The Carnegie Library of Homestead is hosting “Taste of the Valley” tonight (Sept. 29, 2006) from 6 PM to 9 PM at the library. For $40, you can sample signature dishes from the best restaurants in the Valley!
On Sunday, October 1, 2006, the Wesley Spectrum Tour of Homes will be held from Noon to 5 [...]
Entries from September 2006
Happenings around Pittsburgh this weekend:
September 29th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: House Tours · Pittsburgh · Things to Do
Real Estate Technology Bloggers wanted for developing site
September 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I’ve managed to stay away from Problogger since the How To Group Writing Project ended but I thought I would drop in and catch up on all the posts that I have missed this evening. Quickly surfed through the articles and what did I see before leaving …
The upper right hand corner — on the [...]
Tags: Blogging · Real Estate
Google Transit Pittsburgh — Too Cool
September 27th, 2006 · No Comments
Excited about Free Wi-fi? Nope.
Thrilled about the North Shore Connector? Not really.
A faster way to find a bus route in Pittsburgh, PA? NOW THAT’S SOMETHING I CAN USE!!!
The Port Authority of Allegheny County has finally done something right. They got in touch with Google and Google Transit has come to Pittsburgh!!!
If you have ever tried to navigate [...]
Tags: Pittsburgh · Why Pittsburgh · transportation
Real Estate Voices
September 27th, 2006 · No Comments
This morning, Homethinking launched a new real estate news site called Real Estate Voices.
Real Estate Voices allows those interested in real estate news, whether buyers, sellers, or real estate professionals, to quickly learn about the top news of the day. Powered by the community itself, users select the stories that are submitted to the service and [...]
Tags: Real Estate · technology
Trader Joe’s: Coming to Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon?
September 26th, 2006 · No Comments
That was the rumor propagated by the folks at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Trader Joe’s denied it, of course. But didn’t they also do that with the East Liberty store, well after the location had leaked?
Tags: Commercial Real Estate · Mt Lebanon · Trader Joe
Downtown Pittsburgh Housing Developments
September 26th, 2006 · No Comments
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 246 condos are under construction or in final development in the downtown area, and another 1300 condominiums and apartments are being planned. If they’re right that the downtown housing demand among young professionals exceeds the supply, then their article title is right on the money: Downtown housing boom no illusion.
The [...]
Tags: Condos · Downtown · Fifth Forbes · Housing Market · Neighborhoods · Pittsburgh · Uncategorized
North Shore / North Side News
September 26th, 2006 · No Comments
The new Allegheny Branch of Carnegie Library on the north side will be built on vacant land at 1210 Federal St.
The URA is looking to revive lower Brighton Road between North Avenue and Kirkbride Street on the North Side.
Finally, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wants critics to make their peace with the North Shore Connector. It can only enhance [...]
Tags: Commercial Real Estate · North Shore · Pittsburgh · Real Estate · transportation
202 real estate blog posts in 1 day?
September 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment
The real estate community has produced a wealth of knowledge over the past 5 days for everyone to enjoy.
On Friday, Sellsius kicked off the competition with 50 Blog Posts in One Day. They challenged the community to produce 101 blog posts in one day, and two bloggers have taken up the fight.
Today, Greg Swann of the Bloodhound Blog and [...]
Tags: Blogging · Real Estate
Why move to Pittsburgh?
September 24th, 2006 · No Comments
Pop City Media has posted a list of their Top 10 Unique Things to Pittsburgh. They may be a little too enthusiastic about the amount of steps in Pittsburgh, but who am I to rain on their parade.
I’ll add my own number 11: FIREWORKS!!
Photo by crcollins. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Tags: Photos · Why Pittsburgh · neat stuff
Photos of September House Tours in Pittsburgh
September 24th, 2006 · No Comments
Glindsay65 on Flickr has posted 29 photos from the Mexican War Streets and Friendship House Tours in September, 2006. Check them out!
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0.
Tags: Friendship · House Tours · Mexican War Streets · Photos · Pittsburgh · Real Estate