Mon Valley

Last week as we left Loew’s and a sneak preview of Funny People, once again we found ourselves appreciating just how awful the design of the Waterfront is.  It’s as if the bad mall martians flew in from outer space, landing on one of the most key-critical, history rich and defining sites of Pittsburgh’s...
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Image via Wikipedia There is a near showdown happening in Braddock around the mayor’s race.  The current Mayor John Fetterman is facing a challenge from a candidate who is supported by some of the Braddock council members. Here is the Post-Gazette article on the race: Braddock Mayor Has His Critics Here is a letter to the editor...
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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI was just reading the latest email from Michael Moore about bailing out the big three automakers – I like that he offers an alternative to the bailout, I don’t know if it is the right alternative but it is helpful to see some alternative ideas discussed (I am...
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As we mentioned last week – the Post-Gazette has an online poll about the MonFayette Expressway. Do you want a private-public partnership to pay half of the $3.6 billion cost of completing the Mon-Fayette Expressway? Click here to vote at the Post-Gazette.com  The responses have shifted in the past few days A. Yes, the road needs to be...
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Well it looks like the Regional Chamber Alliance’s email and meeting were successful because this was title of the article in the Trib: Onorato take lead for the county leg of the Mon-Fayette road “The Mon-Fayette will provide linkages and open up old industrial sites to jobs and commerce in the south, and its Squirrel Hill...
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Reform Pittsburgh Now takes a look at the new Mon Valley. In part 1 – iJustine interviews Don Marinelli of Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center.
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