Students organize Hill District museum

By Sydnie Pennington | The Duquesne Duke Duquesne graduate students helped to create a one-weekend-only “pop-up” museum in the Hill District last Saturday and Sunday to help residents there tell stories about the community’s past. Public history students from the class of Professor Alima Bucciantini planned and curated the display, which they titled “Our Hill, Our Home, Our Stories: Collecting Our Neighborhood.” The students gathered … Continue reading Students organize Hill District museum

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Battle over housing delays Civic Arena lot overhaul

By Pat Higgins | Asst. Sports Editor It was a failure to secure federal grant money from the Department of Transportation last September that first threw a hitch in the Lower Hill Redevelopment Project where the Civic Arena once stood. As the Oct. 31 option agreement deadline for the redevelopment of the 28-acre site in the Lower Hill looms, Penguins executives and city officials are … Continue reading Battle over housing delays Civic Arena lot overhaul

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Hill District celebrates first grocery store in 30 years

By Brittney Jackson | The Duquesne Duke The Hill District began the celebration of its first grocery store in nearly 30 years on Saturday with a community party in Centre Heldman Plaza. Hill District residents celebrated by coming together to buy food from vendors, get their faces painted and explore the new Shop ’n Save, which officially opened last Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. … Continue reading Hill District celebrates first grocery store in 30 years

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Grocery in Hill District set to open

By Jen Cardone | The Duquesne Duke After a much-anticipated wait, Hill District officials announced that a Shop N’ Save grocery store will open on Oct. 17 in the Centre Heldman Plaza. The Hill District has been without a grocery store for almost 30 years. After many years of starting and stopping the project, the residents are finally obtaining a Shop ‘N Save they have … Continue reading Grocery in Hill District set to open

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City officials, Penguins drop gloves over lot

By Pat Higgins | Asst. Sports Editor The $33.7 million redevelopment project to build three new streets and rebuild four others on the site where the Civic Arena used to stand hit a wall last Thursday when the Sports & Exhibition Authority failed to secure federal grant money. The federal government rejected the authority’s application for $18.7 million in grant money to cover the rest … Continue reading City officials, Penguins drop gloves over lot

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Former Civic Arena site receives grant

By Julian Routh | Asst. News Editor The Pittsburgh Allegheny Sports and Exhibition Authority received a $5 million grant on Feb. 11 to start working on the former site of the Civic Arena. The grant is a part of Gov. Tom Corbett’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program and comes nearly a year after the Civic Arena was demolished. It will allow the SEA to begin constructing … Continue reading Former Civic Arena site receives grant

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