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She finishes what others started - Agnes Poropatic has sewn for as long as she can remember and been a volunteer at the Center For Creative Reuse in Point Breeze North for years. Now she is spending time finishing the half done quilts that have been donated to the center by people who have not completed the work. Poropatic is at the center every Wednesday this month and some Saturdays demonstrating her work. Find out more about what's happening in Pittsburgh and the East End by picking up Print at one of our retailers. Never miss another issue by subscribing to Print today.
From the October issue...
Artist wins right to keep sidewalk mosaic
Amy Raslevich was finishing up her sidewalk mosaic of Mr. Rogers' trolley with the words "empathy" and "peace" when six police officers arrived saying that they had been called because someone said she was vandalizing her own sidewalk.
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No charges were filed, but an inspector from the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure said the mosaic had to go.
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That's when City Councilmember Barb Warwick and the Planning Department got involved and worked out a deal.
The nine school buildings that are listed to be closed are Baxter, Friendship, Fulton, Manchester PreK-8, Miller, Morrow, Schiller, Spring Hill PreK-5, and Woolslair.
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Pittsburgh 2050 needs your thoughts​
Adriana Bowman, a planner for the city of Pittsburgh, talks to the members of the Homewood Community Development Collaborative about the citywide Comprehensive plan. The city is spending nearly $6 million for the plan which is going to need the comments of residents from all over the city to say how they want the city to look in the future. The website, pgh2050.com has topic books for the plan and there will also be citywide meetings on the comprehensive plan later this month.
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No plan to redevelop the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum​​
Seven years ago the Urban Redevelopment Authority took possession of the Coliseum in Homewood. The authority replaced the roof and issued a request for proposals for the historic trolley barn. None of the finalists to redevelop the property was chosen. then a new proposal was dropped off by the actor Billy Porter and real estate developers Herky and Lisa Pollock, but that two was dropped. So now the building sits empty.
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Read more about it in the October issue of Print.
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