Downtown News

Patricia A. Hiltibidal, Reed Smith's chief of office services, tours Reed Smith's new offices in Three PNC Plaza, Downtown.

One person was found dead and a man was shot and seriously wounded late last night in separate incidents Downtown and in the Hill District shortly after the conclusion of the city's annual fireworks display.

While the familiar parking lots fill up downtown, there are plenty of other areas that could have empty spaces for Pittsburgh fireworks crowds on the Fourth of July.

Teddey Brown , with Tess Soltau, Bradley Beahen and Tess Primack, in Pittsburgh CLO's production of 8-TRACK: The Sounds of the 70's. Photo courtesy of Matt Polk.

The city's Fourth of July celebrations will feature free parking at the Grant Street Transportation Center, the Pittsburgh Parking Authority announced today.

Michael Machosky can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7901. Now that it looks like this is the summer that the Great Recession of '08-'09 stopped sleeping on the couch and decided to just move in, there have been some things we've had to get used to.

Jerry Vondas can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7823. Whether he was serving his country as an Army Air Corps officer or operating the family business, Jim McNulty did it with a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Pittsburgh city officials are pressing Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel owner Shubh Hotels LLC for answers about when renovation work on the exterior of the Gateway Center hotel might resume, and if not, when construction equipment would be removed.

An Allegheny County man considered one of the area's Most Wanted Fugitives by the U.S. Marshal's Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force was arrested Thursday while sitting in a vehicle on Fifth Avenue near Stanwix Street, Downtown.

The spirit of pride and militancy that characterized the late 1960s increased the desire for Black control of community institutions.

Unlike most American cities, Pittsburgh has a grand entrance, and local residents take pride in using it to show off the skyline to first-time visitors coming from the airport.

While the national average for similar-sized metropolitan areas is one street tree per every two people, Pittsburgh's average is one per 11, says Danielle Crumrine with Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest .

The local G-20 organizing committee will spruce up Pittsburgh's front door from the Fort Pitt Bridge to welcome participants in the G-20 economic summit in September.

A joint venture partnership of Massaro Properties, TKA Architects Inc., Kratsa Properties and Langholz Wilson Ellis Inc.

Pittsburgh CLO 's is set to hold auditions for its production of Forever Plaid. Auditions are set for July 12th from 12:00pm - 8:00pm . Auditions will be held at Pittsburg CLO Academy of Music Theater .

Transportation legislation - and projects earmarked in it - could benefit Pennsylvania's crumbling roads and boost its hopes of build rail connections to the east and west, officials said Friday.

The storm left behind power outages, shut down roadways and flooded neighborhoods.

The bus into Downtown seemed no different than usual, only it was more crowded and many of the extra passengers were teens heading to cheer on the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Stanley Cup celebration parade.

Several Pittsburgh streets will be closed for part of the day Monday as the victory parade for the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins makes its way through Downtown.

Pittsburgh has long had a variety of cultural and artistic activities to entertain its residents.