Doughboy Square (Pittsburgh, Butler, Wilson: real estate, loans, townhouses)

[nuwaver88]

Lawrenceville's Doughboy Square could see $30M commercial, residential development

This is fairly big news. The area immediately around Doughboy Square is mostly vacant buildings and lots, both on Penn and Butler. The Doughboy Statue and the renovated bank look nice. It is now time to do something about all of those other properties that hinder the gateway to Lawrenceville. Sure, a block up on Butler we have seen some nice new facades and businesses open. There is a link connected to the link that I provided for architectural firm Pfaffman and Associates. This link has some comprehensive plans for Lawrenceville and other Pittsburgh neighborhoods. One focus for Lawrenceville is improving it's gateways. They want to improve this area along with the area around the 62nd Street Bridge ands also the area at the top of Main Street and Penn near Wilson's Drugs. I suggest going to Pfaffman's website. There is some interesting stuff. Some of it is old, but the concepts of long range planning are good.

http://www.pfaffmann.com/urbanDesign.html

[raubre]

Actually, very interesting to see the other areas listed as well.

[BrianTH]

I love this development, and the general "gateway" approach to taking Lawrenceville to the next stage in its transformation. For all the recent buzz, it still has lots more potential.

[Hopes]

I think the warehouse area on the Downtown side of the 40th Street bridge is Larwenceville's biggest problem.

Developing that area would connect the businesses on Butler located towards the Strip with Lawrenceville's main business district.

Those empty parking lots surrounding the old Eat-n-Park make Lawrenceville look like a waste land.

[BrianTH]

Yeah, if you look through the materials linked above they also identified that area around the 40th Street Bridge as a key gateway area.

Of course in general the riverfront from the Convention Center through the Strip and Lawrenceville is grossly underutilized. There is billions of dollars of development potential there, and hopefully it gets unlocked eventually.

[pman]

not cheap

Also on Thursday, the URA board approved $273,150 in grants and loans to Central Real Estate Holdings LLC for the construction of five townhouses in Lawrenceville, near the Doughboy Square statue.
The units, with four bedrooms and 21/2 baths, will be priced at $319,000. Construction is expected to start in mid-December. The project cost is estimated at $1.9 million.

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[TechieTransplant]

Wondering if the "Dough Boy" square is an intentional shot at "Bakery Square"?

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Those empty parking lots surrounding the old Eat-n-Park make Lawrenceville look like a waste land.

Where on 40th was Eat-n-Park?

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by scottrpriester

Wondering if the "Dough Boy" square is an intentional shot at "Bakery Square"?

It's been Doughboy Square since just after WWI.

Lawrenceville Historical Society - Resources[Articles]

[Blackbeauty212]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Where on 40th was Eat-n-Park?

right across Butler from Arsenal next to the Rite-Aid going toward 39th old brown dinner looking building...Warehouse directly behind it.