Posted Oct 9, 2014, 4:10 PM
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Originally Posted by eschaton
I think this area has the most potential in the short term, because some of the old neighborhood is left. More than elsewhere in the North Shore anyway. My favorite area to wander down there anyway (which admittedly isn't saying much).
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I also wander through that area sometimes, and agree on its immediate potential. It has some nice existing buildings, and is just across the river from Downtown, and as you point out has access to the Giant Eagle and the rest of that commercial area--seems like an easy case.
I also agree about all the buildings you picked out being well worth saving.
228 Isabella is the former Frederick J. Osterling Studio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi...ice_and_Studio
As indicated there it is listed with the National Register and the PHLF. I don't know if it is also listed under the City Code, but it sure should be.
Edit: These are the ten criteria for City designation. You just need one. You can make an argument the Osterling studio hits almost all of them:
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(1) Its location as a site of a significant historic or prehistoric event or activity;
(2) Its identification with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the cultural, historic, architectural, archaeological, or related aspect of the development of the City of Pittsburgh, State of Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic region, or the United States;
(3) Its exemplification of an architectural type, style or design distinguished by innovation, rarity, uniqueness, or overall quality of design, detail, materials, or craftsmanship;
(4) Its identification as the work of an architect, designer, engineer, or builder whose individual work is significant in the history or development of the City of Pittsburgh, the State of Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic region, or the United States;
(5) Its exemplification of important planning and urban design techniques distinguished by innovation, rarity, uniqueness or overall quality of design or detail;
(6) Its location as a site of an important archaeological resource;
(7) Its association with important cultural or social aspects or events in the history of the City of Pittsburgh, the State of Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic region, or the United States;
(8) Its exemplification of a pattern of neighborhood development or settlement significant to the cultural history or traditions of the City, whose components may lack individual distinction.
(9) Its representation of a cultural, historic, architectural, archaeological or related theme expressed through distinctive areas, properties, sites, structures or objects that may or may not be contiguous; or
(10) Its unique location or distinctive physical appearance or presence representing an established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, community, or the City of Pittsburgh.
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Last edited by BrianTH; Oct 9, 2014 at 4:22 PM.
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