PITTSBURGH | Development Rundown II - Page 384

DBR96A · #**7661** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 6:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Austinlee

2010 estimate: 1,223,348
2013 estimate: 1,229,338

The 2012 estimate for Allegheny County was 1,229,886. This means that the estimates have Allegheny County losing 528 people between 2012 and 2013. Expect this to be brought up ad nauseum by those who want to see the city and county fail.

All of a sudden, I can't wait for the 2014 estimates.

LMich · #**7662** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 7:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Austinlee

The Beaver County population loss "slowed to a trickle" between the census.gov estimates between 2010-2013 estimates. If you do the math that pop loss was down to 200 odd residents per year between 2010-2012 one could ascertain that the 2013/2014 numbers registers a growth. God, I thought you people were good with mathematical calculations.

Austin, do you mean the estimates released in 2013? Those would be the July 1, 2012 estimates. The July 1, 2013 estimates for the sub-county areas aren't released until this upcoming July (2013 county numbers should be coming in a month of two).

Admittedly, this is a small distinction, but not one without a difference. I think that's where you confused some folks.

Austinlee · #**7663** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

Austin, do you mean the estimates released in 2013? Those would be the July 1, 2012 estimates. The July 1, 2013 estimates for the sub-county areas aren't released until this upcoming July (2013 county numbers should be coming in a month of two).

Admittedly, this is a small distinction, but not one without a difference. I think that's where you confused some folks.

I suppose the way I calculated it is not exactly scientifically based. I just saw that Beaver County's loss had slowed down to a trickle of only a couple hundred people. So extrapolating that with the yet to be released new numbers in my estimation means the new official numbers should be the first tiny population gain. Also going off of the fact that Allegheny county posted it's first miniscule gains a couple years ago seemed to support that trend.
We will have to see though.

LMich · #**7664** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:21 AM**

Okay, so you were projecting a year into the future. I guess I missed that. I thought you were maybe passing off 2012 numbers as 2013 numbers, for some reason, or found a number from a local statistics agency, or something.

SkyPittsburgh · #**7665** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 11:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by BrianTH

Your photos didn't work for me--which is too bad because I would love to see them!

Well crap, I've been having some trouble uploading photos to this site.

GeneW · #**7666** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 11:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by BrianTH

Your photos didn't work for me--which is too bad because I would love to see them!

They worked for me. Maybe you have to be logged into Google to see them?

Evergrey · #**7667** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 12:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by GeneW

They worked for me. Maybe you have to be logged into Google to see them?

I can't see them either.

SkyPittsburgh · #**7668** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 12:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Evergrey

I can't see them either.

Maybe someone more experienced on here can download them and post them, I'm a bit of a newbie.

Evergrey · #**7669** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 1:24 PM**

Last year's Census Estimates were released on March 14th... so I imagine we'll see them sometime this week.

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Originally Posted by Evergrey

Agreed!

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Can't believe nobody posted the latest Census Estimates which came out today... indicating a 5th straight year of population growth!

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburg...-slightly.html

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...-a-row-679290/

http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3...#axzz2NW33f000

BrianTH · #**7670** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by GeneW

They worked for me. Maybe you have to be logged into Google to see them?

I was logged into Google in general, but then had to sign in to Docs specifically--but that worked, so thanks!

RespectCondor · #**7671** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 4:43 PM**

Pittsburgh will finally be getting some protected bike lanes!

http://bikepgh.org/2014/03/10/its-of...to-pittsburgh/

themaguffin · #**7672** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 4:56 PM**

I saw a Census release listed on their site, but the actual release (they have a release calendar) so yeah any day now for the county estimates for 2013...

BrianTH · #**7673** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 5:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by RespectCondor

Pittsburgh will finally be getting some protected bike lanes!

Great news!

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As part of the Green Lane Project, Pittsburgh plans to install five miles of protected bicycle lanes over the next two years. The protected bike lanes will help improve safety, ease traffic congestion and augment economic activity while providing necessary infrastructure for the city’s upcoming bike share system.

Do we know where those five miles are going to be?

Captain Crash · #**7674** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 5:24 PM**

Apologies if this has already been discussed, but it's the first I noticed of it. While walking my dog yesterday, I saw a sign up for a new building on Carson Street. It's down to the extreme eastern end of the Southside where it narrows into single lanes each way near the GetGo. The picture looked like a small 3 or 4 story office building that's now leasing. I think it was just called 34 Carson. The sign had renders of the building but I didn't have my phone handy to snap pictures. But seems like a decent enough infill project for an otherwise tight parcel.

If I recall it was this lot: https://www.google.com/maps/place/40...!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

BrianTH · #**7675** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Captain Crash

But seems like a decent enough infill project for an otherwise tight parcel.

I agree, particularly if it was four stories.

Evergrey · #**7676** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 8:14 PM**

Welcome to our community, RespectCondor. Thanks for the update.

Jonboy1983 · #**7677** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 9:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by George Woods

AVRR light rail

http://m.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/...out-light.html

Especially considering how AVR wants to serve Steel Plaza, I think it's more logical than conventional, heavy rail.

He does know that the track will need to be replaced because the track gauge is 5' 2.5" and not 4ft 8.5in, right?

Plus, I wonder at which point this T extension would become at-grade. I imagine there'd be a new underground station near the Convention Center with the alignment becoming at-grade and following Smallman St all the way through the Strip to Lawrenceville and beyond...

Austinlee · #**7678** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 9:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

Okay, so you were projecting a year into the future. I guess I missed that. I thought you were maybe passing off 2012 numbers as 2013 numbers, for some reason, or found a number from a local statistics agency, or something.

I also based it off of the fact that I am an active realtor and there has been no letting up of new home construction in various municipalities as this particular suburban county has been transitioning for over 30 years as a collection of industrial river towns to a mainly suburban commuter county with quick highway access to the Int'l airport and the city of Pittsburgh via the I-376 expressway.

Austinlee · #**7679** Posted **Mar 10, 2014, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by RespectCondor

Pittsburgh will finally be getting some protected bike lanes!

http://bikepgh.org/2014/03/10/its-of...to-pittsburgh/

I have just one question to you RespectCondor (if that IS your real name); Do you respect the Hays Eaglets and/or skyscraper Falcons?

Urbana · #**7680** Posted **Mar 11, 2014, 12:03 AM**

The former site of the Chelsea in North Oakland has now gained the attention of a New York-based student housing developer.

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Developer considering Oakland site

A new development team is working to take over a site in in the Bellefield area of Oakland at the corner of Centre Avenue and North Craig Street.

So far, New York-based Park7 Group is declining to offer much detail on any plans.

But a representative of the firm acknowledged it is in “the preliminary stages” of pursuing a development at the location while declining to comment further.

The site, which includes a 26-space Pittsburgh Parking Authority surface lot as well as some neighboring properties, was at one time slated for a 17-story, mixed-use development by Polaris Real Estate Equities, a suburban Cleveland firm lead by Pittsburgh native Guy Totino.

The Polaris project was proposed under the name "The Chelsea" as a development designed to include 300 apartments along with first-floor retail.

Yet that project last saw any signs of progress before the Great Recession. Eventually, it was reduced in size, and a groundbreaking to start construction on it was pushed back. The development plan never made it off the blueprints.

http://m.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/...land-site.html

http://park7group.com/welcome