Downtown Population increased 25% since 2000 (Pittsburgh, Plum: apartment complex, Home Depot, contractors)

[pman]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

Agreed. The overall design has actually grown on me--just tweak the details on that one hotel "block" and I'd be more or less satisfied.

And even if they don't tweak it, one can always hope it will look less bad in person (stranger things have happened).

one can only hope, the office portion isn't bad but the hotel block looks like off the shelf schlock

[wpipkins]

Originally Posted by ML North

I think the office building will fit nicely with PNC 3 and the new PNC Tower. The "stacked blocks" is reminiscent of PNC 3, and that brown trim a long the edges has some thematic similarities to the "boxes" inside PNC Tower.

I was thinking the same thing. The three should compliment each other in the same way that PPG, Fifth Avenue Place and One Oxford did in the 80's.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by wpipkins

I was thinking the same thing. The three should compliment each other in the same way that PPG, Fifth Avenue Place and One Oxford did in the 80's.

Downtown has a lot of cool little mini-sets of buildings from a particular era--Gulf and Koppers, the older high-rises around Forbes just west of Grant, the Fourth Avenue high-rises . . . this could indeed be a nice addition.

[wpipkins]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

Downtown has a lot of cool little mini-sets of buildings from a particular era--Gulf and Koppers, the older high-rises around Forbes just west of Grant, the Fourth Avenue high-rises . . . this could indeed be a nice addition.

Dont forget about the Oliver Ave cluster and Gateway Center.

[wpipkins]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

Downtown has a lot of cool little mini-sets of buildings from a particular era--Gulf and Koppers, the older high-rises around Forbes just west of Grant, the Fourth Avenue high-rises . . . this could indeed be a nice addition.

The Gulf / Koppers / Federal Building / Federal Reserve / and Federal Courthouse is an amazing cluster when viewed from the Busway. When I get off of the P1 every morning, I purposely cross the busway to get that amazing veiw.

[pman]

[LEFT]Stick with the mumbo sauce.
Potato, po-tah-to, mumbo or mambo -- however you say it, it's said to come from Washington, D.C., possibly originating at the city's black-owned restaurant chain, Wings and Things, in the late '50s. It's a red sauce, sweet and spicy, not quite barbecue and not quite hot sauce, and it was soon adopted by Chinese restaurants in the area.
As for the food, the most you'll spend on a large platter is $9.99, and that's good for fish or chicken (or both) and two sides. The fried tilapia comes lightly breaded -- not one of those heavily battered leviathans that are common at Lent -- and nicely seasoned. Baked chicken is dynamite, moist without being oily. Side order portions (fries, green beans, carrots, zucchini and more, $2.50 each) are basic, but substantial

Read more: Munch goes to Blue Seas[/LEFT]

[SteelCityRising]

Capitalizing upon the rapidly-growing population Downtown, a resident is apparently hoping to open her own ACE Hardware store here in 2012:

Hardware store may open Downtown

"The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership estimates that there are 4,500 people living Downtown. The number of apartments and condominiums has increased from 1,230 in 2000 to 2,300 now, with another 560 units in the pipeline."

"Stuls Ace Hardware, the name Ms. Fisher has chosen for the store, also will sell art and pet supplies and housewares. She wants to stock American and locally made products. She also is working on an iPad application that would allow customers to place online orders and have them delivered to their doorstep."

Really once this hardware store opens the last thing Downtown would need to truly have it all would be a grocery store.

[ML North]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Capitalizing upon the rapidly-growing population Downtown, a resident is apparently hoping to open her own ACE Hardware store here in 2012:

Hardware store may open Downtown

"The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership estimates that there are 4,500 people living Downtown. The number of apartments and condominiums has increased from 1,230 in 2000 to 2,300 now, with another 560 units in the pipeline."

"Stuls Ace Hardware, the name Ms. Fisher has chosen for the store, also will sell art and pet supplies and housewares. She wants to stock American and locally made products. She also is working on an iPad application that would allow customers to place online orders and have them delivered to their doorstep."

Really once this hardware store opens the last thing Downtown would need to truly have it all would be a grocery store.

Oh man, I'd love that. I procrastinated changing a damaged electrical socket in my apartment for a year. Had there been a hardware store Downtown, I would've gotten it done it 6 months!

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Really once this hardware store opens the last thing Downtown would need to truly have it all would be a grocery store.

You've given up on that "just walk across the bridge to the north side Giant Eagle" business? Will wonders never cease.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by jay5835

You've given up on that "just walk across the bridge to the north side Giant Eagle" business? Will wonders never cease.

I wasn't the one that was rah-rahing for that Giant Eagle. I've been there before and think it's a total dump with a lot of unsavory characters panhandling nearby. BrianTH and our resident North Siders are the ones who promote that store. Downtown would serve well to be the site of our city's first Harris Teeter.