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psg+@pitt.edu (Paul S Galvanek) writes:
|> Barbara White <bjw@sei.cmu.edu> wrote:
|> >Are you talking about the fallen mechanic's station at the
|> >corner of Wightman and Beeler?
|> No, actually I was talking about the building at the intersection of
|> Beechwood/Hazelwood ave & Brown's Hill Rd.  It's been abandoned for at
|> least ten years as several attempts to open everything from a CoGos to a
|> Pizza joint were opposed by the SHUC.  

I don't know what the SHUC's opinion on that building is/was, but I
do know that it wasn't abandoned, as a friend tried to rent it for
garage/storage space about three years ago. The landlord wanted some 
ridiculous amount per month (in the $1K range, I think, although I
don't remember for certain), and refused to do any cleanup or maintenance
work on the site, so the plan fell through.

The garage is a very nice example of Art Deco design (architectural
historians, please correct me on this if I'm wrong), though, a style
that's becoming extremely rare in Pittsburgh as developers rip facades
off old buildings in favor of cheaper, lower maintenance finishes. If
the SHUC was opposing its demolition on these grounds, then more power
to them. I hope the new Jiffy Lube keeps the basic structure.

|> I'm sure the residents will appreciate the Jiffy Lube
|> due to open.

Since the site housed a garage for tens of years, I suspect
they won't notice much of a change.



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