South Side Curfew, Scary Bridges & Downtown Gets a Grocery Store
While the statistics say crime is going down in the South Side, a few weekends of unruly crowds have leaders talking about a potential curfew for East Carson Street. After decades without a grocery store, Downtown's getting a full-service market with fresh and organic produce, a florist, and even a juice bar. Plus, we're talking about the tools our city has to check on the status of all those closed bridges — and see what construction's in the pipeline.
Notes and references from today’s show:
- East Carson Street closure and checkpoints could be coming to South Side amid rowdy crowds crackdown [KDKA]
- 11 Investigates Exclusive: Pittsburgh considering closing East Carson Street on weekend nights [WPXI]
- South Side’s late-night revelry prompts fresh scrutiny and familiar fears [TribLive]
- Pittsburgh Monthly Incident Dataset 2024 [Pittsburgh Police]
- Pittsburgh Monthly Criminal Activity Dashboard [Pittsburgh Police]
- How Well Do You Know Pittsburgh? Take This Quiz! [City Cast Pittsburgh]
- Why does Pittsburgh have so many glass block windows? [WESA]
- More Pittsburgh bridges rated ‘poor’ than before Fern Hollow collapse [PublicSource]
- City Bridge Projects [City of Pittsburgh]
- Bridges Dashboard [City of Pittsburgh]
- One in five Pittsburgh area roads rated poor for roughness; Route 228 tops the list [WTAE]
- New grocery store to open in Downtown Pittsburgh [WTAE]
- U.S. House subcommittee backs Rep. Summer Lee's effort to subpoena Epstein files [WESA]
- Pennsylvania 911 outage was caused by operating system issue, not cyberattack, preliminary report says [CBS News Philadelphia]
Have thoughts about a potential curfew on East Carson Street? Call or text the SOUTH SIDE HOTLINE at 412-212-8893.
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