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Mayor Ravenstahl, City Council and the Department of City Planning have embarked on a plan to reassess and reinvent the way we live in the 90 neighborhoods that make up the city of Pittsburgh.  The PlanPgh website provides information and solicits opinions from the public to make the planning process more inclusive and reflective of the people that live [...]

According to an article in today’s Post-Gazette, East Liberty Development Inc. (a non-profit community development corporation) is rehabbing an entire block of the neighborhood (near Highland Park) with private builder, S&A Homes. My immediate reaction was “Why aren’t we doing that?!” until I read a little further. In an area where houses are valued at approximately $50K, prices [...]

The Tribune Review has an article out today about the Edge Hotel Proposal. It’s hot stuff. Check it out here. This will be the defining moment for Mt. Washington. It sounds promising but it also sounds like the developer is already bowing down to the “community”. The developer already reduced the size of the 14-story [...]

So this is the new and improved 15211.org We told ourselves when we started this site that we were going to give it 6 months to see if it would catch on. Well it did. The response has been overwhelming. To celebrate the growth of the site we decided to make some changes that we [...]

Bud made a comment today about an annoying e-mail he got recently and asked, “why can’t we use this site for that” and the people at 15211.org are listening. The “that” Bud was referring to is to find some way on this site for people to post: stuff for sale immediate crime watch issues other [...]

The collaborative effort by Pashek Associates and the Mt. Washington Community Development Center to create a master plan for our business district was recognized by e-mail newsletter, Pop City in its February 6th issue. Greg Panza, MWCDC Program Manager, was interviewed and he noted the role our community played in crafting this visual map that [...]

One of our very own, Jena-Anne Sabom of Sabom Productions! designed a gown that will be featured at the annual “Madcap Masquerade“. Jena-Anne Sabom of Mt. Washington — who calls her fashion line SABOM Productions! — designed the Japanese outfit. “We really get to shine and bring our own style and creativity to the table,” [...]