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So this weekend in Mt. Washington is the Art Marketplace as usual with cool artsy stuff and good music. Next up…Wild Art Wild Trails! Labor Day, Monday, Sept 7th, 9am-4pm A morning (9 AM to noon) dumpsite cleanup will be followed by an afternoon (1:00-4:00) festival in this little known part of the Grand View [...]

We do a lot of talking about children in our neighborhood. And sometimes, it’s not positive. A+Schools is giving us an opportunity to get involved and actually do something good for kids living in Mt. Washington and in the city of Pittsburgh. A+Schools is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for students and parents in [...]

If you’re not a member of the Mt. Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC), think about becoming one. And do it by Monday, August 31st so you can vote in the board elections on October 15, 2009. There are a lot of ways to create positive change in our neighborhood. The MWCDC makes it easier. It’s [...]

The best pogo athletes in the world are in Pittsburgh right now. And they’re doing a photo shoot in Mt. Washington tonight at 8pm between the two inclines. According to the Pogopalooza website, “Jumpers will be bouncing near the observation decks”. Pogo and mountainous cliffs make me nervous, but they are professionals. So if you’re [...]

Great write-up about the Mount in Pop City. P.S. Vegan pizza at Bellissimo’s and pizza bagels at Cestone’s?! Shut up! Shows that even a native can learn something new about our neighborhood from time-to-time.

Georgia Blotzer sent a thoughtful and thought-provoking e-mail regarding the recent turn of events in the health care debate. I urge you to read it and get involved. If you are opposed to single payer or public option (we here at 15211 are in favor), at least have a salient argument as to why. And [...]

According to the PG, it’s our turn to get spiffed up for the G20 (not to mention the Netroots Nation conference coming into town this week. Keynote speaker is Bill Clinton by the way.) TODAY. Excerpt: Trees newly planted near the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, a mayoral sweep of Mount Washington today, a Wednesday [...]

Earlier this week I wrote about the tragedy at LA Fitness and the media’s unwillingness to include misogyny in discussions about why Sodini (and many others) perpetuate violence against women. A columnist at the The New York Times finally did. Excerpt: We have become so accustomed to living in a society saturated with misogyny that [...]

In addition to the article about hillside restoration in Mt. Washington, our neighborhood also got two mentions in the Tribune-Review today. Mt. Washington campaign plugs neighborhood’s street scene Why build when you can have a vacant lot? The first draws attention to the Art Marketplace created and managed by Greg Panza of the MWCDC. Not [...]

Alex posted a link in our comments about an article Brian O’Neill wrote in the PG yesterday and I wanted to highlight it. One, because it’s Mt. Washington-centric and two, because it involves the planting of trees on our hillsides. Are you sighing and/or rolling your eyes? Because I am. Again, residents are questioning the [...]