This Labor Day Weekend in Pittsburgh: a parade downtown, the 13th annual Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts Colonial Festival, the Labor Day Jazz Festival (coverage here), the Johnstown Folk Festival (prepare for music)(which got a great review by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), as well as other events.
The Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is also hosting a pre-party tonight [...]
Entries from September 2006
Things to Do Labor Day Weekend in Pittsburgh
September 1st, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Things to Do
Pittsburgh news — 9-1-2006
September 1st, 2006 · No Comments
The Sports & Exhibition Authority approved acquisition of properties for the new arena of the Pittsburgh Penguins, despite concerns that the winning bidder for the team won’t have the money. Additional coverage in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
The court case challenging Pittsburgh property assessments is moving along.
A nine year restoration project in Carnegie is receiving press attention.
Giant [...]
Tags: Commercial Real Estate · Grocery Stores · Mt Washington · Penguins · Remodeling · property taxes
Pittsburgh Chapter of Cities of Asylum sponsors second writer
September 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment
I love a good charity. Today, when browsing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online, I read this article about Cities of Asylum and I thought I would share.
I’m proud that Pittsburgh is one of the 4 cities in the United States that has sponsored persecuted writers as part of this group.
This is the second sponsor for the Pittsburgh chapter. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [...]
Tags: Why Pittsburgh