I was coming home from my uncle’s last night and was day-dreaming and ended up missing my exit and wound up on the North Shore. I decided to take this as an opportunity to check out all the development going on over there. The casino garage looks just about done and the casino itself seems […]
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Tags: happy, Heinz Field, home, Manchester Bridge Pier, Mr. Rogers monument, PNC park, washington, washington DC
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With every week that goes by, I get so excited to see what Pittsburgh is going to look like in 2 years, or in 5 years, or even in 10 years. There’s just so much going on, and I love to think about where my house is situated in all of it. Point Park University […]
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Tags: Consol Energy, Consol Energy Arena, family, Honus Wagner, house, love, Oakland, Park University, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Point Park University, school, steel frames, the Forbes
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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 […]
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Tags: cleveland, Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor, pittsburgh
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Earlier this May, some folks gathered on Smithsonia Way on the North Shore near the Mattress Factory while the Google van drove by to record pictures for google street view. There were samauris, a marching band, a large chicken, some firemen, and a bunch of other random things. check out the project website, a street with […]
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Tags: Google, Mattress Factory
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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 […]
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Tags: Don Barden, house, money, Neil Bluhm, pittsburgh, Rivers Casino, sad
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Kuhn’s has been selected to build a full service grocery store, pharmacy, bakery, cafe in the Hill District. They outed the bid from the Save-A-Lot to just build a cheap grocery store. This place will be about 3 blocks from my house and on my way home from work in a spare lot that you […]
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Tags: hill district, home, house, Work
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