News Around the Neighborhood
New Sun Rising Seeks Residents for ONS Mini-Grant Street Team
New Sun Rising is set to lead the 2019 One Northside (ONS) Mini-Grant program and are in search of four Northside residents to serve on the Street Team that will support community members in their efforts to advance the ONS vision.
Members of the Street Team will receive a stipend of $1,500 and must be able to commit 60 hours in total, including training, throughout the months of August, September, October, November in 2019 and February 2020.
Showcase Manchester is August 4th
It’s finally happened: We’ve grown beyond just a home & garden tour this year. The Manchester House + Garden Tour is now Showcase Manchester. Please join us Sunday, August 4th from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm to tour Victorian homes, lush gardens and new businesses that are calling Manchester home.
New for 2019 is our Guided Tour option. Neighborhood residents will escort a small group along the tour route and share stories about neighborhood history and highlights along the way. This tour is almost sold out, so grab your tickets today!
You can read about our tour in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s recent story, featuring one renovation project ready for new residents.
Advance Showcase Manchester tickets are $15; tickets will be $20 the day of the tour. Guided tour tickets are $30 each. Tickets are available online at manchesterhousetour.com. Tickets are also available in person at City Books, 908 Galveston Avenue.
Showcase Manchester is sponsored by Manchester Historic Society. All proceeds from the tour help fund work at the Colonel James Anderson House. For more information, please visit mhspittsburgh.org.
PHLF: The Pittsburgh Story and Remaking Postindustrial Cities
Location: Landmarks Preservation Resource Center, 744 Rebecca Avenue
Date: Thursday, July 25th
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Contact: marylu@phlf.org or (412) 471-5808 ext. 527
In this lecture, Don Carter, director of the Remaking Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, tells the story of Pittsburgh and other post-industrial cities through his recent book, Remaking Post-Industrial Cities: Lessons from North America and Europe. The book examines the transformation of ten post-industrial cities after the precipitous collapse of big industry in the 1980s on both sides of the Atlantic. Carter brings together in-depth case studies of five cities in North America (Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Pittsburgh) and five cities in Europe (Bilbao, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Ruhr Region, and Turin). The book documents the cities’ recoveries in the thirty-year period from 1985 to 2015.
About the Presenter: Don Carter is the David Lewis Director of Urban Design and Regional Engagement of the Remaking Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He also teaches in the Master of Urban Design program in the School of Architecture. Prior to joining CMU, Don was the president of Urban Design Associates in Pittsburgh, where he led many of the firm’s most complex projects, drawing upon his broad international experience as an architect, urban designer and developer over 36 years. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the American Institute of Certified Planners, and a member of the Urban Land Institute where he was national Chair of the Inner-City Council. He holds a degree in Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University and did post-graduate study in urban design and regional planning at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
This lecture is FREE and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated: marylu@phlf.org or (412) 471-5808 x 527.
URA’s Neighborhood Initiatives Fund (NIF) is Open
We are pleased to announce that the funding round for the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund (NIF) is open!
NIF is a pilot grant program administered by the URA’s Economic Development department. Grants will be awarded through a competitive process in order to:
- Help unlock the economic and placemaking potential within neighborhoods
- Support vision-to-action community investment strategies that build an equitable Pittsburgh
- Formalize collaborative partnerships across the City
The Program is intended to assist nonprofit and community-based organizations with neighborhood-scale projects that improve quality of life and maintain the neighborhood as a desirable place to live. These projects include efforts that encourage investment through vacant property reclamation and stewardship, historic preservation, brownfield redevelopment, public infrastructure improvements, and/or other eligible efforts. Nonprofit organizations with for-profit development partners are also eligible to apply.
Grant Applications are due October 1, 2019.
Information Sessions
August 5, 2019 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Beechview Active Healthy Living Center
1555 Broadway Avenue
August 6, 2019 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm
West End Active Healthy Living Center
80 Wabash Street
August 8, 2019 | 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Kingsley Association
6435 Frankstown Avenue
August 15, 2019 | 12:00 – 12:40 p.m.
Webinar
Information Sessions in Central and North Locations will be schedule soon.
Summer Fun!
Presented by Pittsburgh Musical Theater
July 10-13
Summer Musical Theater is a fun, immersive, and educational summer day camp for ages 4-18 that runs Monday-Friday and ends with fully produced shows in the New Hazlett Theater during the 4th week!
Performances Include
Heroes & Villians, Broadway Juniors – July 10 & 12
Disney’s Frozen Jr., Preteens – July 10 – 13
Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Teens – July 11 – 13
Dance Emphasis, Teens – July 13
Letter from the President – July 2019
“All you need in the world is love and laughter. That’s all anybody needs.
To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.” ― August Wilson
Allegheny West Civic Council business typically slows down dramatically during July and August, with the Council often not holding General Membership meetings during these high summer months. Because we do have to vote on the budget, we will hold the July meeting as scheduled on Tuesday, July 9th. However, our regular meeting space at Calvary Methodist is not available so we will relocate the meeting for July. The alternate location is not yet confirmed, information will be provided via email blast so please be on the lookout for that update. The July meeting will also be somewhat abbreviated as we’ll have time constraints – the Treasurer’s report and budget will have top billing, followed by Ways and Means and Housing and Planning updates.
We head into the slower summer months on the heels of a very busy spring. There are some people who deserve a special mention for their efforts on recent neighborhood events:
Carol Gomrick – Chair of the Tour and Tasting event which was a big success in large part due to Carol’s hard work. So many people volunteered their gardens, time, talents, etc. and Carol coordinated all that work! It was an impressive team effort and we’re lucky to have Carol leading the way!
Greg Coll – and his team pulled off a lovely Memorial Day picnic even going so far as to arranging perfect weather.
Diane Caruso and Trish Burton – are responsible for the new brick pathway and beautiful look of the parklet at Western Avenue and Brighton Road. They corralled resources to finish this garden upgrade before the tour and it looks great.
Of course there are many others volunteering their time towards Allegheny West projects and events, we are very lucky to have many neighbors who give their time so generously.
And speaking of August Wilson, the cast and crew of the movie, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom will be around the neighborhood, particularly on the 800 block of W North Avenue filming in the next couple of weeks. Look for flyers with details on road closings and contact info to be distributed to affected homes.
The July 4th neighborhood picnic will highlight love, laughter and a rib cook off. Hope to see you there!
Ann Gilligan
President, AWCC
AWCC Membership Meeting – July 9, 2019
Calvary United Methodist Church, 971 Beech Avenue
Tuesday, July 9th at 7:30 pm
- 7:30 – June Membership Meeting Minutes
- 7:40 – Treasurer’s Report
- 8:10 – Ways & Means Update
- Tour & Tasting Recap
- 8:15 – Housing & Planning
- WANID Update
- Historic District Expansion
- 8:30 – Adjournment
Seeking Members for the Ways and Means Committee!
Attention Neighbors: We need people who are interested in fundraising activities to join the Ways and Means Committee. We put together the various tours, raffles and special events for the neighborhood. Please consider becoming involved in the planning of upcoming events. Committee meetings are on the second Monday of each month at the AWCC office (806 Western Avenue) at 7:30 pm. For the July 10th meeting, there will be a debrief from the Wine Tasting Tour and discussion of preliminary plans for the Victorian House Tour. Hope to see you there! Any questions, please contact Annette at act1@pitt.edu.
Fourth of July Parade
Young and old are encouraged to festively and patriotically decorate their bikes, trikes, baby strollers, wagons and any other vehicle to participate in the Allegheny West 4th of July Parade! The parade route begins on 800 N Lincoln Avenue at 4:00 pm sharp. Put out your lawn chairs early to get prime viewing of the parade. Winners will be chosen from the following categories: Most Entertaining, Most Patriotic, Best Design and Craftsmanship and Best of Parade.
Filming in Allegheny West
The Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, based on a play by August Wilson and starring Viola Davis, is set to be filmed in Allegheny West. The film, which takes place in 1920s Chicago, will include exterior scenes of buildings in the neighborhood.
- The filming is expected to occur between July 8th and 12th during daylight hours. The 800 block of W North Avenue is anticipated to be closed to traffic for approximately two days so that exterior scenes of the street and buildings can be filmed.
- A set depicting Chicago in 1927 is to be constructed in the lot between the Stables Building and Q Development in the 800 block of W North Avenue. Construction of this set will begin around June 20th but should not affect traffic on W North Avenue.
- Exterior filming in the 700 block of Brighton Road is expected to last approximately 2 hours.
- Interior filming of a home in the 900 block of North Lincoln Avenue is expected to last approximately 6 hours.
If you have questions regarding the filming please reach out to the location manager Jim Mahathey at (412) 841-2340 or email via jamfilm@gmail.com.