Pittsburgh Homes Daily

Buy land for stadium ………………… Check!
Plan to turn site into stadium ……… Check!
Pray for Penguins to stay …………… Check!
Contract for Penguins to stay ……… ??????
 

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A Candlelight House Tour will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2006 as part of the National Preservation Conference from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM.  Get your tickets!

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The Mayor of Pittsburgh will serve as a celebrity speller at the musical comedy, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, on November 2, 2006, at 7:30 PM. $10 from every ticket that uses the promotional code, LLS, will be contributed to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Tickets are available at http://www.pgharts.org.
The show runs from [...]

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Details can be found on this page run by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.

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Today!  For information, check out: http://cathedralofhope.org/programs/cdhowat.html

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With the National Conference for Historic Preservation rolling into town, it’s worth a few minutes to stop and look at the Young Preservationist Association of Pittsburgh’s list of 130 historic landmarks that are not protected by a historic designation.

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So says the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
While the hot story on real estate right now is that the median price for new homes in the nation dropped the largest amount in 35 years, the average price of a home sold this year in Pittsburgh is up 3% from last year and the number of sales is virtually [...]

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I have to admit that I’ve been a bad blog owner for the past month. Not only are my links all in a jumble since switching over to Cutline, but I’m also still linking to the retired New York Times blog The Walk-Through.
I’m in good company though. While I won’t out anyone, my brief search [...]

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There are a number of campaigns going on to enhance the reputation of Pittsburgh around the nation.  I think we’re going to need a new one:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported today that a priceless antique victorian bed once occupied by Abraham Lincoln as he made his way to Washington for his presidential inauguration was found in [...]

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Another exciting thing going on in Pittsburgh that I’ve been meaning to mention:
Next August in the Strip District, Pittsburgh will celebrate its ethnic and cultural diversity with an outdoor food, entertainment and networking festival. While I don’t know that the festival will “enhance Pittsburgh’s regional and national image” as its website proclaims, it does demonstrate [...]

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