Legislative & Advocacy News
News and links related to legislation or advocacy in Historic Preservation.
Recent Legislative & Advocacy News News
Survey of Greene and Washington Counties
Eugene Matta
PHLF News
March 7, 2008
The Farm Survey of Greene and Washington Counties, managed by PHLF under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Historic Preservation (“BHP”), is about ninety percent complete.
The survey contains a list of 1,150 farms and farmsteads from both counties and includes photographs and descriptions ...
Read More
LCCC Convenes Wilkinsburg Focus Group
By Michael Sriprasert
PHLF News
March 7, 2008
On February 27th, Landmarks Community Capital Corporation (“LCCC”) convened about twenty-five individuals who represented a cross section of community stakeholders in Wilkinsburg. Residents, business leaders, local government, religious leaders, social service leaders, and Wilkinsburg school representatives, all took part in the two-hour meeting. ...
Read More
Landmarks Defends Easement
by Anne Nelson
PHLF News
March 7, 2008
Landmarks recently provided written testimony expressing its concern over the potential damage long-wall mining poses to a mid-nineteenth century, sixty-nine acre farm on which Landmarks holds a preservation easement.
The farm is adjacent to Ryerson Station State Park and may be adversely affected by ...
Read More
Main Street Revitalization
PHLF News
by Ethan Raup
March 7, 2008
PHLF is expanding it’s role in Main Street revitalization efforts throughout Southwestern PA. We have overseen the Vandergrift Main Street program for over two years now. That effort is taking an important step forward with restoration work currently underway on a three story ...
Read More
Decision on Schenley High School postponed
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
By Joe Smydo,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The city school board's vote on the closing of the Pittsburgh Schenley High School building will be put off until spring so officials can continue to study the feasibility of renovating the building.
A vote on the building's fate was widely expected at the ...
Read More
Allegheny County purchase of liens opens doors to development
By Justin Vellucci
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Doug Van Haitsma looks at a three-story apartment building in Swissvale and sees the heart of a revitalized neighborhood.
Now that Allegheny County has bought back the lien -- a legal claim for unpaid taxes -- on the Monongahela Avenue property, Van Haitsma said his ...
Read More
Heinz School Students Complete Study on Wilkinsburg Taxes
By Michael Sriprasert
PHLF News
December 18th, 2007
After four months of research and analysis, eight graduate students from Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz School of Public Policy and Management presented their findings on Wilkinsburg’s real estate taxes at Hosanna House on Monday, December 10th. Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, the client for this ...
Read More
COMMUNITY RESTORATION AND REVITALIZATION ACT - H.R. 1043 and S. 584
by Preservation Action
December 7, 2007
updated 12.7.2007
UPDATE
On February 14, legislation proposing to improve the Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit was introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) introduced the House bill (H.R.1043) with Representative Phil English (R-PA) as the minority party lead. Senator ...
Read More
Charleroi historic
By Chris Buckley
VALLEY INDEPENDENT
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Charleroi's historical heritage has been confirmed with its inclusion on the National Register by the National Park Service.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission approved Charleroi's application to add much of the Magic City to the National Register of Historic Places at a meeting ...
Read More
Garden Theatre on North Side heads toward landmark status
By The Tribune-Review
Thursday, November 8, 2007
The Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to designate the Garden Theatre in the North Side a historic landmark.
The designation now must go before the city planning commission for a vote. If approved, City Council will conduct a public hearing and then vote ...
Read More
All Legislative/Advocacy News 