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Pretty, Vacant: Recapping the Vacant Home Tour

June 6, 2015 Ray Bowman

The Vacant Home Tour through Wilkinsburg took place on a hot Saturday, May 9th. 88 degrees was too hot to bike from Millvale comfortably, but I didn’t know that until I was standing (uncomfortably) at the registration desk. The walking tour was a little over two miles round trip and, while technically not in the City of Pittsburgh, included a hill or two. Each tour goer picked up a booklet that had descriptions of each home and a map then were sent up the hill to Singer place to the first home. 1329 Singer Place is a shy home, trying… Read the rest

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, History, Tours Tagged With: blight, community development, Dee Briggs, Frank Conrad, Historic Preservation, house of gold, John F. Singer, Marita Garrett, phlf, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Singer Mansion, urban design, Vacant Home Tour, Vernon Royce Covell, wcdc, wilkinsburg

FREE Green Building Workshop on Feb. 18

February 6, 2012 Lindsay

The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation is a great organization that has been doing some great work here in Pittsburgh since 1964.  This workshop is just one of the many programs they offer throughout the year. If you are looking to learn more about historic buildings or just want to meet some great people – check out one of their SOTS events.   SOTS is short for the Society of Tavern Seekers – every few months they meet at a historic bar in Pittsburgh for a happy hour event. ‘Building Green’ with ARTEMIS Environmental What does “building green” really mean? Green… Read the rest

Filed Under: Green PGH Tagged With: artemis, Free, Green building, phlf, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, workshop

Yinz Asked, We Answered: Summer Birthday Ideas

May 13, 2010 rmcrandall

Yinz Asked: “As I’m getting older, it’s getting harder and harder to find things to do to celebrate my birthday with friends. I’ll be 32 the last week of June and I have a mix of friends with a range of ages and interests. I’d like to share my day with a lot of my friends, but I have no idea what we could all do together. Any suggestions on where we could go or what we could do?” – JK We Answered: Celebrating a birthday is a great excuse to organize a group and take advantage of some of… Read the rest

Filed Under: Events, Outdoors, Pittsburgh Businesses, Questyinz, Uncategorized Tagged With: CitiPark, Downtown Pittsburgh, East Liberty, Flagstaff Hill, Mount Washington, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Station Square

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