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Craig Cozza should be grateful he lives in Pittsburgh and not Cleveland.  According to a recent Great Lakes Urban Exchange (GLUE) post, Judge Pianka has taken a stand against neglectful property owners in his city. His goal is to discourage flippers and he’s gone so far as to order one man to spend 30 days [...]

Some will be satisfied with this decision, some will think it’s not enough. Here is the report from the Post-Gazette: District Judge Jim Motznik today fined developer Craig Cozza $8,000, the maximum for eight property violations at a site on Grandview Avenue that he has failed to develop since excavating for a condo project in [...]

A community festival is taking place on Warrington Avenue (between Beltzhoover and Arlington Ave) on Saturday, May 15 from 1-5pm. Although Mt. Washington is not included in the list of Hilltop neighborhoods being featured, we’re on the Hilltop too and should stop by in the spirit of collaboration and support.  The festival is being planned by Leadership Development Initiative [...]

Councilwoman Smith recently met with Mr. Craig Cozza of Grandview Avenue vacant lot fame and representatives from the MWCDC and was kind enough to share a synopsis of the meeting with us. (If you’re not familiar with Mr. Cozza’s role in the development story in our neighborhood, you can check out some of the media coverage [...]

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 [...]

Typically I reserve this space for more newsworthy items and less Mountain Girl commentary because it’s the community’s forum, not mine. But today, I’m going to offer an opinion on two topics because they’ve been dominating the comments and message boards and crowding our e-mail inbox. The Edge A contentious debate seems to be going [...]

It’s no secret that we here at 15211.org are 100% FOR the “One Grandview (The Edge) Project”. We also know that the majority of our readers are in favor of it also.  If you haven’t heard the MWCDC has created a petition to show support for this project. If you would like to sign it, [...]

From the Tribune Review: Pittsburgh and Dormont police have charged two teenagers suspected of tagging at least 31 Brookline homes and businesses with graffiti, authorities said today. The Brookline residents were taken into custody and questioned by Dormont police in February, and their tags — “Herme” and “Rens” — were entered into a graffiti tracking [...]

It looks like McArdle Roadway did not make the cut on PennDOT’s ambitious project list for 2009. Check out the bridges and roads that will be repaired here. I’d be interested to hear how these decisions were made. Perhaps McArdle Roadway repairs can be paid for via some other funding vehicle. For those of us that drive [...]

Sandy Fundy thought she was battling vandals while sprucing up her neighborhood. Turns out, she and other Mt. Washington residents unknowingly were breaking federal law. READ MORE.