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A rendering of the proposed Colwell Street development presented to the City Planning Commission on July 25, 2023.

Replacement housing for Bedford Dwellings gets city’s OK

by Lucas Dufalla July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh [HACP] labor crew member Kevin Williams of the Hill District cuts one of a series of lawns in Bedford Dwellings on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in the Hill District.

ECONOMY & HOUSING

$50 million federal infusion coming to Pittsburgh housing authority’s Hill District revamp

by Eric Jankiewicz July 21, 2023July 24, 2023

The smokestacks at the former Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale fall to the ground during the implosion of the stacks on Friday, June 2, 2023, as seen from Barking Slopes Conversation Area across the Allegheny River. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

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From implosion’s dust, competing visions for Allegheny Valley’s future emerging

by Lucas Dufalla July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

David Lettrich, executive director of Bridge to the Mountains, is reflected in his car mirror as he takes calls from outreach workers in between rounds to encampments throughout the city on Jan. 26, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Allegheny County’s homeless community embraced me. Our region’s leaders should keep working to comfort unhoused people

by A first-person essay by Dave Lettrich July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

A rendering of CMU's planned robotics facility, which it seeks to build on Hazelwood Green.

Robots may roam proposed Hazelwood Green development

by Eric Jankiewicz July 11, 2023July 12, 2023

Patti Rote (right) stands with three Girls of Steel participants in blue shirts. (Photo courtesy of Theresa Richards)

Exit Interview: Patti Rote is retiring from Girls of Steel, but plans to keep advocating for women in STEM

by Atiya Irvin-Mitchell July 7, 2023August 3, 2023

An old car sits on blocks between two McKeesport homes on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Advocates tell Allegheny County Board of Health: More work needed on housing code overhaul

by Quinn Glabicki July 6, 2023July 9, 2023

In her signature crocheted rainbow hat and smoke printed sweats, Aubrey Plesh, center, left, founder of Team PSBG, calls area shelters to secure other housing for former guests of the Smithfield United Church of Christ homeless shelter as she sits on the church steps on the evening of Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Pittsburgh’s downtown. Plesh and PSBG team member Amanda Fry, right, were trying to coordinate how people would get to other shelter beds after the controversial space closed that morning at 7 a.m. At left and right, people in need of alternative shelter sit on the church steps waiting for a placement. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

Smithfield homeless shelter in downtown Pittsburgh exposed frayed safety net and tested county compassion

by Stephanie Strasburg and Eric Jankiewicz July 5, 2023August 30, 2023

BLK DYMND Rewards CEO Art Robinson sits at left during a Philly Tech Weak 2023 panel. Three other panelists sit to his right. (Technical.ly Image)

Meet BLK DYMND Rewards, a Pittsburgh-founded app to support Black-owned businesses

by Atiya Irvin-Mitchell June 28, 2023June 27, 2023

A rendering of one of the proposed developments located at the corner of 30th and Railroad streets as presented to the Planning Commission by The Hudson Companies and Indovina Associates on June 27, 2023. Hudson hopes to bring two six-story apartment complexes to the neighborhood.

Metal and paint warehouses may join Strip’s housing surge

by Lucas Dufalla June 27, 2023June 28, 2023