East Liberty - 2015 (Pittsburgh, Penn: neighborhoods, to buy, new construction)

[BarqCider]

I personally think its criminal to label a house or block as being part of a more affluent neighborhood just to get more $$. this is a comment to STBs update at the end of page #1. ugh, that just irks me.

[selltheburgh]

The best news is that they are paving this week:

Penn Avenue from Centre Avenue to South Euclid Street;
North Euclid Street from Station Street to Stanton Avenue;
Baum Square from South Euclid to Sout Highland avenues;
South Highland Avenue from Centre to Penn avenues;
Eva Street from South Euclid Avenue to South Beatty Street;
South Whitfield Street from Baum Boulevard to Penn Avenue;

[Der Schwabe]

Thank God, those roads have gotten beyond a point where patching has much of any effect.

[Der Schwabe]

Saw this today: ChartWord: SOVIET HOUSING INVADES EAST LIBERTY - An Architectural Critique Of Walnut Capital's Bakery Living

Could this be our dear CFP?

[PghYinzer]

HA! They even bring up Agenda 21!

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by Der Schwabe

Saw this today: ChartWord: SOVIET HOUSING INVADES EAST LIBERTY - An Architectural Critique Of Walnut Capital's Bakery Living

They are ugly. The only worse thing I can think of is that black-and-silver "quilted" building you can see from Forbes at CMU.

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by jay5835

They are ugly. The only worse thing I can think of is that black-and-silver "quilted" building you can see from Forbes at CMU.

You cannot be referring to the Kates building? If so, the Gates building is impressive when up close and personal.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

You cannot be referring to the Kates building? If so, the Gates building is impressive when up close and personal.

It's this architectural lovely ("Gates," btw, not "Kates") of which I speak. From Forbes Avenue, it looks like a schmancified tarpaper shack, dolled up a bit with tinfoil trim.

[_Buster]

Oxford is expanding the number of apts at this location. Being just a block from whole foods, I'm wondering why they wouldn't try to maximize the land use by building higher - it's still going to be just 6 floors. Is it really that much more expensive to build higher if you could add so many more units (some with great views) with say a 9 or 10 story building? I think a little variety in building height would do well for the neighborhood. A bunch of 6 story buildings is going to seem pretty bland.

Oxford affiliate closes on property for new Emerald on Centre apartment project in East Liberty - Pittsburgh Business Times

[I_Like_Spam]

Capri Pizza will be closed for a while, after a reckless motorist plowed into the building this week. Hopefully, they'll be up and running quickly, there aren't too many places left for the hoi polloi in East Lib nowadays.