Legislative & Advocacy
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
By
Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Around Town: Point of Realism Interferes With Preserving Arena
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The Civic Arena ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Panel considering historic designation for Hill landmark
Thursday, February 03, 2011
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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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 ...
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By
Craig Smith
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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