Photo by Renee Rosensteel Oliver Lake performs for the crowd gathered between Sherman and Monterey streets in during the Jazz-Poetry Concert in September, 2013.   By Alyse Horn In correlation with the Jazz-Poetry Concert, the City of Asylum has received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment fo...

By Alyse Horn Sometimes people make questionable purchases. Take Jim Smith, a military veteran and drum aficionado, who said he once bought a snare drum that looked like a piece of coal. “It had been stored in an attic. It was covered in soot and bird dropping,” Smith said. When he took the drum hom...

 Photo courtesy of The National Aviary One of the two new condors gets used to its new surroundings. By Alyse Horn Outside The National Aviary, dog walkers may have noticed a change in the Condor Court. Lianni, a popular female condor at the aviary, was moved inside to make room for a new pair of co...

Photo courtesy of Felice Cleveland A young girl stands inside The Walls, which are portable and collapsible canvas walls the Mattress Factory uses for educational purposes. By Alyse Horn It takes truly creative minds to see something in nothing. Take Barbara Luderowski, founder and co-director of th...

By Alyse Horn Construction for the Garden Theater Building, 10 W. North Ave., is underway. Wayne Zukin, Zukin Realty president, said with the Garden Theater in progress construction should move more easily and quickly. “[The Garden Theater Block] is a complicated series of buildings,” Zukin said. “R...

Courtesy of Northside Common Ministries Food on the shelves that count toward their weight quota include canned and dry goods such as soups, macaroni and cheese and pasta. Particular items are limited to one or two per person when there are few to offer.   By Alyse Horn On December 10, The Pittsburg...

By Alyse Horn After serving the Northside for 18 years, Doug’s Market, 1327 Arch St., closed its doors for good on Saturday, December 7. Doug Nimmo, owner of the market, said the lack of business was the main factor in deciding to close. Nimmo said with the neighborhood changing over the years, the ...

Above: Amanda Manol in her Central Northside business, Pearl. by Lindsay Allen The first spa of its kind in the Central Northside, Pearl Aesthetic Perfecting Studio’s owner said that luxury is now just the push of a pearl doorbell away. Proprietor and aesthetic expert Amanda Manol operates the studi...

by Kelsey Shea This week Allegheny Commons Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places, which preservationists hope will give them a stronger voice in the reconstruction of the West Park pedestrian bridge. The honor of being added to the National Register came on the heels of an annou...

Several thousand runners will pass through the Northside Sunday morning for the EQT Pittsburgh Ten Miler race. Western Avenue, Cedar Avenue, East Ohio Street  North Commons Street, and East Commons Street will all be closed from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 3. Streets will reopen on a rolling ...