New Historic Review Commission presentation. Warning, it's 561 pages long, containing 25 projects. Mostly small remodeling projects on historic homes, but a few things of interest.
1. 197 Western Avenue (
Shamrock Cafe) is having extensive facade restoration done so it won't be so much of an eyesore any longer. They're also adding some outdoor seating to the existing side parking lot, and fencing off most of the remainder (looks like car access will only be from Maolis Way, with only a small gap in the fence in the front for people).
2. City Theatre on Bingham Street is planning to build a small extension to its existing building, which will mostly be tucked within
a private alley already on the same parcel. The expansion overshadows the original church dimensions IMHO and probably violates the spirit of Pittsburgh's preservation guidelines, but it might be "read" from the street as being a floating building attached to the theatre's side.
3. Trek is applying "after the fact" for the rear facade changes made to the shell of the Garden Theatre in the North Side. These changes were not made by them, but the previous developer, so I have some sympathy. That said it was a pretty terrible hacking up, basically demolishing half the building and losing any functionality it would have as a theater in the future, in the name of meeting city zoning's parking requirements, and hopes of attracting a tenant.
4. Work is (finally) being done on the New Grenada Theater in the Hill District. There are extensive pictures of existing conditions, but nothing in the way of renderings.
5. There's some information in the presentation about the scattered site affordable housing rehabs Mistick is doing on the North Side. The overall project envelope is Central North Side west of Federal, California-Kirkbride below Morrison, and a small portion of Perry Hilltop around Chautauqua Street. Mistick is moving to refurbish many of their properties within this general geographic area.