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So today we’re thinking about Braddock. And before you begin to type your “This isn’t about Mt. Washington!” comment, please consider Braddock’s plight. Home to Pittsburgh’s last steel mill and the first Carnegie Library, this neighborhood lost over 17,000 people in less than 50 years, which leaves them about 2,900 residents (that would be an 85% […]

How would you feel if Mt. Washington was not included in future planning for the City of Pittsburgh? What if our community was wiped off the map because it did not have the potential for growth over the next 20 to 30 years? That’s what nearby Youngstown, Ohio has started doing in different neighborhoods based […]

You may already be familiar with the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). They work with our very own CDC to help finance construction and rehab of houses and buildings as well as home purchases and improvements.  What you may not know is that they offer other programs whereby funds can be given directly to YOU as […]

Someone new to the 15211 commented on the message boards about her/his inability to find on-street parking in Mt. Washington. I myself noticed that parking has been more of a commodity lately than it was in the past.  To what do we owe this problem? More renters than owners? More multi-car families? Whatever the reason, […]

Friends of 15211.org are attempting to help the neighboring community of Allentown with their revitalization efforts and it got me to thinking-why the division between Allentown and Mt. Washington?
To uncover that, we need to think about the differences between the neighborhoods. Neither has a thriving business district (yet). Empty storefronts exist in both areas, although […]

With “Issues and Actions” posts, we’re attempting to differentiate between informative posts and posts that contain actionable items.
Issue
A handful of Mt. Washington residents are working with local and state government officials to improve the aesthetics of PJ McArdle Roadway and make it safer. Led by Georgia Blotzer, Tom McCue, and Alan Komm, The McArdle Roadway […]

I was looking at this post from way back in February and was pleased to see that some of the issues that 15211.org readers have brought to the community’s attention have been resolved.

Map Pittsburgh Zoning Approved - Check
*The Edge Condemned - Check
Lane Shift on Grandview - Check
Redd-ed Up Planters - Check
Foodland Lighting - Check
Packs & Dogs Liquor […]

We were privileged enough to meet up with some civic-minded people from neighborhoods in the East End of town yesterday to talk about the revitalization of Pittsburgh and Rust Belt cities in general. It was helpful to hear about the strengths and weaknesses of other neighborhoods and how they compare to Mt. Washington.
Perhaps most helpful, […]

“Economic development can happen around a library because libraries attract a lot of people…We think that libraries can be symbolic of belief in and support of the neighborhoods…they can be a force to help bring a neighborhood back.”
- Herb Elish, Former President and Director, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
In all of the discussions that have been had about […]

I saw a peculiar site today when I went to Foodland. Someone was cutting a small line in the concrete by the parking lot lights and digging up some electrical wiring.
Looks like they are finally going to replace the lights, or should I say fix the wiring to the current lights.
YEAH!!!!
All it took was new […]