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As part of the city’s 250th birthday bash (Tribune-Review), the Sprout Fund will provide grants (Post-Gazette) to neighborhood organizations and Pittsburgh residents to turn their ideas to commemorate Pittsburgh into reality. 
Although the website that the Post-Gazette links to is currently parked, I’m sure that the Sprout Fund or Imagine Pittsburgh will soon have a prominent link to it.
I’m looking forward [...]

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today has an article about the declining population in Pittsburgh.  Apparently, Pittsburgh has lost more residents since 2000 than any metropolitan area except New Orleans.  This resulted from both a lack of immigration and a declining birth rate.
What the article does not mention is that Pittsburgh is just a little bit less [...]

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The Mayor’s plan to seize crime ridden properties from landlords, detailed in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette here, reminds me of the lawsuits from the music industry to stop the illegal distribution of music.
A great idea in theory, but poorly executed.  At least that’s my impression after reading the Post-Gazette article.  I’m not sure who to believe, [...]

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The Pittsburgh Home & Garden show starts today, Friday, Mar. 9, 2007 and ends March 18th, one week behind schedule.  The Post-Gazette has run a number of articles concerning it on 2/25 and 3/3 (indexed here).
If you are going on a weekday, don’t forget to print the discount coupon!

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Photos of Pittsburgh Magazine’s March 2007 Superior Interiors contest winners are on their website.

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It has only been a few days since Don Barden and the Majestic Star Casino announced that it would not be able to meets its initial projection of opening in March 2008 because of delays in awarding the casino license.
With both losing casinos in Pittsburgh appealing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette link), the revised projection will need to be revised again [...]

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A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial today noted that the 3.4 billion in projects in the works or in development in downtown Pittsburgh and the North Shore is bringing with it “contagious excitement.”
With the announcement of the Fairmont Pittsburgh and the conversion of the Century Building to loft-apartments (Tribune-Review article here), I’d have to agree.
Let’s just hope that [...]

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The Pittsburgh Film Office is the Charity of the Day on Goodsearch, the search engine that donates a portion of their revenue to your favorite charity!

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On the heels of the news yesterday that US Airways selected Pittsburgh to host its operations center, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that nuclear engineering firm Bechtel has bowed to pressure from Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer and will only be transfering 70 jobs to Monroeville (rather than the expected 260).
One step forward (plus 150 [...]

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Pittsburgh Homes Daily is proud to present the Valentine’s Week Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate.
I’d like to highly commend the 24 participants who submitted an article this week.  It’s a good thing that you didn’t have to submit it in person, since much of the state was shut down by ice, snow, and [...]

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