General news about Lawrenceville
UPDATE: Zoning Hearing Zoning Board of Adjustments 200 Ross Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 2.13.2014 9:20a Zone Case #: 37/14 Chip Desmone will present plans for new 4-story multi-residential structure (12 units total) and 4,304 sq.ft. of the first floor to remain vacant for commercial use integral parking spaces. Seeking relief from the Zoning Code’s maximum height…
Hello and Happy New Year! We hope that you enjoyed a happy and healthy holiday season. We also hope that you have been thinking about Arsenal Park and that ideas have been churning regarding the preservation and revitalization of the park over the last few weeks. We held a community meeting in November to provide…
Lawrenceville WORKS! is a program through Goodwill, in partnership with Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation, funded by UPMC Health Plan and Duquesne Light. Check out our most recent article in the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation’s Bulletin: http://bloomfield-garfield.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Bulletin-January-2014_small.pdf
Are you a resident of Lawrenceville looking to engage your neighbors around a project, activity, or program? Then apply for the Lawrenceville AdvantAGE Grant today! The Lawrenceville AdvantAGE Grant program was developed out of the Senior AdvantAGE program as an opportunity to create a stronger connection between long-time residents, and also between long-time residents…
2.25.15 UPDATE Smoke BBQ Taqueria opened at the beginning of February. Hours are listed as: Tuesday closed Mon-Thurs 11-10PM Friday 11-11PM Sat-Sun 10-11PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation convened a meeting on December 3, 2013 at Stephen Foster’s to discuss the proposed opening of Smoke BBQ and Taqueria at 4115 Butler Street. A handful…
On Tuesday, November 26th, the Pittsburgh School Board voted to open the public process to begin conversations on closing Woolslair Elementary for the 2014-2015 school year and moving the students to Arsenal Elementary. The final vote to close the school will not occur until March 2014, and public hearings will be held every month to…
It’s that time of year! The leaves are changing color, we have a large rubber duck on the river, the Pirates are in the playoffs, and the days are getting shorter and cooler—we’ve reached an amazing fall in Pittsburgh. I remember this day last year, we were perusing the schedule for Hamilton in LA to see…
November 21, 2013 6:30pm Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8 220 40th Street [Entrance is located on 40th Street across from St. John’s Way. Separate Handicapped access available as well.] Join us to begin discussion around planning and developing Arsenal Park into a great place for residents, visitors, and all community stakeholders! Child care provided for children 3 –…
Brian Mendelssohn of Botero Development attended a community meeting on October 14th to present his plans for 8 residential units at 260 42nd Street. Residents were generally supportive, but concerned around the additional cars in the area. Mr. Mendelssohn agreed to write into his leases that residents are NOT allowed to participate in the Residential…
LU continues to receive many questions and concerns around parking. The Pittsburgh Parking Authority attended the Happenings Block Watch in September and discussed issues relative to enforcement and the new meters that will be installed in Lawrenceville. Some residents were concerned that their streets are not being enforced effectively. Since the meeting, the Parking Authority…
