Governor Rendell Says Families in SW PA Will Benefit From $85 Million Towards Down Payment Help; Affordable Housing; New Jobs

June 10, 2009 STEELTON, Pa., June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --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. [gallery columns="2"] The new ... Read More

Manchester residents hope to have history on their side

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 ... Read More

Rolling Rock billboard in historic district to come down

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 ... Read More

Landmarks supports the nomination of the Old Stone Tavern as a City-Designated Historic Structure.

PREPARED TESTIMONY OF ANNE E. NELSON, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL PITTSBURGH HISTORY & 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 ... Read More

Landmarks Joins City of Chicago’s Appeal of Landmark Decision

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 ... Read More

Steps taken to preserve historic Old Stone Inn in West End

By Tony LaRussa TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, March 5, 2009    The city'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 ... Read More

Dormont Pool Receives Funds for Repairs

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 ... Read More

The Sweeney Hotel and Saloon To Be Preserved

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 ... Read More

New Granada Theater Stabilization Funding Secured

by Anne E. Nelson, General Counsel PHLF News February 26, 2009  On February 26, 2009, the Allegheny County Economic Development, Community Infrastructure and Tourism Board awarded Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation a $91,000 grant for the New Granada Theater stabilization project. Thanks to this grant, the $1.1 million project is now ... Read More

Dr. Slaughter discusses the mortgage foreclosure crises and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

KDKA Radio Thursday, February 19, 2009,  6:10 a.m. Dr. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. discusses the mortgage foreclosure crises and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on KDKA News Radio 1020 with Larry Richert. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO AUDIO Read More