Pittsburgh’s Arts Landing outdoor space is on schedule and on budget
Standing by what will soon be an 8-foot addition to Downtown Pittsburgh’s skyline, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust President & CEO Kendra Whitlock Ingram paused Monday to show reporters the view set to define Arts Landing: a clear stretch of the Allegheny River and a striking angle of the city’s iconic Three...
Pittsburgh councilman seeks partial clawback of $6M master plan
Councilman Anthony Coghill wants to claw back some of the money Pittsburgh intended to spend on a costly 25-year master plan after council last week lambasted the pricey process. The $6 million comprehensive plan is meant to guide zoning and development through 2050. Coghill told TribLive he does not want...
Pittsburgh’s Arts Landing outdoor space is on schedule and on budget
Standing by what will soon be an 8-foot addition to Downtown Pittsburgh’s skyline, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust President & CEO Kendra Whitlock Ingram paused Monday to show reporters the view set to define Arts Landing: a clear stretch of the Allegheny River and a striking angle of the city’s iconic Three...
Roberto Clemente Bridge to close for inspection
The Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh will be closed for inspection from 6 a.m. Monday through 3 p.m. on Aug. 8. It will close gain the following week. The closures are required for crews to safely conduct routine inspection activities. Traffic will be detoured using Fort Duquesne Boulevard, the Andy...
Pittsburgh controller pushes City Council to make private meetings more transparent
Pittsburgh’s fiscal watchdog on Thursday recommended that City Council make more transparent — but not eliminate — controversial private meetings its members occasionally hold to discuss public business. The suggestion came in a performance audit released by Controller Rachael Heisler, which also recommended that council develop better policies to track...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 1-3
After a week of sweating from the heat outside, take this weekend to sweat from concerts, monster truck rallies and dance parties instead. Here are a few ways to turn up the heat on your weekend. Lawrenceville Art Crawl Encompassing more than a dozen blocks along Butler Street in Lawrenceville,...
South Side’s Club Cafe set to reopen this week under new ownership
This week will see the reopening of South Side concert venue Club Cafe with a pair of sold-out concerts and two full days of local music. It’s been a tumultuous year for the listening room. Opus One Productions — the previous owners of the space since 2011 — announced last...
Justice Department subpoenas UPMC for information on gender-affirming care
Pittsburgh-based health system UPMC has been subpoenaed by the Department of Justice over its program for gender-affirming care for trans men and women. UPMC, which represents 40 hospitals and 800 doctors’ offices statewide, on Tuesday said it remained “steadfast in its commitment” to providing “exceptional care” for all patients. In...
Better-Maid Donut closes Crafton Heights spot, preparing to reopen nearby
A popular Pittsburgh doughnut shop has shut down its current location, but has plans to open a new storefront. Better-Maid Donut, in a social media post Tuesday, said the business could not come to an agreement with its landlord to purchase the Crafton Heights shop it now operates along Steuben...
Plans to cut red tape for Pittsburgh vendors moves ahead
An effort to slash red tape for street vendors throughout Pittsburgh got the green light Tuesday from the city’s Planning Commission. City Council will make a final decision on the measure — which would expand where vendors can operate and eliminate a cumbersome site-by-site evaluation requirement in most places —...
Planning Commission approves plans for community field in Hazelwood Green
The Pittsburgh Planning Commission on Tuesday approved plans for a new community field in the Hazelwood Green development. The field, spearheaded by the Pittsburgh Steelers, will sit along Hazelwood Avenue near the entrance to the sprawling Hazelwood Green development. “The field is designed as a multipurpose, multisport regional asset, one...
Morning Roundup: Police accuse man of reckless driving in Mt. Washington; Pittsburgh Water rate hikes considered
Here are some of the latest news items happening this morning, Wednesday, July 30: Police accuse man of reckless driving in Mt. Washington Pittsburgh police said they arrested a man for reckless driving Tuesday evening in the city’s Mt. Washington neighborhood. Officers were on a neighborhood patrol in Mt. Washington...
Pittsburgh-based Evolve Coaching named Champion in Action by Citizens Bank and Trib Total Media
Evolve Coaching is a champion. The organization provides neurodivergent individuals with personalized coaching, social groups, and mentorship that support independent living, college success, and career readiness. It has been recognized with the Citizens’ Champions in Action award. The award is given to support nonprofit organizations that address social challenges facing...
Verona Boulevard paving hailed as example of intergovernmental collaboration
The bumpy brick road of Verona Boulevard is no more after the completion of a joint paving project between the city of Pittsburgh and the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Penn Hills. Pittsburgh City Councilman Khari Mosley and state Reps. Joe McAndrew, D-Penn Hills, and La’Tasha D. Mayes, whose 24th District...
Pittsburgh ‘uniquely positioned’ to lead in physical AI, organizers of upcoming summit say
Pittsburgh will again find itself in the AI economy spotlight in September when it hosts the two-day AI Horizons summit in the East End’s Bakery Square. The summit, in its second year, will focus this year on physical AI — in which artificial intelligence is integrated into physical systems like...
$58 million in medical debt erased for over 43,000 Pittsburgh residents
Pittsburgh City Councilman Bobby Wilson on Monday announced that more than 43,000 city residents saw their medical debt erased. This comes after Wilson, D-North Side, in 2023 sponsored a bill that allocated $1 million in federal covid-19 relief money to contract with a company that bought dischargeable health care debt...
Morning Roundup: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County open cooling centers amid heat wave
Here are some of the latest news items happening this morning, Tuesday, July 29: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County open cooling centers Pittsburgh and Allegheny County will operate cooling centers Tuesday and Wednesday as temperatures are forecasted to climb above 90 degrees. Cooling centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 7...
‘Hot mess’: Dire state of Pittsburgh’s city fleet prompts annual report on upkeep
Pittsburgh will now release an annual report that details the state of the vehicle fleet amid concerns that essential vehicles are becoming old and difficult to maintain. City Council on Monday unanimously approved a measure — sponsored by Councilman Bobby Wilson, D-North Side — that will mandate an Annual Fleet...
Pittcon, among world’s largest science conferences, will return home in 2027
One of the world’s premier laboratory science conferences is named for the Steel City — and it’s coming home for the first time in more than a half-century. The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy is organized almost entirely by volunteers from the region and an office staff in...
1st inductees named to Pittsburgh Walk of Fame
The Pittsburgh Walk of Fame announced its first inductees, who will be honored this fall in a Hollywood-style installation at The Terminal in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The inaugural honorees are:George Benson, a famed jazz musician born in the city’s Hill DistrictNellie Bly, a pioneering investigative journalist, who was born in...
Morning Roundup: Man shot in the head in Hill District; bicyclist injured in collision with car outside OpenStreetsPGH event
Here are some of the latest news items happening this morning, Monday, July 28: Man in critical condition after Hill District shooting A man was left in critical condition Sunday night following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood. Police responded around 11:45 p.m. to a single-round ShotSpotter alert in...
Man drives to Pittsburgh police station after being shot in chest in Bedford Dwellings
A man drove himself to a Pittsburgh police station Sunday night after being shot in the chest in the Bedford Dwellings neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh police. Police received a report of four shots being fired in the 2500 block of Chauncey Drive around 7:45 p.m. While officers from the Zone...
1 injured, 1 arrest in Pittsburgh SWAT situation
An arrest has been made after an early-morning SWAT situation in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neigborhood. Pittsburgh Police and SWAT reported to a home on Broad Street around 5:15 a.m. Sunday, in response to reports of a man barricaded inside the residence following a domestic situation. Police were unable to locate anyone...
Nas flexes his legend status with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Nas is a legendary rapper for a reason. The New York-born MC has been rocking the mic for more than 30 years, easily cementing his place as one of the best rappers of all time. His first album, “Illmatic,” earned its spot at No. 44 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest...
Is Downtown Pittsburgh safe? With NFL Draft looming, perception battles reality
Downtown Pittsburgh, by turns glamorous and grimy, boasts a split personality. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey emphatically frames the gateway to the city as safe and vibrant. But persistent problems with homelessness, drugs and violent crime have long threatened to undermine that narrative. Just last month, police charged a man with...
