Bob Bauder stories, Page 8
Mayor Peduto pans design for planned 21-story office in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he wasn’t impressed with the design for a 21-story office tower that New York-based JMC Holdings has planned for the site of a cold storage warehouse in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Peduto said the company would have to come up with a design more in line...
Pittsburgh’s bond rating bumps up from stable to positive
Pittsburgh is in line for a better interest rate on a $50 million capital improvement bond it intends to issue next month after Fitch Ratings upgraded the city’s bond rating Monday to positive, Mayor Bill Peduto said. It had been rated as stable. “We had gotten up to stable, and...
Pittsburgh ordinance would ban ownership of crocodiles, alligators and turtles
Pittsburgh, which has more than its share of pet alligators roaming loose, is moving to ban the sale and ownership of the reptiles in the city. City Councilman Bruce Kraus on Tuesday introduced a bill that would repeal an ordinance passed by council late last year that permitted but regulated...
Penn Hills native hunkering down in Italy as coronavirus spreads
Penn Hills native James Zanella said he’s not overly concerned — yet — about living roughly 40 miles away from the epicenter of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. What worries him most is that Italian police have locked down 10 towns in the Lombardy region, which borders the Trentino region. Zanella lives...
Big plans for redevelopment of Hunt Armory will come at a big costVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto can already hear hockey pucks bouncing off boards at the city’s Alfred E. Hunt Field Artillery Armory in Shadyside. The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority is finalizing a $1 million purchase of the historic landmark on Emerson Street and is partnering with the city, Pittsburgh Parking Authority...
Big plans for redevelopment of Hunt Armory will come at big costVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto can already hear hockey pucks bouncing off boards at the city’s Alfred E. Hunt Field Artillery Armory in Shadyside. The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority is finalizing a $1 million purchase of the historic landmark on Emerson Street and is partnering with the city, Pittsburgh Parking Authority...
Ton of meat, cheese donated to Pittsburgh food bank will serve 10,000 mealsVideo
A Philadelphia meat and cheese company donated a ton — literally, one ton — of food Thursday to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. This is the third year that Dietz & Watson Inc. has donated to the Duquesne-based food bank through its annual Families Helping Families promotion and a...
Help for disabilities, mental illness available at Pittsburgh convention center event
People with disabilities or mental health problems can access support organizations and attend informational seminars during a summit in March at Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Admission to the Disability and Mental Health Summit on March 3 is free. It runs from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and features...
Pittsburgh Council members propose $60 million bond for affordable housing
Pittsburgh should borrow $60 million to help solve the city’s affordable housing problem, two city councilmen suggested Wednesday. Councilmen R. Daniel Lavelle of the Hill District and Ricky Burgess of North Point Breeze said the $10 million Pittsburgh sets aside each year for an affordable housing fund could be used...
Pittsburgh students receive high marks for City Hall performanceVideo
Mike Nichols, a volunteer for Pittsburgh Public Schools, has escorted kids through the corridors of Pittsburgh City Hall for more than 20 years to give them a sense of how local government operates. On Tuesday, Nichols brought in a violin ensemble from Westwood elementary into council chambers for a short...
Pittsburgh poised to pay city firefighter $70,000 to settle discrimination suit
Pittsburgh would pay a city firefighter $70,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming the city violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in 2016 by restricting his duties after he suffered a head injury while responding to a fire call. City Council introduced a resolution Tuesday that would authorize a settlement of...
Travelers to see prep work for new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport
Travelers this spring will start seeing the prep work for a three-year, $1.1 billion construction project this summer that will build a new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport. Airport visitors will begin to see construction trailers and new walls and fencing built to isolate the construction area from existing facilities,...
Portion of Centre Avenue in Shadyside closed through Monday
Pittsburgh will close one lane of Centre Avenue between Morewood Avenue and Cypress near UPMC’s Shadyside Hospital starting on Friday and continuing through Monday evening, according to the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. The closure is needed to put up a tower crane for a development project. Port Authority...
Officials planning $7.4 million renovation of historic Pittsburgh YMCA buildingVideo
Pittsburgh’s Centre Avenue YMCA served as the center of the city’s African-American community when black people were barred from establishments open exclusively to whites. Baseball players like Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige roomed there. World Champion Boxer Joe Louis trained in its gym. Singers including Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne...
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner takes plea deal in Detroit case
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner on Thursday pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace during a confrontation last year with police in a Detroit hotel. In a plea agreement, Wagner had a felony count of obstruction reduced to disturbing the peace. She then pleaded no contest to that lesser charge...
Pittsburgh councilmen seek CMU funding, assistance to break down racial barriers
Two Pittsburgh City Council members reached out to Carnegie Mellon University on Wednesday seeking financial and staff contributions for their efforts to combat racism in the city. R. Daniel Lavelle and Ricky Burgess, council’s two black representatives, asked for money along with faculty, staff and student participation in the city’s...
Heinz History Center accumulating properties for future expansion
The Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh’s Strip District continues to accumulate properties on Penn Avenue for a future expansion that could include a history-themed hotel, according to its top official. Andy Masich, the center’s president and CEO, said the organization in December purchased the former Sushi Kim Korean...
Pittsburgh Council proposes another plan for spending park tax money
Pittsburgh would use a plan created by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy as a template for spending revenue generated by the city’s controversial parks tax under a resolution introduced in city council Tuesday. Two council members — Anthony Coghill and Deb Gross — who opposed the tax, said the resolution sponsored...
Pittsburgh, former police officer battling in court over termination
Pittsburgh last month paid more than $163,000 to a former police officer who was reinstated with back pay after being fired three years ago in connection with an alleged road rage incident. The officer, however, hasn’t returned to work, and an ongoing legal imbroglio is far from over. The chain...
Hispanic chamber of commerce accepting scholarship applications
The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation is accepting applications for its annual scholarship program. Students of Hispanic ancestry living in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Westmoreland or Washington county can apply through the chamber website or or via e-mail at scholarships@pmahcc.org. The application deadline is April 30....
PWSA ups income eligibility for free lead water line replacement
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on Monday announced that it is increasing its income eligibility limit for customers to qualify for free replacement of lead water lines. PWSA customers with lead water lines who earn no more than 300% of federal poverty level each year — $78,600 for a...
Green Grocer open Tuesdays outside closed Shop ‘n Save in Hill District
A weekly farmers market in Pittsburgh’s Hill District is settling into its new location in the neighborhood. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank moved its Green Grocer’s Hill District stop to outside a shuttered Shop ‘n Save at Centre Heldman Plaza along Centre Avenue at the beginning of the month...
Ross firm purchases former Verizon building in Marshall for $3.45 million
A Ross Township real estate investment and development firm Friday closed on the purchase of a building previously occupied by Verizon at the RIDC Park in Marshall Township, according to a company partner. FourPenn Partners LLC purchased the building at 200 Allegheny Drive for $3.45 million from the Rubinoff family...
Draft plan calls for more bike lanes in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh would expand its bike lane network by more than 150 miles over the next decade under a draft plan released Thursday by the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. The plan calls for every home in the city to be within one-quarter mile of the network that would link the...
Funeral arrangements set for mother of Pittsburgh mayor
A viewing for Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s mother is set for Sunday at the William Slater II Funeral Home in Scott Township. Eva Maria (Zarroli) Peduto was 92 and died peacefully early Wednesday at her home in Scott, according to an online obituary. Viewing hours are 2 p.m. to 4...
