After years of delays, developers are on the verge of officially proposing a massive waterfront development project on Pittsburgh’s North Side that would feature a nearly 200-foot-tall Ferris wheel. Canonsburg-based Piatt Companies first proposed the project dubbed Esplanade along the banks of the Ohio River in the city’s Chateau neighborhood
Pittsburgh was awarded $1.4 million on Wednesday to study whether it should alter a section of Route 65 in the city’s North Side to reconnect the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods. In the 1970s, officials raised a portion of Route 65, also known as Ohio River Boulevard, onto a viaduct to
A Washington County-based developer is moving ahead with plans for a proposed $475 million project that would bring a massive Ferris wheel, splash park, marina, ice skating rink and housing to Pittsburgh’s Chateau neighborhood. The city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority on Thursday approved selling a 5.5-acre property to Millcraft Investments for
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The City of Pittsburgh launched its Move PGH pilot program on Friday by promising to place 100 electric scooters across the neighborhood of Manchester in the near future.
Move PGH is the beginning of the city’s efforts to jump-start its Universal Basic Mobility program. The initiative’s goal is to provide accessibility of up-and-coming modes of transportation such as electric scooters, car-share services and electric mopeds.
“Universal basic mobility is a human right,” said LaShawn Burton-Faulk, executive director of Manchester Citizens Corp. “Easy access to affordable, reliable, convenient transportation services impacts a person’s life more than nearly anything else.”