Archive for the 'Latest News' Category

Look Ma, Front Page!

Monday, July 21st, 2008

The 329 Grandview Avenue housing units were featured in the real estate section of this Sunday’s Post-Gazette. Read all about it.

Mt. Washington neighborhood benefit

Monday, July 21st, 2008

A little write-up about the Mt. Washington partay.

Teen held for trial in fatal Mt. Washington bar shooting

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Here’s the latest on the shooting at Sonny’s.

Ravenstahl 1 Slumlords 0

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

For now it’s just Oakland, but Mayor Ravenstahl may be sweeping through a neighborhood near us soon.

City of Pittsburgh named one of the 10 most walkable

Monday, July 14th, 2008

According to a new book by real estate expert and author Christopher B. Leinberger, Pittsburgh is among cities like New York and DC when it comes to walkability. Here’s the list. Check out the link we included to the book for more details. Thanks to giantbug for the info!

Washington, D.C.
Boston
San Francisco
Denver
Portland, Oregon
Seattle
Chicago
Miami
Pittsburgh
New York

Pittsburgh (and Mt. Washington) featured in NY Times

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

A NY Times reporter chronicled his 36-hour adventure in Pittsburgh in the Travel section of the July 6th edition of the paper. Check it out! Here’s an excerpt.
Pittsburgh has undergone a striking renaissance from a down-and-out smokestack to a gleaming cultural oasis. But old stereotypes die hard, and Pittsburgh probably doesn’t make many people’s short […]

Mt. Washington Teen Curfew… USELESS???

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The Post Gazette is reporting today that the curfew set recently for Mt. Washington (and other areas) are pretty much useless since they have nowhere to send the violators of this curfew.
Budget cuts shut down the center for curfew violators… go figure.
Here is the article.

Get out the drills on Mt. Washington

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

An article ran in the Trib today about Craig Cozza’s development (or lack thereof) on Grandview Avenue between Sweetbriar and Augusta.

Fire chief’s vision for Mt. Washington park revived by rain garden

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The rain garden is back in the news today. One positive note on a bad day for Shiloh St.
Read Here.

Munch goes to Packs & Dogs

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Munch visits Packs and Dogs on Shiloh St.
Read the review here.