Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition and UncategorizedSeptember 20, 2016 The Gift of Community – Day of Giving 2 September 21st, 2016 This #DayofGiving, September 21 (8am to midnight), you can give the gift of a vibrant, sustainable Squirrel Hill community with a donation to the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition at PittsburghGives. Thanks to the generosity of our SHUC Board of Directors and our Coalition members, every dollar you give will be matched up to $10,000 at givingday.pittsburghgives.org.CONTINUE READING
Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition and Treasures Dinner and Weekly News UpdateJuly 13, 2016 6th Annual Squirrel Hill Treasure Awards November 2nd, 2016 Each year, the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition honors one place and three people or organizations that have had a strong impact on Squirrel Hill. They’re designated as ‘Treasures.” Past honorees have included the Manor Theater, Karla Boos of Quantum Theater, Honorable Mayor Sophie Masloff and the Homewood Cemetery. For our 2016 Annual TreasureCONTINUE READING
Lead Stories and Squirrel Hill Urban CoalitionSeptember 29, 2016 Architectural Preservation on Forbes and Shady By Ian G. Rawson When I first came back to Pittsburgh in 1962, the Forbes/Shady corner offered the choice of gas stations on three corners and Rosen’s drug store on the fourth corner with Dora’s small grocery as its neighbor on Shady. Images from the 1920s, found in the Carnegie Library’s historical online image bank,CONTINUE READING
Lead Stories and Squirrel Hill Urban CoalitionSeptember 28, 2016 Squirrel Hill Features in Pittsburgh Noir Short Story By Eleanor Ruth Smith “…I love the rush. It makes me feel dangerous and exciting, and I am neither of those things without it.” Pittsburgh Noir is a collection of short stories compiled by Kathleen George, fourteen stories by fourteen local authors. Arranged in four geographically themed sections, the story “Cheater” by Aubrey Hirsch,CONTINUE READING
Lead Stories and Squirrel Hill Urban CoalitionSeptember 27, 2016 A Cup of Coffee and Bagel with Ivan Frank By Sonia Panic When one thinks of a coffee shop, they rarely think of integration, education and communication, but Ivan Frank does. Frank describes his coffee shop as “the place that integrated me into my community and into my social justice life.” Though he frequents the many coffee shops that line Forbes Avenue, there isCONTINUE READING
Lead Stories and Squirrel Hill Urban CoalitionSeptember 26, 2016 From Nurse To Author: Theresa Brown’s “The Shift” By Shane McLaughlin From a young age, Point Breeze author Theresa Brown dreamed of a life and a profession where she could talk with her peers and colleagues; argue about ideas and books. Coming from a home with parents who were academics, this is no surprise. However, after getting her Ph.D. in philosophy and teachingCONTINUE READING
