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Local Mt. Washington resident, Diane Delmer, featured in the Tribune-Review for her work in our community.

A 15211 reader told us about an article in the Post-Gazette yesterday by reporter Brian O’Neill. He uses the new Google Map Pedometer to stroll from downtown to Grandview Park and back. And he stops to grab a slice of pizza on Shiloh along the way. This little trek could be marketed to visitors, don’t you think?

 We were going to put together a long winded write up about the MWCDC meeting last night, but CDC Board Member JT Smith beat us to it! Actually this is a great synopsis of the meeting, Thanks JT! Edge Project – UPDATE Wanted to give a quick update to all those would could not attend [...]

As you know Burt Hill Architects, in cooperation with the MWCDC, created a serene rain garden in Charles Lewis Memorial Park (next to the fire station on Virginia Avenue). To complete the project, and add little bit of urban sophistication and style, an artist wants to transform the back wall of the enclosed park space into [...]

If you haven’t checked out the new SeeClickFix on our menu [between Message Boards and Events Calendar], you should. SeeClickFix was designed by a small group of community-lovin’ folks in Connecticut and we incorporated it into our site because we believe that we’re all responsible for what happens in Mt. Washington. It allows any individual [...]

The Mount Washington Community Development Corporation, in conjunction with the Allentown Community Development Corporation and the Friends of Grandview Park, is sponsoring the Grandview Park Marketplace on Saturday, August 23rd from 9 am to 4 pm in Mt. Washington’s historic Grandview Park, part of the Grand View Scenic Byway Park, Pittsburgh’s Fifth Regional Park. The [...]

Hooray to the Mayor and City Council for approving use of surveillance cameras in the City of Pittsburgh. I know there are mixed reviews on their effectiveness, but if measures are put into to place to protect our privacy then I say let’s use them to try and make our communities safer. According to an [...]

The last thing I want to do is criticize a writer on the angle s/he chose for a story, but I’m a bit confused about Sam Spatter’s decision to lead an article about The Edge development with the Grand Staircase. I wasn’t at the interview with Mr. Desmone though and maybe he was the one [...]

In addition to concerns expressed in this Post-Gazette article, other issues have arisen about relocating the Zone 3 police station. We’ve heard that there are some police concerned about damage to their private vehicles because there is no parking lot near the station.

Luke Desmone, of Desmone and Associates Architects, attended the Responsible Economic Development (REDO) meeting last Wednesday and spoke at length about the site (currently home to the lovely Edge building). He brought some of his sketches and fielded questions about the project that he and a private developer, Mr. Beemsterboer, are committed to seeing through [...]