PITTSBURGH | Development Rundown II

[DIESELPOLO]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

You mean like this?

Hmm, what about...

• Camden = Oakland (10 years ago); (maybe eventually Brooklyn)
• University City = Cambridge

[Private Dick]

Originally Posted by DIESELPOLO

Hmm, what about...

• Camden = Oakland (10 years ago); (maybe eventually Brooklyn)
• University City = Cambridge

Oakland is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh where the major universities, hospitals, and cultural institutions are. We're not talking about Oakland, CA

The Camden waterfront area has the potential to be a Hoboken/Jersey City lite-ish for Philly... particularly if these and other proposals see the light of day.

[Evergrey]

I think there's already a thread devoted to Philly/Camden developments.

[Private Dick]

Originally Posted by Evergrey

I think there's already a thread devoted to Philly/Camden developments.

I think it's good for Pittsburgh to see what goes on in other cities on their riverfronts, especially it's cousin across the state... particularly when Pittsburgh is seeing much development interest on its... and the proposals we're seeing consist of Continental's midwestern cookie-cutter crap and Buncher's/Walnut's/Soffer's/Oxford's/etc's extraordinarily low-quality and short econoboxes.

[Jonboy1983]

^^ After seeing what's going on in Philly and Camden, I must concur. Pittsburgh should tell Continental to either go bigger or go suck an egg. t guess while we're at it, someone tell the city to do the same thing. Why are we squandering valuable real estate on garbage proposals?

I really hope BIG moves forward. That's what Pittsburgh needs! Maybe they can propose something colossal for the North Shore. It doesn't necessarily have to be a thousand footer, but something better than suburban schlock!!

[Private Dick]

Originally Posted by Jonboy1983

^^ After seeing what's going on in Philly and Camden, I must concur. Pittsburgh should tell Continental to either go bigger or go suck an egg. t guess while we're at it, someone tell the city to do the same thing. Why are we squandering valuable real estate on garbage proposals?

I really hope BIG moves forward. That's what Pittsburgh needs! Maybe they can propose something colossal for the North Shore. It doesn't necessarily have to be a thousand footer, but something better than suburban schlock!!

I'm happy that so much is changing in Pittsburgh, particularly on the long-neglected and largely undiscovered riverfronts... but I do hate to see the wholly Steelers/Pirates-serving development of the North Shore. Now, I'm not expecting pure gold over there or anything... it was a sea of parking lots after all, and what is there now is certainly better than that. And there is still enough undeveloped land there to significantly improve on what exists currently, rectifying the big miss on the great development opportunity there.

I'm crossing my fingers for the Perkins+Will development on the Hazelwood riverfront to move forward.

[JVC]

the exact fate of enright park in penn plaza is unclear but one thing is certain - demolishing a 9-story concrete apartment building
isn't going to enhance the peace and quiet of the area

[Austinlee]

Originally Posted by Private Dick

I think it's good for Pittsburgh to see what goes on in other cities on their riverfronts, especially it's cousin across the state... particularly when Pittsburgh is seeing much development interest on its... and the proposals we're seeing consist of Continental's midwestern cookie-cutter crap and Buncher's/Walnut's/Soffer's/Oxford's/etc's extraordinarily low-quality and short econoboxes.

Amen

[JVC]

Reinventing The American City: Steel Town Forges A New Future

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/07/469236513/...ican-city-steel-town-forges-a-new-future

[Don't Be That Guy]

Originally Posted by JVC

Reinventing The American City: Steel Town Forges A New Future

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/07/469236513/...ican-city-steel-town-forges-a-new-future

Interesting that the panel has no representation from the tech and medical employment sectors and does not include any large privately real estate developers. Those are what are driving the new future, and whose impacts the panel will ostensibly be discussing, so why exclude them from from the conversation?

[JVC]

Market Square Attracts New Development

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/03/08/market-square-attracts-new-development/

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by Don't Be That Guy

Interesting that the panel has no representation from the tech and medical employment sectors and does not include any large privately real estate developers. Those are what are driving the new future, and whose impacts the panel will ostensibly be discussing, so why exclude them from from the conversation?

I can't speak for NPR and I haven't watched the video of the event yet but I'm guessing that they wanted to present the voices of people who don't normally get heard as much.

[JVC]

[PITairport]

Now that the final segment of the MFE/Southern Beltway will be moving forward, design work on the Monongahela River crossing is as well. It will be a cable-stayed bridge, the first of its kind in the immediate Pittsburgh area.





http://www.modjeski.com/projects/detail.aspx?Mon-Fayette

[Jonboy1983]

Originally Posted by PITairport

Now that the final segment of the MFE/Southern Beltway will be moving forward, design work on the Monongahela River crossing is as well. It will be a cable-stayed bridge, the first of its kind in the immediate Pittsburgh area.





http://www.modjeski.com/projects/detail.aspx?Mon-Fayette

That link doesn't work...

Also, I'm rather inclined to hear more about this proposed development for Market Square. I'd love to see a high-rise building go up there; something within the 12-to-18 story range at least...

[Steel City Scotty]

I just wanted to follow up on Perch and PhotoLith's good news by announcing that I have been hired to start an exciting new job in Pittsburgh. I'll be moving to the city before the end of the month.

[BrianTH]

Pennsylvania is facing a $6 billion transportation funding shortfall under Act 89:

http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/9900885-74/projects-transportation-testimony

It is completely unjustified to continue to spend billions more on the Southern Beltway/MFE, a project whose possible incremental benefits are far too low to justify its costs.

[JVC]

Originally Posted by PITairport

Now that the final segment of the MFE/Southern Beltway will be moving forward, design work on the Monongahela River crossing is as well. It will be a cable-stayed bridge, the first of its kind in the immediate Pittsburgh area.

that bridge is AWESOME

[chucka]

Upscale steakhouse leases space in U.S. Steel Tower

It will be competing against a handful of other high-end steakhouses in or near Downtown, including Ruth’s Chris, Morton’s, Hyde Park, Eddie Merlot’s and Capital Grille.
...
At Macy’s, LA Fitness is said to be considering a 30,000- to 40,000-square-foot space in the building at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street.

This is disappointing news. Just what downtown needs, another (6th!) steakhouse.

Additionally, LA Fitness in the Macy's building is a missed opportunity. How many gyms are needed downtown?

[photoLith]

^
The only gym I know about downtown that anyone can join is Golds Gym where I go. All the other gyms I believe are in hotels and office buildings for workers. Also, instead of building all of these sprawl inducing highways, I wish this city could build a decent rail network. Its only of the only major cities that has a complete garbage light rail system. Most cities are building new ones or expanding on old ones. The bus system is crap as well.