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Back to School Safety Tips
From Zone 2 Police Commander Eric Holmes Every year at this time, over 55 million children across the United States head back to school. With 13 percent of those children typically walking or biking to their classes. Back to school marks a change in seasons and a change in traveling for everyone. With school buses…
R1A Zoning Text Amendments go to City Council
In March, Mayor Peduto introduced zoning text amendments with a goal of “improving pedestrian safety, enhancing neighborhood walkability, and promoting non-vehicular mobility.” Under this proposed legislation, minimum parking requirements would be reduced from 1 to 0 in R1A (residential, single-family attached AKA rowhouse) neighborhoods like Lawrenceville. Maximum parking requirements would remain the same (4). For more information,…
McConway and Torley Draft Operating Permit
A new draft operating permit has been issued by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) for McConway and Torley, a steel foundry in Central Lawrenceville. The public comment period begins on Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 and ends on Monday, December 4th. Please join us for an important community meeting with ACHD about this permit on…

Second Workshop for Clack Site Public Planning Process
Come explore future scenarios for the re-use of the Clack Site & learn about its history! Stop by the Lawrenceville Farmers Market on 6/29 from 3-7 p.m. for short, interactive opportunities to shape the future of this publicly owned site. This builds on the first set of public workshops for the Clack site and the…
Recap of September Lawrenceville Happenings: Traffic Calming
On Thursday, September 14th, the Lawrenceville Happenings Meeting was hosted at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Lawrenceville (279 Fisk St) from 5:30-7 PM by Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation. This meeting was hosted in-person with 12 attendees and online via Facebook Live to roughly 16 attendees throughout the meeting. The focus of this Happenings…