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It's free outdoor concert season - Music lovers are relishing the free concerts of summer. Above James Gourlay, the conductor and tuba player for River City Brass Band addresses the crowd at Bach, Beethoven and Brunch, which is every Sunday morning in Mellon Park. Jazz lovers can head to Homewood's library every Wednesday at 5:30 for the rest of July, then the venue moves to Larimer Green. 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.
Soap distribution saves lives
Samir Lakhani of Squirrel Hill had a flash of inspiration when he was a student on an independent study in Cambodia. There he saw a woman bathing her infant with caustic laundry detergent because she could not afford soap.
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Lakhani started the nonprofit Eco-Soap Bank by paying women to collect unused soaps from hotels. That has grown to accepting truck containers of soap flakes from manufacturers that are process in four factories to be distributed to the needy.
Read more in the July issue of Print.
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Lex. Tech. developer details plans​
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Trek is planning to build a large 43-unit apartment building, three smaller walk-up buildings and four duplexes on the site of the parking lot for the Lexington Technology Park in Point Breeze North. All of the neighbors who stopped by the Grow Pittsburgh farm stand had a chance to talk to the developers about the project.​​​​​​
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Swisshelm Park worries about emergency response​​
The closure of both Interstate 376 and Commercial Street has cut Swisshelm Park off from the rest of the city. Residents are concerned about the time it will take for an ambulance to reach the neighborhood in an emergency, given the intense traffic of the road closures.
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Read more about it in the July issue of Print.
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