History8 min read
The Neighborhood Pittsburgh Erased for Progress
Lower Hill urban renewal cleared a dense Black neighborhood for a redevelopment vision whose promised replacement city took decades to materialize.
2026-08-11
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The Mall That Pittsburgh Built to Save East Liberty—and Nearly Killed It
East Liberty’s Penn Circle and pedestrian-mall experiment tried to compete with suburban shopping but disrupted the street network and commercial ecosystem it was meant to save.
2026-08-11
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History8 min read
The Neighborhood Pittsburgh Almost Erased—and the People Who Fought Back
Manchester and Chateau show two sides of urban renewal: clearance and industrial conversion on one side, preservation and resident organizing on the other.
2026-08-11
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