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December 11, 2015: … “Wilkinsburg also changed its laws this year. Salvatore’s Pizza poured its first drinks under the new law last month, and the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) …
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December 11, 2015: … “Wilkinsburg also changed its laws this year. Salvatore’s Pizza poured its first drinks under the new law last month, and the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation (WCDC) …
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November 20, 2015: We recently celebrated Wilkinsburg’s first liquor license at Salvatore’s Pizza House. .
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In early November, WQED aired a new 30-minute documentary, Why Not Wilkinsburg?, presenting Wilkinsburg’s past and highlighting current initiatives that are moving the borough forward. .
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October 30, 2015: “The high school in this tiny, impoverished Pittsburgh suburb has long been among the worst in Pennsylvania. Now the school board has decided to close it, along …
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October 28, 2015: “Pittsburgh Public Schools have joined the Wilkinsburg School District in agreeing to a six-year partnership that will send some of the smaller community’s students to a big …
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October 27, 2015: “The Wilkinsburg School Board voted Tuesday night to approve a plan that will send its students to Westinghouse Academy in the Pittsburgh Public School District. Education officials …
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September 26, 2015: Wilkinsburg needs a shot, some of its business proponents say. Since residents voted to lift an 80-year ban on retail alcohol sales in May, some wonder if it …
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September 24, 2015: A midcentury neighborhood with a suburban feel will be the focus of the third annual Wilkinsburg House and Garden Tour, set for Sept. 26. The self-guided tour …
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Ron and Jody Kotun didn’t love this 1940 house in the Wilkinsburg section of Blackridge when they bought it 10 years ago. It was closer than their old house to …
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Neighborhood Eats is a monthly feature in which LOCALpittsburgh highlights great food that you may have not known about in neighborhoods all over the city. Check out the highlighting three great …
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August 11, 2015: Locally grown produce AND golden fried chicken? Yes, please! Minette Seate and the WQED crew joined Elise Miranda, of the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp/Chatham University, for a …
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August 3, 2015: Forty out of the 150 buildings in Wilkinsburg’s central business district are vacant, but borough officials are hoping that a new tool will help spur development in that …
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Summer 2015: Localpittsburgh covers the Vacant Home Tour in their Summer 2015 issue. .
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July 2015: Wilkinsburg is full of rich history and beauty, but has been hurt throughout the years by a bad reputation for crime and poverty. Fortunately, members of the Wilkinsburg Community …
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July 15, 2015: I’ve driven through Wilkinsburg on my way to and from work four times a day for 17 years. I’ve watched the landscape change. Old buildings torn down. New …
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May 1, 2015: Citing new developments like restaurants, hotels and other venues that sell alcohol in neighboring communities of East Liberty and Braddock, the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation wants liquor …
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April 22, 2015: Stately front porches, columns, Victorian architecture and history are all elements of a successful home tour. And, Wilkinsburg’s tour will highlight five homes with these coveted features, though …
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April 13, 2015: It’s a home tour visitors don’t typically take: overgrown gardens leading to homes with boarded-up windows, peeling paint and broken stairs. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation and …
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April 8, 2015: But the Wilkinsburg Vacant Home Tour might also benefit from something not every place has: proximity to a newly affixed “up-and-comer” in Pittsburgh, which is doing well after …
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March 25, 2015: From a Main Street designation, to a proposed liquor license referendum, to renovating the historic train station, Wilkinsburg is abuzz with business and development lately. .