Project raises awareness and money for homeless men at Pleasent Valley Men’s Shelter
The Northside Chronicle Page 8
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Huszar welcomes new chef from Hungary, serving up “phenomenal comfort food” Page 6
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“Energy Flow” is a project on the Rachel Carson Bridge by Andrea Polli and Rod Gdovic that combines over 27,000 multicolored LED lights and uses 16 wind turbines to power the electricty for the installation.
Neighbors discuss Chestnut Street zoning Alphabet City, By Alyse Horn On Wednesday, January 18 at Penn Brewery, 800 Vinial St., the Community Alliance of Spring Garden East Deutschtown convened to discuss the zoning of Chestnut Street, which is currently classified as R1A-VH (residential singleunit attached very high density). Ruth Ann Daily, president of CASGED, said Chestnut Street was rezoned from a commercial area about 15 years ago to residential, and the meeting was held at the request of business and property owners in the neighborhood. “There is a desire in the community to have businesses back
like there used to be,” Daily said. Right now that is not possible, and the only businesses that are allowed in the area were there previous to the zoning switch to R1A-VH. Daily said during the meeting, zoning options were discussed on how to facilitate commercial redevelopment in the area. “This can only happen if property owners and people who live on that street want it to happen,” Daily said. At the meeting to help field questions were Councilwoman Darlene Harris’ Chief of Staff Jeff Martin, Urban Redevelopment Authority Neighborhood Business Districts Manager Josette Fitzgibbons, City of Pittsburgh Neighborhood Planner
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Stephanie Joy Everett, and Mayor Peduto’s Small Business and Redevelopment Manager Henry Pyatt. During the meeting, Martin said that Councilwoman Harris wanted to caution neighbors to leave zoning the way it is, but if there is a clear majority of people who would like to change it she will support the decision. Pyatt said if the community decides to change the zoning, it will be to NDO (neighborhood office district) or LNC (local neighborhood commercial district). Either would not eliminate any current legal residential uses. Daily said the next meeting will be about three months from now,
On January 14, City of Asylum held the grand opening for their bookstore at Alphabet City, 40 W. North Ave. Henry Reese, co-founder and president of City of Asylum, said the weekend went “swimmingly,” with an outpouring of community participation and support during the event, which hosted over 1,000 people.
See CASGED, Page 9
See COA, Page 5
By Alyse Horn