Downtown News

It's customary for speakers to overstate things at ribbon-cutting ceremonies. So it's not unusual that Col.

Downtown is continuing to redefine its future in the form of the American dream: Small businesses serving a particular niche.

The estimated 200,000 people who attend tonight's Light Up Night Downtown can enjoy fireworks and free entertainment but will find shopping options thinner than in past years.

David Forbes, an investor and developer from New York, was so pleased with his first Pittsburgh project, converting a former South Side school into condos, he plans to make more such investments.

Getting into and around Downtown for Light Up Night might be a little tougher because of road closures from construction on the North Shore Connector and a subway station, officials said.

As in previous annual incarnations, the Conservatory Dance Company's 2009 Pittsburgh Connections program featured dance works by choreographers with ties to the city.

Toonseum director Joe Wos in the new gallery. From the germ of an idea inside Joe Wos' head to a hallway at the Children's Museum to a little space all its own Downtown, the Toonseum has come a long way.

Margaret Harding can be reached via e-mail. or at 412-380-8519. The Downtown housing boom is nearing an end - and that likely means higher prices on the horizon, experts said.

Officials Monday heralded a former sliver of a flood-prone parking lot along the Monongahela River as the latest step in reclaiming Pittsburgh's riverfront real estate, in opening the Mon Wharf Landing park and outlining its place in a network of parks wrapping the city.

The 28th annual Three Rivers Film Festival, presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers, continues through Nov.

It isn't pretty, and anyone who's walked around Downtown near Market Square has seen it firsthand.

The ToonSeum, Pittsburgh's museum of cartoon art, is opening at its new Downtown location at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Several of Pittsburgh's Black singers and musicians were on hand, channeling their favorite Motown performers to pay tribute to Motown Records' 50th anniversary.

It will be a magical night in downtown Pittsburgh as the city celebrates the official kick-off of the holiday season with the 49th Annual Light Up Night event on Nov.

Three Pittsburgh-area doctors are bringing a uniquely medical interpretation to the phrase "adaptive reuse" in their acquisition of the Bowne Building, a handsomely restored former firehouse Downtown.

Dubbed the "museum with character," ToonSeum will swing open its doors to cartoon lovers of all ages on Saturday, starting with a ceremonial ribbon led by Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff at 10 a.m. At ToonSeum, visitors can explore the creative practice of cartoon and comic book artists who have created some of the 20th-century's most enduring pop ...

Early tailgaters for the University of Pittsburgh-Notre Dame football game Saturday may face delays on the Parkway East near Downtown, where PennDOT plans construction work that morning and afternoon.

The curtailment of a program that put paid "safety ambassadors" on the streets of Pittsburgh will mean fewer friendly faces Downtown for people needing help.

Southwestern Pennsylvania counties will need about $300 million a year to get state-owned roads back to good repair and $612 million annually to reduce the number of crumbling bridges, planners told state officials today.

Interstate 376 is being expanded on Friday -- but don't worry, it doesn't involve any construction delays for drivers.