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If your comments and e-mails are any indication of the larger population, most people are directing any anger they have about the City’s response to this winter’s snow storms at the Mayor. I think this simplifies a complex issue, but I’m just reporting what we hear here at 15211. Although yesterday someone did send an [...]

Impassable streets in 19 neighborhoods were attended to by the City yesterday. Here’s the list. I can’t hold the suspense any longer–Mt. Washington isn’t on it. No one has reported why these neighborhoods were chosen. I don’t think these decisions were politically motivated. At least I hope they weren’t.  I had started to map each neighborhood back to [...]

Along with the progress that’s been made on the One Grandview project, grant money has been given to examine the infrastructure elsewhere on the hilltop. Read the Tribune-Review article about it here.
With T service already in place in Beechview and Allentown, it makes sense to thoughtfully revitalize the surrounding business districts. People make their way to the East End [...]

People have been wondering why the hilltop neighborhoods haven’t collaborated on community revitalization efforts for some time now. While there were always rumors that this would happen, The South Pittsburgh Reporter  has confirmed that the Mt. Washington Community Development Corporation and the Allentown Community Development Corporation are teaming up to spur revitalization in an official capacity.
I don’t think there [...]

Rich Lord at the PG is reporting that a deal has been reached between elected officials and the Carnegie Library to address library closures, mergers and relocations.
Carnegie Library staff will recommend to their Board in December that Beechview, Hazelwood, Lawrenceville and West End branches stay open in 2010; that the Carrick and Knoxville branches not [...]

The MWCDC wants to hear what you think about adding 18 miles of trails to the Grandview Scenic Byway Park. 
Ilyssa Manspeizer will present a preliminary draft of the trail plan that’s being proposed at the MWCDC meeting/forum tomorrow evening at 7:30PM at the Senior Center and then solicit feedback and answer questions. If you’re interested [...]

Mon Incline closed this weekend
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Monongahela Incline will close this weekend beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday for maintenance. The incline will reopen at 7 p.m. Sunday.
During the closure, Port Authority will provide substitute bus service between the Upper Station on Grandview Avenue and the Lower Station on West Carson Street. [...]

We discussed the pros and cons of moving the Mt. Washington library from Grandview Ave. to Virginia Ave. even before the recent announcement that Carnegie Library was planning on doing it. Reviewing that post and the ensuing comments, I still believe there is a solid argument for building a state-of-the-art library on Virginia, while preserving the historical structure [...]

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 inspection of [...]

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, [...]