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DZ New Businesses or Lawrenceville Business in the News
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Briefs: Organic farm is site of raw foods class
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June 18, 2008
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Mildred's Daughters Urban Farm -- a working organic farm within the city of Pittsburgh -- is the site of "Real Life Raw Food," a cooking demonstration by chef Leah Lizarondo-Shannon, who specializes in time-efficient ways of preparing healthful foods.
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Streetface program in city faces questions
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June 16, 2008
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On Upper Lawrenceville's still-spotty 5200 block of Butler Street, a building fronted with a glass mosaic and one with the partly-painted facade across the street represent the rise and decline of one of Pittsburgh's most successful redevelopment programs.
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A Fresh Look: Teddy bear, teddy bear -- Dr. Jill will turn you 'round
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May 12, 2008
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"Dr. Jill" is the founder and owner of The Teddy Bear Hospital in Lawrenceville, the city's only such operation.
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Leadership Series: Patrick Dowd, City Council
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April 30, 2008
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Learn more about Lawrenceville's Councilman, Patrick Dowd.
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The Vegetarian's Guide to Pittsburgh
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April 30, 2008
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Brillobox and Tram's mentioned.
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For nearly 24 hours, a Lawrenceville Warehouse Becomes a Gallery
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April 25, 2008
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Art All Night has made its mark in Lawrenceville in the past decade, but organizers hope to leave a little less behind this year.
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Lawrenceville Ready to Stay Up All Night
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April 24, 2008
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The 11th annual Lawrenceville Art All Night will be held from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday at the former Roomful Express warehouse, #2 57th Street (which is about to be demolished to provide parking for Children's Hospital).
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In Lawrenceville, Art All Night
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April 23, 2008
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A Lawrenceville resident covers Art All Night in Pop City Media.
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Arts-friendly Lawrenceville Attracts Variety of Businesses
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April 18, 2008
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Until recently, Kris Senko, president of Oakland-based Sansom and Senko Real Estate Development Inc., had never given much thought to projects in Lawrenceville.
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Initiative to make area 20,000 trees greener takes root
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April 17, 2008
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Within five years, Western Pennsylvania's streets and parks will become 20,000 trees greener, government and environmental officials announced Wednesday in Lawrenceville where the initiative's first 15 trees were planted.
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Tree tenders
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April 16, 2008
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TreeVitalize, in conjunction with the city's Shade Tree Commission, planted 15 trees of various origins in Lawrenceville on April 5.
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Irreverent Pierogies, Alchemy Dining, Coca Cola in Ham BBQ, and If It's Fun, Pittsburgh's Doin' It!
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April 16, 2008
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Church Brew Works and Coca Cafe are mentioned in TravelLady Magazine.
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A deli by day, fine dining by night
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April 13, 2008
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Eugene and Lisa Giguere like to think they are offering hungry customers the best of all worlds at their Lawrenceville restaurant (Geno's).
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Newsmaker: Molly Dimond-Stephany
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April 10, 2008
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Lawrenceville resident makes the news for her tree-planting efforts.
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Progressive dinners feed neighborly connection
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April 10, 2008
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Lawrenceville residents participate in progressive dinners.
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RedZone Robotics moves to Lawrenceville, hiring and expanding
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April 9, 2008
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Going where no man (or women) would want to go, RedZone Robotics has carved a successful niche for itself as inspectors of the nation's sewer systems.
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KD Country: Remembering Clemente
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April 7, 2008
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KDKA's David Crawley interviews photographer Duane Rieder, houses an extensive collection of Roberto Clemente artifacts in his 100 year old firehouse/studio.
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Safe at home: Preserving the Clemente legacy.
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April 5, 2008
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I'm standing with Duane Rieder, the local keeper of Roberto Clemente's flame, in the spot where Lou Gehrig once slept.
We're in the old Pittsburgh Engine House No. 25, at 3339 Penn Ave., in Lawrenceville. Rieder, a professional photographer, uses this building as his studio, and he's now converted it into the Roberto Clemente Museum (with the blessing of Clemente's widow, Vera). But the building had ties to baseball history long before Rieder bought it. The Oct. 5, 1927, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that while Gehrig was in town for the World Series, the Iron Horse sneaked off to Engine House No. 25 "while the rest of the Yankees hobnob[bed] with the rich of Pittsburgh." It's fitting that the building itself bridges two players who were so great and whose deaths were so tragic. (Clemente died in a plane crash while trying to help earthquake victims; Gehrig, of course, died from the nervous-system disease that bears his name today.)
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Children's Hospital Foundation gets new president
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April 4, 2008
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The major fundraising arm of Children's Hospital, which is building a $625 million facility in Lawrenceville, has named hospital CEO Roger Oxendale as its president.
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Nied's
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April 3, 2008
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This is a fish story, but every word is true. It's the story of Nied's Hotel in Lawrenceville, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and is home to the fish sandwich with a cult following.
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Style and Substance: 16:62 Design Zone
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April 1, 2008
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LongWeekends.com feature the shops and restaurants that make the 16:62 Design Zone so unique!
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What a difference a design makes
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March 24, 2008
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Riverside Design Group, a Lawrenceville glassware manufacturer, has created the seventh design in Riverside's Plates with Purpose series, and a percentage of the sales of the edition will benefit the national United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation in Plum.
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CMU robots lighten loads
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March 18, 2008
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Just like a new employee at a warehouse, a Seegrid Corp. robot can start work right away after a quick tour. Located in Lawrenceville, the Carnegie Mellon University spinout company makes machines that haul goods without the guide wires, magnetic tape or lasers and reflective shields that standard robots need to navigate modern labyrinths where retail goods and industrial parts are stored.
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Is 'green' losing its luster?
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March 5, 2008
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Chief of marketing firm says environmental movement needs a simpler message aimed at everyday consumers.
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Dining Review: New Lawrenceville eatery offers good old-school food
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February 21, 2008
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Owner and Chef Geno Giguere grew up in Maine, but he came to Pittsburgh during the summer of 1997, met Lisa (now his wife), and never left. Geno's may be a new restaurant -- it opened less than a year ago -- but it feels like it has been in Lawrenceville for a generation already. Lisa provides that Pittsburgh connection -- she's had family living in the neighborhood for almost 100 years.
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Say La Vie for Young Artistic Talent
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February 20, 2008
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Pop City Media features La Vie Gallery, their exhibits, products, activites, and relationship with Pittsburgh's art community.
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The link: Benjamin Sota
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February 20, 2008
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He has the only circus in town. Literally. After a few years of clowning around with the idea, Benjamin Sota created the Zany Umbrella Circus. Sota, who started the circus in the South Side five years ago, developed his act in San Francisco. He since has taken his performances from New Orleans to Afghanistan.
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Newsmaker: Katy DeLancey
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February 17, 2008
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Katy DeLancey, Lawrenceville resident and active volunteer for the Lawrenceville Corporation, was recognized by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as a "Newsmaker." Read more!
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It's Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other
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February 4, 2008
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Dozen Cupcakes, the 700-square-foot shop in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill district, makes and sells one thing - cupcakes and sells them well. So well in fact that Gray has decided to open a second store in the up and coming Butler Street area of nearby Lawrenceville.
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Lawrenceville Store Provides Eco-Friendly Building Materials To Customers
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January 30, 2008
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Featured on Pittsburgh's Channel 4 News, Artemis is regarded as a trailblazer when it comes to being green provides customers with safe, nontoxic, eco-friendly building products for your home.
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Going Geek
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January 30, 2008
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Geek night: a bi-monthly get-together of Pittsburgh’s most assiduously technophilic. Lovers of Tron, writers of Java, adherents of the algorithm. They crowd into a dark corner of the Church Brew Works, Lawrenceville’s landmark Catholic Church-cum-beer hall, every other month. They come to find solace, companionship, and the chance of being offered a better job. The event also offers free pizza, thanks to a rotating group of corporate sponsors.
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Fe Gallery exhibit leaves paper trail
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January 24, 2008
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"Everything here is on paper, hence the title," gallery owner Jill Larson says about "Good on Paper," the latest exhibition at Fe Gallery in Lawrenceville. More than a double entendre, the show's title is appropriate because the two dozen or so works by nine artists and one artist collective really are good.
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Dozen Cupcakes expands with second Pittsburgh location, doubles capacity
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January 23, 2008
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One year after opening its first location in Squirrel Hill, Dozen Cupcakes is set to expand its business with a new bakery and catering operation that will open on Jan. 28 at 3511 Butler St. in Lawrenceville.
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DJs bring unique sounds to local clubs
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January 17, 2008
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Check out the DJs at Zombo Gallery, Remedy, Brillobox and other city hot spots.
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Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood energized by creative new cafés, venues
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January 9, 2008
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A new coffeehouse with an other-worldly aura is enlivening a corner of Lawrenceville. Located at 4130 Butler St., Your Inner Vagabond Coffeehouse & World Lounge (YIV) is headed up by wife and husband team, AJ Schaffer and Andrew Watson.
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Newsmaker: Gary Miller
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December 29, 2007
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A member of the Mainstreets Committee of the Lawrenceville Corp., Gary Miller has lent his advertising expertise to create the marketing concept introducing the new Lawrenceville "Doughboy" logo through a billboard campaign featuring products from Lawrenceville merchants and also spearheaded the creation of soon-to-be installed signs welcoming visitors to the neighborhood.
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Lawrenceville Art Exhibit Packs Vibrant Humor
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December 16, 2007
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Mary Mazziotti might possibly be Pittsburgh's most prolific painter. At least it looks that way when entering Borelli-Edwards Galleries' new digs in Lawrenceville, which officially opened in September. The gallery moved from its Perry Highway location in McCandless where it was for 29 years.
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Piccolo Forno dishes out authentic Tuscan delights
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December 16, 2007
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Fortunately, Pittsburgh has some great Italian restaurants where folks can enjoy authentic fare. For Tuscany fans, nirvana can be found at Piccolo Forno -- Italian for "little oven" -- in Lawrenceville, where owner Domenic Branduzzi; his mother, Carla; and his sisters, Angela and Anna Maria, keep the fires burning in a wood stove that turns out the family's celebrated pizzas.
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Irwin cookie tour adds punch to holiday
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December 14, 2007
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The downtown business association presented its annual Cookie Tour on Friday and Saturday, complete with horse-drawn wagon rides and hot drinks to go with the cookies. (Lawrenceville mentioned as model.)
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Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts Made Locally Offer a Special Touch
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December 12, 2007
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This holiday season, think outside the mall. Locally made gifts can be found in neighborhoods such as Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Oakmont, the Strip District, South Side, Mt. Lebanon and Sewickley.
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Small Town Lights
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December 7, 2007
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City neighborhoods dress for holiday success with light-up nights of their own.
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Lawrenceville Braces for New Hospital
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December 2, 2007
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Thousands of employees and visitors require city planners to solve traffic, parking issues.
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Strong Pulse
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November 29, 2007
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Open for just a year, La Vie -- a distinctively urban, ultra-hip new art gallery and retail shop in Lawrenceville -- presents an exhibit of works by six young artists that represents exactly what the gallery stands for: sophisticated art by emerging artists who live in or have ties to the city.
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Briefs: Artisan bakery to open in Lawrenceville
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November 29, 2007
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Artisan Harvest, a bakery specializing in European-style pastries and breads, is celebrating its grand opening during "The Joy of Cookies" tour this weekend in Lawrenceville.
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31st Street Bridge Blue and Improved
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November 21, 2007
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The 31st Street Bridge is finished and should lessen traffic congestion in Lawrenceville.
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Real Estate Prices Higher in Some Places
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November 2, 2007
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Lower and central Lawrenceville, where homes sales have risen at a steady 8 percent each year, come in a close second place to the South Side.
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Deliciously Different
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October 28, 2007
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Coca Cafe in Lawrenceville serves breakfast and lunch in a quirky, laid-back environment where the menu offers fancy and unusual versions of culinary staples.
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New Hospital For Kids Taking Shape Detail by Detail
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October 28, 2007
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In Lawrenceville, where St. Francis once served generations of working-class families, Children's will have room, not to mention walls of natural light, and a city vista that, on some floors, takes in the skyscrapers of Downtown, the spires of Oakland, and the surrounding hills that stretch into the eastern suburbs.
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A Design District Takes Shape
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October 14, 2007
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The New York Times features Lawrenceville and the 16:62 Design Zone in the Sunday Travel section.
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The XX Factor in Lawrenceville
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October 10, 2007
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Meet some of the fabulous women in Lawrenceville's 16:62 Design Zone.
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A Digging Pitt exhibit highlights street art as a cooperative form
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September 27, 2007
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Conceived Bully, on view at Digging Pitt Gallery, is an outstanding example of American urban art realized to its fullest potential. The yield of each of the three artists featured -- JC One (who also curated), MCA/Evil Design and MAGMO -- embodies the fundamentals of street art that herald urban aesthetic as a cooperative form.
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The Rise of Retro Mod
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September 19, 2007
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Design Zone businesses Elements and Who New? are recognized for offering retro-mod decor, clothing, and accessories.
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Murals and more fill new N.J. Devils' venue
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September 8, 2007
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Local artist Tom Mosser paints a 40 x 200 foot mural for the Prudential Center arena in New Jersey.
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Lawrenceville: You Can't Keep A Good Community Down
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August 23, 2007
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A colorful article about Lawrenceville, including mention of the Design Zone.
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Newsmaker: Roger Levine and Jeff Gordon
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August 19, 2007
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Owners and operators of Who New? Retro Mod Decor are featured in this article.
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Design help for house, garden available at Fair
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August 18, 2007
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Jones Furniture Designs and Artemis are mentioned in this article about the Pittsburgh Design Fair for House and Garden, which took place September 30 at the Priory's Grand Hall on the North Side.
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Hip gallery, old-line society join to keep emerging artists in Pittsburgh
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August 14, 2007
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La Vie and the National Society of Arts and Letters team up in an effort to keep young people and artists in the city.
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Clemente Museum brightens Lower Lawrenceville outlook
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July 23, 2007
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Commercial photographer Duane Rieder has turned his studio space in the former Engine House 25 in Lawrenceville into the Roberto Clemente Museum.
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Who New? Retro Mod Decor Decorates Frank Lloyd Wright Duncan House
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July 2, 2007
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On June 14th the Duncan House, a Frank Lloyd Wright design Usonian home, had their ribbon cutting. The Duncan House was originally located in Lisle, Illinois and was taken down, transported and reassembled in Polymath Park in Donegal, PA. Who New? Retro Mod Decor was hired to stage and decorate both the interior and exterior spaces.
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Guide to Fab Female Fashions
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June 21, 2007
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Sugar, Lawrenceville. This shop is funky and fun with a retro ‘70s feel (remember the set of the Dating Game?) Sugar’s new owner, Katie Bulgar, focuses on independent designers. Kelly Lane, a Pittsburgh designer, is her biggest seller. The store also carries Julia Dinardo’s tongue-in-cheek Pittsburgh neighborhood t-shirts. Two favorites: Southside. No parking since 1942 and Point Breeze. Frickin’ fabulous since 1903.
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Functional art
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June 16, 2007
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Custom built furniture enjoys a steady market, and the high quality of product is a big reason why. Joseph M. Kelly from Kelly Custom Furniture and Cabinetry in Lawrenceville specializes in contemporary design, but is open to other styles.
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Lawrenceville glass artist pieces together a legacy
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June 13, 2007
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When artist Catherine Berard finally could afford to renovate the front of her stained-glass studio in Lawrenceville, she saw it as a chance to create a colorful calling card for her growing business.
Using randomly shaped shards of colored glass left over from stained-glass restorations and commissioned pieces she has done, Berard has produced a nature mosaic that covers the front of her Butler Street building with an explosion of color.
"I really wanted something with some 'wow' factor and thought, what better way to say this is what we do here than to do the front of the studio with stained glass," said Berard, 53, a Brighton Heights native who studied art at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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Newsmaker: Sandy Simon
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June 6, 2007
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Sandy Simon
Occupation: Owns Kiln-n-Time, a paint-your-own pottery shop at 3801 Penn Ave. in Lawrenceville
Education: Degree in interior design from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Background: Worked 15 years for Bell South in Atlanta doing federal regulatory licensing and found pottery to be a therapeutic way to unwind from corporate life, eventually turning the concept into a business venture; returned to Pittsburgh and opened a paint-your-own pottery shop in the South Side; moved the shop to Lawrenceville nearly two years ago.
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Asian Influences next up to join Lawrenceville's business district
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June 6, 2007
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New antique shop Asian Influences plans to open in mid-September at 3513 Butler St. in Lawrenceville’s design district. Owner Susan Fisher is renting the 1,750 square-foot space from Lawrenceville-based developer Lee Gross of A-1 Realty.
With a focus on Asian antiques from the mid-1800s, the shop will carry furniture, porcelain collectibles and Japanese Satsuma pieces. “I’ve always leaned toward buying Asian things,” says Fisher, who travels regularly to Ohio, Florida and Maryland to stock her inventory.
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Munch goes to Remedy
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May 17, 2007
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As in a funky dive bar down Larryville way, that formerly answered to the name of Ray's Marlin Beach Bar. Gone are the loud colors and the South Beach theme and art deco decor. What remains is a darker dive bar that's a little bit hipster, a little bit hip-hop, and equal parts blue & white collar, reflecting the diverse nature of the neighborhood.
Munch has used this term before and Remedy fits the definition well of a "gastropub" -- that is to say a bar with a menu of more than just wings and burgers (though those are available too).
Remedy features a number of entrees, including Pasta Penne with Chicken, Saffron and Shittake mushrooms, a Cardomom Crusted Pork Chop and Poached Atlantic Salmon ($14-16) as well as vegetarian items -- a Portobello burger, Southwestern Black Bean Burger and BBQ Tofu wrap ($6.50-8), plus classic sandwiches: Hot Sausage, Rueben, Meatloaf and Fried Fish ($5.50-9.50).
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Pittsburgh's Children's environmental medicine focus a first
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May 10, 2007
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The Heinz Endowments is giving $5 million to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to create a Pediatric Environmental Medicine Center at the $575 million, environmentally friendly hospital under construction in Lawrenceville.
The Children's grant was the largest of 221 grants totaling $37 million that the endowments awarded Wednesday.
"There are other hospitals that have what they refer to as environmental health centers, but this is the first one that we're aware of that's focusing on what we're terming 'environmental medicine,'" said Roger Oxendale, president of Children's.
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Tamari restaurant to join bustling Butler Avenue business district.
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April 25, 2007
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Tamari, a restaurant with a passion for Asian and Latin cuisine, is in the works at 3519 Butler St. The 3,000 square-foot eatery is the vision of Allen Chen, who grew up in the restaurant business alongside his father Mike, who owns China Palace and Sushi Two.
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Butler Street business owners get creative to boost local economy, lure visitors
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April 18, 2007
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Businesses along Lawrenceville’s Butler St., Penn Ave., and 43rd St. are teaming up to boost the local economy and promote environmental awareness. During the Blossom Tour on April 20-22, boutiques, design shops and studios in the neighborhood’s burgeoning business district will celebrate Earth Day by handing out free seed packets and neighborhood maps.
Fourteen eclectic merchants, including Accezzorize and La Vie--who both landed in Lawrenceville in November--will each provide different packets, encouraging visitors to collect all 14 and plant flower gardens.
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'Mom-and-pop' galleries take root on Lawrenceville's Hatfield Street
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April 8, 2007
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Dan Gaser, Elizabeth Monoian, and David Calfo have worked together to create their own small community of galleries on Hatfield Street in Lawrenceville.
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Elisco's Creative Cafe doubles as recording studio.
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April 3, 2007
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In a grey T-shirt and jeans, plucking at a beat-up acoustic guitar, John Elisco doesn't exactly look like a high-powered advertising executive.
His Creative Cafe office in Lawrenceville doubled as a recording studio last week, as he brought together a group of musicians to record some of his original songs.
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Veg chef turns it on in borrowed kitchen
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March 15, 2007
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Brillobox in Lawrenceville will be featuring vegetarian Sunday Night Suppers.
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3 galleries have made over a city block that was once typical for its stability, continuity
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March 15, 2007
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Once the epitome of generational continuity, the 4700 block of Hatfield Street in Lawrenceville has seen about half its properties change hands in the last decade. Well off the beaten path of gallery-strewn Butler Street, three art galleries sprang up on the block a year ago this month.
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Beer: Brew events are filling the spring calendar to the brim
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March 8, 2007
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Growth also was in the double digits at Lawrenceville's Church Brew Works, which also greatly expanded its production and bottling capacity last year.
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Tribune Review Reports on Ron Donoughe's Exhibit at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
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January 4, 2007
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Ron Donoughe's unparalleled exhibition, "Essence of Pittsburgh," in which the Lawrenceville-based plein air painter presents more than 160 small paintings of Pittsburgh and the region, will remain on view at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts through Jan. 21.
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Chocolate with less guilt: Fair-trade brands help cocoa farmers
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December 19, 2006
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Chocolate will never be a guilt-free passion, but buying fair- trade chocolate might ease your conscience a little. It's available at Equita in Lawrenceville.
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New Arrivals: Feathering the nest for winter
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December 16, 2006
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Even if you don't have the time or money for globe-trotting right now, you can bring a little of the Orient into your house with a few accent pieces from O'Bannon Oriental Carpets, now at 3803 Butler St., Lawrenceville.
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Beer: More seasonal brews than you can shake an elf at
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December 14, 2006
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Seasonal brews are perfect gifts to unwrap. Check out the seasonal beers at Church Brew Works in Lawrenceville.
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Ditch the mall for some feel-good shopping
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December 10, 2006
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Equita in Lawrenceville's century-old Ice House Artist Studio on 43rd Street is full of guilt-free goodies from around the world.
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Great Atmosphere, Live Music, and BBQ Cuisine At Thunderbird Cafe
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December 1, 2006
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Thunderbird Cafe has undergone changes and is now a fun, eclectic place to hang out any night of the week.
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New Gift Items Available at Divertido
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November 27, 2006
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Divertido is bursting at the seams with hundreds of items to meet your holiday gift-giving needs for all ages—from silk beaded evening bags to affordable pashmina scarves, a stellar jewelry collection, colorful vases and pottery, fragrant tall tapers, the ever popular Holy Toast, fun kids’ stuff and much, much more.
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Getting craft for the holidays
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November 22, 2006
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Whether it's inspired by family edict or a desire to add a personal touch to holiday gift-giving, making presents yourself can be a fun way to cut costs and avoid the December mall blitz. Joanne Yalch, owner of Crystal Bead Bazaar in Lawrenceville, where shoppers can create beaded jewelry, is profiled.
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Grand Opening of Equita: A Fair Trade and Green Lifestyle Shop
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November 8, 2006
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Equita will celebrate the Grand Opening of its first retail store from 10am-7pm on November 24-26. Weekend festivities include coffee and tea tasting, food sampling and special giveaways. The public is invited to join in the celebration at Equita’s location in the historic Ice House factory, 100 43rd St., Lawrenceville.
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Lawrenceville Artist Presents New Book of Pittsburgh Art
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November 6, 2006
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Lawrenceville artist Ron Donoughe has created a new book called “Essence of Pittsburgh: Paintings of Ron Donoughe in the Plein-Air Style.” Published by Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PCA), the book shows the diverse texture and character of the Western Pennsylvania landscape through the eyes of a painter.
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Lawrenceville Resident's Home Renovation Project Wins Post-Gazette Contest
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November 4, 2006
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Lawrenceville resident Rosemarie Perla purchased a century-old twin row house in Lawrenceville in May 2005 and embarked on a yearlong renovation, which won first place in the Post-Gazette's Renovation Inspiration home renovation contest, large category.
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Salon 22 Wins National Contest by Matrix Hair Products
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November 3, 2006
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After entering a national contest, Lisa Love, owner of Salon 22 in Lawrenceville, won free installment of the first Matrix Color Gallery in the nation. The Matrix Color Gallery is a new color mixing technique spotlighting the artistic side of hair coloring.
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Good Chemistry Creates Fashion-Forward Tees & Bags
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November 3, 2006
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Shea Mullen created Good Chemistry, a marketing and design firm that focuses on t-shirt and handbag design, in 2001. Their nondescript studio on Plummer Street houses a powerhouse of creative design.
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Munch goes to the Thunderbird Cafe
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November 2, 2006
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Munch discovers that the Thunderbird Café specializes in his three favorite things: blues, booze, and barbecue.
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Riverside Design Group Named a "Caring Company" by Traditional Home Magazine
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November 1, 2006
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Riverside Design Group is noted as one of the companies who support good causes in the article, "Caring companies: great shopping for good causes."
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New 'urbanists' embrace city living.
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October 23, 2006
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Profile of Lawrenceville / Blackbird residents David and Beth Orbison.
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Soapmaker honors Lawrenceville boxer
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October 14, 2006
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Jay Bernard creates soap in honor o boxer, Fritzie Zivic. Available at Jay Design Soaps & Gifts
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Jay Design Soaps and Gifts Celebrates Ten Years in Lawrenceville
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October 12, 2006
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Jay Design Soaps & Gifts exemplifies what Lawrenceville is all about: historic, renovated buildings, intimate shops and boutiques, creative and unique items for sale, and friendly shop owners.
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Drs. Murcko, Murcko, and Strcula say: smile... it improves your face value.
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October 10, 2006
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Looking for a dentist? Look no further than our own Lawrenceville. Drs. Murcko, Murcko, and Strcula, who operate a practice at 4106 Penn Avenue, are committed to providing the best dental treatment in an individualized, gentle manner. They want to get to know their patients and their dental needs. They use state of the art technology and techniques, such as intra-oral cameras and laser cavity detection. They regularly attend the most up-to-date continuing dental education seminars.
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Articulate Seeks Weblog Support
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September 28, 2006
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ARTICULATE, an organization founded by ASHgalleries Director Allison Hoge, is currently seeking interest and support for our projects. We are building our database of artists, galleries art organizations and others who think this is a great idea, through our WEBLOG at art-iculate.org . By joining the WEBLOG, you show your support, interest and enthusiasm in our organization and the programming we offer. Help make the vision a sucsess by signing in and posting your opinion.
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Elements Carrying Style Junkie Line for Your Fashion Fix
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September 22, 2006
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Elements welcomes a new local line of handmade garments to its fashion offerings: Style Junkie. Designer Jeannie Lee of Morningside bases her designs for Style Junkie on a fusion of classic lines and forms with contemporary elements.
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Professional Halloween Photos at Picturesque Photography & Gifts
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September 20, 2006
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Visit Picturesque Photography & Gifts for personal attention and time needed to photograph kids and pets.
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New Designer Jewelry at Julep
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September 18, 2006
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Just in at Julep…straight from Los Angeles, one-of-a-kind beaded beauties from Pashupatina and fresh new colors from the Ryan Kundrat line, Hoopla.
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Fritzie Zivic Honored with Handmade Soap
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September 14, 2006
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Jay Design Soaps & Gifts in Lawrenceville will commemorate one of the world’s greatest welterweight fighters of the 1930’s and 1940’s. Fritzie Zivic will be honored with the introduction of the FRITZIE ZIVIC SOAP at the Jay Design Grand Re-opening on October 13, 14 & 15.
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Lawrenceville Artist Kelly Young To Exhibit His Work in New York
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September 14, 2006
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Kelly Young has been accepted into the Amsterdam Whitney International of Fine Art’s “Family of Artists” and will participate in its elite museum-caliber Representation Program. Young has also been invited to display his art work at Italy’s Florence Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea.
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Brillobox
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September 7, 2006
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Restaurant review of Brillobox
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The Language of Rugs
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August 21, 2006
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O’Bannon Oriental Carpets presents The Language of Rugs, an exhibition that explores the origins of some unusual rug names. Featured in the show are Mamluk, Bidjar, Lotto and Serapi rugs that are as diverse as they are beautiful. The exhibit runs through October 28, 2006, at O’Bannon’s new location on Butler Street in Lawrenceville. Kristen Rockwell, the exhibit’s curator and proprietor of the shop, is also conducting informal discussions about the different rugs.
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Digging Pitt Gallery Announces Digging Pitt Too
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August 18, 2006
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Digging Pitt Gallery has opened a new space, right around the corner from the Butler Street Gallery. Located on the corner of 45th and Plummer streets in Lawrenceville, the storefront houses work from area artists that we had to have out where people can see them.
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Coca Café
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July 27, 2006
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Restaurant review of Coca Café.
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Palate Partners Partnering with Interactive Cooking Class
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July 17, 2006
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In conjunction with Yes We Cater Inc., Dreadnought Wines in conjunction with Palate Partners, will be presenting wines to go with Executive Chef Mark Henry's interactive cooking class at J. Verno Studios on the Southside. These classes will occur the third Monday of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. starting on July 17. Cost is $65.00 per person.
Please call 412.373.9322 for more information and to RSVP.
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Lawrenceville Crawl
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July 13, 2006
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Digging Pitt Gallery and Fe Gallery are two of the local galleries in Lawrenceville featured in this article.
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For Sail by Owner: Design Zone Woodworker Builds Boat
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July 1, 2006
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Garth Jones, owner of Jones Furniture Designs, a Design Zone member, built a Scottish wooden fishing boat at the Slaughterhouse Gallery and Studios in Lawrenceville.
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Children's left beaming
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June 29, 2006
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Construction on the hospital in Lawrenceville hits a milestone.
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Digging Pitt Enters the Blogosphere!
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June 27, 2006
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Announcing… The Digging Pitt Blog at http://diggingpitt.blogspot.com --another great place to go to stay up on all things Digging Pitt.
Stay tuned as we welcome guest writers and contributors to the blog. And watch the blog for announcements on events at the gallery and other venues.
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O’Bannon Oriental Carpets Moves to 16:62 Design Zone
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June 13, 2006
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O’Bannon Oriental Carpets has moved to 3803 Butler Street in the 16:62 Design Zone and is opening its doors on June 13. After 25 years on Northumberland Street in Squirrel Hill third-generation owner, Kristen Rockwell, has decided to explore a new Pittsburgh neighborhood. “The Design Zone is a unique mixture of shops, galleries, restaurants, artists studios, and design professionals,” she says. “I’m looking forward to being associated with that community.”
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River Moon Café Announces Classic Sundays Featuring Brunch
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June 9, 2006
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River Moon Café is opening for Brunch by featuring “Classic Sundays,” beginning Sunday June 4 2006.
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A special day is made more so
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May 30, 2006
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This year, more than 1,000 people showed up for Lawrenceville's Memorial Day Parade and ceremony.
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Lawrenceville restaurant featured in Gourmet's issue on cooking with fire
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May 3, 2006
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Italy native Domenic Branduzzi and his Lawrenceville establishment Piccolo Forno are featured in Gourmet Magazine.
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For Sail by Owner: Design Zone Woodworker Builds Boat
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May 1, 2006
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Garth Jones, owner of Jones Furniture Designs, a Design Zone member, built a Scottish wooden fishing boat at the Slaughterhouse Gallery and Studios in Lawrenceville.
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'Post-Industrrial Chic' Finds a Home in Pittsburgh
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May 1, 2006
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The art and craft scene in Pittsburgh seems to have an energy driven by youth and supported and guided by the more experienced artisans. A series of grass roots organiztions, not-for-profits, and commercial and private companies have created an atmosphere that many are calling "post-industrial chic." The 16:62 Design Zone, Society for Contemporary Craft, and Gerald's Forge are mentioned.
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Art All Night
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April 27, 2006
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In the past several years, Lawrenceville has begun emerging as a center for the arts and design, bringing with it the kinds of boutiques, restaurants, and coffee shops that thrive in this new sort of environment. And for the past nine years, Lawrenceville's residents--new and old--have celebrated their neighborhood with a massive annual indoor block party called Art All Night. Quotes from John Morris/Digging Pitt Gallery, Bret Karas/Eyecon Design Group and Mary Coleman/Gallery on 43rd St.
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The Art of Transforming Lawrenceville
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April 26, 2006
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The steady influx of artists into Lawrenceville and the 16:62 Design Zone is transforming the character of the neighborhood. This article features commentary by several area gallery and business owners including: Jeff Gordon of Who New?; Mary Coleman of Gallery on 43rd; John Morris of Digging Pitt Gallery; Elizabeth Monoian of Musée de Monoian; and Kate Bayer of EveryOne An Artist.
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Commission to give out Preservation Awards May 5
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April 24, 2006
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Lawrenceville based real estate development and management company, Wylie Holdings, L.P. along with architect Jill Flannery Joyce of Joyce Design Group will be honored by the Historic Review Commission of Pittsburgh for several 2006 renovations including; commercial/ residential property at 4400 Butler St. and the facade renovation of 3801 Penn Ave.
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From beast to beauty
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April 24, 2006
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In Lawrenceville, a small development firm, Wylie Holdings, is making a big difference, one building at a time.
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Web site launched to boost seven city neighborhoods: Groups unite to lure tourists to their communities
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April 21, 2006
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Website features eight tours through seven neighborhoods including Lawrenceville. The site premiered Thursday at the Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center in the Strip District. The goal is twofold: to get tourists to plan authentic twists and turns in their itineraries by wandering into the neighborhoods and to engage local residents in their own city. www.pittsburghneighborhoodstours.com
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Row houses, renovations, & relationships
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April 15, 2006
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Profile of Lawrenceville residents Anne Davis, Curt Buchanan, and Tim Denham and their 1882 Victorian row houses on Main Street.
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Lawrenceville Welcomes Of This Earth, Inc.
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April 7, 2006
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Of This Earth, Inc. recently opened its doors at 4021 Butler Street. Owners Jan Eckstein-Mazar and Mark Mazar sell fresh soy candles, candle accessories, soaps, essential oils, natural skin care, unique glassware, antiques, replacement windows and doors, organic chocolate, natural candies, and wine jelly and candy.
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Pavement: Hip…From the Knee Down
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April 7, 2006
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Pavement opened its doors in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood in March 2006, just in time for spring shopping. Pavement will offer stylish women a unique selection of comfortable, fashion-forward shoes and boots to fit their busy and eclectic lifestyles.
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Two Sisters open Pavement, a chic shoe boutique in Lawrenceville
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April 5, 2006
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Sisters open a chic shoe boutique in Lawrenceville to give Pittsburghers something that isn't already offered.
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Sweet Shops
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March 31, 2006
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Design Zone member Divine is highlighted in this article that also profiles Lawrenceville clothing shop Sugar Boutique and new designer shoe store Pavement.
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Office space extends company brand, sets tone
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March 24, 2006
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Luke and Chip Desomone of Desmone and Associates see their Lawrenceville office as an extension of their firm's personality.
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Visitors get guided tour to lure reunion business
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March 18, 2006
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Lawrenceville is engaged in efforts to reach the family reunion segment of the tourism industry by offering guided tours.
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Great Neighborhood Taste
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March 1, 2006
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Piccolo Forno was featured as Lawrenceville's great neighborhood joint.
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Common Thread
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February 23, 2006
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Digging Pitt Gallery's flat files yield unique display of artists' collaborations
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Sweeping up Lawrenceville
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January 30, 2006
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Lawrenceville United is unique in its dedication to ridding the neighborhood of people who endanger lives, drive down property values and litter streets.
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Celebrating an artists' legacy
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January 12, 2006
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Artist James Church could put disparate objects together to make art, and disparate people together to make a community, playaing a big part of what has been going right in Lawrenceville. He died in December 2005 and his legacy will be celebrated at Fe Gallery.
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Eyecon Design Group Relocates from Miami to Lawrenceville
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January 1, 2006
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Brett Karas moved from Miami to Pittsburgh to start is design business, Eyecon Design Group, to be a part of the arts and design community that defines Lawrenceville.
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Brillobox: The buzz
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December 15, 2005
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Brillobox, the arty new bar and performance space in the Penn Main District of Lawrenceville, has quickly become a headquarters for the Pittsburgh art and music scene and a nightly way station before hitting galleries in Lawrenceville, Garfield, and other parets of the East End.
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Fashionable Gifts
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December 2, 2005
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Lawrenceville's Sugar Boutique is cited as a source for fashionable gifts for women.
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Glassware helps charities' fill their coffers
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November 30, 2005
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Lawrenceville's Riverside Design Group designs glassware to support local non-profit in a project called Plates for Purpose.
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Eyecon Design Group Opens Doors in the Zone
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November 15, 2005
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Eyecon Design Group recently set up shop in the Design Zone. Owner Brett Karas and his firm just moved from Miami, Florida into the Ice House Artist Studios in Lawrenceville. Eyecon specializes in holiday decorating, interior design, and architectural renderings.
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A leg up for local designers
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November 11, 2005
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Rising stars in the fashion community have a better chance of getting their big break, thanks to Sugar Boutique in Lawrenceville and Luzz on the South Side, two stores that are dedicated to showcasing the wares of up-and-coming designers.
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Hawk Studios Finds New Home at Mary Davis Craft Shop
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October 31, 2005
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Looking for Hawk Studios? Owner Marcy Hawk and her studio haven’t disappeared—they’re in the process of renovating a new, bigger space. Marcy recently purchased the Mary Davis Craft Shop at 5206-5208 Butler Street in Lawrenceville and is in the process of renovating the buildings.
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Beyond the Bar: Jim Nied boosts business by offering travel tours to his customers
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October 21, 2005
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On Butler Street in Lawrenceville, Nied's Hotel continues as a local institution after more than 60 years in his family. Jim Nied helped to cultivate a steady base of customers by offering them a variety of tours. What started more than 20 years ago as local bus trips to Penguins and Pirates games, along with the occasional day trip to the racetrack, has grown into something much more.
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Penn Avenue Goes Pop
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October 20, 2005
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Brillobox—so named as an homage to Andy Warhol, and because, like Warhol, its husband-and-wife owners are both Pittsburghers who relocated to New York City to pursue visual-arts careers--appears from the outside as if it might have been transplanted from a swiftly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood. Owners Eric Stern and his wife Renee Ickes are interested in creating a community-curated space. They’re planning a multimedia event in conjunction with the local Incredibly Thin literary collective. They’ll also be working with local concert promoters, he says, to bring a series of indie rock bands to town.
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Seegrid Corp. and the Chocolate Factory
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October 20, 2005
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The Regional Industrial Development Corp.'s robotics center in Lawrenceville has its first tenant. Seegrid Corp., a developer of automated material handling systems for manufacturers, warehouses and distribution centers, agreed to lease 3,500 square feet of space from the RIDC in the Chocolate Factory, a large structure that was created to spur growth in the region's robotics industry. Seegrid's move from its current location in Point Breeze to the Chocolate Factory to be complete by February 2006.
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Company reissues classic Russel Wright creations
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October 5, 2005
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The store Who New? Retro-Mod in Lawrenceville, which carries furniture, lighting and home accessories from the 1950s to '70s, will be selling pieces from HK Designs' Russel Wright Collection. The pieces, including vases, flowerpots and tumblers, are priced from $55 to $250.
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Tapping Butler Street's potential
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September 23, 2005
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Retail developer David Stanchak, and his Downtown-based firm Pinpoint Real Estate Co., recently bought an option on the former Hanlon-Gregory Galvanizing Co. mill site, a 3.66-acre parcel that has sat empty for years. Located near the beginning of Lawrenceville's 10th Ward on Butler Street, Stanchak has tentative plans to develop a community retail center comprised of a local bank branch, a drugstore and a variety of service-oriented retailers.
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Lawrenceville still a bargain for businesses
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September 12, 2005
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Lawrenceville still represents a bargain compared with other city commercial districts. This article profiles Design Zone members Jeff Gordon and Roger Levine of Who New?
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Show proves art ability is universal
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August 9, 2005
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Clients from Allegheny East Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center in Lawrenceville come to the EveryOne an Artist gallery and studio in Lawrenceville For two hours every Monday, to draw on cardboard, decorate tin cans or clip pictures from magazines. The result is the Open Call Art Exhibit, which opens Friday with a reception for the artists.
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Joyce Design Group makes lasting impressions on Lawrenceville
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July 8, 2005
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Jill Flannery Joyce, resident of Lawrenceville, and her architectural company, also based in Lawrenceville, have helped to transform abandoned, dilapidated, and unappealing buildings in Lawrenceville.
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Art in our Neighborhoods
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May 1, 2005
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For a small metro area, Pittsburgh offers a wealth of cultural opportunities and resources. Lawrenceville and the adjoining Bloomfield-Garfield area seems to have overtaken the South Side as Pittsburgh’s new Bohemia, a title that belonged to Shadyside in the ’60s and ’70s before gentrification and other factors pushed its artistic practitioners to East Carson Street and beyond.
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In the Zone
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March 1, 2005
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Pittsburgh’s 16:62 Design Zone offers shoppers the one-of-a-kine items they crave. Stores mentioned: Artistry, Awakening of the Senses, Divertido, Equitor Furniture, Geral’s Forge, Hot Haute Hot, JM Galleries, Jones Furniture Designs, Kool Kitchens, the Leather Hideout, Penn Avenue Pottery, Roxanne’s Dried Flowers, Slaugherhouse Gallery & Studios, Society for Contemporary Craft, Who New?, Zerrer’s Antiques.
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In the News
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An exuberant Burton Morris pursues upbeat approach
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May 11, 2008
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Burton Morris, the hugely successful commercial artist from Pittsburgh, will help plan the artwork at the new Children's Hospital set to open in Lawrenceville.
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One Year Until the New Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Opens in Lawrenceville
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May 10, 2008
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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is just one year away from opening its new state-of-the-art hospital
campus.
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Pittsburgh Gets Shady; New Trees To Be Planted
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April 16, 2008
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Watch coverage of the TreeVitalize event in Lawrenceville.
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Different city, similar story
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April 14, 2008
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Lawrenceville (and the Lawrenceville Corporation) are mentioned as a " thriving arts and design district with one-of-a-kind boutiques, art studios and restaurants."
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Mainstreets funding expected to revitalize 11 neighborhoods
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March 4, 2008
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After focusing on safety first, grant shifts to business development.
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$402K in Mainstreets Pittsburgh funds awarded to 12 neighborhood business districts
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February 27, 2008
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The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), in partnership with the PA Department of Community and Economic Development and the City, have awarded $402,500 in Mainstreets Pittsburgh funds to twelve neighborhood business districts
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Lawrenceville's largest site in play
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February 23, 2008
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Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority is seeking a developer to help build "an innovative residential development" on a large site in Lawrenceville.
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URA seeks development proposals for Lawrenceville site, new housing expected
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February 20, 2008
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The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh is seeking development proposals for parcels located at 4620 Hatfield St. and 54 46th St., the largest footprint currently available for new housing in Lawrenceville.
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Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood unveils new signage, identity campaign
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February 13, 2008
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Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood—recently featured in The New York Times—has unveiled “History in the Remaking,” a new identity campaign spotlighting its independent and eclectic eateries, boutiques, galleries, and venues.
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Letter to the Editor: A Wise Investment
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January 19, 2008
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Kate Trimble, Executive Director of the Lawrenceville Corporation, responds to the January 12 Post-Gazette Article "Signs Need Substance to Make a Difference."
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Grant money to jump-start Pittsburgh neighborhood planning
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January 18, 2008
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A $200,000 state economic development grant will allow Pittsburgh to tailor housing and business development efforts to the specific needs of its 90 neighborhoods, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said Thursday.
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Grant money to jump-start Pittsburgh neighborhood planning
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January 18, 2008
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A $200,000 state economic development grant will allow Pittsburgh to tailor housing and business development efforts to the specific needs of its 90 neighborhoods, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said Thursday.
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Letter to the Editor: ID My Neighborhood
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January 16, 2008
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A Lawrenceville resident, Mary Anderson Hartley, responds to the January 12 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article "Signs Need Substance to Make a Difference."
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Signs need substance to make a difference
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January 12, 2008
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Lawrenceville is spending $115,000 on 5 signs, benches and trash cans to tout its neighborhood. Is it worth the expense?
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Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville Section Unveils Town Signs, Message
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January 11, 2008
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"Lawrenceville: History in the remaking" is a message people will now see when they drive into the city neighborhood.
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Weed and Seed breathing new life in Lawrenceville
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October 9, 2007
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The Weed and Seed program reduces crime and prostitution in Lawrenceville and spurs additional activities to deter the criminally minded.
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Project sets residents loose on photo scavenger hunt in Lawrenceville
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June 14, 2007
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The Lawrenceville Project, a brainchild Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Labs and the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Learning in Out of Classroom Environments, is a free summerlong series of workshops at the Stephen Foster Community Center. Sponsored by Intel, the Project seeks to wed technology and art, stimulating creative thinking by placing high-tech instruments in the hands of non-professionals and turning them loose to explore their neighborhood.
Recently, participants scoured the neighborhood with cameras, pollution sensors, and noise sensors to photograph and measure the noise level and air quality at locations throughout the neighborhood.
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Lawrenceville deploys containers to keep cigarette butts off the streets.
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June 2, 2007
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Business owners in Lawrenceville are giving smokers more opportunity to keep their butts off the streets with nine new sand-filled containers for spent cigarettes that ordinarily would end up on Butler Street sidewalks.
The Pennsylvania Resources Council finished placing them yesterday. Now, with six left to place, it is hoping to interest East Carson Street on the South Side, said Sarah Alessio, the council's program specialist.
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All Night Artistry
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April 27, 2007
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Dan Pyles' foray into the local art scene came at Art All Night in Lawrenceville nine years ago.
He submitted a finger-painting. He was 5.
That same year, professional artist Ron Donoughe, 48, of Lawrenceville, also entered a piece for the 24-hour event.
Their work might have hung side by side, for all they know.
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New townhouses coming to Lawrenceville
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April 4, 2007
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Phase two of the Penn Avenue Townhouses project is underway in Lawrenceville. Construction is expected to begin within two weeks on two new townhouses located at 3514 and 3518 Penn Ave.
The new units will be sold at a market rate of approximately $180,000. Financing for the $400,000 project is provided by the URA and Dollar Bank. During the project's first phase in 2005, three new townhouses were constructed along Penn Ave
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Forget the Steel and the Steelers: Pittsburgh Embraces the Arts
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March 31, 2007
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"Pittsburgh has successfully remade itself into one of the strongest arts and cultural centers in the United States," said Mitch Swain, CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, a group that provides professional development, technical development and educational services for artists and the arts community.
The city boasts famous art museums, including the Carnegie, the Andy Warhol Museum and the Frick Art Museum. And its arts community, traditionally located on the city's eclectic South Side, now is also prospering downtown and in neighborhoods like Lawrenceville, which calls itself the "Design Zone."
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Something old, new: Lawrenceville housing offers history, value and variety
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March 24, 2007
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When it comes to city living at reasonable prices, Lawrenceville is fast earning a place on the residential radar screen.
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Tuned In: City's attributes captivate makers of hostage series
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March 23, 2007
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You know Hollywood has arrived in Pittsburgh when the West Coast folks bring a touch of home with them: designated parking spots nearest the production office front door for the show's top producers. It's a perk found on every lot in Hollywood, and it's been transplanted to the former Lawrenceville warehouse that serves as a soundstage and production office for Spike TV's "The Kill Pit."
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Developer Series: Lawrenceville
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March 15, 2007
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Once upon a time, and a very bad time it was, shabby, derelict Lawrenceville seemed down for the count. Although there were many houses from the Civil War era, historically attractive and built to last, time and tide were not kind. In the last two years, Lee Gross says, “Lawrenceville has recognition and demand has surged.” With upscale restaurants, boutiques, and galleries drawing professors and programmers, attorneys and architects, doctors and designers, “it’s a very hip crowd,” he says. “People love coming here. From 1995 to now the change is amazing.”
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Veg chef turns it on in borrowed kitchen
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March 15, 2007
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Brillobox in Lawrenceville will be featuring vegetarian Sunday Night Suppers.
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New Arrivals: Zoning out
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January 6, 2007
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Think of the 16:62 design zone as a one-stop shop to find cool stuff for the home.
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Lawrenceville Art Explosion
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October 3, 2006
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Dozens of art galleries, dealerships, studios and shops line Butler Street in Lawrenceville. The artists and business owners credit the community's diversity, inexpensive buildings, historical architecture, and supportive neighbors to their successes.
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New Money from Old Neighborhoods
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October 1, 2006
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Historic preservations from across the country will soon gather in Pittsburgh to examine how preservation leads to economic development. Here in our area, you don't have to look far for examples--Lawrenceville is one such example.
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Lawrenceville Begins Clean Streets Campaign
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August 15, 2006
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Lawrenceville is “redding up” with a neighborhood beautification campaign that engages both residents, business owners, and community organizations. The Clean Streets Campaign is an initiative that will make Lawrenceville clean and attractive.
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Revitalization branching out in city
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July 31, 2006
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Five Elm Street contracts for $180,000 will benefit Lawrenceville, East Liberty, Friendship North Side, and South Side.
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No place like home: 10 neighborhoods you need to know about
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July 1, 2006
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Lawrenceville is one of the 10 neighborhoods profiled, and the Doughboy Square area is listed as "neighborhoods on the rise" in this feature article in Pittsburgh Magazine.
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5 neighborhoods to split $900,000 for trees, projects
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June 21, 2006
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Lawrenceville is one of five Pittsburgh neighborhoods to receive Elm Street funding.
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Lawrenceville's Art All Night
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April 27, 2006
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In the past several years, Lawrenceville has begun emerging as a center for the arts and design, bringing with it the kinds of boutiques, restaurants, and coffee shops that thrive in this new sort of environment. And for the past nine years, Lawrenceville's residents--new and old--have celebrated their neighborhood with a massive annual indoor block party called Art All Night.
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The Art of Transforming Lawrenceville
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April 26, 2006
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The steady influx of artists into Lawrenceville and the 16:62 Design Zone continues to transform the character of the neighborhood.
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Web site launched to boost seven city neighborhoods
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April 21, 2006
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Lawrenceville and the Design Zone are featured on a new website that features eight tours through seven neighborhoods. The goal is twofold: to get tourists to plan authentic twists and turns in their itineraries by wandering into the neighborhoods and to engage local residents in their own city.
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Visitors get guided tour to lure reunion business
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March 18, 2006
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Lawrenceville is engaged in efforts to reach the family reunion segment of the tourism industry by offering guided tours.
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Region begins $3 billion building boom
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March 12, 2006
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Part of the region's building boom includes the $575 million Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville, which will rise on the site of the former St. Francis Medical Center. Center. Some St. Francis facilities are being renovated, and three garages, a clinical research facility, a medical office building, a patient wing and an expanded power plant are being built.
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Neighborhood Watch: Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh, PA
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March 1, 2006
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Profile of Lawrenceville’s revitalization, specifically mentioning the following businesses: Sufak’s Round Corner, Regina’s Marherita Pizzeria, Arsenal Bowling Lanes, Coca Café, Sugar Boutique, Awakening of the Senses, the Church Brew Works.
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2005 Design Pittsburgh Gala Held in Design Zone
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March 1, 2006
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The Design Zone welcomed 2005's Design Pittsburgh Gala, coordinated by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
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Contractor to help new Children's Hospital to get moving
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December 28, 2005
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A general contractor has been selected to build the new Children's Hospital in Lawrenceville, a development that a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center official said would invigorate the construction site within a few weeks.
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Destination: Lawrenceville
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November 14, 2005
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Influx of young residents and businesses is exciting, but many questions loom about aging homeowners, gentrification. Kate Trimble of the Lawrenceville Corporation responds about aging homeowners. Artists and business owners mentioned inlcude Elizabeth Monoian, Hellen McMullen who owns Perk Me Up on Butler St. and Quinn Leonowicz of Craft Product. The article also mentions the success of Art All Night.
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Trees grow in Lawrenceville, thanks to Lisa, Molly and Co.
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October 13, 2005
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The Lawrenceville Tree Tenders are a neighborhood volunteer operation, who care for trees on Penn and Butler planted by the Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission. Lisa Pilewski of the Lawrenceville Corporation and Molly Stephany are mentioned.
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Lawrenceville Hospitality House Tour a 'labor of love'
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October 1, 2005
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Renovating old houses is often described as a labor of love. The Lawrenceville Hospitality House Tour features about a dozen houses, many of which have been lovingly restored by their owners.
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Concerted effort giving Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville an artsy image
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September 5, 2005
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The 16:62 Design Zone promotes over 100 businesses located between the 16th Street Bridge and 62nd Street Bridge that specialize in home and office furnishings. The project, which is still in its infancy, has had great success in promoting Lawrenceville’s unique charm, attracting new businesses, and drawing more people to live in the area.
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7 Pittsburgh neighborhoods in tourist campaign
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August 17, 2005
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The neighborhoods of Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, Mount Washington, the North Side, Oakland, the South Side, and the Strip District are teaming up to promote themselves as a "heritage tourism cluster." www.pittsburghneighborhoodstours.com
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Lawrenceville offers postindustrial chic
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February 5, 2005
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Over the past decade, Lawrenceville has transformed itself from a community laden with industry and manufacturing to a hip location for antique shops, art galleries, gift boutiques and more. Spearheading this neighborhood makeover is the Lawrenceville Corporation, as well as business owners and local residents.
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Developers find new uses for forlorn buildings, rejuvenating neighborhoods
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January 7, 2005
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Developers are renovating many old, vacant buildings throughout Lawrenceville for start-up or established businesses locating in the area. The growth, in part, can be attributed to the 16:62 Design Zone, a program which promotes the area's design-related businesses.
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Building the Buzz
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January 1, 2005
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Pittsburgh’s Design Zone is home to a fascinating collection of design-related businesses housed in buildings that range from a former firehouse, now an architectural millwork company, to an 1860s stable that houses a home furnishings store. The 16:62 Design Zone is the cooperative niche marketing initiative
of the Lawrenceville Corporation, the local community development corporation and the lead agency of the Main Street program. It promotes a business cluster, rather than a traditional commercial district, and spans two neighborhoods, from the 16th Street Bridge of the Strip District to the 62nd Street Bridge in Lawrenceville.
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Scratching a Niche
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January 1, 2004
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The 16:62 Design Zone, a new project of the Lawrenceville Corporation, uses niche marketing to promote the area's 85 design-related businesses and services. With funding from the Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development, the Design Zone has published 20,000 marketing booklets highlighting businesses' locations and products.
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Lawrenceville Revival
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November 24, 2003
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In less than a decade, nearly 100 shops and businesses — many new, some established — ranging from architectural and interior design firms and suppliers to antique shops, art galleries and eateries, have helped turn Lawrenceville into the city's latest magnet for the avant-garde.
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