Happenings in Pittsburgh!! (Washington, Carnegie, Arnold: construction, university, casino)

[PApisces]

Originally Posted by boylocke

This is truly news to me as of today. I had no idea that my very favorite pizza chain (chain, mind you!!!) was born in Pittsburgh, is headquartered in Pittsburgh, and is doing quite well! Go Vocelli Pizza (formerly Pizza Outlet)!

Pop City - Talk of the Bay: Pittsburgh chain tosses pizza in Tampa

Wow, I HAVE missed a lot! Pizza Outlet changed names?

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by PApisces

Wow, I HAVE missed a lot! Pizza Outlet changed names?

Oh, yeah! The commercials were hillarious too. They portrayed the name change as a mafia family takeover.

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PS: Sorry about the separation from your significant other. I've been separated from the one I love for lengthy times by countries and in some instances even continents. May it pass quickly...

Thank you I appreciate that.

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This is great news!!

Affordable apartments planned in Downtown building

A $16 million project to renovate the Century Building and bring more affordable housing into Downtown and the Cultural District will move forward with the help of $515,155 in federal tax credits.

Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced at a press conference today that the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency had approved the tax credits, enabling Trek Development Group to press ahead with its plans to convert the 100-year-old building on Seventh Street into housing.

The 60 units to be built will target young professionals, artists, and middle-income renters, with rents ranging from $550 to $1,150 a month, depending on income level. Trek plans to offer 12 efficiencies, 12 two-bedroom units, and 36 one-bedroom units.

Trek hopes to have construction in full bloom next year with apartments available in early 2009.

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Pop City - Renovation of 170,000 sf warehouse to bring new mixed-use space to Manchester

A 170,000 square-foot warehouse in Manchester is currently being renovated by South Side-based dggp Architecture. Located at 1,500 Preble Ave., the mixed-use Metro Center project will feature 52,000 square feet of open, flex office space, as well as light production and warehouse facilities.

The oldest section of the brick and timber frame building—once home to a mattress factory and storage facilities—was constructed in 1897. Dave Colaizzi of Metro Burgh Properties recently purchased the six-story property. Metro Center will also feature a 3,000 square-foot, first-floor space that may house a restaurant and coffee shop, much-needed amenities in Manchester. Offices will range in size from 1,000 to 10,000 square feet.

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Picture included - and wow!! They are incredible!!

Pop City - Summerset at Frick Park unveils new home designs, begins next residential phase

Kicking off its latest residential phase, Summerset at Frick Park unveiled new home designs and opened its sales center on Sept. 7th.

Construction is set to begin on 46 new residential units, including single-family houses and town homes in Summerset’s updated Cottage, Village and Estate styles. The Village Grant model, a three-bedroom, 2,470 square-foot plan, starts at $460,000. Summerset also debuted several two-bedroom Craftsman models that range in size from 1,520 to 1,768 square feet, and sell for between $298,000 and $329,900. Ten homes are already under agreement for sale.

“We had early excitement when houses were sold overnight; now it’s more of a steady progress. Given the national climate, which really isn’t a Pittsburgh issue, it’s still really strong,” says Craig Dunham, with The Rubinoff Company and Summerset Land Development Associates. He says they would love to have everything done by the end of 2008.

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PApisces,
I think my comment was just part of a sweeping clean-up of that entire thread that was going somewhat hostile. Meh, collateral damage...

[Elder18]

He breezed right by the whole severed-body-found-in-garbage-bags story.

Which, as I recall, didn't even make the front page of the newspaper that day.

Oh, Pittsburgh...

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He breezed right by the whole severed-body-found-in-garbage-bags story.

Which, as I recall, didn't even make the front page of the newspaper that day.

Oh, Pittsburgh...

I made this thread to post cool, interesting, and positive things going on in Pittsburgh.
It's easy to find something negative, we are bombarded with those stories on a daily basis.

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Not surprisingly..

Pop City - Kennywood Park rated world's 7th best park by Amusement Today

In addition to being named the world's 7th best park, Kennywood Park also took several additional top 25 spots in the Amusement Today survey, including 3rd best Halloween Event, 7th best steel rollercoaster and 21st best wooden rollercoaster.