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Northside Business Briefs: March 2022 By Ashlee Green
Caruso Beer Distribution permanently closes its doors Sam Caruso, who’s been in the beer distribution business since taking over for his father in 1968, has retired. Caruso Beer Distribution, previously on North Taylor Avenue in Allegheny City
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Photo: Debbie Thomas, courtesy of Wagsburgh
A handwritten sign at the former Caruso Beer Distribution in Allegheny City Central announces the owner's retirement.
Northsiders Barret and Morgan Lipkin, pictured here with their dogs, took part in Wagsburgh's fifth annual "kissing booth," a Valentine's Day-themed, in-store photo shoot with photographer Debbie Thomas. Held on Feb. 6, the event sold out and raised $500 for Bridge to Home, a foster-based animal rescue in Eighty-Four, Pa. Read more about it on Page 16.
Central, had various locations throughout its history, but began as a business in 1933 by Caruso’s father. Caruso had limited hours at the shop in its last few years: three days a week for four or five hours at a time. “I’m kind of retired now,” Caruso joked in an article for The Incline back in 2018. This time, though, it’s legit.
Allegheny Elks Lodge #339 to host annual ‘Fat Tuesday’ celebration Tuesday, March 1 marks “Fat Tuesday,” the end of Mardi Gras season. See Briefs, Page 16
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The Great Escapes
There's a reason Hollywood loves Pittsburgh's Northside: From penitentiary tunnels to Kodiak the eagle, here's a rundown of some of its (in)famous getaway stories. By Lucia Shen Humans love a good heist. Studies have found that people often process the events they read on a page or watch on a screen similarly to how they experience events firsthand. When you’re taking in that daring escape on the page or the big screen, you can sometimes feel like you’re in the story as well. Imagine it: Suspense builds as a guard walks inches past the story’s protagonist,
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who is hanging from the ceiling or plastered to a nook in the wall à la Ocean’s Eleven. The guard passes, the escapee makes a break for it, and the chase is on. In real life, though, things don’t always go according to plan. Sometimes, the protagonist isn’t even human. Sometimes it’s a horse—or five of them. Other times, it’s a sea eagle inadvertently blasted to national fame. This past January in Pittsburgh’s Northside, five police horses broke free
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from their stables on Grand Avenue; and back in September of 2021, the National Aviary made news nationwide when their sea eagle, Kodiak, escaped from his enclosure. Maybe it’s life imitating art, but a number of movies and TV shows filmed in the Northside have centered around the thrill of the chase; the break from the status quo. Be it fiction or reality, the Northside is home to See Escapes, Page 17
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District 20 News: State Rep. Kinkead
Government should work for you. That is the central tenet of our democracy—that it is a system that is of the people, by the people, for the people. My position as State Representative of the 20th Legislative District is, inherently, a service position. I serve all of the 60,000 Pennsylvanians who live in my district, whether they voted for me or not. But I also have a responsibility to the nearly 13 million Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth because my decisions in Harrisburg impact each and every person living here. It’s a reality that I wish the majority party would take more seriously. Let me tell you why. As elected leaders, we take an oath of office that is about service. That service impels us to work with people, even if we do not agree with them, in benefit of doing the most good for the most people. Since entering office, I have strived to ensure that I have working relationships with the people at every level of government, municipal to federal, who serve our communities so that when a need arises, a solution can be quickly found. Because fundamentally, our government only works when we work together. Unfortunately, that sentiment has evaporated among many of my Republican colleagues and our state is suffering as a result. Under our current system, the party in the majority has total control over the agenda in Harrisburg. The Speaker of
the House, elected by the majority, chooses which committees to assign the bills that are introduced. The majority chairs of the individual committees decide which bills they will bring up for a vote before the
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State Rep. Kinkead: ‘Fundamentally, our government only works when we work together.’ committee, which is comprised of 15 majority members and 10 minority members,
meaning that whatever legislation they choose to move will likely pass without need for support from the minority party. It also means that the minority party has little influence regarding whether a bill is left to die in committee. If a bill makes it out of committee, the majority leader determines whether it comes up for a vote on the floor of the chamber. What this means is that despite over 1,000 bills having been introduced so far in the 2021-2022 legislative session, only a handful of those that have passed in either chamber were introduced by Democrats. The majority leadership also has the power to table amendments to bills or rule that they are not relevant to the legislation; two actions that require no further explanation or justification and that frequently mean even Democratic amendments to Republican bills do not see the light of day. Some may say that this is how the game is played; I say that we should not be playing games with real people’s lives. For example, the former SCI-Pittsburgh warden’s house is located in the 20th District. The law requires legislation to pass through both the House and Senate in order to sell the property. We had buyers lined up to buy it as their primary residence at a fair market price, putting this house back on the tax rolls and taking the maintenance costs off Pennsylvania taxpayers. But my legislation to simply sell this property languished for over a year, bogged down by partisanship, and the buyers were forced to give up on
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their dream and move elsewhere. Similarly, I have legislation, HB 1054, that would establish an insurance fund for people affected by landslides. Currently, no insurance or state grant programs are available to assist property owners affected by landslides. Similar to mine subsidence insurance that is already available through the state, my legislation proposes a fund that would allow property owners to buy insurance, or qualify for grants or low-cost loans through the state, to repair landslide damage to their property or recover the cost of a total loss. Landslides are devastating families across Pennsylvania, regardless of political party, and this is a common sense solution. Still, it has languished for a year this month in the House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee, where I have been told that there is “no appetite” to move it. Quite simply, these are not partisan issues and they should not be treated as such. Ideas are not unworthy of consideration just because of a legislator’s political party. We know that more unites us than divides us. I will continue to work to remind our majority party’s leadership that this cannot just be a platitude; it must also be reflected in the way that they govern. And no matter what, I will always continue to work diligently for you. So, if you have any questions or need help with any state-related matter, my staff and I are here to help if you call 412-321-5523 or email RepKinkead@pahouse.net. n
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Councilman Wilson discusses making outdoor dining a mainstay in Pittsburgh and lowering the speed limit in City parks.
approved business purposes. Creating a program to grant licenses for outdoor dining and other retail activities allowed many of these restaurants to survive the pandemic, but many customers still do not feel comfortable indoors and most service industry businesses say they’ve fallen behind on expenses since the pandemic began. Recognizing how important this program was to keeping restaurants and other small businesses alive across the city, and how much livelier it made our main streets, I passed this bill to make outdoor dining and retail a mainstay feature of street life in our city. My colleagues in Council were deeply supportive of this bill not just because it supports restaurants and small businesses, but also because it reflects a shift towards more pedestrian-friendly streets across our city. Because of how important it is to make sure our public spaces remain accessible for all, most of the license requirements continue to be there. However, for the first time, businesses have the option of permanently expanding into parking spaces and installing protective barriers that are both safer and more attractive. The updated ordinance also clarifies and increases business accountability for maintaining these public spaces. If you are a business owner interested
in applying for an Outdoor Dining & Retail License, please visit https://pittsburghpa.gov/ domi/outdoor-dining. This spring, look for an announcement about the rollout of a $1 million fund at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) that will provide grants to businesses for setting up barriers for streets and sidewalks that clearly mark dining and retail spaces and improve public safety. My second bill directs DOMI to reduce the speed limit on Pittsburgh park roads to 15 mph. Many of the roads that go through our City parks lack sidewalks and are shared by both vehicles and pedestrians. The default speed limit on these roads is currently 25 mph. This creates potentially unsafe conditions on park roads shared by cars, bicyclists, and pedestrians, and discourages residents and visitors from enjoying our City’s beautiful parks. During this pandemic, we have all come to appreciate the importance of our parks in staying healthy and active. Reducing the speed limit on park roads is a major step towards ensuring our safety in these green spaces. The chance for a serious injury drops dramatically when the speed limit is 15 mph. To sharpen the point, one 2011 study showed that the average risk of a severe injury for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle is 50% at 31 mph, but 10% at an impact speed of 16 mph. Lowering this speed limit will most protect our most vulnerable park users, such as older Pittsburghers and children. According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), a 70-year-old who gets hit by a car at 25 mph has about a 25% chance of losing their life. However, if the same person gets hit by a car traveling at 15 mph, their chance of death drops all the way down to about 5%. Under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Vehicle Code, the City of Pittsburgh is empowered through its police powers to enact an ordinance that reduces the speed limit on roads within a public park to increase the safety of the citizens of Pittsburgh. Any action taken under this law must be authorized by an ordinance of Pittsburgh City Council. Additionally, the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) has the authority to determine the maximum speed limit within a public park, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study, if it determines that the new speed limit is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon park roads. Now that City Council passed my bill to lower the speed limit on City park roads to 15 mph, I am looking forward to working with DOMI to bring a lower speed limit on major park roads on the Northside—such as Riverview Avenue, the loop in Riverview Park— and across the city. Please contact my office to share your thoughts on these two bills or any other legislation that you would like us to consider. You can call us at (412) 255-2135, email us at district1@pittsburghpa.gov, or find us on Facebook and Twitter. We look forward to hearing from you. BOBBY WILSON COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT 1 n
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Misfeed Press names 2022 Zine Residency Program artists By Ashlee Green
Fifteen virtual artists in residence were selected for the Misfeed Press 2022 Zine Residency Program, announced on Feb. 14 via Instagram. Their names are Christian Banez, Tara Fay Coleman, Camryn Drabenstadt, Sophia DiRenna, Romello Goodman, Eoin Guidas, Lou Hammel, Eriko Hattori, Ben Johnson, Sarah Kim, Ali Lotz, Zach Ozma, Dan Peindl, Juliet Phillips, and Sean Sunderland. The selected artists, whose preferred mediums span from comics and illustration to tattooing and ceramics, will work alongside artist Natasha Neira of Pittsburgh’s Northside and Stephen Grebinski for one month to create their own zine. “Misfeed’s Virtual Residency Program received a lot more applications than we were expecting, and we were delighted by the positive response and interest,” Neira told The Northside Chronicle. “It also confirmed our impression that more programs like it are needed, especially in Pittsburgh.” Neira said the selection process took hours, and important judging criteria was that artists were new to the process of zine making but had ready-to-go ideas. Artists were also chosen, Neira said, who “were familiar with zines and printmaking, but looking to explore different avenues for their work.” The Misfeed crew prioritized artists who were either from or connected to Pittsburgh in their selection process.
Administrative Coordinator Project Destiny of Pittsburgh is seeking a full time, 40 hours per week, Administrative Coordinator to provide administrative coordination among multiple program benefits and services; coordinates, plans and manages activity within assigned area to accomplish agency mission and goals as well as receive supervisory guidance from the Executive Director. Responsibilities: • Conducts staff orientations, training, benefits and provide backup to the payroll Paychex system. •Provides overall administrative assistance to the Executive Director including filing. • Communication coordination with staff to address issues and provide and disseminate information to Program Directors/Supervisors per Ex Director input. • Participates with Management in developing and implementing programs, policies, and procedures. • Anticipates and resolves issues that may affect the quality of services and/or interrupt dayto-day operations. Resolves technical, project management, and organizational problems with management input. • Oversight and assignment of tasks to administrative staff. • Maintains a key system for all agency sites. • Receives, prepares, maintains, and stores all information pertaining to Project Destiny staff personnel files including confidential and sensitive data. Maintains a filing system for all information as needed. • Composes complex documents from rough drafts or verbal instructions using Word. • Maintains Board of Director records and presentations, assists in the preparation of reports by preparing agenda information and summarizing information from a variety of sources with Ex Director assistance. • Serves as lead contact for several contracts to include acquisition of office/program goods and services. • Maintains vendor agreements and monitors vendor performance. • Handles emergency maintenance issues with vendors.
“The residency is designed to be a collaborative and casual environment where Misfeed acts as a mentor and advocate for artists regionally and beyond,” Neira said.
“We are really excited for this group of artists and are looking forward to showcasing the work created here.” According to the Misfeed website, vir-
tual “studio hours” will be dedicated to selected artists each month to “talk about conSee Misfeed, Page 19
Infographic courtesy of Misfeed Press via Instagram, Art photos courtesy of the respective artists
Left: Misfeed's virtual 2022 'Artists Inn Residence' were announced via Instagram on Feb. 14. Top right: Print by Romello Goodman (@mello.goodgraphics on Instagram). Bottom right: Stickers by Zach Ozma (@zachozma on Intagram). See more photos of selected artists and their work on Page 19.
• Hand writes checks in needed cases. • Ensure staff licenses/credentials and Staff/ Van Driver information are maintained. Qualifications: • Experience working in a fast-paced office environment is helpful. including office management, and staff assignments/oversight. • Exemplary writing, oral communication, and interpersonal skills. • Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of programs. • Ability to respond to requests with accurate information that is consistent with Project Destiny policies, practices, contracts, and grants or obtain guidance from management when needed. Education Requirements: • Associates Degree of Business Administration or related field. • Two or more years’ experience and/or combination of equivalent education and experience. Physical Requirements: • Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. • Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. Skills: • Ability to manage effectively in a fast-paced environment addressing competing customer, stakeholder, and partner requirements. • Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook. • Attention to detail and problem-solving skills. • Ability to work independently. • Excellent analytical and organizational skills. • Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks. • Ability to communicate information with clarity to staff. • Knowledge of Project Destiny human resource management policies and procedures. • Ability for staff orientation, training, payroll. • Ability to interpret and help implement grants and cooperative agreements. To apply, please send a resume and cover letter or written summary of interest to: dcurges@ projectdestinypgh.org. Direct any questions to the email above or contact 412-231-1258.
Community Outreach Workers Thrive18 is searching for Community Outreach Workers to build relationships with residents and community members, learn about households’ needs to help connect them to relevant resources, and bridge gaps between families and social, human, and health services or information. This is an ideal role for someone who is: • Compassionate: with strong listening skills, patience, and great emotional intellect • Committed: our work often requires that we go “above and beyond” to make real systemic change • Flexible: as Thrive18 is growing and changing, so may our processes • Proactive: our Outreach Workers are empowered to take initiative, be organized, have attention to detail • Results-oriented: timeliness and follow-through are crucial to best serving residents the way they want to be supported • Open: must be able to engage across diverse populations, perspectives, backgrounds, and identities, including class, race, age, gender, culture, geography, and other identities Responsibilities: • Conduct 5 to 10-minute surveys regarding households’ well-being, across Northside
streets, at events, and at specified locations such as the library or local retail stores • Report back to the project coordination team with survey data and recommendations for referrals • Make direct connections between community partners (service providers) and families • Follow up with residents to ensure that their needs were met and address any additional concerns or needs • Build relationships with individuals, families, and community members • Fulfill essential paperwork and reports • Attend training and team meetings as needed, with notice provided • Other responsibilities as needed. Requirements: • 18 years of age or older • Live in or very familiar with Pittsburgh’s Northside • Able to work between 10 to 25 hours per week • Able to move safely over uneven terrain and work in all types of weather • Smart phone or tablet proficiency – or willing to learn (Training will be provided) • Complete PA Background Checks for Employment: Act 33/34 and FBI To apply, please send a resume and cover letter or written summary of interest to: dcurges@ projectdestinypgh.org
Cultural Consultant Project Destiny is looking for a Cultural Consultant to provide assessment, coordination, and assistance in linking services needed by children and their families to prevent out of home placement with CYF. Responsibilities: • Completes documentation in timely manner and according to protocol. • Provides both in-home and community-based intervention and education to support consumers and their families • Maintains an accurate and organized filing system • Participates in weekly case review. • Provides home visiting to each family assigned according to protocol. • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. • Alerts Case Management Coordinator of any issues or problems related to the families. • Serve as a buddy system to cases assigned to other Cultural Consultants. • All other duties as assigned Requirements: • High school Diploma or equivalent • Excellent Communication and writing skills • Ability to work independently and work a flexible schedule as required • Excellent organizational skills • Ability to meet deadlines • Maintains a professional demeanor • Attends YFE meetings and trainings as required • Valid PA State Driver’s license and auto insurance • Must have reliable vehicle and driving record acceptable to our insurer • Computer skills such as Word and e-mail • Complete PA Background Checks for Employment: Act 33/34 and FBI To apply, please send a resume and cover letter or written summary of interest to: dcurges@projectdestinypgh.org.
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A history of deforestation: The big players in the logging game
By Jeff Karwoski This is the fourth article in a series about deforestation: how it started, what it means, and what people can do about it. In this article, certified arborist Jeff Karwoski discusses how logging is ‘the most dangerous occupation in the United States’ and the importance of people transitioning to a more conservative relationship with forests. Read the full series on our website at www.thenorthsidechronicle.com. In the last article, a bleak picture was painted: A world full of people chopping away at trees, Earth’s most useful and precious gift; scenario in which the primeval forests of the world are scoured off the face of the planet to meet the demands of the flat-pack furniture industry and America’s great obsession with toilet paper. Often, the mentality in the world of tree cutting is, ‘You might as well cut the trees and make the money, because if you don’t, the next guy will.’ A large logging concession called West Fraser Timber, for example, owns multiple mills across the United States and the company has a market cap of around $10.20 billion. Another company named Weyerhaeuser made a profit of $681 million in the first quarter of 2021. There are
other large companies producing profits on a similar level, not to mention countless smaller ones too—and this is in North America alone. These companies are big players with
acquisitions (logging companies are some of the largest private landholders) are able to be made and the activities on those lands can go on behind closed doors. What this can mean for these com-
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The demands of the flat-pack furniture industry rely on what consumers want: 'Now more than ever,' Karwoski warns, 'is the time to pump the brakes on the consumption of forest products.' teams of lawyers and lobbyists; they often have friends in high places. Much of the time, this ensures that large land
panies is the ability to cut down entire groves of ancient forests, replace them with a monoculture of fast growing spe-
cies, and get their lumber stamped with a sustainability certificate because they replanted the area that was cleared. In the process, there is a staggering loss of biodiversity and release of massive levels of carbon into the atmosphere. Ancient forests, after all, are better at capturing and holding carbon than newly formed plantations. As much as we revere the majesty of trees, we also do so for the lumberjack who cuts them down. The “saw man” is an iconic figure throughout the world revered for his ability to fell giants and manipulate them into useful products on the market. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, logging is “the most dangerous occupation in the United States.” There are thousands and thousands of families who rely on income from logging and the people who do it often risk their lives for others’ dining room tables. I like wood products as much as the next person, but if we are to move forward with our effort to restore the planet, destructive logging practices need to be quickly phased out in favor of more sustainable methods. The question remains: What can be done? If people change their toilet paper See Trees, Page 8
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‘Connectivity Improvement Plan’ aims to boost broadband access in local 10-county region By Ashlee Green It’s no secret that southwestern Pennsylvania’s infrastructure is crumbling: The Fern Hollow Bridge collapse on Friday, Jan. 28— the very same day President Biden came to town to promote his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—made this point loud and clear. But Pittsburgh’s bridges aren’t the only problem. There’s another infrastructure issue in these parts, too—and one that’s less obvious to the naked eye. It’s a lack of equitable, high-speed broadband internet. This is why the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) has joined with Northside-based Allies for Children and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to form a consortium called Southwestern Pennsylvania (SWPA) Connected. The goal is to address the gaps in broadband service in the region by developing a “Connectivity Improvement Plan” and, also, to make a statement: “Connectivity is the new mobility,” Shannon O’Connell, director of SPC’s Office of Communications and Public Engagement, said in an interview last December. O’Connell spoke with The Northside Chronicle along with Laura Stephany, health policy manager from Allies for Children, and Mara Kelosky, former research and operations manager from Allies for Children, about the present and possible future of broadband investments in the region. O’Connell’s organization is in charge of creating the region’s long-range (20 to 25 years in the future) plan, which is updated every four years and anticipates the whole region’s needs for transportation and connectivity. SPC’s work, she said, was already heading in the direction of a broadband focus, but the COVID-19 pandemic took the topic’s urgency to a whole new level. Most people, O’Connell said, believe that access to the internet is a right. “To participate in today’s world, you have to have [broadband] access. It’s a right, just like clean drinking water, electricity,” O’Connell said. So, until the federal government declares internet connectivity a utility that can be regulated, O’Connell’s organization—and the work of its partners—will focus on identifying internet “dead zones” and cost barriers, then on creating strategies and allocating funding to remedy them. “We believe it is the first of its kind in the nation to use the existing funding model that we use for traditional ‘boots on the ground’ infrastructure to allocate and direct both state and federal funding to go out and actually build these projects,” O’Connell said. Specific Projects What do these projects look like? Sometimes it’s more cell towers in an area. Other times, and especially in urban areas, it’s all about affordability. But over the pandemic, the gaps that the lack of broadband connectiv-
ity highlighted were primarily access to education and health care, because both in-person classes and doctor’s visits went remote. “You don’t want to have a pregnant mom go into a WIC clinic, where she could possibly have been getting exposed to a virus, when she’s already at a risk because of her
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Agriculture, which is a huge asset to Pennsylvania's economy, is becoming increasingly reliant on the internet. 'To be able to compete in a modern agricultural market,' O'Connell said, 'you need to have... connectivity too.' state,” said Stephany. O’Connell also brought up agriculture. It’s a sector, she said, that people often don’t think about when they’re discussing highspeed internet. But outside of its urban areas, southwestern Pennsylvania is a heavily agricultural region; farming is a huge asset to the whole state’s economy. “Agriculture is becoming increasingly automated,” O’Connell said. “The application of robotics and artificial intelligence in the agriculture industry is just booming…To be able to compete in a modern agricultural market, you need to have… connectivity too.” Where It Stands Now Aside from Allegheny County, SWPA Connected has conducted research in Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland counties to try to make sure when the investment in broadband happens, according to Kelosky, “it happens where it actually needs to happen and it really meets the needs of the community.” Right now, SWPA Connected is organizing the data they’ve collected from a public survey as well as from various town hall meeting style “community conversations” they held at public libraries, community See Broadband, Page 8
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Declining conditions of forests are no secret
From Trees, Page 6 brand can they change the world? In short, yes: If billions of people have created the demand, then billions of people can dissolve that demand through their daily actions. The reason forests began to be cut down in the first place is because people demanded it. They—for good reasons—prized the products that came out of forests and built an existence based upon them. Supply is only met by demand, and it is people who are creating the demand. Now more than ever is the time to pump the brakes on the consumption of forest products. Awareness is the first step in reversing deforestation. Think about what is now an old adage: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Consider, for example, if you really need new furniture or if you can hold onto what you have until it becomes “retro.” If you are going to buy, you can buy used; by doing so, you can buy valuable time for society to transition to a better system. Every day, more sustainable brands become available on the market: With your business, you can support and reward the ones who are making a positive difference for everyone. By transitioning to a more conservative relationship with forests yourself, you can drive industries to take on better practices for the
sake of the greater good. Since people are unable to escape their dependency on trees and forests, it’s important to make that dependence a healthy one. Each person won’t be able to turn all of the industries around and eliminate all of the problems deforestation causes in their lifetime. What they can do, though, is pave the way for future generations. The race is on. The facts are in. The declining conditions of forests are no secret. Many nations have initiated projects to restore forest lands and there is a growing industry of large and small-scale forest restoration going on in both the private and nonprofit sectors. Millions of people are joining the environmental movement for the sense of community it provides and the pride they feel for being a part of it. In the next issue, I’ll highlight some of these organizations and their forest restoration efforts. Jeff Karwoski is a certified arborist and the Executive Director of Reforest Our Future, a newly founded nonprofit focused on connecting people and trees. He works in the Pittsburgh area designing native plant installations and is a founding partner of the Leyte Reforestation Project on Leyte Island in the Philippines. You can reach him at reforestourfuture@gmail.com. n
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Gov. Wolf announces support for several broadband projects From Broadband, Page 7 centers, and even the 4-H building at the Greene County Fairgrounds. Residents in the above-mentioned counties are urged to talk to their represen-
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Lack of broadband connectivity can show up in access to education and health care.
tatives about their internet issues and visit the SWPA Connected website at swpaconnectedhub.org, where they can view interactive maps that show the kind of connectivity that’s available in their area. Feedback can also help to keep big internet providers accountable if people note that the internet is not actually available in an area where
providers claim to provide it. “We’re always looking for anecdotal information because it helps tell the story around the data,” O’Connell said. “We work in a data-heavy world, but data doesn’t mean anything unless it has context.” The Bottom Line Things are rolling now: On Feb. 14, Governor Tom Wolf announced the support for several broadband projects as part of the state’s nearly $14.2 million Community Development Block Grant-CARES Act (CDBG-CV) funding. “It’ll probably be 8,10 months, possibly even a year before we’re actually putting any projects down on the ground, but that’s one of the reasons why we are moving very fast,” O’Connell explained. “We knew that this was coming and we want to be ready for when they say ‘OK, now.’ “We are going at a rapid pace right now and we’re operating on multiple fronts at the same time trying to get this thing done.” The bottom line is this, Kelosky stressed: Internet connectivity opens up opportunities. “It really is a matter of equity for children and adults; of education; of information; job opportunities; connecting with loved ones.” n
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Pittsburgh native and oldest living African American Olympian will turn 100 on March 9 By JaQuay Edward Carter This story is published in partnership with the Pittsburgh Community Newspaper Network (PCNN). It was originally printed in The Homepage, the hyperlocal community newspaper serving Greater Hazelwood, Greenfield, Glen Hazel, New Homewood, the 31st Ward and The Run. Herbert Paul Douglas, the “fastest runner to come out of Hazelwood,” recently
Bronze Medal for a 24-foot 8.75-inch-long jump. After the Olympics he returned to Pitt, completing his Master of Education degree in 1950. His father, Herb, Sr., owned an automobile repair shop. He made history as the first African American to use a seeing eye dog. This was even reported in Ebony magazine. Herb Jr. worked as night manager at his father’s auto shop until the Pabst Brewing Company hired him away in 1950. At Pabst,
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Herbert Paul Douglas, the 'fastest runner to come out of Hazlewood,' at a 2018 screening of 'The Renaissance Period of the African American in Sports' at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Tx. said, "I was born 57 years after the ending of slavery." I was shocked when I heard it. It seemed impossible. I had to do the math for myself. I subtracted the year he was born, 1922, from the year 1865, and of course I got the same answer. Looking over his near century of life, nothing was impossible for Douglas. He was born on March 9, 1922 at 160 Hazelwood Ave., across from Gladstone and the First Hungarian Lutheran Church. He would attend both Gladstone Elementary and Junior High. As a teenager, Herb idolized Jesse Owens’ performance in the 1936 Olympics. Gladstone did not include high school curriculum at this time, so he attended Taylor Allderdice High School in nearby Squirrel Hill. He excelled at sports, playing football, and running track before graduating in June of 1940. Douglas dreamed of competing in the 1944 Summer Olympics in London. However, World War II caused the games to be canceled. In the meantime, he earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Pittsburgh. By 1948, he had become a standout athlete, winning three collegiate titles in the long jump. He sailed from New York to London on July 14th for the games that ran from July 29 to Aug 14. Douglas competed and won the
he rose from sales representative to southern district manager, serving as Pabst’s national special markets manager from 1965 to 1968. From 1977 to 1980, he worked as vice president of urban market development for Schieffelin and Somerset Co., where he helped popularize Hennessy Cognac X.O, V.S.O.P, V.S and other brands in the African American community. On June 11, 1982, a Pittsburgh Press newspaper clipping described the Hazelwood honorees at the 2nd Annual Community Banquet. Douglas was honored along with the No. 13 Engine and Truck Company, the Hazelwood Office of Community Action, sportswriter Jim O'Brien, Joe Vilsack, Mildred Johnson, restaurateur Frieda Pyrek Kish, and Alberta Eldridge. Douglas continued to work as an urban marketing consultant until he retired in 1987. He was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. In 2018, he was inducted into the inaugural class of Allderdice’s Sports Hall of Fame. On March 9, 2022, Douglas will celebrate his 100th birthday, God willing. A century of sportsmanship, scholarship, and success. JaQuay Edward Carter is a historian and the founder and president of the Greater Hazelwood Historical Society. n
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CCAC student wins National Court Reporter Foundation scholarship By Ashlee Green Katie Picciano, a court reporting student at Pittsburgh’s Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) has been recognized by the National Court Reporter Foundation (NCRF) for her high academic achievements. Picciano, who was nominated by CCAC and has completed the internship portion of her schooling, is this year’s winner for the NSRF Student Intern Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is given out every year in order to, according to a press release, “ensure that rising student court reporters and newly appointed court reporters receive encouragement and incentives to learn and strive for excellence.” Picciano’s scholarship application essay responded to the question, “What has your student intern experience taught you about this profession in a post-COVID world?” She cited, according to the press release, “an increased reliance on technology” and how it “exposed weaknesses in the courts as well as in society as a whole.” Court reporters, according to The Association for Court Reporters and Captioners (NCRA) website, are “highly trained
professionals who share a unique ability to convert the spoken word into information that can be read, searched, and archived.” They complete “word-for-word transcrip-
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CCAC student Katie Picciano is the winner of this year's National Court Reporter Foundation Student Intern Scholarship.
tions at trials, depositions, and other legal proceedings,” reports the Long Island Business news, and right now, there’s a nationwide shortage of them. “My teachers and classmates at CCAC, my National Court Reporters Association mentor, and all the professional court reporters I have met during my internship have been genuine and encouraging,” Picciano said in the press release. “They kept me motivated to stay on track to graduate in less than two years during a pandemic.” Picciano’s official court reporter career will start this month at West Chester, Pa.’s Chester County Courthouse. n
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Northside Summer Youth guide 2022
The Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) – Northside Partnership is proud to support the 2022 Summer Youth Guide By Maggie Yenchik, Northside Leadership Conference AGH Partnership Coordinator The guide began in 2008 as an initiative of the Northside Health Improvement Partnership (NSHIP) and was designed to give the Northside community more information about safe and healthy activities for children during the summer. Fourteen years later, The AGH – Northside Partnership is pleased that this vital guide has found an annual home in the March edition of the Northside Chronicle. It continues to provide useful information about how to keep kids active and involved in meaningful activities during the summer. Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) and the Northside community formed a relationship in 1989, laying the groundwork for a number of projects. AGH and the Northside Leadership Conference's 15 neighborhood organizations are devoted to responding to an ever-changing changing environment, as well as communication, collaboration, and cooperation between AGH and the Northside Community. Today, 33 years later, this partnership is the longest running between a community and a major medical institution in the Pittsburgh region. It is also the most broad-based of any such partnership attempted in the region, encompassing neighborhood reinvestment, education and employment, purchasing, homeownership and marketing, and health and wellness. On behalf of the AGH-Northside partnership, we hope Northside residents enjoy the 2022 Summer Youth Guide and are looking forward to the enjoyable summer events ahead after a difficult two years fighting the pandemic. Please be on the lookout for the Northside Leadership Conference’s “A Place to Start” health tent at the Northside Farmer’s Market this summer! We will be offering a multitude of health and wellness programming. Programs will range from COVID Teams to discuss and give vaccines, cooking demonstrations, nutrition, health screenings, and more! We're very excited to help Northside families discover out how to keep healthy.
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Local services and organizations will be represented, and there will be different giveaways. Hope to see you there! We're very excited to help Northside families discover out how to keep healthy in the face of the epidemic. Local services and organizations will be represented, as well as free health exams, nutritious food, and giveaways. I look forward to seeing you there!
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Days & Times: Monday-Friday, 9 am – 3 pm both weeks Registration Open Date: register now at aviary.org! Fees: $230 National Aviary Members; $250 Non-Members Contact Info: education.programs@ aviary.org ; register now online and learn more at aviary.org
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gust 12th, 2022 Days & Times: Monday - Friday 1-4pm Registration Open Date: 3/14/22 Fees: $250 Contact Info: Allison Popieski, Arts Education Director, allison@attacktheatre.com
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www.aviary.org/ 700 Arch Street, Pittsburgh PA 15212 National Aviary Career Camp For Teens Program/Description: Is your teen considering a future career in animal care, conservation, or animal behavior? They will love the National Aviary’s Teen Career Camp this summer! Campers learn from National Aviary experts about what it’s like being a zookeeper, an ornithologist, and a veterinarian! Through guided learning sessions, engaging activities, and up-close encounters with birds like an Eastern Screech Owl, your teen will discover how they can prepare now to reach their goal of working with wildlife! At the same time, they’ll also have fun getting to explore the National Aviary’s immersive and engaging habitats. Please visit aviary.org for the National Aviary’s most up-to-date enhanced safety policies. Audience: Teens, ages 13-16 Program Dates: Two camps: July 25-29 and August 1-5
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www.attacktheatre.com/ 212 45th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 Program/Description: Movement Makers uses dance, visual art, and creative play as mediums to encourage the development of children as life-long art makers, movers, and learners. This program is built on the power of creative movement and play to foster positive physical and emotional development. This summer program is designed for students in grades K-5 to develop a greater understanding of dance and visual art as art forms, generate original movement sequences that reflect a variety of dance styles, and create an assortment of visual art projects. Audience: Students in grades K-5 Program Dates: August 8th, 2022 - Au-
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www.thewheelmill.com/ 6815 Hamilton Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa 15208 Program/Description: Gain confidence and skills while having fun on bikes! Weeklong indoor bike camps for all skills levels. Half day and full day options available. Audience: ages 5-17 Program Dates: June 20th-August 26th Days & Times; Monday-Friday 9-12pm or 9-3pm Registration Open Date: March 7th, 2022 Fees: $289.99 and up Contact Info: mike@thewheelmill.com
www.carlow.edu/ 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Program/Description: Summer Workshop Series, Carlow University Summer Workshops for High School Students Audience: Students who have completed grades 9-11 Program Dates: June 21-July 1 Days & Times: Prepare to Care Workshop: June 21-24 Summer Studio Workshops: June 21-25 Summer Science Nation Workshop & Rising Educators Workshop: June 28-July 1 Registration Open Date: March 1, 2022 Fee for Residential: $599 if paid prior to May 1, 2020, $649 after that Fee for Non-Residential: $459 Includes all materials Contact Info: summerworkshops@carlow. edu
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The Pittsburgh Project
2801 N. Charles St, Pittsburgh, PA 15214 www.pittsburghproject.org/ Program/Description: Summer Day camp for grades K-8. Audience: Students entering Kindergarten - Students entering 8th grade (In the fall of 2022) Program Dates: Tuesday, June 21st to Friday, August 5th Days & Times: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Registration Open Date: March 14th Fees: $275 ($200 for families that meet income eligibility requirements.) Contact Info: jlozecki@pittsburghproject. org (K-5th grades) 412-321-1678 ext 530 nthrasher@pittsburghproject.org (6th-8th grade) 412-321-1678 ext 550
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Pittsburgh CitiSports High School Basketball League
Update: the registration deadline is March 15, 2022. Coach’s Meeting is March 15, 2022 @ 6:30PM. All Games Played Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays at Arlington Recreation Center. 2201 SALISBURY ST. PGH, PA 15210. Cost: $150.00/ Team. Minimum of 1 game per week. Any student currently enrolled in HS is eligible to participate. REGISTER: steve.rothhaar@ pittsburghpa.gov or call (412) 652-0422. https://pittsburghpa.gov/citiparks/citisports Anyone who requires an accommodation for effective communication or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity provided by the City of Pittsburgh should contact the City ADA Coordinator as soon as possible but no later than two business days before the event. Hillary Roman, City of Pittsburgh ADA Coordinator, Hillary.Roman@pittsburghpa.gov; Remote Ph: (412) 301-7041; Office Ph: (412) 255- 2102 int. 457.
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2022 Initiatives info@5pmgroupobh.org www.5pmgroupobh.org Coming soon! Our new Podcast, Heritage Day, Flea Markets, and the Community Garden this Spring at Riverview Park Valley Refuge. Anyone can rent a space to grow their own vegetables! Contact us to volunteer, donate, rent a garden spot, or participate in our events. More details to come.
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Update: summer camps opened registration on February 15, 2022. As of February 18, 2022 only two of the thirteen camps were still open to register. https://pittsburghparks.org/learn/summer-camp/ City resident families can sign up to be on the waiting list for sold-out camps in the event of a cancellation. Applications to join the waiting list are found on the registration page.
Pittsburgh CitiParks Summer Programs
Update: CitiCamp scheduling is still be determined as of Febraury 18, 2022. Registration must be completed at the recreation center location you woul like your child to attend. Most camps are suited for children ages 12 and under. Space has been limited in the past and registration typically begins around May. Northside’s Jefferson Recreation Center is a CitiCamp site, located at Jefferson Playground, 605 Rednap St, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh CitiParks Summer Food Program
Update: also known as GrubUp, the summer food program provides nutritious meals for all city children up to 18 years old and individuals with intellectual disabilities up to 21 years old. More information is available by calling (412) 571-3291. https://pittsburghpa. gov/citiparks/grubup
Pittsburgh CitiParks Swimming Operations
Update: all pools are closed for the season, including the historic Oliver Bath House indoor pool located on the South Side. Renovations to the Oliver Bath House were slated to begin in spring 2022 or earlier. Outdoor pool and spray park openings for the 2022 season have yet to be announced as of February 23, 2022. Last year, Northside had one of three public pools open to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions and reported low return of seasonal lifeguards. More information on upcoming opening dates is available at: https://pittsburghpa.gov/citiparks/citiparks-swimming CitiParks is actively recruiting lifeguards to help restore full operations to all of the city’s aquatic facilities from June through Labor Day 2022. Lifeguard Certification Training courses, and recertification for past lifeguards, are offered by CitiParks prior to the season. Applicant must be at least 16 years old by July 1, 2022, a current city of Pittsburgh resident, and willing to work at any facility location. 2022 Lifeguard job applications will be available at: https:// pittsburghpa.gov/citiparks/lifeguard-info. Questions can be directed to (412) 323-7928 or aquatics@pittsburghpa.gov
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Pittsburgh’s Imagination Library Program
Free book mailed to your child, every month with the partnership of City of Pittsburgh with the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for children who live in the City of Pittsburgh and are younger than 5 years old. https://pittsburghpa.gov/mayor/imaginationlibrary
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Tenth Annual Celebration of Seeds Workshops
Program Description: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is excited to partner with Grow Pittsburgh and Phipps Conservatory to provide community workshops for the Tenth Annual Celebration of Seeds! During this interactive workshop participants will learn about seed starting vegetables and herbs indoors. Workshop capacity is limited, registration is required. Materials will be provided. Audience: Teens and adults Days and Times: March 30, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Fee: Free to the public Contact Info: 412.237.1890 Registration: https://www.carnegielibrary.org/event/ tenth-annual-celebration-of-seeds-seed-starting-workshop-and-seed-distribution-3/
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Woods Run Branch
1201 Woods Run Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Kids Club
Program Description: If you're into hands-on projects, epic games, music, books and just chilling out, join us for Teen Time. Audience: For teens in grades 6-12. Days and Times: March 9 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm and March 23 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Contact: 412.237.1890
Program Description: The Library is the place to be! Kids Club programs may include crafts, games, books, technology and more. Meet new friends, hang out with old friends and try something new. Audience: For kids in grades K-5. Days and Times: March 3 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm and March 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Contact Info: 412.761.3730
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Presents Birds of Pennsylvania
Teen Time
Program Description: Spring is a time of great activity in the world of birds. As the days become longer, and temperatures warm, migratory birds return to Pennsylvania to nest or head north in search of habitat. Join an educator from Pittsburgh Botanic Garden to learn what makes birds unique in the natural world, and about the different birds that call Pennsylvania home. Find out what you can do to make your yard more friendly for birds, including plants that attract our feathered friends. Create a pinecone bird feeder to take home. Audience: School-age kids grades K-5 Days and Times: March 18 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Fee: Free to the public Contact: 412.237.1890 Registration: https://www.carnegielibrary.org/event/ pittsburgh-botanic-garden-presents-birds-of-pennsylvania/
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Program Description: If you're into hands-on projects, epic games, music, books and just chilling out, join us for Teen Time. Audience: For teens in grades 6-12. Days and Times: March 8 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm and March 22 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Contact Info: 412.761.3730
Storytime: Baby and Toddler Snugglebugs
Program Description: Explore action rhymes, songs and stories at the Library in this 20-30 minute program. Baby and Toddler Snugglebugs storytimes engage young children and their families in language activities, books and reading, and creative play in a positive atmosphere. Audience: For children birth to 36 months and their caregivers. Days and Times: March 19 @ 11:00 am - 11:30 am Contact Info: 412.761.3730
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PCTV hiring Director of Media Education
From Briefs, Page 1 It’s the last day for select themed events and specials in many Northside restaurants and establishments. At the annual Fat Tuesday party at Allegheny Elks Lodge #339 in Historic Deutschtown, it’s also a chance to “let the good times roll,” according to Lodge President Michael Douglass in a press release. The event will feature New Orleans-style food and beverages. Dixie Doc and the Pittsburgh Dixieland All-Stars as well as Colonel Eagleburger’s Highstepping Goodtime Band will entertain with live music performances, and WESA’s Larry Berger will be crowned this year’s Northside Mardi Gras King. "We are happy to sponsor this wonderful, joyous event once again,” said Tony Rocco, president of Wesbanco, the lead sponsor of the event. “We all need a reason to smile these days!" The event runs from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 a piece and available for cash only, exclusively at the door. Food and beverages are also available for cash only. Guests are encouraged to dress in festive clothing and wear beads. They are also encouraged to be vaccinated and boost-
ed against COVID-19 or to have a recent negative COVID-19 test. Allegheny Elks Lodge #339 is located at 400 Cedar Ave.
PCTV expanding staff with new Director of Media Education position Pittsburgh Community Television (PCTV), the city’s public access TV station, is hiring a Director of Media Education. The full-time position will lead and carry out all PCTV media education efforts. The mission of PCTV is to “empower, educate, and enhance the Greater Pittsburgh community through media.” The station was founded in 1986 and its programming facility is located on Pittsburgh’s Northside. Recruitment for this position closes on March 22, 2022. Find out more information at https://www.pctv21.org/jobs.
Wagsburgh hosts fifth annual ‘kissing booth’ The Valentine’s Day-themed “kissing booth” for pets was back at Wagsburgh this year, with donations benefiting Bridge To Home Animal Rescue.
The event, which took place on Feb. 6, sold out and raised $500 for Bridge to Home, a foster-based rescue in Eighty Four, Pa. Photography was provided by Debbie Thomas. Wagsburgh, the Northside’s specialty pet food and products store, is located at 632 E. Ohio St. in Historic Deutschtown or online at https://www.wagspgh.com/. Find
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Pear and the Pickle, Troy Hill’s beloved coffee shop and eatery, has announced via Instagram that they’re permanently closing their doors. The announcement, which took place on Feb. 18 and was dedicated to the “friends, neighbors, customers, [and] customers who have become lifelong friends and lovers of a good egg sandwich” said that the “romance” that the owners had at one time with their small business has “faded away.” Back in December of 2021, The Northside Chronicle reported that the Pear and the Pickle was undergoing a temporary closure to step away from their business in order to “catch [their] breath” and “figure out [their] next step.” A permanent closure, they ultimately decided, was the answer. Photo: Debbie Thomas, courtesy of Wagsburgh “Life is too short to continue doing A bassett hound enjoys the limelight at the something that doesn’t bring joy,” the ownfifth annual 'kissing booth' at Wagsburgh, ers wrote. “To put it simply, it’s not you, it’s us.” n held on Feb. 6.
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Don's Diner a Hollywood favorite From Escapes, Page 1 stories of people—and animals—breaking free. A Bit of Foreshadowing: Don’s Diner Tucked under a bridge, an unassuming diner has seen more than its fair share of excitement. Located at the other end of the neighborhood from the stables where the horses escaped, it has been the set of more than a few movies and TV productions, including the Netflix original, “Mindhunter” and more recently, Showtime’s “American Rust,” which debuted in September of last year. Bill and Holden get into a car crash in front of Don’s Diner in an episode of Mindhunter. In a stroke of literary foreshadowing,
strolled into Frick’s office and raised his revolver. He fired his first two shots, striking Frick in the shoulder and then the neck. Chaos ensued. Berkman was tackled to the ground by Frick’s associates who finally realized their boss was being attacked, and a third shot from Berkman’s gun fired wayward into Frick’s office ceiling. But Berkman wasn’t done. He pulled out a dagger, and struck Frick’s legs with it from the ground. “He hit Frick two times,” said John Canning, vice president of the Allegheny City Society (ACS). “But Frick, well, he must’ve had an unbelievable constitution, because while Berkman was captured, Frick got some people to deal with his [own] wounds, and then he went home and recuperated [there] in Point Breeze.” Frick survived, and Berkman was sentenced to 22 years in prison. “He was placed in the Western Penitentiary, where he was probably put in a sort of solitary confinement, where he had very few privileges, and a very limited diet,” Canning said. “He really was treated with quite severity.”
Time to Face the Music? Eight years after Frick’s attempted assassination, a woman moved into 28 Doerr St, right next door to the penitentiary. According to a 1937 Pittsburgh Press article, neighbors remembered her as “peculiar” and someone who kept to herself. They frequently heard her playing piano. Some of them remembered an eclectic assortment of supplies being delivered to her house: lumPhoto: Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Mounted Patrol Unit ber, pipes, tools. Facebook Page They probably thought she was reno'Spirit,' the police horse that broke the vating. Certainly, she could not have been aidgate of its stable on Grand Avenue this past January, setting itself and four other ing and abetting the construction of a tunnel from her basement to the outhouse of the horses temporarily free. Western Penitentiary to break out a 30-yearthe diner was also where Russell Crowe sat old anarchist, right? But in fact, she—a “disciple,” like down for a meal in the movie “The Next Three Days,” a film about Crowe’s character Berkman, of international anarchist Emma Goldman—was doing just that. helping his wife escape prison. “Emma Goldman, [Berkman]’s friend, Just a one-minute drive from Don’s Diner are the old walls of the former Western his very close friend—they were both Penitentiary, most recently known as State friends and colleagues and compatriots— Correctional Institution (SCI)-Pittsburgh. she had some people rent a house across The home of many real attempted escapes, [from] the penitentiary, and they began digthe former penitentiary has since turned into ging a tunnel from the street to go into the Penitentiary, and she [was] raising funds to a set for fictional ones. help pay for this,” Canning said. “They almost got through.” An Attempted Assassination The peculiar woman was Vella KinInterlude: The Homestead Strike and sella, who had moved into the house with Alexander Berkman The “Gilded Age” was an era of polit- the man Emma Goldman had appointed to ical machines and rising tension between lead the operation: Eric B. Morton, another labor and capital. A battle between steel- anarchist associate. They introduced themworkers and hired Pinkerton security guards selves to the neighborhood as Mrs. and Mr. and the subsequent Homestead Steel Strike Thomas Brown. As for the music heard by in Pittsburgh culminated in the attempted as- the neighbors, the team was concerned that sassination of Henry Clay Frick, American sounds of digging would raise suspicion, so industrialist and chairman of Carnegie Steel. Kinsella played piano and sang as the crew On July 23, 1892, Alexander Berkman See Escapes, Page 18
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worked. The neighbors had no idea who The Browns really were, nor did they catch wind of the grand plot to break Berkman out of jail before his sentence was slated to end. The police and wardens didn’t either, until the day he tried to use the tunnel to escape. On July 30, 1900, he found his way to the prison outhouse, pried up the wooden floorboards, and began to crawl towards freedom.
Another Tunnel?: History Repeats Itself With Berkman’s failed tunnel escape cemented into the penitentiary’s legacy, it was only a matter of time before history repeated itself. Just 25 years ago, though, another real-life escape story took place there when six inmates orchestrated their way to freedom from underneath the penitentiary’s walls. Succeeding where Berkman had not, they dug a tunnel reportedly 15 feet deep and
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But two days before, a wagon had dropped a load of stone and brick over the tunnel; the route was impassable. Since his way out was blocked, he was forced to return to his cell. He ended up serving the rest of his sentence, later writing a memoir called “Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist,” where he details his side of the story. “People doubted whether he did it or not,” Canning said of the event. “He wrote in his memoir that of course he did it. “He finally was released and in his memoir in 1912… he described the exact plot, that it was his idea, and he divulged the story about how this was his goal to get out of that prison. But he never made it,” Canning continued. “The people in the penitentiary discovered [the tunnel] and filled it up and the people that had built the tunnel… they just skipped town, and [Berkman] never got out [of jail early].” As for Goldman, her own memoir, “Living My Life,” placed her in Europe at the time of the tunnel mishap. She wrote about how, after the incident, one of her friends had burst into her apartment waving the day’s paper: “‘The tunnel. The tunnel!’ her friend whispered hoarsely. ‘It has been discovered,’” the Press reported. “The Browns” were gone by the time police followed the tunnel back to the house’s basement. “Guards rushed into the residence, but found it unoccupied,” the Press reported, “The musician and her friends were gone.”
40 feet long over the course of several weeks. On January 8, 1997—ironically, the same day the police horses broke free of their stables 25 years later—the inmates were found to be missing during a 10:30 a.m. prison head count. By that time, according to a 2005 Pittsburgh City Paper interview with Andrew Heim, one of the escapees, they had descended into the 110-degree tunnel and taken off. In the interview, Heim recounted the day of the escape and said he was the second man to crawl into the tunnel. “I think maybe Carmen Keller came through next, then Tommy Berkelbaugh. His glass eye had popped out down in the tunnel. He spent a few minutes down there, looking for it. It was comical,” Heim said in the interview. Since prisoners at the Western Penitentiary could dress in civilian clothes at the time, the inmates walked out of the prison outbuilding that the tunnel ended in, into the courtyard, and out the gate. Then, they stole a car, got some help from an undisclosed Northside connection, and began to make their way west. By the 12th day after their escape, all six were found and apprehended in Texas. The former penitentiary was shut down in 2017. After its closure, the property became a film set for many movies and TV shows, including “Mindhunter” and “Escape from Dannemora.” Wouldn’t you know it, though, that the Western Penitentiary’s original site was See Escapes, Page 22
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Northside Real Estate Transfers Allegheny City Central
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Johnna Simitoski to Peter Lawson and Kassia Janesch at 1204 Resaca Pl for $553,000.
Estate of Paul Francis Benedik to Eric Butler at 2808 Wadlow St. for $2,000.
Craig Best to Rachel Renee Jones at 1200 Sherman Ave. for $522,500.
Thomas Stacy to Viburnum Equity LLC at McClure Ave. 9 (VACANT LAND) for $1,900.
Jewell Shelby to Todd Meyer at 106 Sampsonia Way for $32,000.
Tim Glackin to Nicholas Marchuk at 2720 California Ave. for $80,000.
Adam Hurley to Nathan Vavro and Tammy Lewis at 1405 Sherman Ave. for $300,000.
2C garage LLC to K & K Express LLC at 3190 McClure Ave. for $415,000.
Up Hill Ventures LLC to Jacqueline Malone at 1217 Boyle St. for $529,000.
John Moore to Elm Construction Services INC at 3117 Wadlow St. for $75,000.
Allegheny West Ethelyn Daniel trustee to Russell Lieurance and Alexis Franks at 907 Beech Ave. for $761,000. Jordan Case to Robert Frew at 1011 Galveston Ave. for $299,900.
Brighton Heights James Kostra to Janice Orlando at 618 Brighton Woods Road for $210,000. Marjorie Mitchell to Stephanie Rozier at 3343 Fleming Ave. for $137,000. Dennis Krisanda to Garret and Brandy Barona at 1224 Goe Ave. for $240,000. John Chance to Moran Lane Properties LLC at 3921 California Ave. for $50,000. Stephen Klayko to Samantha Jefferies and Nadia Jones at 3976 Kleber St. for $75,000. Kevin Andrews to Conrad and Hope Warner at 3424 Brighton Road for $344,900. SFR3 LLC to SFR3 020 LLC at 930 Davis Ave. for $128,000. Joseph Schachner to Seppy Estates LLC at 3515 Fleming Ave. for $36,900. Jennifer Greenburg to Derek Reese and Anne Elaine Rinehart Harder at 3829 Wilksboro Ave. for $227,000.
Becky Schoenecker to Real Deals LLC at 1210 Woodland Ave. for $60,000. Larry Bono to 25 21 Investments LLC at 2351 Atmore St. for $11,000. SSRT Homes LLC to Alexander and Jessica Davis at 1114 Ingham St. for $111,500. Pressley Ridge Schools to Rex Petersen at Marshall Ave. (VACANT LAND) for $15,000. Yu Quan Li to Scholar Beattie LLC at 1229-1231 Dickson St. for $70,000. Estate of Gloria Greppi to Brenda Cutler at 3135 Oxfield St. for $71,200.
Observatory Hill
Damar Ellis to Jared and Sarah Cave at 3404 Delaware St. for $162,750. Regina McClain-Castel to TD Visions LLC at 1 Marshall Road for $119,400. Richard McLaughlin to Michele Darcell Morgan at 3714 Ruggles St. for $13,000. Akil Blount Exclusive Enterprises LLC to ATS REALTY PROPERTIES LLC at 27 Semicir St. for $28,000.
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Tomlin Canam Holdings LLC to Jennifer Valentino at 319 Marshall Ave. for $210,000. Malanzo Davis to SFR3-020 LLC at 517 McClintock Ave. for $80,000.
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Malanzo Davis to SFR3-020 LLC at 519 McClintock Ave. for $61,000.
Jasper Eric Clancy to Lauren Bivins at 2334 California Ave. for $73,300.
Diane Richards to Diane Richards at 204 Langley Ave. for $18,143.
East Deutschtown
Michael McNulty to Emilio Townsend at 2620 Leland St. for $27,000.
Evan Gelacek to Benjamin Wilston at 821 Tripoli St. (VACANT LAND) for $60,000. Community All Spring Garden E Deutschtow to Peter Kuir at 820 Vista St. for $7,500. Roger Reiner to Michael and Karen Wiseman at 910 Wettach St. for $175,000.
High Return Pittsburgh MultiFamily Fund to Paul Kowal at 2420 Perrysville Ave. for $215,450.
DC & AH Holdings LLC to Pitt Vision LLC at 2406 Wurzell Ave. for $160,000
Spring Garden
Jaclyn Lee Yokel to Jason and Angela Durler at 2326 Spring Garden Ave. for $25,000.
Spring Hill
Fineview Brandy Barona to Justin Connolly at 2022 Osgood St. for $500,000.
George Reffert Jr. to William Schneider at 2109 Harbor St. for $5,000.
Fineview Citizens Council Inc. to Leland Raymaley III at 73 Edenvale St. for $5,000.
S. Scott Hallam to Canaima Realty LLC at 1030 Haslage Ave. for $82,500.
Historic Deutschtown William Federspiel to Kevin McCluskey at 609 Suismon St. for $549,000. Donald Dilley II to Damian Dicostanzo at 421 Foreland St. for $380,000. St. Lawrence Properties LLC to David Michael Miller at 514 Knoll St. for $335,000. Christopher Zappa to Arthur and Frederika Demarest at 916 Middle St. for $375,000. Robert Reddinger to Katelyn Nicole Best at 1204 Middle St. for $245,000.
Manchester
John Levar to Krummert Properties LLC at 1316 Itin St. for $20,123. Darian Balcom to Matthew Grebner at 19 Woessner Ave. for $5,500.
Summer Hill
Bassam Albashiti to Allison Demarco at 4257 Evergreen Road for $210,000.
Troy Hill
Rodger Neurohr to Dekoro Homes LLC at 2041 Eggers St. for $121,000. Marlex Properties LLC to Rachel Ann Bigler at 1942 Lowrie St. for $169,500.
Pittsburgh City Treasurer to Creative Solutions Investments LLC at 1431 Adams St. for $19,946. Andrew Clawson to Raymond Roch Legault at 1413 Sheffield St. for $300,000.
John Powers to Kristen Robinson at 3 Waterside Pl for $410,000. Joseph Schwartz to JLA Properties L.P. at 1418 Dehaven St. for $55,500. Kenneth Migliorese to James and Jody Campbell at 59 Waterfront Drive for $555,000. Carl Hoffield to Joseph Kennedy and Dawn Harman at 1418 Gardner St. for $100,000. Kathleen Daniels to Elliot Namay III and Ruby Pinto at 1908 Lowrie St. for $215,000. Nitish Chamania to Milica Bogetic at 1827 Rialto St. for $168,000.
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Kody back for Aviary's 70th anniversary From Escapes, Page 18 located where the National Aviary now stands. The historical marker denoting this fact is on view inside the Aviary’s eagle enclosure. Bird on the Lam When Allegheny City was still a separate entity from Pittsburgh, Henry Phipps gave money to both of the cities for a conservatory in each. The conservatory in Allegheny City became the National Aviary of the Northside, and the other, the Phipps Conservatory in Oakland. Before the Aviary was even built, though, the ground it would eventually stand on was the site of the original Western Penitentiary.
the Aviary after the eagle was safely back home, Kodiak likely broke free through a gap in the wire roof of his enclosure. From Sept. 25 to Oct. 3, Kody was a 4-foot, close to 20-pound fugitive, about as tall as a third grader, only with wings and hollow bones. While he was still at large, news stations and media outlets closely followed the developing story, and the Aviary closed to the public to focus all of their resources on the rescue operation. “The bird was last seen heading north with a recovery team on its tail,” John Hayes from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote about a week after Kody’s initial escape. Kody made his way through the Northside, leading his concerned caretakers on a chase up to Riverview Park, North Park,
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According to Canning, after the Civil War, and after the Western Penitentiary was moved to Marshall-Shadeland in the late 19th century, the land was more or less “a swamp and a dump” and the City decided to turn the area into a more formal park. “When they leveled the penitentiary that was in the commons—that area which we now call the Allegheny Commons—that was all land that was initially used as common land,” Canning said. “If people had a cow— we’re talking early days of settlement—they could take their cow out and graze it in the commons.” Pressure began to emerge to move the penitentiary out of the park, and so, Canning explained, “the site of the old penitentiary became the site of a conservatory.” The two conservatories were originally given by Phipps to the City with the intention of making them free to the public. But, according to Canning, the maintenance costs after World War II were too high, and the City was faced with the dilemma of how they could continue to maintain the Northside conservatory. Eventually, the result was charging people a fee to enter it. Last fall, one of the Aviary’s birds, a Steller's sea eagle named Kodiak, or “Kody,” captured Pittsburgh’s attention for nine stressful days as crews tried to find it after it escaped. According to a press release from
and finally, to Pine Township. The staff at the Aviary relied on Northside residents for sightings of the bird, and two days before his recapture, he was spotted roosting in a tree south of North Park. Staff camped out to keep an eye on him through the night and tried to entice him with a familiar breakfast, but he took off north the next morning. Eventually he was found and safely recaptured, “using professional falconry techniques and equipment,” according to the Aviary’s statement. The Aviary’s update garnered more than 1500 comments of well wishes and over 5400 shares on Facebook. With hundreds of tips, home-cooked meals for staff on the chase, and words of encouragement, the Aviary thanked the Northside and larger Pittsburgh community for their support. It takes a village to find an eagle, after all. “We are incredibly relieved that Kody is back,” said Molly Toth, communications director at the National Aviary, in a statement, “He’s doing well behind the scenes while we renovate his habitat.” Kody’s recapture gives the Aviary room to celebrate their 70th anniversary. According to Toth, “What today is the Tropical Rainforest Habitat was the entire Aviary in 1952.” As for Kody? He’s recuperating in a temporary enclosure. n
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