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Your zine could end up on display at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh or published by Public Source.
Do you live in Bloomfield, Friendship or Garfield?
Check out our zine!
Pittsburgh’s Public Source produced a neighborhood zine — a limited-run, miniature magazine — about Bloomfield, Garfield & Friendship! Read about the process here.
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Do you live in Homewood or Larimer? Check out our zine!
Pittsburgh’s Public Source produced a neighborhood zine — a limited-run, miniature magazine — about Homewood & Larimer. Read about the process here.
Check out a digital version of the zine!
Where to find the zine:
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Pittsburgh council votes to move forward on nearly $2 million to plan public safety campus
Nodding to fears of a “cop city,” councilors set limits on uses at the proposed facility, on which the city plans to spend some $85 million.
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Will a new advisory board help improve Allegheny County’s troubled record on youth detention?
The county is re-establishing a board that will guide the management of its youth detention center. Advocates say it lacks the power to hold the facility’s private operator accountable.
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Public pools made me feel at home in Pittsburgh. Let’s keep them afloat.
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