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Old 11-10-2022, 11:48 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania/Maine
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Maybe they had Bathfitters redo things?
Haha. "Tub-over-tub technology"!

$7 million and you still gotta drive God-awful Route 28 to get home. They can't put enough dangerous electronic Jumbotron billboards on that hazardous highway.
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Old 11-10-2022, 07:55 PM
 
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Pitt unveils plans for $240M athletic center in Oakland

https://triblive.com/sports/pitt-unv...ter-in-oakland

"The University of Pittsburgh has approved plans for a $240 million athletic center called Victory Heights that will include a 3,000-seat arena, as well as space for training and sports performance and sports medicine facilities for many of Pitt’s student-athletes.

Pitt’s Property and Facilities Committee OK’d the project Thursday, according to a news release. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in early 2023."
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Old 11-11-2022, 03:26 PM
 
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the King Estate - to buy, or not to buy



no one can figure out what to do with the King Estate, also known as "Baywood"

perfectly preserved - and unsellable - nearly a year on the market and no buyers

it has its own website and short promotional film

http://www.experiencebaywood.com/

and its own wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Estate_(Pittsburgh)



https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M44332-88170

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5...11619870_zpid/

https://www2.alleghenycounty.us/Real...82F00300000000

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Old 11-11-2022, 03:39 PM
 
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the King Estate - to buy, or not to buy



no one can figure out what to do with the King Estate, also known as "Baywood"

perfectly preserved - and unsellable - nearly a year on the market and no buyers
wow! Elgin - in Highland Park, right?

how did i never see that. wtf????? i mean, its not attractive to me. its so bourgeois in a way but surely grand and majestic in a way. i hope someone does buy it and it doesnt fall into disrepair.

Highland Park (the neighborhood) overall is just beautiful, as is our city overall.
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Old 11-11-2022, 03:47 PM
 
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'Nothing like this in the city': Baywood Mansion in Highland Park on market for $3.3M

https://triblive.com/lifestyles/more...rket-for-3-3m/

"The original owner was James Scott Negley. It is believed the property was approximately 54 acres, with horse stables nearby, according to Piatt Sotheby’s.

Alexander King, a glass manufacturer, and wife Cordelia acquired the home through a sheriff’s sale, a public auction. It was damaged by a fire in 1880 and rebuilt as a Second Empire Victorian architecture in 1882. The Kings had two children, Robert and Jennie. Jennie married Richard Beatty Mellon, and was the mother of Richard King Mellon."

Hot Property: King’s Estate

https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/h...-kings-estate/

"At first snow, we dressed and dragged our gear there. Little kids with parents would traverse the side closest to North Negley Avenue, a long cozy slope where speed isn’t a factor. When your skills improved, you graduated to the cobblestone side of the street. Bars of Ivory soap emerged from pockets to wax sled blades to perfection and races to the bottom of the hollow were decided by a lookout, who determined the winner by whoever passed first under a low hanging branch — the de facto finish line."

Baywood - Alexander King Estate | Drone Fly-Through

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0IumTw_0I
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Old 11-11-2022, 07:18 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania/Maine
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Originally Posted by BUILD PENN SQUARE View Post
the King Estate - to buy, or not to buy



no one can figure out what to do with the King Estate, also known as "Baywood"

perfectly preserved - and unsellable - nearly a year on the market and no buyers

it has its own website and short promotional film

http://www.experiencebaywood.com/

and its own wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Estate_(Pittsburgh)



https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M44332-88170

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5...11619870_zpid/

https://www2.alleghenycounty.us/Real...82F00300000000
Easily the most beautiful incredible home that I know of around here. An architectural masterpiece and perfectly preserved. Hard to believe someone paid $7 million for that 10 year old blah house in Fox Chapel.
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Old 11-13-2022, 12:20 PM
 
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This 30-acre estate in Sewickley Heights is for sale for $7.9M

https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsbur...9-million.html

"A property sprawling over 30 acres of land in Sewickley Heights is currently on the market for $7.9 million.

The property, known as Faraway Farm, is an equestrian estate located at 202-204 Scaife Road. It includes a 20-room Georgian-style manor home. The property is listed with Nicole Kriebel of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, The Preferred Realty.

The over 10,000-square-foot home was built in 1938 and designed by Jack Franklin, an architect who is also known for designing the Pittsburgh Field Club in Fox Chapel. It has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms and three half-bathrooms."
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Old 11-14-2022, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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wow! Elgin - in Highland Park, right?

how did i never see that. wtf????? i mean, its not attractive to me. its so bourgeois in a way but surely grand and majestic in a way. i hope someone does buy it and it doesnt fall into disrepair.

Highland Park (the neighborhood) overall is just beautiful, as is our city overall.
Its kind of tucked back and not that difficult to miss if you aren't looking for it. The current owners bought it about 25 years ago from the city and have spent basically the entire time restoring it. It had fallen into nearly condemned condition.

I know some of the people that did the restoration of the painted ceilings and woodwork. Its been a long slow process to get it back into the condition it is today.

Its a beautiful museum of a home, but unfortunately its not a style that is in trend and the cost of upkeep is why they have not been able to find a buyer. They have been trying to sell the place for at least 5 years on and off.

I appreciate the home greatly, but would have zero interest in owning it. Even if cost was no factor, its just a house that would need constant work.
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Old 11-14-2022, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Morningside)
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Its kind of tucked back and not that difficult to miss if you aren't looking for it. The current owners bought it about 25 years ago from the city and have spent basically the entire time restoring it. It had fallen into nearly condemned condition.

I know some of the people that did the restoration of the painted ceilings and woodwork. Its been a long slow process to get it back into the condition it is today.

Its a beautiful museum of a home, but unfortunately its not a style that is in trend and the cost of upkeep is why they have not been able to find a buyer. They have been trying to sell the place for at least 5 years on and off.

I appreciate the home greatly, but would have zero interest in owning it. Even if cost was no factor, its just a house that would need constant work.
Realistically it should be a museum like The Frick, although good luck finding a nonprofit willing to pay the cost.
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Old 11-14-2022, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania/Maine
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Realistically it should be a museum like The Frick, although good luck finding a nonprofit willing to pay the cost.
Maybe the city can divert the funds from building shelters that the homeless druggies don't want anyway into preserving this masterpiece that would actually be a benefit to this city and tourism $$.
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