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Upper St Clair Best for Intellectual Retirees.

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

The U.S. News & World Report named Upper St. Clair one of “The 10 Brainiest Places to Retire.” USNWR was looking for thriving intellectual and cultural centers where retired individuals who want to keep on learning can stay as busy as they want to be - and with Pittsburgh’s thriving downtown area and 29 [...]

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Tags: Pittsburgh · Why Pittsburgh

RiverParc Suspended

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The downtown Pittsburgh cultural district project that was once called one of the linchpins of the revitalization of the City of Pittsburgh and a project without equal in the United States was indefinitely suspended last month by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust blamed the poor economy and credit markets as the [...]

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Tags: Commercial Real Estate · Downtown · Financing · Pittsburgh · Real Estate · Theater District

Pittsburgh Art Festivals

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments

With all of the opportunities to observe art in Pittsburgh, it’s no wonder that Pittsburgh was named one of the five best places for the creative class (read more here).
Starting June 6th, the Three Rivers Arts Festival will descend onto the streets of downtown Pittsburgh. Apparently, they didn’t hear that there is a shortage [...]

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Tags: Downtown · Pittsburgh · Things to Do · Why Pittsburgh · art

Pittsburgh Marathon - Welcome Back!

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

In what is being called a positive sign for the city of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Marathon will run in 2009 for the first time since 2003, thanks to sponsorship by Dick’s Sporting Goods. It will be the 20th running of the Pittsburgh Marathon.
Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, or the Pittsburgh [...]

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Tags: Marathon · Pittsburgh · Things to Do · Why Pittsburgh

Market Square Rally - Much to Celebrate!

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Downtown · Market Square · Penguins · Pittsburgh

North Shore Hotel Approved

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Development on Pittsburgh’s North Shore continues.
The Pittsburgh Planning Commission approved the Hyatt Place hotel near PNC Park despite the opposition of Pittsburgh United, which will have an opportunity to air its concerns in front of the Pittsburgh City Council.
The nearby Marriott Residence Inn on the North Shore broke ground this month and is scheduled for [...]

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Tags: Commercial Real Estate · North Shore · Pittsburgh · hotels

Pittsburgh Real Estate Market Heating Up?

May 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Dare I even suggest that the Pittsburgh real estate market is heating up in 2008?
And to do so at a time when foreclosures in the Pittsburgh area set a near record in the first quarter, with economists believing that the Pennsylvania housing market could still get worse, and with the amount of sales activity and [...]

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Tags: Housing Market · Pittsburgh · Real Estate · foreclosure

Pittsburgh’s Architecture - Cathedral of Learning

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Photo by thenicole through a Creative Commons license.

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Tags: Architecture · Oakland · Pittsburgh

The Problems of Foreclosed Homes

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Reuters had an article on Monday about the increasing number of squatters living in vacant foreclosed homes. It is written from the perspective of the mortgage companies and their real estate agents detailing the squatting problem. But I’m not feeling too sorry for the new owners of the foreclosed homes. They aren’t [...]

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Tags: Pittsburgh · Real Estate · foreclosure

Pittsburgh’s Architecture

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Architecture · Pittsburgh