK NEWS SERVICE &#8211; For the Tribune Review
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Teams of two to four people will explore the city&#8217;s neighborhoods through a series of riddles and clues today when Travelers Aid of Pittsburgh hosts the Transit Treasure Hunt.
&#8220;This event has been in the works for the past few years,&#8221; said Patricia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Dollar Bank&#8217;s lions leave 138-year perch</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/09/13/downtown-dollar-banks-lions-leave-138-year-perch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JoAnne Klimovich Harrop
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, September 13, 2009
If these lions could roar, they would have let out a big howl Saturday when they were moved from their perch of the past 138 years.

Pittsburgh&#8217;s oldest bank — Dollar Bank on Fourth Avenue, Downtown — begins Phase I of a major restoration project of its historic 1871 building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar Bank Lions Moved, to Be Restored</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/09/12/dollar-bank-lions-moved-to-be-restored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louise Sturgess
PHLF News
September 12, 2009
Dollar Bank Lions: Photos and Story
 
From about 8:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2009, PHLF Executive Director Louise Sturgess photographed the process of removing the 139-year-old Dollar Bank lions from their pedestals in front of the venerable Fourth Avenue and Smithfield Street bank in downtown Pittsburgh. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilkinsburg becoming a revitalized, stronger community</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/08/22/wilkinsburg-becoming-a-revitalized-stronger-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryochum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sam Spatter,
FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Forces are at work to turn Wilkinsburg into a revitalized and stronger community, borough officials and leaders say.
Donations from local foundations and philanthropists, the work of the Pittsburgh History &#038; Landmarks Foundation, Allegheny County and Wilkinsburg officials and residents are helping the borough to attract home-buyers and new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise to Honor PHLF Donors</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/08/13/cruise-to-honor-phlf-donors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jack Miller
PHLF News
August 13, 2009
Landmarks’ 2009 Heritage Society reception and cruise will take place on the Gateway Clipper Fleet’s Princess on Tuesday, September 15 from 6:15 – 8:15 p.m.
The event will honor 2008/09 donors of at least $1,000 and individuals who have included Landmarks in their estate plan or as a beneficiary of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwartz Market Goes Organic: Thanks In Part to PHLF Tours</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/08/12/schwartz-market-goes-organic-thanks-in-part-to-phlf-tours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louise Sturgess
PHLF News
August 12, 2009
Elisa Beck, who is related by marriage to the the family who owns the building where Schwartz Market is located at 1317 E. Carson Street, always made a point of serving as a parent chaperone when her daughter&#8217;s high school toured a certain area of the city with PHLF.
After listening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitts Historic Pittsburgh Website Adds More Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/08/12/pitts-historic-pittsburgh-website-adds-more-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHLF News
Al Tannler
August 12, 2009

The Historic Pittsburgh website (digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh) has added another resource to its inventory of historical text, maps, photographs, census records, and finding aids.

Historic Pittsburgh City Directories consists of 125 digitized and searchable city directories between 1815 and 1945.  You can search/browse the city  directories at http://digital.library.pitt.edu/p/pitttextdir PHLF was one of three institutions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pittsburgh preservationist embraces &#8217;second life&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.phlf.org/2009/08/08/pittsburgh-preservationist-embraces-second-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Craig Smith
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Stabbed, beaten and left for dead, Stanley Lowe said he watched more than a dozen cars pass by as he lay on a sidewalk pleading for help.
Then a man stopped and called police.

Lowe, 59, of Manchester is making it his mission to find that man, whose name he doesn&#8217;t know, [...]]]></description>
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