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Taylor Naylor and daughter Neveah play with sticky notes at the Pittsburgh Scholar House office on the North Side on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo by Lilly Kubit/PublicSource)

The new Pittsburgh Scholar House seeks to replace cycle of poverty with ‘virtuous cycle’

by Eric Jankiewicz December 15, 2022November 12, 2024

The First National Bank headquarters under construction in the Lower Hill District in October 2022. (Photo by Rich Lord/PublicSource)

Local Government

Lower Hill developers tout park plans, minority contracting to commission

by Eric Jankiewicz and Rich Lord December 13, 2022December 14, 2022

Dusk falls over South Oakland as seen from the Cathedral of Learning on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Oakland residents agree on need for change, disagree with proposed zoning plan

by Eric Jankiewicz December 5, 2022December 6, 2022

Rendering of the proposed development at the site of the former Shadyside Giant Eagle, presented to Pittsburgh's City Planning Commission on Nov. 15, 2022.

Plan for site of former Shakespeare Giant Eagle nears approval vote

by Eric Jankiewicz November 15, 2022November 17, 2022

A former Pittsburgh Land Bank property in Larimer on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Account overdue: Frustration mounts among some who have been banking on a land bank — for 8 years

by Eric Jankiewicz November 10, 2022November 12, 2022

An artist's rendering of a proposed apartment building, with car storage system. The proposal by NEXT architecture won City Planning Commission approval on Nov. 1, 2022.

Strip District boom to roll on as two new projects win approval

by Eric Jankiewicz November 1, 2022November 3, 2022

Maria Montaño, press secretary for Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, places her hand on the back of Brenda Gregg, pastor at Destiny of Faith Church along Brighton Road, while Gregg addresses the media on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, by her church. Gregg told the media that the church’s planned Halloween activities would go on, despite the multiple-person shooting that took place outside the church earlier that day during a funeral there. At back, City of Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey looks on. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Funeral shooting in Brighton Heights reflects cycle of violence and spiral of pain, advocates and officials say

by Eric Jankiewicz, Amelia Winger, Stephanie Strasburg and Charlie Wolfson October 28, 2022November 1, 2022

Historic photo of Bethel AME Church, a large, Romanesque-style cathedral, amid demolition. A crane hovers over the building, and a few construction workers stand in front.

Updated: Developer skeptical of Hill surcharge proposal as key church calls for affordable housing

by Eric Jankiewicz and Rich Lord October 17, 2022October 18, 2022

Jared Wallace, Citizens Bank's head of property, strategy and execution, shows the City Planning Commission a rendering of a potential new branch to be constructed in East Liberty, in a June 1, 2021 meeting conducted via Zoom. (Screenshot)

Planning Commission again denies East Liberty bank demolition, leaves room for third try

by Eric Jankiewicz October 4, 2022October 5, 2022

Melvin Court along Lindberg Avenue as photographed on Sept. 9, 2022, in Penn Hills. The property was designated affordable housing under a tax credit requirement that recently expired. Nonprofit ACTION-Housing tried to buy it in hopes of preserving it as affordable housing but a private buyer offered more. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Economy & Housing

Will the rent rise? When affordability rules expire, agencies can be outbid and out-hustled by private firms

by Eric Jankiewicz September 29, 2022September 29, 2022