Pittsburgh Potties, Public School Closures, and a Permanent Ferris Wheel?
It’s the Friday news roundup! The Ferris wheel from Oktoberfest might be gone, but another one is waiting in the wings as part of the North Side’s Esplanade development. We’re talking about the final and very controversial consultants’ proposal to close over a dozen Pittsburgh schools. Plus, more public bathrooms are coming Downtown and why Schenley Park’s Columbus statue was back in the news.
We always cite our sources:
- Piatt Companies presented its plan for the Esplanade development to the City Planning Commission.
- Consultants shared their final plan for reconfiguring Pittsburgh Public Schools.
- Learn more about the plan here.
- A group of public school parents came up with an alternate plan.
- About four years since it started, the legal battle over the Columbus statue in Schenley Park is still going on.
- City officials decided to sweep the encampment on Grant Street, and Our Streets Collective is accepting donations to help our neighbors.
- Anchor Hocking confirmed that the company will close its glass plant in Charleroi.
- Victims of the shooting at Trump’s first rally in Butler gave their first interview and said the Secret Service was negligent in its duties.
- The city’s looking to put more public bathrooms Downtown.
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