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Historic Designations in Pittsburgh: A Primer

Pittsburgh has a wealth of historic buildings.  How these buildings are historically designated and whether these buildings are protected by their designations varies depending on the type of designation. This primer provides a brief overview of the various historic designations of buildings and districts throughout Pittsburgh. National Historic Landmarks: Brings Benefits ... Read More

Grant to Help Return Saxonburg Main Street to 1850s

Thursday, February 10, 2011 By Karen Kane, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Grant to Help Return Saxonburg Main Street to 1850s Saxonburg's Main Street program manager says he's feeling "pretty blessed" by the news last month that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had come through with a $1.4 million grant. The money was both needed ... Read More

Deal Reached to Save Historic Franklin County House

Tuesday, February 08, 2011 By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Deal Reached to Save Historic Franklin County House A history-loving physician has worked out a deal to save an 18th century home in Mercersburg. Dr. Paul Orange said today the William Smith House will be taken apart piece by piece over the next ... Read More

Around Town: Point of Realism Interferes With Preserving Arena

Tuesday, February 08, 2011 By Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Around Town: Point of Realism Interferes With Preserving Arena [caption id="attachment_8775" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An architectural superstar of its time. And now? "][/caption] The Civic Arena ... Read More

Picketing Planned to Save Historic Mercersburg House

Saturday, February 05, 2011 By Len Barcousky, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picketing Planned to Save Historic Mercersburg House When the British government failed to protect their homes and farms, residents of Pennsylvania's Conococheague Valley gathered in 1765 at a house in what is now Mercersburg to organize themselves into a militia. That historic house ... Read More

Civic Arena a ‘Symbol of Genocide’

By Bill Vidonic PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, February 3, 2011 Former City Councilman Sala Udin was among the 8,000 residents and businesses in the lower Hill District who were displaced in the 1950s for construction of the Civic Arena. On Wednesday, he urged Pittsburgh's Historic Review Commission to reject a push to grant ... Read More

Demolition of Iron City Ice House OK’d

Thursday, February 03, 2011 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Historic Review Commission Wednesday approved demolition of the original ice house at the Iron City Brewing Co. in Lawrenceville, one of a collection of buildings on the site that has the city's protection of historic status. The one-story building, which sits behind the original brewhouse, is ... Read More

Fate of Civic Arena Debated

Panel considering historic designation for Hill landmark Thursday, February 03, 2011 By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [caption id="attachment_8722" align="alignright" width="160" caption="John Oyler, right, an engineer, talks Wednesday about how important the Civic Arena is as an example of structural engineering because it was done in the days before computer design. Speaking before the ... Read More

Iron City Allowed to Raze Building

By Bill Vidonic PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, February 3, 2011 The city's Historic Review Commission will allow the president of Iron City Brewing Co. to tear down a dilapidated building at its former Lawrenceville production site. The commission on Wednesday said Tim Hickman should provide it with photographs and other documentation of the ... Read More

Landmarks Foundation Waits for Word on $4 Million State Grant

By Craig Smith PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, February 2, 2011 [caption id="attachment_8663" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Arthur Ziegler, president of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, surveys Fifth Avenue, Downtown, part of an area his group has earmarked for more redevelopment like its Market at Fifth project. The foundation is awaiting word on whether ... Read More

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