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Is the North Shore Connector Over Budget?

As the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game at Heinz Field today, I decided to check on the progress of the North Shore Connector, which will likely be used by many fans for transportation to the Steelers games when it is completed in 2011.This past week, the tunnel boring machine [ ... ] ...

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Pittsburgh is no longer boring

The cessation of mining activity ...

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Charges have been filed in connection with a fatal crash inWinnebago County. Megan Wolf has been charged with homicide bynegligent operation of a vehicle ...

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Dear Heinz Field

Dear Heinz Field, ... Your entrances are stupid. There is no reason it should take one person 55 minutes to go from curb to turnstile and miss half of the first quarter ... Dear Pittsburgh Drunks, ... You are also stupid. And embarrassing. Two of you threw up right in front of me during the 55 minutes I waited, no scooted, from the curb to the turnstile ... Most of you were screaming about douchebags, faggots and fucking douchebags. Pleasant. Another one of you passed out on the escalator in

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90 Day Foreclosure Delay for Pittsburgh Residents

Allegheny County (the county surrounding and including Pittsburgh for those not familiar with the area) has joined the growing list of communities that are struggling with a solution to the foreclosure problem ... Pittsburgh adds a bit of a different perspective to the nation’s housing problems, as many areas of Pittsburgh did not undergo the [ ... ] ...

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Pittsburgh native creates opportunities for film in the city

John Yost, Pittsburgh native, brings more opportunities for film into the city with plans for a studio in the strip district ...

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Pittsburgh’s Housing Market Update

The obvious, and perhaps more relevant for most Pittsburgh Homes Daily readers, question that follows from yesterday’s discussion of commercial real estate in Pittsburgh is, “How is the residential real estate market in Pittsburgh fairing?” So I sifted through recent news reports for information about the Pittsburgh housing market and here’s what I found:PRICERealstats [ ... ] ...

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Pittsburgh’s Commercial Real Estate Market

After writing yesterday’s post about Pittsburgh’s economy, I did a quick search of the local newspapers to see how the commercial real estate market was doing in the Pittsburgh region.Despite concerns around the nation that commercial real estate will follow the downtrend in the nation’s residential housing market, and the postponement of the downtown housing [ ... ] ...

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Pittsburgh Diverges From Nationwide Economy

Pittsburgh seems to be moving to the beat of a different drummer recently ... I’ve frequently seen the comment that Pittsburgh’s real estate market didn’t have the excesses of other markets and so wasn’t experiencing the same downturn in the housing market ... If that’s true, then the current housing created nationwide economic slowdown might [ ... ] ...

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Pittsburgh Casino Construction Resumes on North Shore

Construction workers should be back to work on the North Shore of Pittsburgh casino by the time you are reading this post ... Holdings Acquisition, headed by billionaire Chicago businessman Neil Bluhm, closed on the financing for the purchase of 75% of the Majestic Star Casino in Pittsburgh after construction stopped on the project in [ ... ] ...

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