Over the summer, I was on the North Shore looking at Mt. Washington and I thought it’d be great to have a building that stretches from the top all the way down to carson street.  You could still put plants and stuff on the roof, but it’d be great to have another way to connect Grandview Avenue with the city below.  Some new business men want to do just that.  They’ll take Edge Restaurant, which has been closed for 20 years, and turn it into condos, a hotel, and spa.  The wow factor comes in with a staircase along the whole mountain side though.  That will be the landmark that sets pittsburgh apart from anywhere else.  I’m seeing it at a place for fitness events like the urbanathlon.  Swim down the allegheny, run from PNC Park to Station Square, then up the stairs.  It’ll take a while for sure, but they threw out 2011 for a date.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08263/913415-53.stm?cmpid=news.xml

Save-A-Lot is going to have breakfast with some city officials tomorrow at the Grand Concourse down at Station Square.  Looks like is completely separate from the arena talks, which really might sweeten the deal if the peguins are going to chip in something.  They turned down starting a store in 2004, but a lot has changed in 4 years…

 If there was a grocery store on my way home…I might actually eat.  I eat once a day currently, if that.  I go grocery shopping once a month.  The biggest problem is that i have to eat all the perishables with a week or two of purchasing them.  If there was a grocery store on my walk home where i could pick up some fresh peppers, tomatoes, and fish and such, I’d do it every day.  I would definitely take up cooking as a hobby if i had that resource so close to me. 

 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08028/852860-100.stm?cmpid=news.xml