Chris Briem (www.briem.com)

Ok. I have to point this one out because the sales pitch says you get to live in “the *epic* neighborhood of ‘Lower Lawrenceville’” (emphasis added). Far be it from me to add that it is actually in Central Lawrenceville. But we’re now ‘epic’!

Is this native to Bloomfield?

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All I remember is that late in the NRM lifespan and they were going backrupt they started trying to sell these roller-scooters. Didn't help. There was also long ago a story from well before current trolls existed of some unknown folks playing NRM stock on some message boards. It was all very odd.

Music X, Oasis Records.... not NRM?

With news of Monroeville Mall's possible demise, and ongoing travails at Pittsburgh Mills, interesting to look back at this article from 1989. (PG: April 10, 1989). At the time there was this 'fear' in economic development world that we were 'under-retailed'... Like, really? (PG: April 10, 1989)

Plans To Raze Pittsburgh Mall Proposed A longtime Pittsburgh mall soon could become a memory. Patch provides the details.

ah... quote from here.. quoting a state report:
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Monroeville Mall soon to be the Isalys of eastern Allegheny County.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Not me!

Is the Turners crate account on this site?

Cleveburgh: Christopher Briem’s tale of two Rust Belt cities Why’s an Ohio-based publisher like Kent State excited for Christopher Briem’s upcoming’s study of Pittsburgh, Beyond Steel? For one thing, we’re invested in relationships be…

With the Browns and Steelers facing off this Sunday, it seems like a good time to ponder the relationship between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. @chrisbriem.bsky.social, author of our upcoming book “Beyond Steel,” argues it’s worth approaching the cities not as rivals but as Rust Belt partners.

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Flush them all at once and the 150 year old Lawrenceville sewer line explodes.

Boom goes the dynamite!

NetBEUI=evil. IYKYK.

For the cyber-archeologist who reads this someday. When Novell networks were the shiz, Windows for Workgroups was built on non-routeable packets. Gates is a lucky idiot. Just saying.

As a former certified Novell Netware Engineer, I applaud the effort.

It’s sitting there. Right next to the bed.

Hey @someclevername.bsky.social

"Interview: Chris Belasco, chief data officer, City of Pittsburgh"
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666319...

How Trump’s War on ‘Woke’ Threatens Pittsburgh's Economic Revival Also today: What really happened in the storm clouds over Dubai, and the White House halts $2 billion for Chicago’s trains.

Bloomberg: How Trump’s War on ‘Woke’ Threatens Pittsburgh's Economic Revival

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Shell's petrochemical problem in Pennsylvania Lessons to learn from Shell's petrochemical investment in Monaca, Pennsylvania

Missed this.. awfully dour "bleak market prospects" for the Beaver County cracker.
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And again, for the city boo birds, by far the lowest unemployment rate across southwestern Pennsylvania remains that for the City of Pittsburgh. This has become normal of late, but certainly wasn't for decades.

New: Pittsburgh MSA unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) for August 2025 unchanged at 3.9%
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Was looking something else up, but came across this page 1 story from 1989.

Ok, last one for now. This one people argue with me about because they can't, or don't want to, believe it.

I have not had a chance to look at the latest ACS (1-year, 2024) data much as yet. Anyone have a suggestion of what benchmarking to update? Here is how Pittsburgh (MSA) compares in terms of foreign-born populations with other larger metros.

This comes up for me often, but this idea that Ohio is vastly outperforming Pennsylvania in job creation is... the opposite of reality! I don't get it? Here is what I see; pick whatever time period you like:

Stock up for Halloween

Missed this. A tad under $500/sq. foot is way up there in any Pittsburgh market. A small 2br, really. Is there really a ‘penthouse’ in a 3 story conversion.

Former Penn Plaza Site Redevelopment | City Planning Development Review Information on the private development of Pennley Park South “Block B” at the former Penn Plaza site in East Liberty, including public engagement opportunities.

BTW. There’s a community questionnaire, and ostensibly a community meeting, on the site’s future this month.

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