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Old 10-08-2013, 02:21 PM
 
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Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
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Old 10-08-2013, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Morningside)
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I think the underpasses are the bigger problem also. Not that I know what to do about them.
The solution is obvious, expensive as it might be.
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Old 10-08-2013, 02:26 PM
 
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I think the underpasses are the bigger problem also. Not that I know what to do about them.
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Old 10-08-2013, 02:27 PM
 
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Well, that'll teach me to read entire threads before I post.
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Old 10-08-2013, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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And that will happen after the Mon-Fayette is completed for its full, original proposed distance and paved in panda hide.
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Old 10-08-2013, 02:35 PM
 
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And that will happen after the Mon-Fayette is completed for its full, original proposed distance and paved in panda hide.
Oh, don't worry, we all know it would not happen even then.
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Old 10-08-2013, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Philly
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the broke city on the other side of the state did this instead

Philly Shark: Race Street Flows To The Sound of Music
and they're fixin to do it again

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I think the unsightly underpasses are just as much of a "Berlin Wall" as Allegheny Center is. The vibe of parking lots and highways isn't exactly inviting.
the underpasses aren't inviting but they are passable. the mall is impenetrable. you could wait for cardinals fans to walk towards it and unleashing barrels of oil down the hill though and it would be effective.

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Old 10-08-2013, 03:57 PM
 
Location: Brookline, PGH
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The Square of Federal and Ohio Streets was the heart and soul of Old Allegheny City/Central North Side, at least according to the Rick Sebak special I saw.

The whole Allegheny commons complex is a horrid reminder of just how god awful city planning/architecture in general was in the 60s and 70s. It should be destroyed with fire... (after everyone is moved out, of course).
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Old 10-08-2013, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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I think the underpasses are the bigger problem also. Not that I know what to do about them.

The railroad and interstate highway above that create the underpass would be extremely difficult and extraordinarily expensive to move underground.
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Old 10-08-2013, 05:34 PM
 
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I think the unsightly underpasses are just as much of a "Berlin Wall" as Allegheny Center is. The vibe of parking lots and highways isn't exactly inviting.
There is not much that can be done about the underpasses. At least they have been spruced up with new painting and better lighting in recent years to make them more attractive. The idea for these underpasses to be fixed up was to give people a better entry and a more attractive neighborhood to spill into be it by accident or not. Once you pass through the revamped underpass on Federal, the old mall says "TURN AROUND. THERE IS NOTHING HERE OF INTEREST! Sprucing up underpasses will not mean a hill of beans to the Central North Side if we do not re-connect Federal and eventually Ohio Street.
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