Above: Parker and Barron celebrate the opening of Malaika Learning Center in Brighton Heights . A new learning center is Brighton Heights is helping local students and educators throughout the Northside and the City of Pittsburgh. The Malaika (pronounced muh-LAKE-aye) Center opened its doors in Brig...

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When St. John’s Health and Hospital Center vacated Brighton Heights in 1997, the Brighton Heights Citizens Federation decided to start a development project to build new homes in its place. Twelve years after it hatched its plan, the federation is working with the Urban Redevelopment Authority and c...

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Muddy Cup Coffee owner Renee Tokar jokes with a customer while making her latte. (Photo/Kelly Thomas) Since Renee Tokar in March opened a Northside location of her Muddy Cup coffee shop in the former JR’s Bar on the corner of East Ohio Street and Cedar Avenue, she said she’s seen a steady increase o...

Part two in a three-part series.  Click to read part one and part three . A niche market turns out profits Andrew Lee was a man on a mission. Having worked in the cigar industry for more than four years, he filled a void in the market by opening up Executive Cigars, a high-end shop with a walk-in hu...

Part one in a three-part series . Read part two . In a time when the word “recession” has become equivalent to a swear word, the common theme has been small businesses halting production, corporations doing mass layoffs, and others closing their doors altogether. There are mixed opinions on starting...

Water-loving Northsiders now have an easy way to put their canoes and kayaks on Pittsburgh’s rivers. A non-motorized access point to the Three Rivers Water Trail opened officially on Oct. 23 at Westhall Street in the Brightwood/Brighton Heights area, and already has turned at least one Northsider in...