Reviled Pet Store Moves Into Eastside

Well, the yuppies have certainly done it now.  Not satisfied with their choice of hundreds of homeless pets available through the nearby Animal Rescue League and the wonderful pet products offered by Smiley's Pet Pad on Highland Avenue, developers have brought in what is possibly the most low-rent tenant possible for this up and coming part […]

The Lot That Ate Manchester: Chelsa Wagner, the Trib and the PG weigh in

This is great.  I put forth great energy to make phone calls, take pictures, share information and draw as much attention as possible to the whole PennDOT situation.  The end result?  PennDOT's Jim Struzzi promises Wagner's people that he will send out inspectors to investigate the piles of gravel and sand as well as have […]

Is all this dumping a big anti-gay conspiracy?

I could not friggin believe my eyes when we returned home today and found ANOTHER pile in the field.  This time it was gravel.  I have several possibilities rolling around in my head. 1.  PennDOT has authorized a subcontractor to store materials on the property, but won't admit it.  It isn't consistent with the gentleman […]

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311 Confirms that the City of Pittsburgh doesn’t really investigate illegal dumping

I just spoke with 311 about the dumping incident I witnessed yesterday.  She told me that it is very complicated to enforce the dumping regulations so most of the time, Building Inspection just makes the property owners clean it up.  NOTE:  while i am well aware that the City will deny this or speak in […]

Photos of PennDOT lot in Manchester after being “cleaned up”

I walked over to take some photos of the sand pile that was dumped by a company known as MAC (acronym? full name?  who knows!).  It gave me a chance to see what PennDOT and their subcontractors from the recent jobs on Chateau Street in Manchester and the West End Circle left behind for the […]

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