As many of your are aware, Lola Gardens at 35th and Butler, has begun development into a parking area for adjacent development across the street. Lola Gardens will become a parking lot, and not a garage. It will have a permeable surface, and the street furniture that was on the Garden is being reused as part of the lot. The developer also intends to allow the lot to be used for events for the community and such.
Join us for a community meeting on Duncan Park, March 6th at 6:30 pm at the Goodwill Workforce Development Center, 118 52nd Street. Our year in review 2017 was a big year at Duncan Park. Though we had some setbacks and delays, we were able to make significant progress towards making Duncan Park a community amenity for all. Thanks to…
We’ve heard from residents, loud and clear, that creating play opportunities at Duncan Park is a neighborhood priority. We want to make that happen, and we want to build it together. Lawrenceville United (LU) has been engaged in a multi-year effort to revitalize Duncan Park, a City of Pittsburgh park decommissioned in May of 2014, and…
Lawrenceville United (LU) works to improve the overall quality of life for Lawrenceville residents and stakeholders. LU has worked over the past thirteen years to eliminate blight throughout Lower, Central, and Upper Lawrenceville by targeting nuisance and problem properties and prioritizing the demolitions, acquisition and redevelopment of such properties. As part of this process,…
Wylie Holdings has proposed a new construction town home development for the space. By following this link, you will be able to see renderings of what they have proposed: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.576983625699434.1073741833.255397811191352&type=1 Not all of the details are set and they are still working on exterior design finishes. It does look like the new construction buildings will be…
Lawrenceville Community Development Activities Meeting on February 24 from 6:30-8 p.m. In November 2014, Lawrenceville Corporation and Lawrenceville United entered into an agreement with Thunderbird Cafe (Lawrenceville Holdings) as part of their expansion that resulted in a court order outlining occupancy and operational issues. Thunderbird has requested to make changes to items outlined in the…
A public hearing has been scheduled at City Council on the Inclusionary Housing Interim Planning Overlay District for Lawrenceville on July 16th at 1:30 p.m. at Council Chambers in the City-County Building (414 Grant Street, 5th Floor). To register for 3 minutes to speak, fill out the form here by 10:30 a.m. on 7/16, or…
