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A Pop City article this week focused on people that lived in other parts of the world and settled in Pittsburgh because of its amenities and affordability. Michael Simms, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Autumn House Press, moved to Pittsburgh from Texas and said this about living in Mt. Washington. “We live with our two children [...]

The City of Pittsburgh is advising that the inbound/east bound lane down P. J. McArdle Roadway will be closed between Grandview Avenue on Mt. Washington and the Liberty Bridge at the Liberty Tunnels beginning Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:00 a.m. through Friday, August 21, 2009 in order to remove debris, patch walls, install French drains, [...]

The Run for Roch 5K race through Mt. Washington is this Saturday. It’s held each year to honor champion runner Roch Furgiele and race proceeds help raise scholarship funds for City of Pittsburgh student athletes to attend Slippery Rock University. Even if you’re not in the race, you can come and cheer on runners and [...]

In the months running up to the G-20, Mayor Ravenstahl will be surveying the area around the David L Lawrence Convention Center for eyesores that detract from the beauty of our city according to an article in the PG today. He specifically mentions Mt. Washington as another neighborhood that will be cleaned and greened in [...]

Article in the Post Gazette today about cleaning up PGH for the G20: It sounds like they are really going to try to clean up the mount! We’ll see: “Not only will we be cleaning up, but throughout the month of September we’ll be greening up. … We will be focusing on areas such as [...]

I’ve been hesitant to write about the former Mr. Magoo’s Variety Store at 100 Boggs Avenue for several reasons. First, I know that trying to get the funding necessary to renovate a rundown building or construct something new on a vacant lot is difficult in this tight credit market. And secondly, we haven’t been privy [...]

JT Smith, President of the Mt. Washington Community Development Corporation (CDC) Board, wants to spread the word about upcoming board elections. If you’re interested in running for the CDC Board and serving our community, here’s what you need to know: Selection Process The CDC has implemented a new nominating and election policy this year. It [...]

Councilwoman Smith is talking about The Edge and Mayor Ravenstahl seems to be listening. Rich Lord of the Post-Gazette reported today that there are plans in the works to beautify the hazardous eyesore dangling off of Mt. Washington in time for the G-20 summit. The developer, Mr. Beemsterboer, is amenable to creatively covering the building [...]

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Our neighborhood Carnegie librarian made an impassioned plea in the comments section of the site regarding the funding needs of the Carnegie Libraries and we’d like to reiterate her message. A combination of fund-cutting from the state and county ($1.6 million less) and Allegheny Regional Asset District (10 percent less) is going to result in [...]