@pa_coyote94151 @chrisbriem would you like to elaborate on what alleged building code violation you see?
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@chrisbriem Apparently there are no building codes in Pittsburgh. Or no code enforcement.
Or owner is well connected and protected. Can you name the owner? Or hidden behind some legal entity. LLC. LP. Trust.
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Just a different angle, but again, how has this property directly across the street from the main entrance of Children’s Hospital remained in this state, boarded up, unused and un-redeveloped, for decades?
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@PortGordon_ @chrisbriem very common in pgh. literally hundreds of properties with the exact same scenario.
what's unusual, but still not unique, is it's on a main street in an area that's seen investment.
what's unique, why people always notice it, is the stone facade. that's it.
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@chrisbriem Surprisingly, the owner is up to date on property taxes. Looks like he purchased it in 2002 and has been boarded up since at least 2007 (oldest street view image). Probably was going to be an apartment investment property he gave up on.
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@chrisbriem i like how you phrase it as if the hospital is some sort of amenity here.... it could be if it were an amish sect's collective second home, perhaps.
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@scottmervis_pg @ZackTanner @PittsburghPG "... he said, as he refused the vaccine, because his family was different than all the other families."
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@ZackTanner @PittsburghPG I did what I had to do for my family.
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The job offers went out last night for the new @PittsburghPG.
I did not receive one.
So, after 41 years, Friday will be my last day at the paper.
All the best to my colleagues. Thanks to all the musicians for all the great conversations over the years.
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@hecubian_devil yay endless sprawl.
there's certainly something to be said for getting housing costs down, but when it relies entirely on increasing transportation costs, particularly time-cost, voters do eventually notice.
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Wow I guess Dallas landlords are way less greedy than landlords in other cities, or interest rates are dramatically lower, or there’s no demand because everyone is leaving. Supply can’t lower prices, so it must be those other things…
Rick Palacios Jr.@RickPalaciosJr
In #Dallas, renting a home hasn’t been this affordable since 2008.
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There is a utilitarianist argument for elephant hunting because it generates revenue that can increase the elephant population.
Which is one reason utilitarianism is wrong ‐- of course we should not hunt elephants.
Daily Mail@DailyMail
Millionaire US big game hunter, 75, is trampled to death by five elephants while hunting antelope in central Africa trib.al/51Jpu84
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I said (accurately) that is not true and that I think the car they want moved is staying in the same building as them.
It's light a light bulb went off where they had never heard of multiple units under one roof before.
"Oh damn! How do people even park then?"
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Airbnb person staying next door for the draft knocked on my door to ask if I could move the car "in front of our house" because its "illegal to park in front of another house."
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South Hills Village Park-and-Ride is at 50% capacity
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320,000+ people today in Pittsburgh and barely any traffic on the roads. People used public transit so much that the park-and-rides filled up early, but no huge back ups to be reported.
ESPN@espn
WHAT A SCENE IN PITTSBURGH FOR ROUND 1 OF THE NFL DRAFT 😱 Watch on ESPN, ABC, NFL Network and the ESPN App 🏈
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@sixfloors @RyanDeto nah, capacity is 97,000.
320,000 is from counting people each time they enter, so could be people leaving and coming back, or different people.
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@RyanDeto Then there's math:
Google Maps satellite view of the full Lot 1 footprint (surface + garage footprint combined) looks roughly 500–600 ft long × 300 ft wide, suggesting a total parcel of around 150,000–180,000 sq ft.
Packed festival (3 sq ft per person)~40,000 attendees.
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South Hills Village Park-and-Ride is 75% full. Spots are still available
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UPDATE: PRT tells me Monroeville park and ride back open, they have secured an 100 additional spots and anticipate securing more this afternoon. The mall told PRT that it will ticket people who park in the mall lots and ride the football Flyer.
Ryan Deto@RyanDeto
Monroeville Mall park and ride already at capacity an hour before Draft campus opens, this is where people pick up the free Football Flyer buses. Seems like Pittsburghers really followed “don’t drive” suggestion because traffic on interstates is non existent.
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@ErikTelford guy who thinks you have to live in a congressional district to run in it.
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NoVA Zillow update:
4 bed, 3 bath, spans 7 congressional districts.
Seller highly motivated.
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@KeithPowersNYC Awesome, I agree. Thanks. Nobody should pay taxes except for high W2 income renters with zero dependents.
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Pet Owners: It’s time that we make pet food a little bit cheaper.
This week, I introduced new legislation to get rid of the sales tax every time you buy pet food.
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@PghPublicSafety it'll actually be the PFBC bc the feds defunded the MSU and it doesn't have any staff.
pa.gov/agencies/fisha…
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The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh will enforce a security zone on local waterways during the NFL Draft to ensure public safety.
The security zone will be in effect from 12 a.m. on April 23 through 11:59 p.m. on April 25, 2026.
More ➡️ bit.ly/4cpyW91
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@aaronkfoley he's gay and mad about it for some reason, but 'ponchatrain af' as in insult is great tho
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@JoshLipnik there was a time on this app where 'yimbys' would defend bland buildings, alienating everyone, but nobody on 'the other side' ever uttered a word about LIHTC bloat, or knew what PBVs were. elites yelling at each other about how they wanted 'affordability' only under their terms.
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New apartments La Joya Gardens in Southwest Detroit. I believe this is the first new apartment building in the neighborhood in almost 100 years.
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@amk44139 @JoshLipnik thank you for exposing all of us to your incredible ignorance.
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@JoshLipnik I remember going downtown a few years ago (pre-COVID, say 2018-19) and commenting to the people I was with that I noticed there were newly paved streets and new curbs and I was surprised.
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@_jacobmjones this app is so good at this, where you're torn between "funny joek" and "but mk ultra was a small line item on the cia budget"
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i find the prominent international pistons fans pretty annoying but if you think they are some sort of mk-ultra level psyop instead of a small line item on the nba's marketing budget then you should get off your phone and donate your brain to science.
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@matthewstoller @sunraysunray big baby doesn't know what 'passive aggressive' means.
log off man
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@sunraysunray Stop being passive aggressive and say you support monopolies. Or learn something about law. x.com/matthewstoller…
Matt Stoller@matthewstoller
A third of the post-1980 slowdown in wage growth is a result of noncompetes and more employer concentration. nber.org/papers/w34981
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We need strong unions and collective bargaining to raise wages at point of production, plus redistribution to fund a welfare state. Antitrust can help at the margins, especially against monopsony, but it’s not a substitute for a vision of worker power, community, and equality.
Edward-Isaac Dovere@IsaacDovere
NEW from me: Lina Khan's phone has been ringing w/prospective 2028 Dems, as she pushes for an even more aggressive anti-trust stance, adding tools from Trump. @ewarren: “If you’re a leader who wants to deliver on affordability, it’s a smart move to call" cnn.com/2026/04/20/pol…
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