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A construction worker installing a window at the Highline. The $110 million Highline project at the Pittsburgh Terminal Warehouse, developed by Pittsburgh-based McKnight Realty Partners, includes 600,000 square feet of new office and retail space in the South Side. (Photo by Kat Procyk/PublicSource)

How is the success of economic development measured? It depends on who you ask.

by Tom Lisi March 7, 2019November 5, 2021

City of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at his State of the City address. (Photo by Kat Procyk/PublicSource)

Local Government

During five years in office, has Mayor Peduto fulfilled his pledges to Pittsburgh?

by J. Dale Shoemaker January 30, 2019November 5, 2021

Lisa King, who lived in Valmar Gardens for three years, carries furniture from her apartment with friend Robert Turner on Sept. 20. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Owner of troubled Valmar Gardens apartments has record of problem properties, unpaid taxes and ‘shell games’

by Mark Kramer January 21, 2019November 5, 2021

The historic roots of anti-Semitism and how they play out today

by Jordana Rosenfeld January 3, 2019February 28, 2019

Treating trauma and society’s ‘collective illness’: Mental health experts rally to provide long-lasting care after Tree of Life shooting

by Mark Kramer December 26, 2018December 27, 2018

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Seeking information from Pittsburgh or Allegheny County? About half of formal requests are deemed ‘public records’

by Jeffrey Benzing December 4, 2018December 14, 2018

Omar Muya revisits his former home at 39th and Howley streets in Lawrenceville. He and his family had to move when the building owner sold to a redeveloper. (Photo by John Altdorfer/PublicSource)

Booming Lawrenceville has priced out some residents. Would inclusionary zoning prevent displacement?

by Jason Vrabel October 16, 2018November 5, 2021

A cement truck passes by Foundry 41 at 41st and Willow streets in Lawrenceville. (Photo by John Altdorfer/PublicSource)

DEVELOP PGH, Economy & Housing, IN-DEPTH

Inclusionary zoning could help Pittsburgh generate more affordable housing, but progress has taken years

by Jason Vrabel October 15, 2018November 5, 2021

DEVELOP PGH, Economy & Housing, Equity, IN-DEPTH, Uncategorized

Pittsburgh task force takes on issue of landlords turning away renters with convictions

by Jason Vrabel July 11, 2018November 5, 2021

AMAZON HQ2, DEVELOP PGH, Economy & Housing, IN-DEPTH

Amazon’s ripple effects: Six things that might happen if Pittsburgh gets HQ2

by J. Dale Shoemaker July 5, 2018November 5, 2021