In an effort to battle the ongoing foreclosure crisis, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development will assign grants to cities and states totaling nearly $4 billion. Pittsburgh will receive $2 million under the program. Steve Preston, the secretary for HUD, said that the $3.9 bill...

By Andy Medici After years of community effort and three different mayoral administrations, Western Avenue will be given a pedestrian-friendly makeover. The $1.7 million project will focus on improvements to the sidewalk, street lights and the overhanging power lines. In a bricklaying ceremony on We...

By Andy Medici The Pittsburgh Public Works lot on Ridge Avenue doesn’t draw a lot of attention. Moveable barricades line one area of the compound alongside a flatbed hitch, about a dozen picnic tables, and sections of chain link fence. In a corner near a clump of trees lies a pile of stones. Overgro...

By Andy Medici On June 12, Councilwoman Darlene Harris brought the rest of the City Council to the Perry High School auditorium in Observatory Hill to help answer an important question.   Does Pittsburgh have any money? The short answer is yes, but with conditions, while the longer answer is actuall...

As the early enthusiasm surrounding the presidential race took a severe nosedive after the Pennsylvania primary in late April, residents of one Northside neighborhood turned their attention to a more immediate election—that of the Central Northside Neighborhood Council’s board of directors. In a stu...