Saturday 4 July 2009
Pittsburgh mural (detail) by the Pittsburgh Technical Institute. Photograph by Brian Cohen |
Pop City Features
New Girl in Town: What Pittsburgh Needs
Sure, we have much to appreciate but we can always do better. What does Pittsburgh need? Let's start with four amenities that could enhance our city--how about a living wall since we're already so green?--and raise the quality of life. Then we will continue the discussion after getting your suggestions.
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Pop Filter: What's Hot This Week
At last. The long lazy nights of summer are here. Pop City's got the soundtrack to start your engine, with live music from Winnipeg, Glasgow, Down Under, and our own backyard. Want the scoop? Drop that iPod and click on Pop Filter. ...

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From Dugout Dick to Eco Elvis: Your Environmental Road Trip
Deciding there was a role for him in the environmental movement, Mark Dixon created Your Environmental Road Trip (YERT) and traveled the country searching for innovative green solutions and delivering Pittsburgh's green message. Along the way, he discovered lots of people thinking creatively, including a cave dweller and an Elvis imitator.

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Holiday Break and a New Look for Pop City
Pop City is taking a holiday break next week which gives us time to prepare for the launch of our new design later in July. In addition to our usual lineup, look for a new section called "For Good" to highlight community and nonprofit news along with a Fast Company profile each week and fast growth sectors. There's more, including an expanded space for Pop Filter right on the home page. Stay tuned and enjoy the holiday!
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Neighborhoods:
Pittsburgh Innovates Dynavox's Eyemax gives those who can't speak words with the blink of an eye Vivisimo names new President and CEO to growing team Getting ready for the G-20 Summit--weigh in now! BrainPort helps the tongue to see; Center for Vision Restoration receives $3 M Double Decker Tours cruise the ‘burgh Bayer Material Science’s Cool Roofs take the heat off Downtown is the ultimate playground for Urban Baby Tours Development News Rimco Properties buys Robinson apartments for $29.75 million Green Building Alliance awarded first LEED Platinum certification in western Pa. Group greens Pittsburgh's concrete jungles, first to use new tree technology in Pa. Dormont's Hollywood Theatre to reopen fulltime Cocina Mendoza moves to Mt. Lebanon Trail town Rockwood opens hostel along Great Allegheny Passage Pittsburgh in the News Pittsburgh ranked in U.S.'s top 20 strongest metropolitan areas
Huffington Post
United Way of Allegheny County sees increased givings of $31.2M
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh drivers score low on road rage
Pittsburgh Business Times
Latest PBS documentary focuses on Muslim rapper in Pittsburgh
The New York Times
Progressive blogger group plans national gathering at Convention Center
Daily Kos
Oakmont to host record ninth U.S. Open in 2016
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
World-famous wire-walker to attempt river crossing at Regatta
The Associated Press

Featured Place to Live

Piatt Place

Fifth Avenue and Wood Street
412-434-1181
www.piattplace.com
Located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, spanning Wood Street from 5th to Oliver, The Residences at Piatt Place are luxury condominiums built on top of the former Lazarus Building.



Pittsburgh Area Neighborhoods
Downtown & The Cultural District Mt. Lebanon
East Liberty Millvale
Friendship & Penn Ave Arts District Carnegie
Lawrenceville Regent Square
North Side Bellevue
Oakland Aspinwall
Shadyside Oakmont
South Side Sewickley
Squirrel Hill W. Homestead
Strip District Bloomfield
Dormont Highland Park

Featured Neighborhood Oakland
Arguably the city’s most interesting neighborhood – and undoubtedly its most densely populated and complex – Oakland is also the state’s third-largest employment center, after downtown Philadelphia and Pittsburgh’s Downtown. Home to Carnegie Mellon University and the ever-expanding University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as smaller Carlow University, Oakland is the city’s dominant academic and medical center. With the Carnegie Library’s main branch -- “Free To the People” -- as well as the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, the neighborhood’s cultural center of gravity is almost inescapable. North Oakland has great prewar apartment buildings and new developments, but it’s South Oakland’s deep nooks and crannies that fascinate. Rich in recent and past immigrants, as well as so many Pittsburghers’ coming-of-age-stories, South Oakland has incubated both football great Dan Marino and pop artist Andy Warhol -- plus local band We’re Wolves, who have taken the title of their current song from a sign in a neighborhood park: “Welcome to the Childhood Home of Andy Warhol and Dan Marino.”

Places to Move Featuring: Luna Lofts Click here to see: Loft/Apartment to Lease Loft/Condo to Buy
Shopping Featuring: Caliban Book Shop Click here to see: Speciality Specialty
Eat & Drink Featuring: Ali Baba Click here to see: Cafes & Coffeehouses Desserts Restaurants
Nightlife Featuring: Melwood Screening Room Click here to see: Film Nightclub
Culture Featuring: Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Click here to see: Cultural Landmarks Museum Parks & Plazas Social & Community
Organizations Featuring: WQED Click here to see: Hospital Media Social & Community University