Pittsburgh Homes Daily

UPMC must be pretty excited that their new facility (the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC) in Lawrenceville will be opening one year from now - in May 2009 - as they’ve already released a press release here about the opening.
Want to see what all the fuss is about? Take a virtual tour of [...]

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Money Magazine’s Real Estate Survival Guide has published Fiserv Lending Solutions’ 1 year price change predictions for the top 100 U.S. Cities. Real estate values are expected to decline, on average, 9.7 percent in the United States over the next year. Pittsburgh’s prediction? A relatively modest loss of 1.3%.
Prices are expected to [...]

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Photo by SoundandFury through a Creative Commons License.

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Worldwide ERC named Pittsburgh #1 on its 2008 list of Best Cities for Relocating Families in the Large Metro
The rest of the list can be found here. It’s interesting that six of the top ten could essentially be considered Midwest Cities (Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Columbus, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Cincinnati. With three of [...]

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All week, the news here in Pittsburgh has centered around the closing of Parkway East this weekend. Apparently, someone didn’t get the message. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describes what could only be a truly amazing scene:
Parkway East construction today was held up briefly when a motorist drove past a barricade at an onramp, zigzagged [...]

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The link is here. It may be behind a premium content wall, but all I had to do was go to the home page and view an ad to get to it.
For whatever reason, I think there is a midwest curve on this survey. Cleveland is tied at #26. And Detroit, pretty [...]

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I guess I am going to have to do some research to learn more about the Pittsburgh tax abatements which just passed city council, unless someone stumbles upon this article that knows more than I do and can help me out. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article here.
Let’s take a specific example:
Charlie Batch is doing [...]

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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 Post-Gazette celebrates the announcement of the move of the Downtown YMCA from 330 Blvd. of the Allies to Millcraft’s Market Square Project.  The editorial says, “It will be a boost to the heart of the Golden Triangle.”
Total distance the facility is moving: ~ 1/4 mile.  I mapped it on Google and if you go [...]

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Mike Madison of Pittsblog is looking for a logo for the Pittsburgh Manifesto.  Here’s a few ideas and slogans for development:

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