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Ground-to-Glass Showcase Event: Thank You!
Alleys, Axles, and Ales is a Success: Thank You!
Submitted by Cecile Canales, co-chair
Many, many thanks go out to all the home owners, cars owners, and volunteers who helped make this year’s Alleys, Axles, and Ales Tour a wonderful success. A very special thanks goes to Greg Coll, our AW neighbor of the year, who with many revisions and drafts, created magnificent, colorful posters, ticket booklets, the program and lanyard hot passes. He is most reliable and a tremendous help to everyone.
- Thank you goes to Tom Barbush, Co-Chair, and to our committee members who suggested great ideas and dealt with many decisions. It was a pleasure to work with Carl Canales, Tom Cihil, Doug Debelak, John Engle, Carol Gomrick ,Thomas Huygens, Lindsy McDonald, Mitchell Schwartz, Cathy Serventi, Abi Webb. Thank you to car owners and homeowners not listed above: Tom Armstrong, Dan Barbus, Kelly Brown, Eleanor Colema, John DeSantis, Armand Englebrecht, Linda and Roy Englebrecht, Tim Hudson, Rob Johnson, Kevin Luffy, Ashley Webb, Chris and Mike Zappa.
- Thank you to Jake Bier and Abbey Surrena, of Bier’s Pub, and Nate and Katie LaValla, of Bear Dog Bike, for hosting a Beer Stop at their establishments and their financial support.
- Thanks to out-of-state displays from Michael Skellie, and his father, Dave Skellie, who traveled from Delaware bringing their DeLorean and their brand new Model 3 Tesla; Stephen Bell, of Classic Investments, a financial supporter, who traveled from Denver, CO; Dennis and Peggy Gilligan, car owners, who trailored their 1967 XKE Jaguar from Maryland, and other car owners who brought cars from central PA, Ohio, New York and Florida.
- Thanks to A&L Motors for bringing an F-Pace Jaguar, to Hagerty Insurance, a financial supporter who displayed at their tent, and to Bryan Williams, chief judge, and organizer of the Jaguar Concours Cars.
- And a special thanks to Dan Hermann, Zone 4 Chief Command Officer, who helped secure permits to close and barricade Brighton Road and a Jaguar owner.
- Thanks to our financial sponsors: Babb, Inc., Bellevue House Tour, Gallery H, Giorgio’s, Greg Coll Creative, LeClaire Griewahn & Scott, Coldwell Banker Realtor Susan Meadowcroft, The Modern Cafe, Penn Brewery, SMARTSolution Technologies, Daniel Strinkoski DDS and YMCA.
- Thanks to our own Northside food truck, Newman and Marley, whose delicious hotdogs and sausages fed the volunteers and tour goers.
- Thank you to Dr. Dan for cleaning up leaves and debris before the tour.
Thanks to our ticket collectors, MaryAnne Murphy and Cathy Serventi. Cathy and Dan Adam also helped with online tour info, Showclix, permits and expense reports. - Thanks to the many volunteers Elizabeth Barbush, Carolyn Graham, Sally Graubarth, Bob Knaus, Scott and Hilary Moser, MaryAnne Murphy, Diana Poliziani, Michael Shealy, Doris Short, John from N. Lincoln who carried heavy buckets of signs, and my special assistant for the day, Tony Caruso.
- Thanks to our party organizers who at the end of the day served Chile and Cornbread in the Paddock to our weary volunteers: Fran Barbush, Trish Burton, Mary Callison, Diane Caruso, Nonie Knaus and Abi Webb.
- My biggest thanks go to my husband, Carl Canales, who weathered the past 2 weeks of my insanity.
Proceeds will go to Allegheny YMCA Northside Summer Camp and the Allegheny Commons Park Renovation Project.
From the Nominating Committee: Proposed Slate of Officers
The AWCC Nominating Committee is pleased to present the proposed slate of officers for 2019:
President: Ann Gilligan
Vice President: Tom Barbush
Treasurer: Cathy Serventi
Secretary: Bob Griewahn
Sergeant-at-Arms: Sara Sweeney
Housing and Planning Committee: Ashley Webb
Membership Committee: Greg Coll
Ways and Means Committee: Annette Trunzo
Communications Committee: Trish Burton
Property Committee: Michael Shealey
Friends of Allegheny West: Diane Caruso
Train Tour Guides Needed
The Allegheny West Christmas House Tour is December 7th-8th, 2018. John DeSantis has a magnificent collection of the prewar Standard and Wide gauge trains and will open his collection for tours.
I am beginning to schedule volunteers now for the trains. Are you interested this year? We need approximately 8 people on each shift, as in the past. We close early on Saturday so that guides will be able to go to the neighborhood party which begins at 9:00 pm this year. There are no train tours scheduled after the 6:00 pm tour group on Saturday.
John also has a walkthrough prior during the week of the tour. Please take advantage of this opportunity to view his collection and help AWCC with the train tours. To volunteer, please contact Cecile Canales at ccanales13@icloud.com. Thank you!
Allegheny West Christmas Tour Update
Save the Date! – The annual AWCC Christmas Tour will be held on December 7th and 8th. If you are interested in having your house on the tour, please contact Carol Gomrick at carolgomrick@gmail.com.
Important Dates Leading into the 2018 Tour
Wednesday October 10th at 7:00 pm: Christmas Tour General Meeting | 940 W North Avenue
Wednesday November 7th at 7:30 pm: Christmas Tour Mailer Labeling | Calvary Church
Be a Good Neighbor
Join us for this year’s 7th Annual Geared Up & Grounded: Bike Tour and Block Party on October 13th! It will be hosted at our friend’s place, Providence Connections in the Northside, which is one of our Green Stormwater Implementation sites. Grounded has partnered with many friends throughout Allegheny County to build capacity and transform vacant land into community assets. Geared Up is just one of the ways we get to celebrate these spaces and share them with you.
The bike tour will feature Starbucks Coffee, treats from Eat’n Park, and bicycle mechanic support from Waxwing Cycles; riders will roll out at 9:30 am so plan to arrive early to eat and mingle with friends. Along the ride, guides from the Grounded team and Pittsburgh Major Taylor Cycling Club will be there to help you safely navigate the way. We will get to explore the Northside neighborhoods and chat with community partners who helped to bring these projects to life.
If you can’t ride, don’t worry! Starting at 1:00 pm, there will be a block party hosted at Providence Connections featuring music by Smokestack Lightning, food by La Palapa food truck, libations from local breweries, funnel cakes, tiny bike relay and a host of other family-friendly activities!
Bike Plan Upcoming Meetings
The City of Pittsburgh is thrilled to announce plans for a new Pittsburgh Bike Plan. Since the completion of the City’s first bike plan in 1999, many of the projects outlined in that plan have been installed, national best practices have changed and biking continues to be an important component in many Pittsburgher’s daily routines. Through the implementation of the new Bike Plan, Pittsburghers of all ages and abilities will have a better opportunity to incorporate bike riding into work commutes, recreation activities, daily errand-running, and social events.
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But before the Bike Plan can be finished, we need to hear from you! Throughout the month of October, we are looking for input from residents, business owners, commuters and, really, everyone who interacts with Pittsburgh’s streets. Follow the link below to tell us how to better connect you to the places you need to go. Through this link you can also get more information about a series of public meetings where you can hear more about the City’s priorities, processes and plan.
Website
pittsburghpa.gov/domi/bikeplan.html
Public Meetings
Allentown Senior Center
631 East Warrington Avenue
October 10th
6:00 to 7:30 pm
Manchester Citizen Corporation
1319 Allegheny Avenue
October 15th
6:00 to 7:30 pm
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
116 South Highland Avenue
October 16th
6:00 to 7:30 pm
Note for Neighbors: Parking on Saturday
The Alleys, Axles and Ales tour will be held this Saturday, September 29th. Jaguar cars begin rolling in at 8:00 on Brighton Road. Cars ‘n Coffee cars will arrive on 800 N Lincoln Avenue at 9:00. The Alleys, Axles and Ales tour will be from 11:00-5:00. Bring over you classic car to park on N Lincoln Avenue for a classy, classic car show all day.
In preparation of the tour the following Streets will be closed along with Maolis, Rope and Buttercup alleys.
Street Closings
The 800 block of N Lincoln Avenue and 700-800 block of Brighton Road will be CLOSED Saturday, September 29th for the from 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. Please remove cars from these streets.
Residential permitted cars may be parked overnight Friday, September 28th after 6:00 pm though Saturday, September 28th until 5:00 pm at 3 different location:
- Parking lot on Rope Way and North Avenue (next to 825 North Avenue-the Hipwell building). Thank you, Mitchell Schwartz and Elaine Stone.
- Parking lot across from 829 North Avenue on North Avenue. Thank you, Mitchell Schwartz and Elaine Stone.
- Presbytery Parking lot on Allegheny and Western Avenues. 900-940 Allegheny Avenue.
Neighbors can also park at CCAC lot near Subway Shop on Ridge from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, September 29th. All cars should be removed after 5:00. Cars remaining on lot Sunday will be towed from CCAC lot.
Thanks for your cooperation.
An Extraordinary Documentary – Followed by a Panel with the Filmmaker
RealTime Interventions Presents the Film
The Rest I Make Up
Monday, October 8th
7:00 pm
Maria Irene Fornes is one of America’s greatest playwrights and most influential teachers, but many only know her as the ex-lover of writer Susan Sontag.
When Fornes gradually stops writing due to dementia, an unexpected friendship with filmmaker Michelle Memran reignited her creativity and triggered a decade-long collaboration. What began as an accidental meeting becomes a story of love, creativity, and connection that persists even in the face of forgetting. Theater luminaries such as Paula Vogel, Edward Albee, Ellen Stewart, Lanford Wilson and others also appear in the film to shed light on Fornes’s important contributions.
The Rest I Make Up has received an explosion of interest this summer, from laudatory reviews in the New York Times and New Yorker to a sold-out run at the MoMA and a Fornes marathon at NYC’s Public Theater. RealTime Interventions is thrilled to bring the film and its maker to Pittsburgh, making our city one of the first outside of New York to experience this extraordinary new work.
A panel discussion and Q&A will follow the film, including panelists Michelle Memran (the documentary filmmaker), Katie Pearl (co-producer), Michael Cerveris (star of Broadway, TV, & film), and moderator Molly Rice of RealTime Interventions.
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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returns to Alphabet City!
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Presents
Bernstein: Activism and Engagement
Thursday, October 4th
7:00 pm
Join guest musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Activism and Engagement, a program celebrating the eclectic work of Leonard Bernstein.
Leonard Bernstein — celebrated as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century — ushered in an era of major cultural transition. Through his open attitude about what constituted “good” music, his work bridged classical music, Broadway musicals, jazz, and rock, reaching new and diverse communities of listeners, young and old. He had a deep love for the community-based musicianship of the symphony orchestra—which is the foundation of our partnership with PSO. With a delicious sense of humor, he also exhibited the courage to tackle the most profound questions of the human experience.
Hosted by Associate Conductor of the PSO Andres Franco, this program will feature Venezuelan born pianist Rodrigo Ojeda playing selections from Bernstein’s repertoire. Writers (TBA) will do short readings in response to Bernstein’s unique character, identity, faith and social activism.
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