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Neighborhood Spotlight: Beechview
Pittsburgh restaurants face barriers, thin margins — and many don’t make it
Financing gaps, costly build-outs, uneven foot traffic and rising food prices: Restaurant operators say the real struggle begins long before the first plate hits the table.
Pittsburgh’s comprehensive plan, explained
Pittsburgh’s planners will spend the summer drafting a blueprint for the city’s next 25 years of development. It could guide which neighborhoods are stabilized, strengthened or transformed.
PRT’s revamp of bus routes could change transit in southern, eastern suburbs
Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking feedback on its bus route update as it faces declining ridership. At a meeting Wednesday, public transit users voiced concerns over elimination of routes in Allegheny County’s southern and eastern suburbs.
Pittsburgh residents call for action on rising costs
Grappling with unstable housing, increasing utility bills and inflation at the pump and grocery store, residents call on representatives for more affordability.
Plan to house federal offenders in Banksville gets thumbs down
The Pittsburgh City Planning Commission’s vote to oppose a custodial care facility means it would take a City Council supermajority to approve the proposal.
Photos: Haitian woman released by ICE spent 24 cold hours in bus shelter prior to death
Daphy Michel’s death has increased the anxiety in Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Haitian community as ICE steps up immigration enforcement and protected status awaits a court decision. Visuals released by PRT show her last day.
Here for the NFL Draft? See the real Pittsburgh, too.
Whether you’re in Pittsburgh for the first time or a true Yinzer, these authentic Pittsburgh spots and venues should be on your list of prospects.
Death of Haitian immigrant still an unsettling mystery seven weeks later
Daphy Michel, a Haitian national who lived in Charleroi, was found in a South Shore bus shelter on March 2. Federal immigration authorities denied responsibility, but the death has added to a community’s anxiety.
Pittsburgh demolition crew ends Knoxville house’s slow, two-decade decline
A home that epitomized the city’s twin issues of abandonment and twisted ownership paper trails has become an early target of the O’Connor administration’s first tear-down blitz.
These Pittsburgh churches are embracing LGBTQ Christians
National surveys show growing acceptance of queer Christians, but local congregations continue to debate scripture, leadership and inclusion. Faith leaders say the conversations are messy — and far from over.
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