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A North Side resident’s poem on how change in Pittsburgh looks, feels and sounds

by Celine Barnickel March 4, 2019November 5, 2021

VIDEO

Watch: What development means for your neighborhood and the future of Pittsburgh

by Ryan Loew March 4, 2019November 5, 2021

A pedestrian crosses the street in Beechview. (Photo by Kat Procyk/PublicSource)

Some communities view streets as pedestrian spaces. Could Pittsburghers benefit from more room to play?

by Christine Graziano February 21, 2019November 5, 2021

Foster Tarver, 68, was released from prison in June 2018 after the possibility of parole was added to his mandatory life sentence. He'd hoped to find a place to live through the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh but was denied because of his conviction. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

Foster Tarver served 49 years as a murder accomplice. Should Pittsburgh’s housing authority deny him housing forever?

by Brittany Hailer February 14, 2019November 5, 2021

State Rep. Ed Gainey, a challenger in the Democratic mayoral primary and member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors. (Photo by Kat Procyk/PublicSource)

How the inaugural $10 million in Pittsburgh’s Housing Opportunity Fund will be spent

by Nick Keppler February 7, 2019November 5, 2021

A meeting for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh. Photo by Kat Procyk/PublicSource)

Construction and criticism: The history, mission and inner workings of Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority

by Hannah Schneider February 6, 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

Lawrence Beck moves part of a crib from his Valmar Gardens apartment on Sept. 20. Beck had lived here for three years and said he is planning to move to an apartment in Swissvale. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)

‘Milking’: How some absentee property owners contribute to blight in the Pittsburgh region

by Mark Kramer January 22, 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

A red Port Authority bus moves along Fourth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh.

Six Pittsburghers share how they’re hoping to change the future of Pittsburgh’s public transit in 2019

by J. Dale Shoemaker January 16, 2019November 5, 2021