News Around the Neighborhood
Street Cleaning
Due to the pandemic having large parts of the population at home since 2020, the City of Pittsburgh had decreased the severity and frequency of street cleaning tickets given out, however, starting this month, the City will be bringing the street cleaning program back to 100%. With that comes the return of ticketing for having your car interfering with the street cleaning. Please pay attention to your neighborhood’s street signs, as they will inform you the date you need to adjust your parking. Neighborhood and residential street sweeping begins after 8 AM and ends approximately at 2:30 pm.
April 18 is the Deadline for High School Seniors to Apply for a Landmarks Scholarship
The essays that Landmarks Scholarship applicants have written over the years, describing places in Allegheny County that are especially important to them, are archived at PHLF and are well worth reading. Our Landmarks Scholarship Committee looks forward to receiving more applications this year, by the Tuesday April 18 deadline, and awarding at least one more $6,000 scholarship.
We are now accepting applications for our organization’s scholarship program for high-achieving, community-minded, high school seniors in Allegheny County who will be attending college or university in the fall of 2023.
The deadline to apply is Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
As part of the Landmarks Scholarship application, students are asked to describe in an essay a place in Allegheny County especially important in their lives; these essays–all archived at PHLF–show how our scholarship program has helped future preservationists, architects, designers, and planners realize their career dreams and remain connected to the Pittsburgh region.
This program is funded in part by support from the Brashear Family Fund and the Landmarks Scholarship Fund, including donations to the 2008 and 2014 Scholarship Celebrations, and from the Russell W. Coe Preservation Fund at PHLF.
Click here to download the application
The award of $6,000 is payable over four years to the recipient’s college or university, to be used for book and tuition expenses only.
Click here if you would like to donate to our Landmarks Scholarship Program to help it grow and to ensure that it continues.
Recycling and Trash Collection on Monday
Place trash and recycling out beginning at 6:00 pm Sunday evening for pick up Monday morning.
A few reminders:
- Recycling bins should not contain any small blue “grocery bags.” Recycling that exceeds the capacity of the blue bins should be placed in large, purchased recycling plastic bags.
- Remove all lids and caps from bottles, jars, jugs and cans and discard with regular trash.
- Flatten all corrugated cardboard and bundle with twine or tape, or place in another box.
- After collection, all bins must be removed from the street, alley or sidewalk, per City Ordinance, by Monday at 10:00 pm.
Warhol Museum Happenings
Good Fridays….a weekly event
Fridays from 5:00-10:00 pm, enjoy half-price admission to seven floors of art and archives, rotating exhibitions, free daily events and more. Get timed tickets at www.warhol.org. Discount will be applied during check out.
Sound Series on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 8:00pm
Amirtha Kidambi and Darius Jones collaborate on Angels and Demons. They “join sonic and compositional forces to materialize…musical adaptations of cosmological writings by iconic composer and bandleader Sun Ra.” For tickets and more information, see www.warhol.org.
Annual Flower and Plant Sale at Calvary
Orders are due NO LATER than April 17, 2023
Thursday, May 11th, 1:00-6:00 pm
or
Friday, May 12th, 1:00-6:00 pm
Airbnb Issue in Allegheny West
Airbnb Party | 934 W North Avenue | March 24, 2023
Survey to Decide Community Priorities Now Available
The City of Pittsburgh needs input on 2023 funding decisions.
Have your voice heard!
Every year, the Office of Management and Budget creates an Annual Action Plan to decide how the federal funds managed by OMB-Community Development Division will be spent. Spending priorities were set in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, but each year City residents get the opportunity to rank how important they feel these goals are in the coming year. The survey is voluntary and confidential, and will take up to 10 minutes to complete.
Action Alert: Stormwater Conversations
Participate in a Series of “Stormwater Conversations”
To address Pittsburgh’s stormwater challenges head-on, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) will host a “Stormwater Conversations” series. The six engaging community workshops are intended to gather feedback around planning initiatives currently underway and to hear how stormwater impacts your neighborhood.
Recognizing that everyone learns and receives information differently, the PWSA has designed the workshops to be engaging and interactive. Learn about PWSA’s Stormwater Strategic plan and participate in interactive discussions.
Discussion Schedule
Thursday, April 13 @ Sheraden Health Active Living Center
Tuesday, April 18 @ Phillips Recreation Center
Tuesday, April 25 @ Kingsley Association
Tuesday, May 16 @ Brighton Heights Health Active Living Center
Tuesday, May 23 @ Hazelwood Healthy Active Living Center
Tuesday, June 6 @ Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium
PYSO Returns to the Tiffany Concert Series, Sunday, March 19
PYSO Returns to
The Tiffany Concert Series
Sunday, March 19th at 4:00 PM
at Calvary United Methodist Church
Sponsored by:
The Allegheny Historic Preservation Society
Concert features performances by the PYSO Strings, the Azure String Quartet, second & third-place winners of PYSO Concerto Competition, as well as select artists from the 2023 Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Young Artist Concert Competition
Program includes works by Mozart, Brahms, Shostakovich, Holberg,
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Weber and more.
Location:
Calvary United Methodist Church
971 Beech Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
www.calvarypgh.com
Tickets:
Adults: $20
Children (under 16 years of age): $10
Tickets can be purchased by cash or check at the door. Tickets will not be pre-sold.
Open seating.
An Evening with Ibram X. Kendi: Discussing Antiracism & Children’s Literature
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures presents Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to be an Antiracist and How to Raise an Antiracist, at 6:00 pmm Thursday, March 9, 2023, at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall in Oakland.
Dr. Kendi is appearing with the release of his new children’s book, The Making of Butterflies, a retelling of work by Zora Neale Hurston from her folktale anthology Mules and Men. His conversation with Dr. Valerie Kinloch, Dean of University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education, will focus on the importance of these works of literature within the framework of his antiracism work. In-person and virtual tickets available at pittsburghlectures.org.