Pittsburgh Homes Daily

At Noon on Friday, when Pittsburgh Penguins fans rally at Market Square to celebrate the Penguins Stanley Cup Finals appearance against the Detroit Red Wings, they’ll have much more to celebrate than the Penguins successful hockey season.
They’ll be able to celebrate the absence of bus noise, the renovations leading to Market Square Place, the redesign [...]

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Photo by KitAy through a Creative Commons license.

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As I was reading about approval of the design for the new Pittsburgh Penguins arena, I decided to try to hunt down the actual design renderings online - which can be found here, complete with people and all.
In my search, I also found a webcam covering the construction zone, so you can watch [...]

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Last night, the Urban Design Associates and the Pittsburgh Penguins held a meeting to get input from residents on the development of the new Penguins arena. Architect Don Carter, President of Urban Design Associates, indicated to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the doors are wide open for public participation.
Sounded nice.
Until I started thinking about my [...]

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The Pittsburgh Business Times is hosting an online poll to find out which long awaited project Pittsburgh residents believe will be completed first.  Choices are:
1. Mon-Fayette Expressway
2. New Arena for Penguins
3. North Shore Connector
4. Don Barden’s North Shore Casino 
The results right now are overwhelmingly in favor of one project, but they really should have added these three other [...]

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I’m intrigued by an article in the Pittsburgh City Paper (found here) that suggests that Mellon arena, the soon to be abandoned home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, should be saved rather than demolished.
It is quite a thought-provoking article.  My hesitation to jump on the bandwagon promoting the preservation of Mellon Arena stems from my opinion that there [...]

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Tomorrow, one of three potential casino owners will be given an early christmas present when the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board names the winner of the slots license slated for Pittsburgh.  Debated (and protested) for the last year, the decision has become more controversial lately because of the decision by Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie to back [...]

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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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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 [...]

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Bar study continues with reckless abandon for me!  The exam is two weeks from today.  Here is the news I’ve missed while I’ve been busy:
Pittsburgh will shine tonight: Businesses, particularly those visible from the stadium, have been asked to keep their lights on in exterior windows for the All-Star Game tonight. 
There is a map of historical [...]

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