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What could the future be for 22 empty school buildings during a recession in a city that has been draining of people for half a century? The Urban Redevelopment Authority has taken on the challenge of finding out by becoming the school board’s real-estate agent, Kyra Straussman, the URA’s real estate manager, told about 50 [...]
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The 12th Ward Democratic Committee is inviting residents to discuss the recent sale of the Lemington Elementary School building at a meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 7060 Lemington Ave.
Last month, the Pittsburgh Public Schools board sold the building to Destiny International Ministries for $125,000. The 7-year-old ministry, now [...]
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“NICE, CLEAN, Nicer!” shouts the eBay offer, boasting of a century-old duplex with great hardwood floors in a quiet Cleveland neighborhood. At this East 72nd Street house, “nice” means windows boarded, siding stripped, kitchen counters missing. “Quiet” means deserted, with half the neighboring homes boarded up and stripped, and one house just a pile of [...]
