2012 December by The Northside Chronicle

Volume 28 No. 10

December 2012

Three new homes built at St. John’s site in BH By Kelsey Shea

Photo by Kelsey Shea

On November 9, Brighton Heights residents and city officials cut the ribbon in the driveway of one of the three new homes built on McClure Avenue near the former St. John’ s hospital site.

GTECH ambassadors reflect on 2012 neighborhood projects By Kelsey Shea A graduation in the Alcoa building on November 15 recognized 13 Northsiders who spent the past year working with local nonprofit organization GTECH (Growth Through Energy and Community Healthy) Strategies as green ambassadors to make their neighborhoods a better place. As the first participants in the green ambassador program, Northsiders from different neighborhoods reclaimed vacant lots, raised awareness about green jobs, planned parks and planted public blueberry, sunflower and community

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gardens. GTECH CEO Andrew Butcher said the program’s first year was a success, and they’re looking towards recruiting ambassadors for 2013. “It’s been inspiring to see the work that people put into their projects,” said Butcher. “It really validated for us a really important question about investing in people and places… It produced great results.” GTECH Strategies works to better neighborhoods with green practices by reclaiming vacant land

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-News briefs 4 STORIES, COLUMNS, -Northside holiday gift guide 5 FEATURES & MORE -2012 year in review 14

The Brighton Heights Citizens Federation celebrated the completion of three new houses on McClure Avenue on November 9 with the Urban Redevelopment Authority, Northside Leadership Conference and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. The three completed houses were phase one of BHCF initiative that aims to fill the vacant land where the St. John’s Hospital stood with 17-20 new homes. “Even before my days at City Council, this was a problem and something that needed to be addressed,” said Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. “These three houses make a big difference in the neighborhood.” According to BHCF President Pete Bellisario, the completion of the homes was the result of years of work. “We’re trying to fix up this part of the neighborhood,” said Bellisario, who thanked the URA and the realtors Mike and Chris Hoss for their work. Mike and Chris Hoss said the homes were easy to sell, and anticipate similar success with a potential second phase of the project. Each of the three-bedroom homes at 3301, 3303 and 3307 McClure Ave. sold for $135,000. They all have central air conditioning and a one car garage. Kelly Day, who lives around the corner on Antrim Street, called the homes a big step for Brighton Heights. “This is exciting because this brings in homeowners to our little neighborhood,” she said.

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Residents and the BHCF hope to continue improvements in lower Brighton Heights on Antrim and McClure streets through other projects that complement the new homes. Day is working to build a wellness park and playground near the corner of Antrim Street and McClure Avenue as a GTECH ambassador. The BHCF has also worked with the city to tear down eight vacant houses on city property to further improve the aesthetics of the lower part of Brighton Heights “We could have sold these three houses four times over,” said Bellisario. And moving forward, that’s just what BHCF would like to do. The three homes on McClure were not built on the actual site of the hospital but a block down the street. The hospital was torn down 13 years ago, and the lot remains empty. The BHCF would like to build about 17 new homes like the three completed ones on the hospital site as a phase two for the project. Both the mayor’s office and City Council President Darlene Harris expressed their strong support for phase two of the project. Bellisario said that the BHCF hired a contractor to estimate what needs to be done to ready the hospital land for construction, and Tom Cummings, of the URA, said they hope to access state funds to make the project happen. “We’re proud to be a part of this development…and we’re anxious to move up the street,” said Cummings. “You’ll see us knocking on the state’s door very soon.”

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Brightwood Civic Group 3rd Tuesday, bi-monthly, 7 p.m. Pressley Ridge, 2611 Stayton St. 412.732.8152 Brightwood Community Emergency Response Shelter 3rd Thursday, monthly, 6 p.m. 3219 Central Ave. California-Kirkbride Blockwatch 3rd Thursday, monthly, 7 p.m. 1601 Brighton Rd., 3rd floor California-Kirkbride Neighbors 2nd Thursday, monthly, 7 p.m. 1601 Brighton Rd., 3rd floor 412.758.3898 Central Northside Neighborhood Council

Quarterly meetings, call for times MCC Center, 1319 Allegheny Ave. 412.323.1743 Manchester Public Safety Meeting Quarterly meetings, call for times Northside Leadership Conference 412.323.1743 Northside Rotary Club Every Friday, noon Cardello Building, 2nd Floor Northside Coalition for Fair Housing Board 2nd Monday, monthly, 6:30 p.m. 1821 Brighton Rd. 412.321.5527 Northside Coalition for Fair Housing Membership Monthly, call for times 1821 Brighton Rd. 412.321.5521 Northside Leadership Conference Call for times 4 Allegheny Center, Suite 601 412.330.2559

2nd Monday, monthly, 7 p.m. Allegheny Traditional Academy 412.231.7742

North Side Lions Club 2nd and 4th Tuesday, monthly, noon Max’s Allegheny Tavern

Charles Street Area Council 1st Monday, monthly, call for times Pittsburgh Project, 2801 N. Charles St. 412.321.5567

North Side Public Safety Council 1st Thursday, monthly, 5:30 p.m. Northside Leadership Conference 412.330.2559

Community Alliance of Spring Garden/ East Deutschtown 2nd Tuesday, monthly, 6:30 p.m. Fuhrer Building of St. Michael’s Church 412.977.1979

Observatory Hill, Inc. 3rd Wednesday, monthly, 7 p.m. Byzantine Seminary, 3605 Perrysville Ave. 412.231.2887

Deutschtown New Hope Council 3rd Thursday, monthly, 6:30 p.m. Community Center, 623 Suismon St.

Perry Hilltop Citizens’ Council 4th Monday, monthly, 7:30 p.m. Angel’s Place, 2605 Norwood St. 412.321.4632

East Allegheny Community Council 2nd Tuesday, monthly, 7 p.m. Bistro to Go 412.321.1204

The Promise Group Every other Tuesday, 6 p.m. Western Pa. Humane Society 412.321.1019

Ex-offender Aftercare Support Group Saturdays, 4-5:30 p.m. Allegheny Center Alliance Church 801 Union Place

Troy Hill Citizens Council Sept. 13, Dec. 13, 7 p.m. Grace Lutheran Church 412-321-2852

Fineview Citizens Council 3rd Wednesday, monthly, 6:30 p.m.

Spring Hill Civic League May 7, Sept. 10, Oct. 1. Nov. 5 7 p.m., Spring Hill Elementary School contact@shcl.org

Upper Rooms at Reformed Presbyterian Home

Perrysville Ave. 412.231.0330

Mexican War Streets Society 3rd Tuesday, monthly, 7 p.m. AUU Church, Resaca Pl. and North Ave. 412.323.9030 Manchester Citizens Corporation

Summer Hill Citizens Committee 3rd Tuesday, monthly, 6:30 p.m. WPXI Television Station community room

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New townhomes planned for Jacksonia Street

Central Northside will see six new townhomes near the Federal Hill project

Photo by Kelsey Shea The lots on Jacksonia Street are currently overgrown and unused.

By Megan Kopke The Central Northside Neighborhood Council and deveopers October Development can begin construction on six new

townhouses on Jacksonia Street once the city approves the final building plans. The townhouses will be built on the 100 block of Jacksonia Street and are expected to “revitalize

the block and catalyze further renovation and redevelopment in the vicinity,” said David Shlapak, the development committee chair of the Central Northside Neighborhood Council. Filling the vacant lots throughout the neighborhood has been an ongoing goal for the CNNC. “These ‘missing teeth’ spoil the integrity of the street and damage the value and attractiveness of the houses that remain,” Shlapak explained. “Turning these eyesores into new homes brings us that much closer to achieving the CNNC’s vision of filling every empty lot and vacant building in the neighborhood by the end of 2015.” These homes are the first in a series of revitalization or construction of 50 houses in the Central Northside. The homes are being built by October Development and are

expected to be completed sometime next summer, depending on when ground is broken and the working conditions through the winter. While the houses haven’t been sold yet, Shlapak doesn’t think there will be any problem selling them. “Each phase of the Federal Hill project sold out quickly, and right now there is more demand than supply for housing in Allegheny City Central. It’s a good time to be building these.” The prices are expected to start in the mid-$200,000 range. Buyers will be given the option for how they would like to finish their two or three-bedroom home, and their choices will ultimately determine the final price. These vacant properties were acquired with the help from a $75,000 contribution from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The URA also awarded the CNNC with an additional $200,000 grant.

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Public Safety As the holidays approach, The Northside Public Safety Council would like to remind all Northsiders to lock all their doors. “Keep all doors locked. Keep all windows locked. Keep patio doors locked, and keep car doors locked,” said Public Safety Council President David Stacy, who said that robbery peaks around the winter holidays, and simple steps can help prevent petty crime. In addition to the holiday reminder, the Public Safety Council is continuing its efforts to reduce vehicle theft, which makes up roughly 20 percent of crime in the Northside neighborhoods. In November, approximately 577 incidents were reported throughout the Northside, which led to approximately 157 arrests. The Northside Public

Safety Council is a nonprofit corporation composed of community leaders, businesses, government officials the Housing Authority, property owners and the Zone 1 Pittsburgh Police. The Northside Public Safety Committee meets the first Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. on the mezzanine level of The Northside Leadership Conference’s offices at 4 Allegheny Center. All are welcome. A useful resource for the community is the Zone 1 website at www.communitysafety. pittsburghpa.gov. For questions or concerns regarding crime or police presence, contact the Zone 1 Community Relations Officer, Forrest Hodges at forrest.hodges@pittsburghpa.gov.

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News Briefs Brightwood resident receives award for community garden Teresa Radwan received the Community Greening Award from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for her community flower garden at the bottom of Marshall and California avenues in Brightwood. Radwan is a member of the Brightwood Civic Group and a resident of the neighborhood. She maintains the garden and works to transform other parts of her neighborhood. She played a key role in the development of Washburn Square by working to convince the city to remove 47 row houses that were falling apart on her street and put in 3 new homes and a parklet. The Community Greening Award celebrates those individuals and municipalities that have improved their communities through greening, throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Judges evaluate entries based on plant variety, design, use of pace and horticultural practices, giving out awards to 67 winners throughout the tri-state area. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) will pay tribute to community greening championships across the state; including one presentation at the governor’s residence is Harrisburg, hosted by the govenor’s wife Susan Corbett.

Children’s Museum kicks off annual sweater drive The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh kicked off its annual sweater drive this morning with a visit from Martin Luther King students and Pittsburgh’s favorite speedy delivery man, Mr. McFeely. The annual Mister Rogers Neighborhood Sweater Drive collects gently used sweaters to help families in need in collaboration with the Children’s Museum for the past 13 years. On November 15, when museum marketing director Bill Schlageter asked how many sweaters the children in the audience thought the

drive collected in 13 years, the overall consensus amongthe kindergarteners was 12. However, Schlageter said the program had collected more than 28,000 sweaters over the past 13 years and distributed them to families in need throughout the southwestern Pennsylvania “neighborhood”, through the help of local United Way nonprofit agencies and Tri State Area neighborhood Presbyterian Church USA missions. To celebrate the beginning of the drive, Mr. McFeely, the beloved mailman from “Mister Rodgers Neighborhood,” stopped by with some of his puppet friends. This year, a portion of the sweaters will be distributed to families and children in the New York City and New Jersey areas recovering from Hurricane Sandy. The Sweater Drive is presented in collaboration with the United Way of Allegheny County and the Presbyterian Churches of the Tri State Area.

New birds of prey at the National Aviary Amelia, April, X, Fleury and Dumbledore are the five new birds of prey at the National Aviary, introduced in time for the holiday season. Director of education, Patricia O’Neill said The Aviary has become a holiday tradition for some families. “Preparing for the holidays, we wanted to ensure that there were new birds on exhibit for our visitors,” she said. Birds of prey are among the largest types of birds, usually meat eaters who use sharp eyesight and strong talons to catch prey. The new cast includes a fouryear-old Bald Eagle, Amelia, Fleury, a Snowy Owl and April, a Red-Tailed Hawk. Located in Pittsburgh’s Northside, the National Aviary is a nonprofit zoo dedicated to birds. They have 600 birds of more than 200 species from around the world, many that are threatened or endangered in the wild. For additional information, visit www.Aviary.org. -by Cara Nesi

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Holidays on the Northside... A Northside gift guide

Schorr Bakery savesThanksgiving

If you’re looking to avoid the big suburban box stores and holiday crowds here are some great Northside gift ideas that can help you find unique and thoughtful gifts for your loved ones and keep your money on the Northside. For more ideas, check on John Canning’s column on page 18. by Cara Nesi and Megan Kopke

The Urban Gardner

When they reopened after Thanksgiving, the Urban Gardner was filled with holiday cheer. An independent garden center on Brighton Road, the Urban Gardner has all kinds of holiday greens for the season. The garden center has locally grown Christmas trees in various types and sizes. The trees range from 4 feet to 14 feet, in fir, spruce and pine varieties, though trees over 8 feet tall need to be specially ordered. The Urban Gardner also has wreaths, poinsettias, garlands and greens for festive decoration. Available by the pound, they have assortments of firs, cedars, boxwood, juniper and holly for getting window boxes, planters and mantles into the holiday season. They offer a discount for churches, and deliver to the Northside area. For more information: 412.323.GROW or info@urban.gardner. com

The Northside Common Ministries Food Pantry

For a gift that gives twice, Northsiders can buy an egg carton for someone, though they won’t see any eggs. The Northside Common Ministries food pantry is selling gift cards for the holidays that act as donations for purchasing eggs for use at the food pantry. These donations can be made on behalf of someone else and come with a card that fits perfectly into an empty egg carton. The egg cartons and their cards, which tell the recipient about the donation made in their honor, make a great gift this holiday season. The donations are 25 cents for a dozen eggs, $6.25 for 25 dozen eggs, $25 for 100 dozen eggs. Purchasing 100 dozen eggs can make 600 omelets for 600 children, providing them and their families with much needed meals. To purchase eggs for distribution at the NCM food pantry, email Jay at jay. poliziani@ncmin.org

Despite an SUV hurling through the front of Observatory Hill’s Shorr Bakery four days before Thanksgiving, the award winning bakery on Perrsyville Road managed to fill all of their holiday orders on time. After the SUV damaged the building on Monday night, the bakery was closed to walk-in customers on Tuesday, but reopened on Wednesday so Northsiders could get their holiday pies!

Thanksgiving for those in need

Theater Tickets

Tickets to one of the winter performances at the Northside’s New Hazlett Theater also make a great gift. “Ada’s Promise,” a musical about a young girl who struggles to make the best of the holiday season, is one winter performance for kids, teens and families. It will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on December 1. “A Lyrical Christmas Carol!,” presented by Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s Richard E. Rauh Conservatory Theater Company, brings a child-friendly and fun twist on the classic Dickens’ story. Popular seasonal carols along with music from Bach, Mozart, and Vaughn Williams fill the performance with holiday spirit. The musical will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on December 20-22 and 2 p.m. on December 23.

Pittsburgh Antiques

East Ohio Street’s Allegheny Antiques offers affordable antique furniture, house wares and collectables. The Victorian furniture and old war memorabilia are great for history buffs looking to add to their collections. Antique jewelry and clothing are also available. And with local historical pieces from the greater Pittsburgh area and old Allegheny City, such as Heinz Company memorabilia and photos taken by famous Pittsburgh photographer Teeny Harris, a piece of local history can be given as a gift this year. Go to their website at www.alleghenyantiques.com to print out a 10% discount off any antique item, or call at 412-697-2283 for more details.

Throughout the day on Thanksgiving, Light of Life Rescue Mission served a traditional Thanksgiving meals at its Great Thanksgiving Banquet sponsored by Oxford Solutions. In addition to over 1,000 meals served to neighbors in need at the mission on West North Avenue, volunteers delivered around 500 hot meals to residents in 14 local high-rise buildings. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl were two of the many volunteers In addition to the meals, men, women and children who were in need of a coat were able to pick out a warm, donated winter coat. The coats are being donated by 12-year-old Jackson Seabolt. Since 2009, Jackson has held an annual coat drive to give away at Light of Life’s Thanksgiving Day meal.

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Priory Hotel celebrates 25 years in Deutschtown hall opened in 1987, there have been more than 215,000 overnight guests and 650 weddings hosted there. The anniversary party was attended by Jeanne Caliguiri, wife of the late Mayor of Pittsburgh Richard Caliguiri, former Mayor Tom Murphy and current Mayor Luke Ravenstahl all of whom played roles in the revitalization of the Priory. Ed and Mary Ann’s son and business partner John Graf gave special thanks to Mayor Richard Caliguiri’s widow and son who were in attendance for the effort the late mayor made to ensure the Priory had a parking lot and the resources Photo courtesy The Priory Hotel they needed to open. The Priory’s catering service The Graf family celebrated 25 years in Deutschtown this month. provided the food and Central Northsider Tom Roberts played Grafs bought in 1986 is now the By Kelsey Shea Northside staple, The Priory Hotel. music as well as Pittsburgh musician Jeff Jimerson. The Grafs and about 150 other In 1986, when Historic The event was free, but there community members and partners Deutschtown resident Ed Graf was a suggested donation of $25 celebrated the 25th anniversary of returned home after a trip to that went towards the National the Priory on November 26 with a London, his wife greeted him at the party for the hotel and event venue’s Aviary and the Homeless Children’s airport with some significant news. Education Fund. “We bought a church. Now what silver anniversary. Passing the microphone back The Priory Hotel is a boutique do you want to do?,” Mary Ann and forth, Mary Ann and Ed told hotel in Historic Deutschtown in the Graf asked her husband. former St. Mary’s German Catholic the story of how they came to Twenty five years later, the old purchase the building and open their Church. Since the hotel and grand church on Pressley Street that the

business. In the’80s, the plan for the construction of 279 would have run the highway right through where the Priory Hotel now stands, but community advocates, including Ed and Mary Ann, convinced PennDOT to reconsider the plan, thus saving the then abandoned but historic St. Mary’s Church and St. Boniface. After the Church fell in an out of the hands of a group of investors, it went for up for auction, which is when Mary Ann and Ed bought the church. The business started as a 25 room hotel before the Grafs restored the grand hall in 1995. In 2004, The Priory Hospitality Group opened a bakery on East Ohio Street, and in 2009 the Grafs built a 17-room addition in 2009. East Allegheny Community Council member and Deutschtown resident Nick Kyriazi recalled walking into the church when the Grafs first purchased it and seeing holes in the ceiling and pigeons flying around inside. “This is our neighborhood’s crown jewel,” said Kyriazi. “They’ve done a great job here.”

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E. Ohio Street boutique

Flaunt’s storefront helps improve the Northside business district.

By Cara Nesi Specializing in women’s clothing and clothing for plus-sized women, Flaunt Boutique is a new clothing store that opened up on the corner of East Ohio Street and Cedar Avenue in August. Though the mannequins positioned in the front windows may seem flashy or racy to some, said Akintola, Flaunt Boutique has a lot of variety. Each week, Akintola and McMiller add new inventory to their store. The owners are very excited about being in Northside. “Since the Northside is in a transitional period, we just wanted a place where we would have an opportunity to grow,” said Akintola about the benefits of the neighborhood. The owners said they set out to create a store that filled a need they saw within Pittsburgh, a clothing boutique to rival those found in New York or Atlanta.

Akintola and McMiller used their home towns to shape the kind of store they planned to make, with Akintola originally from Maryland and her partner, McMiller, originally from Detroit. Flaunt is unique to East Ohio Street, providing a store that is new to the Historic Deutschtown business district. Barb Burns, president of the Historic Deutschtown Development Corp., sees the new store as a solution to a problematic situation of the 400 East Ohio St. location. “They’ve made a very nice presentation of their store,” said Burns. “I wish them well. That corner for a long time was problematic for the community.” “We love the Northside,” said Akintola. “Our hearts were really set on opening it up here. We have a lot of people from the community who stop in just to check us out; people who are happy it’s not just another bar.”

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Central Northsider’s business focuses on color and fashion

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Photo courtesy House of Colour Julie Peterson’s studio is in her Central Northside home.

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Central Northside resident Julie Peterson hopes to help her clients create effective and flattering wardrobes through her new business, House of Colour. Located in the Mexican War Streets, Peterson’s started a business that offers classes and consulting for clients looking to update their wardrobe. By focusing on color and body type, Peterson aims to create flattering and appropriate outfits for her clients. “I like giving people empowerment and confidence. Not many realize how you are perceived is based on appearance,” said Peterson. “It’s important to learn these tools and use them to gain confidence.” Peterson’s most popular class analyzes skin undertones, helps to determine whether a client’s undertones are yellow an “Autumn” or “Spring” or blue, a “Summer” or “Winter.” Based on this analysis, Peterson advises which colors are most appropriate for her clients and applies that to wardrobes. “Normally after a color analysis, a client will want a wardrobe consultation, or go straight to shopping,” Peterson said. Peterson’s business is not the only contribution she has made to the Northside community. She

was also a member of board of directors for the Central Northside Neighborhood Council. She worked with the Allegheny Commons Initiative, in partnership with the mayor’s office, KaBOOM!, and the PA League of Municipalities in order to make CNNC a Community Partner for a KaBOOM! playground in Pittsburgh. The new playground replaced the old playground in West Park, across from Palo Alto on North Ave. “We didn’t think any volunteers would show up, but then we had about 300 people, way more than we needed,” Peterson commented on the KaBOOM! project. Peterson also worked in the annual Pittsburgh King ALA Toy Drive, collecting toys for children to be distributed to students of Pittsburgh King ALA through their Christmas Angel Tree. Peterson first became interested in the concept of House of Colour when she had her colors analyzed in London about 10 years ago. When she moved to Pittsburgh five years ago, Peterson realized that although there were people doing wardrobe analysis, no one was doing any type of color analysis. She found herself drawn not only to the concept of being her own boss, but also to providing her clients with confidence through their appearance.

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NSCM shelves restocked

Photo by Kelsey Shea The shelves of NSCM food pantry were restocked for Thanksgiving.

By Kelsey Shea After word spread that the Northside Common Ministries Food Pantry was low on supplies, NSCM Director Jay Poliziani said that their neighbors stepped up and made donations and held food drives to provide enough to restock their shelves. “We really just want to send a big thank you out to our neighbors for helping us assure that the nearly 1,000 food insecure folks who show up every month have food for their families. Poliziani said Northside individuals partnered with grocers, church groups, banks and organizations like the Mexican War

Streets Society and The Pittsburgh Banjo Club, The Lion’s Club, The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project and the Northside North Shore Chamber of Commerce to bring in much-needed donations of dry and canned foods. “I even had a check from a woman in Florida who is part of a Yahoo group of folks who grew up in the Northside,” said Poliziani. The NSCM food pantry has been suffering decreased federal funding and donations and a rising need in the community. “We still have a great need because we are seeing more folks each month than we saw last year that same month—but the community has really stepped up.”

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2012 By Kelsey Shea While 2012 wasn’t a year of ground-breaking projects on the Northside, steady and meaningful progress was made to bettering the 14 neighborhoods that make up the area. “I think it was a good year,” said Northside resident and City Council President Darlene Harris. “It’s important that we keep moving and every year brings more development so we can bring the Northside back to what it once was.” The Northside saw new housing projects, new businesses, new restaurants and efforts put into revitalizing small neighborhood business districts like California Avenue in Brighton Heights and Federal North in the Central Northside Small steps were made at The Garden Theater Block, and the Northside Leadership Conference acquired several properties on East Ohio Street to renovate. An agreement between Highmark and West Penn Allegheny

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this year by beginning the renovations of two new homes on Woodland Avenue this summer. The homes at 1320 and 1324 Woodland Ave. will be the second and third BCG renovated houses. In November Brighton Heights Citizens Federation finished three new homes on McClure Avenue

on the Northside Health System ensured the future of Allegheny General Hospital and the 3,000 jobs it brings to the Northside, which will be fundamental for the next 30-40 years. One of the most significant changes made in 2012 was the combining of the two Northside public high schools into one. After several months of neighbors debating which school should remain open and which should close, the Pittsburgh Public School Board voted to send Oliver students to Perry to create one Northside high school. In September, Perry Principal Nina Sacco reported that students from both schools were transitioning smoothly, and the student body was working to become one, and community leaders hoped that it was the first step in strengthening Northside public schools. Propel Northside also finished its first school year strongly. “Every year doesn’t have to be a flashy step forward,” said Mark Fatla, executive director of the Northside Leadership Conference. “There just has to be steady progress.”

near the site where the old St. Johns hospital stood. Seventeen homes are planned for phase two on the actual hospital site. The Central Northside Neighborhood Council is waiting city approval to construct six new townhomes on Jacksonia

Dining

James Street Speakeasy and Gastropub opened at the tail

end of 2011 and flourished in 2012 with American fare with a twist, custom drinks and a schedule full of live music for nearly every day of the week. The Northside had its first-ever Sandwich Week in June, where local businesses faced off for the title of best Northside sandwich. This year’s winner was Bistro to Go. In September, Lola Bistro opened in Allegheny West in Hoi Polloi’s old location. Lola Bistro specializes in simple, but elegant dining. Benjamin’s Burgers opened in Allegheny West in October of 2012. The specialty burger joint is run by the owner of BRiX, which was briefly open in the same Western Avenue location. Federal North neighbors were excited when El Burro brought the first Mexican restaurant specializing in tacos and burritos to the Central Northside. El Burro opened in November and is coowned by the owner of Lawrenceville’s Round Corner Cantina.

Community projects

Garden Theater Block

on W. North Avenue to mark the beginning of the redevelopment of the URA-owned block in February. Zukin Development had just signed its first lease with Nakama Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar. A month later, the block was accepted into the Mexican War Streets Historic District, and construction work began in the Spring. In September, Piccolo Forno signed a lease to open a second location in the GTB.

After decades of planning and construction, The North Shore Connector began operating in March. The extension of the T system that links the Northside to Downtown through a tunnel under the Allegheny River now has two stops that connect the Northside to Downtown, Station Square and the South Hills via rail transport. For the next three years, rides between the Northside and Downtown will be free due to sponsorship from the Pittsburgh Steelers , the Stadium Authority, Alcoa and Rivers Casino.

2012 saw the continuation of several key housing projects throughout the neighborhoods of the Northside. Neighborhood organizations both renovated old homes and built new ones on previously vacant land. In February, two families were the first to move into their new homes

in the Columbus Square housing project in Manchester. By the end of 2012 five of the planned 31 new homes in the housing development will be completed. The Brightwood Civic group continued their efforts to bring homeowners to their neighborhood

Development

The Mayor’s office, developers, neighbors and community representatives gathered in the

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After a hard-fought battle, Northside community developers will be saddened to see the abandoned St. Nicholas Church building on Rte. 28 torn down . In November, the Millvale St. Nicholas Parish had its petition for economic hardship approved and was issued a demolition permit for the building. The Northside Leadership had hoped to turn the building into an immigrant museum and had made an offer for the building of $1.

In June, the Northside celebrated the reopening and dedication of the

Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square. The park, at the intersection of Federal and Ohio streets, was transformed into a green, public space this year as a part of the Children’s Museum’s Charm Bracelet Project. The park features the art installation, “Cloud Arbor,” as well as 100 trees and 5,000 flowers. The project cost $6.5 million.

In April, The Finevew Citizens Council secured funding through various grants to begin a comprehensive study to propose improvements to the streetscape of Henderson Street, which has suffered from years of neglect and serves as the entrance to Fineview from the Central Northside. In June, over 300 neighbors and volunteers gathered in Allegheny Commons Park to build a brand new playground with the help of the national nonprofit KaBOOM!. In September, neighbors approved the remarketing strategy proposed by the Central Northside Neighborhood Council to ditch the name Central Northside, and instead call the neighborhood Allegheny City Central. Spring Hill Civic League has continuously worked on a project to improve the gateway to their community. A city-owned lot at the corner of Damas and Homer streets will be the site of a new parklet and decorative wall that will welcome visitors to the Spring Hill neighborhood. Throughout the year East Ohio Street has been improving through community clean-up days , fresh paint jobs and community groups purchasing empty storefronts.

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Northside fun In February, Central Northside Literary organization City of Asylum announced plans to build a literary venue in the neighborhood called Alphabet City. The plans for Alphabet City include spaces for readings, writing classes and community meetings as well as bookstore, a barcafé-restaurant and two apartments for writers. CoA hopes to finish the project in early 2013. Progress was made on the longawaited Riverview Soccer Field in Observatory Hill this year. Construction began in March, and city officials say phase one of the project is still on track for completion in spring of 2013. Classical musicians and Central Northside residents Tom Roberts and Susanne Ortner-Roberts who form the Ornter-Roberts Duo put on an outdoor performance in July to thank their neighbors for being there for them in times of trouble. The Resaca Place concert drew about 150 Northsiders despite the temperature, which was over 100 degrees. Fineview became Spineview in a zombie movie that premiered this year at the New Hazlett. Though the “campy” and community development themed movie was made in 2011, neighbors got to see their work this August. An AGH doctor and his pediatrician wife decided to open up an inn at the corner of Cedar and North avenues. The appropriately named Allegheny Inn is currently being renovated. Troy Hill’s Penn Brewery discovered that there was a little more to the Troy Hill Road brewery than they thought. In May, beer caves that contained giant, old beer brewing barrels from the E&O Brewing Company were found in tunnels on-site.

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2012 green initiatives in on the Northside From GTECH, page 1 A graduation in the Alcoa building on Thursday night recognized 13 Northsiders who spent the past year working with local nonprofit organization GTECH Strategies as green ambassadors to make their neighborhoods a better place. As the first participants in the green ambassador program, Northsiders from different neighborhoods reclaimed vacant lots, raised awareness about green jobs, planned parks and planted public blueberry, sunflower and community gardens. “It’s been inspiring to see the work that people put into their projects,” said GTECH CEO Andrew Butcher . “It really validated for us a really important question about investing in people and places… It produced great results.” GTECH Strategies works to better neighborhoods with green practices by reclaiming vacant land and creating local green jobs. They also run a program that helps restaurants recycle used cooking oil into fuel. Prior to the ambassador program, GTECH reclaimed vacant lots throughout the city, including two unused lots in Perry South and one in Manchester, which were turned into sunflower gardens. GTECH worked in collaboration with the Northside Leadership Conference to create recruit and direct the ambassadors in their

projects. The green ambassadors were chosen through an interview process, trained and paid a small stipend to push their initiatives and complete their projects. Butcher estimated that in the programs first year, the 13 ambassadors engaged over 300 people in 13 neighborhoods. “You should be pleased with what you’ve accomplished,” said NSLC Executive Director Mark Fatla. “There’s a head and a heart to a community, and we can’t make your hearts any bigger. We can only grow what’s inside your head, and that’s what this program was all about.” Kelly Day, a Brighton Heights resident working to build a wellness park in her neighborhood said working with GTECH gave her an anchor and served as a crutch for programs she was interested in pursuing before the program. Mark Williams, a Perry Hilltop resident to planted 32 blueberry bushes in a vacant lot in his neighborhood, said GTECH was a great way to “connect with other neighborhoods.” All ambassadors present reflected on their project and the skills they learned through working with GTECH. Butcher said the program’s first year was a success, and they’re looking towards recruiting ambassadors for 2013.

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Penn State students design green solutions

Photo by Kelsey Shea Students discuss their work with members of the community.

By Kelsey Shea Two semester’s worth of work brought seven students from Penn State University to the Pittsburgh Project in Northview Heights on November 28 to present their landscape and architectural designs for three different areas in the Northside. Students from Penn State University’s Department of Landscape and Architecture worked to create green designs for Woods Run Road and Woodland Avenue in Brightwood, the intersection of Charles Street and Brighton Road and North Charles Street in Perry Hilltop. Student designs addressed vacant lots and drainage with designs for community gardens, outdoor gathering places and parklets. One student designed a garden for the middle of the Brightwood Kuhn’s Market’s largely unused parking lot, while another designed a nature center for unused lots in Perry Hill top. The Penn State Center for Design, which opened five years ago, applies student design to two

neighborhoods each year. In 2012, they focused on the Northside and Wilkinsburg. Though the projects are unfunded and unofficial, Brightwood and Fineview Program Manager Melissa Gallagher said the designs can help spark ideas and reenergize the community groups that the students work with. “These designs help us focus on problem areas and unearth issues,” said Gallagher, who noted that the designs cost the community nothing. “They put us in another frame of mind. Penn State professor Ken Tamminga said that the program aims to bring “detailed concepts” to the communities to implement as they see fit. He noted that some projects the design center initially created in other neighborhoods, like Beltzhoover and South Homewood, are now being implemented by community groups. The Penn State Design Center works with communities upon invitation. For more information, visit http://pittsburgh.center.psu. edu.

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Northside holiday shopping By John Canning December 2012 – another holiday season, another Christmas celebration, another time to reflect on Christmases past and another time to plan for Christmas presents. For me it has always been a wonderfully busy time of the year. As years go by it seems there is less time to get it all together. Christmas 2012 comes with its own issues. Recovering from a bout with a broken ankle there will no trips to the tree farm in Butler, no dashes to the Strip for nuts, raisins and cheeses. This year will be a Northside Christmas. In many ways it will be like those Christmases of the 1950s when all of my shopping was done on East Ohio Street and the many small shops in and around the North Side Market House. Most gifts were within the price range of 50 cents to a dollar. Our extended family numbered about a dozen and everyone got a present for everyone. They were simple gifts. My cousin, Charley, and I delivered The Press and Sun Telegraph in those years. We had squirreled away a few bucks for shopping. We were always looking for “big” gifts at bargain prices. For a year or two, it was a “giant” jar of brightly colored, heavily perfumed bath salts. Recently, I’ve read that some sort of “bath salt” is taboo. I had to laugh thinking of the many jars of “salts” Charley and I gave to our mothers, aunts, cousins and grandmothers. We considered them a much more significant gift than handkerchiefs of candy of earlier years. A recent message about keeping our Christmas shopping on a local level arrived via Facebook, and they made a lot of sense to me. The emphasis of the message was to shop in the neighborhood where you live. That neighborhood, to me, is the Northside. I’ve made a list, not of folks for whom I am shopping, but of Northside enterprises where I will shop. Giftcards are a great way to share the joys of Northside living. Any omissions are not purposeful but simply the result of my limitations. For folks who like to dine out

consider these great options: The Monterey Pub, Legends of the North Shore, Nicky’s Thai Kitchen, Billy’s Troy Hill Bistro, Bistro-toGo, Old Allegheny Sandwich Shop, Pasta Too, Giorgios and Miller’s Seafood House (called “the last chance “ by my aged Aunt Minnie, who lived in dry Bellevue). For java loving friends, don’t forget our great neighborhood coffee shops as quick stop for a giftcard or a pound of someone’s favorite blend. Unique and special items, including really fascinating cards, candies and children’s items are always available at The Sweet Time Cafe and General Store on East Ohio Street as well as at K. S. Kennedy’s Floral and Gift Shop on Western Avenue, where you can also purchase a stunning poinsettia. If you have no green thumb but have someone on your list that loves to garden, a gift card from the Urban Gardener might be a welcome surprise. Their garden shop will be open until the last tree is sold. The gift card can be used throughout the growing season. Food items, of course, are best if homemade. However, a tin or gift bag of Zimtstern (cinnamon stars) from Schorr Bakery on Perrysville Avenue or a beautifully decorated holiday cake from the Priory would be a great gift. A gift card from Tom’s Friday Market on California Avenue might excite that carnivore friend who could redeem it for some fine steaks or lamb chops. Finding oranges and apples and pears for the stockings, however, will require a stop at either a local Giant Eagle or Kuhn’s. Of course, there is always the slight chance of taking care every gift from those massive racks of gift cards. You and your friends and the whole Northside will benefit by walking right past these racks and into the stores and shops that add to our Northside’s quality of life all year long. This year and throughout the coming year, shop locally – shop Northside. Merry Christmas!

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Allegheny West

AK Redevelopment Inc. to BNG Diamond Properties L.P. at 853 Beech Ave. for $290,000.

Brighton Heights

Daniel Cornyn to Kayla Rebel at 1167 Lapish Road for $140,000. Frank Steiner trustee to Christopher McCloskey at 2706 Shadeland Ave. for $33,000. John Volpe to Eric Zawrotny at 1220 Benton Ave. for $57,000. Estate of Patricia Hennessey to William Dorfner at 4024 California Ave. for $114,000. Housing & Urban Development to Charles Quinlan at 299 Squire Circle for $98,000. Beneficial Mortgage Co. Pennsylvania to Melissa Vaughan at 1900 Termon Ave. for $34,000. Ross Harris Investments LLC to Donald Cheng at 3271 McClure Ave.

and Antrim St. for $3,140. Amy Miller Swann to Maneesha Pradhan at 3801 Wealth St. for $147,500. Gary Glassbrenner to S Scott Hallam at 1109 Benton Ave. for $21,000. Estate of Jennie Dering to Victor Mullen at 1439 Davis Ave. for $49,440. Beverly Holtgraver to Dennys William and Diana Patricia Horn at 3528-1/2 and 3530 Massachusetts Ave. for $83,000. Robert Griffiths to Kimberly Griffiths at 4037 Shoreham St. for $197,000.

Christian Westbrook to ESM Investments Group LLC at 1113-1115 Woods Run Ave. for $69,500. Astute Solutions LLC to William Dever at 2332 Atmore St. for $7,000. Federal National Mortgage Assn. to US Bank NA trustee at 1408 Evandale Road for $1,753 by sheriff ’s deed. Wells Fargo Bank NA trustee to Nicole Anderson at 2909 Shadeland Ave. for $45,000. Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Brightwood Civic Group at 1246 Woodland Ave. for $3,700.

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Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. trustee to NJDP LLC at 632 Woods Run Ave. for $15,000. Lawrence Hutchison to Bank New York Mellon trustee at 1020 Woods Run Ave. for $1,582 by sheriff ’s deed. G8 1-12 Fund LLC to Yu Quan Li at 1229-1231 Dickson St. for $10,000.

Nellie Coles to Barrgrove Ventures LLC at 1313 Island Ave. for $45,559. Ebony Marcelle Rudolph to Darneice Bivins at 1940 Sedgwick St. for $4,000. Mark Postell Jr. to Gary Branscum at 1236 Success St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $34,398).

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Pittsburgh City to Jordan Kay at 1518 Brighton Road for $17,000. Rita Laing estate et al. to Sarah Alvarez Mendak at 2417 Brighton Road for $25,000.

Central Northside

Glenn Woodard to Pahl Hluchan and Catherine Drabkin at 1320 Arch St. for $217,500. Jason Matthews to US Bank NA trustee at 1226 Sherman Ave. for $3,190 by sheriff ’s deed. Alan Kirkby to Steven and Sonya Komorowski at 1304 Boyle St. for $138,300. Pittsburgh City to Adin Hamilton at 426 W. North Ave. for $21,000. Central Northside Neighborhood Council to Frank Quinn Construction Corp. at 1525 Saturn Way for $4,493.

East Deutschtown

Dolores Glowacki to Dale Craig at

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824 Suismon St. for $20,000.

Fineview

Karane Fischer to Federal National Mortgage Assn. at 23 Lanark St. for $1,557 by sheriff ’s deed. Diane Marshall to John and Nancy Deeken at 404 Catoma St. for $205,000.

Historic Deutchtown

Mary Grace Korneff to George Rieke at 526 Pressley St. for $143,000. Joseph Scolieri to October Real Estate Holdings LLC at Dunloe St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $2,340). Richard Ashley Webb to Brian Rinaman at 602 Lockhart St. Unit 5 for $98,000.

Manchester

US Bank NA trustee to SRB Properties LLC at 1127 Sheffield St.

for $59,300. MCC MCS LLC to Columbus Square Assoc. Model Home 2 L.P. at 1207 Columbus Ave. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $18,369).

Observatory Hill

Estate of Clarence Schweitzer to Timothy Morgan at 4119 Grizella St. for $66,000. Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Leeanne Lawlor at 205 Marshall Ave. for $22,551. John Rooke to R & F Properties Pittsburgh LLP at 12-14 Bonvue St. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $5,850). Robert Moser to April and Thomas Harding at 325 Gould Ave. for $58,000. Matthew Wolf to Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. at 34 Bonvue St. for $1,914 by sheriff ’s deed.

Estate of Margaret Fisher to Thomas and Annette Belsterling at 3910 Staver St. for $7,250.

Perry Hilltop

Housing & Urban Development to Gregory Dottle at 532 McClintock Ave. for $20,000. Russell Blackburn to Dorothy James at 208 E. McIntyre Ave. for $5,500. Richard Doss et al. to Bank New York Mellon at 308 Elsdon St. for $1,756 by sheriff ’s deed. Pittsburgh City to Douglas Freeman Jr. at 134 W. McIntyre Ave. for $7,900.

Spring Hill

Patricia Cibrone to Joseph and Deborah Cunic at 1160 Admiral St. for $30,000. Daniel Lennartz to Peter McQuillin and Nancy Chubb at 923 Yetta Ave. for $55,000.

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Summer Hill

Donna Borza to Ronald and Ashley Blasko at 3624 Manuel St. for $97,900. Troy Hill SMG Property Partn. LLP to Go Realty LLC at 1966-& 1/2 Straubs Lane 1968 for $180,000. Estate of Harold Krebs to Robert and Nancy Clark at 1912 Lowrie St. for $68,800.

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From the office of State Sen. Wayne Fontana

LIHEAP, property tax and rent rebate deadlines The PA Department of Public Welfare began accepting applications for this season’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) on November 1st. LIHEAP helps low-income families pay their heating bills. You can apply and check the status of your application on the state’s COMPASS website, which can be accessed by visiting www. dpw.state.pa.us and clicking on the COMPASS link. You can also pick up an application in my district offices, or download one yourself at www.dpw.state.pa.us. Completed paper applications should be returned to the Allegheny County Assistance Office. Funding for LIHEAP is provided by the federal government and eligibility is based on Federal Poverty Income Guidelines. The income limits this season are as follows:

After your application is reviewed, you will receive a written notice explaining your eligibility and the amount of assistance you will receive. Payments are generally sent directly to a utility company or fuel provider and are credited to your account. Crisis grants are also available to those who have an emergency situation and are in jeopardy of losing their heat. Crisis assistance is available 24 hours a day by calling the Allegheny County Department of Human Services at -800-851-3838. For additional home heating assistance, you may also want to contact your utility

company. You may also call the LIHEAP hotline at 1-866-8577095 with any questions about the program. Deadline for Property Tax/Rent Rebate Applications If you have not filed for the PA Property Tax & Rent Rebate Program, I want to remind you the deadline is December 31st. If you are age 65 and older, a person with a disability 18 and older, or a widow or widower age 50 and older, you may be eligible. Income limits are $35,000 for homeowners and $15,000 for renters. The maximum standard rebate is $650, but supplemental rebates for qualifying homeowners can increase rebates to $975. You can stop by any of my district offices to obtain a claim form (PA-1000), receive help in completing your application, and check the status of your claim. You may also check the status of claims online by visiting the

Department of Revenue’s website at www.revenue.state.pa.us or by calling 1-888-PATAXES. This program is supported by the Pennsylvania Lottery and revenue from slots gaming. If you need assistance with LIHEAP, your property tax or rent rebate application, or any other state matter, please call or visit one of my district offices and my staff, as always, will be happy to assist you.

Senator Wayne D. Fontana 42nd Senatorial District www.senatorfontana.com

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Education on the Northside Q&A with new Oliver High School principal David Lott

December Events Dec 1- SAT Testing at PPS Dec 3- PPS budget public hearing Dec 14-PPS Magnet applications due Dec 24-Jan. 2- Winter break

Perry Basketball Dec 7 – 8 p.m. vs. New Castle Game Location: New Castle

At the end of the 2011-2012 school year, Oliver High School on Brighton Road closed, sending its high school students to Perry Traditional Academy. This year, the building reopened as the Oliver Citywide Academy, which is the new name for the Mcnaugher Special Education program, which caters to students with behavioral issues or special needs. The Perry Traditional Academy culinary arts program, cosmetology and Career and Technical Education program are also housed in the Oliver building. Principal David Lott was appointed in July of this year to run the program and oversee the building. He spoke with The Northside Chronicle. Can you talk a little about how this year has been in the Oliver building? It was very rough at first. There were a lot of changes to make for everyone. But the students came in and just instantly loved the building. I had a student in my office the other day who just couldn’t stop talking about how much he likes the building. He said he feels like he’s in a regular school again. I have inherited a wonderful staff that is just really focused on helping students. I’m really excited to continue working with them. What are your goals for this school year? Our number one goal is to strive for academic success and achievement. All of our students have Individual Education Plans, and we work with kids in grades 3-12. We’re working to build good relations with the Northside community and continue to improve the program.

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About The Northside Chronicle Education page is a new addition to our paper. Through it, we aim to better inform Northside residents about education news and options available in our neighborhoods. The Page is sponsored by Columbia Gas, though sponsors have no weight or input on stories or events. The articles and events on the page are purely editorial content developed by the Northside Chronicle Staff.

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