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Children's opens research center

October 30, 2008

Children's Hospital on Wednesday marked the opening of its research center in Lawrenceville by shining the spotlight on the philanthropist whose contributions have supported vital research into childhood diseases.

$125M research center opens at Children's Hospital's new Lawrenceville campus

October 29, 2008

Marking the first completed phase of its $625 million Lawrenceville campus this morning, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC opened the new John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center.

New hospital a boost for Lawrenceville and Bloomfield

October 23, 2008

Ten years ago, the same Lawrenceville house might have gone for $30,000, says Tony Ceoffe. But this spring, the place two houses up from his went for five times that -- purchased, not incidentally, by a pediatrician. The home with a yard adjacent to his, on 39th Street, just sold for $190,000. A townhome five blocks away is under agreement for $180,000.

Pittsburgh neighborhoods go Hollywood

September 24, 2008

"Greetings From Pittsburgh: Neighborhood Narratives" consists of nine short fiction films about nine neighborhoods -- "Mombies" taking over Lawrenceville; a psychological, generational struggle over a parking space in the South Side; and "Steeler Santa" in the Strip.

Pittsburgh Ronald McDonal House Moving

August 26, 2008

The Ronald McDonald House of Pittsburgh is leaving its longtime home in the Shadyside neighborhood and moving to the Lawrenceville area of the city.

Foster was born on July 4

July 4, 2008

America celebrates her 232nd birthday today.Stephen Collins Foster, who has been called “The Father of American Music,” learned to play the flute at the young age of 7. Foster would go on to write more than 200 songs during his much too short lifetime.

Composer Stephen Foster's life in city helped shape music

June 22, 2008

The early years of Lawrenceville's Stephen Collins Foster helped shaped the music he would write later in his life.

Region's employment picture shifts to health care

June 1, 2008

For decades, U.S. Steel Corp.'s 64-story tower has loomed over Pittsburgh much the way heavy manufacturing reigned over the region's jobs picture. But in a sign of the times, a new moniker is being mounted atop the skyscraper this month: "UPMC." The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the region's biggest employer, is moving its headquarters -- and 2,250 jobs -- from Oakland to the Downtown tower.

Councilman gets an earful, but he asked for it

May 22, 2008

Last week, it was the farmers market in Bloomfield. This week, the Carnegie Library in Lawrenceville. Next week, Councilman Patrick Dowd will take his remote office to Enrico's Tazza d'Oro coffeehouse in Highland Park.

An exuberant Burton Morris pursues upbeat approach

May 11, 2008

Burton Morris, the hugely successful commercial artist from Pittsburgh, will help plan the artwork at the new Children's Hospital set to open in Lawrenceville.

One Year Until the New Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Opens in Lawrenceville

May 10, 2008

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is just one year away from opening its new state-of-the-art hospital campus.

Pittsburgh Gets Shady; New Trees To Be Planted

April 16, 2008

Watch coverage of the TreeVitalize event in Lawrenceville.