Blog of Josh Hall

Something is off in the world these days.  Stereo-types are being altered.  I’m going to ask you to define the profile or person that first comes to mind when I say the word…GRAFFITI.   Young, black, male, doesn’t care about himself or others.  Somewhat accurate right?  and if I do the same for Knitting…grandma.  Kind of […]

Here‘s a great article about Pittsburgh from an unexpected source: Cleveland.  It talks about How Pittsburgh is still growing in the recession, how companies like PNC Bank are still growing, the success of Giant Eagle, and all the riverfront initiatives that have been in motion.  Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is definitely making this place look younger. And […]

So many new announcements going on in Pittsburgh!  We just have to find out how we’re going to pay for it all. The New Granada theatre nears it’s financing goal of $1.1M.  It’s a block from my house and it is such a sad thing to see it falling apart.  If they can get the rest of that […]

Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.  Those are the 3 Rs that I learned when i was a kid, and I’ve been able to do the first and third pretty easily.  There’s always been a lack of a recycling program everywhere else though.  Since I’ve moved to the city, I’ve lived in 3 places.  Lothrop Hall on Pitt […]

From news release: "The Bank of New York Mellon has announced that it will contribute $3 million over a six-year period to Pittsburgh’s Hill District community through Pennsylvania’s Neighborhood Partnership Program (NPP). The program will focus on education, job training and community revitalization for residents of the Hill District, which is near the company’s downtown […]

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 […]