Ms. Pac-man at the BYOB arcade
I know where I am going to have my next birthday party. Games N’At is an arcade with old and new games – yes they have Ms. Pac Man in the retro game room.… Read the rest
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An online community where you can link to other friends and see who is friends with who, an online version of 6 degrees of separation.… Read the rest
Urban Hike – did you know Pittsburgh has an urban horse farm?
Yes, there is an urban horse farm and many other unusual things in this city that one would not expect to find in a city. About once a month or so, some of the folks from Ground Zero (http://www.gzpgh.org) plan a walking tour of a different city neighborhood. One does not need to leave the city limits to find some interesting things. They have covered some of the hidden neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh.
The hikes are free, just show up and you are guaranteed to meet a great group of people and learn alot about the neighborhood.
The… Read the rest
The Union Project
The Union Project On the border between East Liberty & Highland Park at the corner of Negley and Stanton is the community center that the community built. For the past 4 years volunteers have been working to restore and remodel an old deterioating church in to a useful, attractive and modern community center.
Rather than hiring someone to restore the stained glass windows the Union Project has offered stained glass classes and the students have done the work of repairing the windows.
The Union Project will house offices for a variety of community groups, meeting space, performance space and a… Read the rest
Joy to the ‘Burgh: Three who boomeranged back inject energy into their neighborhoods
Here is an article from today’s Post-Gazette about 3 residents that left and came back to living in Pittsburgh.
Joy to the ‘Burgh: Three who boomeranged back inject energy into their neighborhoods
Monday, September 19, 2005
By Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Every city neighborhood has its advocates. They go to the meetings. Neighbors ask them what’s going on. They got the new signs, the new lights and gathered the litter brigades. From their ideas come neighborhood events, neighborhood pride and, of course, change.
Three people from three neighborhoods have joined those ranks as boomerangs — area natives who left… Read the rest
