Pittsburgh Homes Daily

The FBI released its Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2005.  The story is mixed: Pittsburgh’s overall crime rate went down (due to a large decrease in the number of aggravated assaults), but the number of murders in Pittsburgh was up.  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says that is a win because violent crime had its largest [...]

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News of note from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 

Bids on the conversion of the Hot Metal Bridge for pedestrians and bikers came in higher than expected and the URA is looking for extra money, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Millcraft-URA agreement on Fifth-Forbes proceeding slower than hoped; plans center around having single appraiser value properties. 
Expect a referendum in November [...]

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Rugby Realty has announced that it is planning to put condominiums (as well as first floor retail stores) at 21st and Smallman.  Awaiting city approval and the completion of the purchase, it expects that construction could begin in a year to 18 months, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. 
A number of new residential options in the Strip [...]

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The topic of today’s post is Beaver County, which is to the west of Butler County (covered yesterday) and to the northwest of Allegheny County (home to Pittsburgh).  If you’re lost, there’s a good map on the Visit Pittsburgh site under the tab The Countryside (as well as information on wineries, covered bridges, country getaways, and everything [...]

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Pittsburgh trash haulers are threatening to leave the city filled with garbage during the All-Star Game.  Now that’s rubbish! 
Gov. Rendell announced in a visit to East Liberty that the state was willing to provide additional money to the Fifth-Forbes project, but not as much as Millcraft had asked for it to provide.
Duquesne schools are looking [...]

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About half an hour north of Pittsburgh, you’ll leave Allegheny County and its high property taxes behind.  Butler County is the home of growing Cranberry Township (about 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh at the intersection of I-79 and the PA Turnpike).  Butler County is also the home of the city of Butler and Butler Township (of course), [...]

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Always something exciting in downtown Pittsburgh.
First, there was the person who made a mad dash in the nude after trying unsuccessfully to steal a bag of peanuts (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article here).
Now, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are mimicking meat packaging by lying nearly naked on large trays to protest those eating meat (WPXI article).
What’s [...]

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette followed up on the Friday Leadership Pittsburgh conference with an article about the growing popularity of municipality mergers in Pittsburgh.  I guess that’s to be expected when even local residents aren’t sure where their homes are located.  With a showdown expected tonight over property taxes in the North Hills (link to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article), [...]

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If you can afford it, you’ll enjoy it.  The borough of Fox Chapel and the surrounding area has something for everyone.  Whether you have just moved there and are eligible for the Fox Chapel Area Newcomers’ Club, or you have been there so long that you feel comfortable catching up with John Kerry when he’s at [...]

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If you are looking for a community of people that love a good park, and know how to use it, then Highland Park is for you.  From Shadyside, a short ten (?) minute drive north past Friendship and East Liberty places you in a neighborhood almost surrounded by a 300+ acre park, known as Highland Park.  Beyond the park [...]

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