9/29 Planning Commission presentation is now online. Three new items on the agenda for next week, though the two substantial ones have already received some coverage in the media.
1.
The plan for the renovation of the South Side Works movie theater into office space. There's some nice renderings here (I like the big windows opening up the upper portion of the building), but honestly, the presentation overall looks a little skimpy to me. There's a total lack of floor plans, for example.
2.
A presentation on something called a "Phase 2 Frick Park Extension." I was initially confused, but it involves the now built Summerset at Frick's second phase, essentially converting
a wide grassy undeveloped plot into a more active space, with winding sidewalks, two pavilions, and a central planted and hardscaped focal point aligning with the cross street Beardsley Lane. I don't think it's a bad design, but it's not anything that 95%+ of Pittsburgh will ever see.
3.
Finally, concrete plans for the new shelter Downtown. The building is a 5-story, 125-bed shelter. They appear to be doing some significant improvements to the sidewalk and surrounding hardscape as well. As I have said before, this is a nice little project, filling in a long empty space which would be hard to fill with market-rate development (due to proximity to the jail and being next to the the Liberty Bridge.