October Development and the Northside Leadership Conference officially closed on a $17.5 million deal to renovate Workingmen’s Square Hotel space in East Deutschtown. By: Neil Strebig The Northside Leadership Conference (NSLC) and October Development will officially be moving forward with a proposed...

Photo by Neil Strebig The Deutschtown coffee shop is aiming to revitalize the surrounding community, one java at a time. By Neil Strebig A booming voice greets each new customer from behind the polished pine counter top with a simple salutation, “How you doing?” Then Chris Waraks extends his hand, i...

On Wednesday, January 18 at Penn Brewery, 800 Vinial St., the Community Alliance of Spring Garden East Deutschtown convened to discuss the zoning of Chestnut Street, which is currently classified as R1A-VH (residential single-unit attached very high density). Ruth Ann Daily, president of CASGED, sai...

By Karla Owens On Wednesday, January 18 there will be an open community meeting regarding zoning changes on Chestnut Street.  The meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. and will be held at Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, 1000 Madison St. Recent development in this area, including a 100 room hotel and a new...

At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, Neu Kirche will host "Take the Temperature," the first event in a series that will focus on the topic of women in the arts in Pittsburgh. There will be a cocktail hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. before the event, and those who wish to attend are encouraged to sign u...

Tonight at Huszar , 627 E. North Ave., the great Gypsy Stringz will play and stuffed cabbage is back on the menu, but tomorrow guests will be able to get an authentic taste of a Hungarian dance performance. On Friday, October 21 the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble, who are on tour from Hungary, wi...

Photo by Alexandria Stryker "World's Bi ggest Burger" looms over attendees at Neu Kirche's open house last week. By Alexandria Stryker Deutschtown’s most unloved and overgrown vacant lots make unlikely canvases, but over the summer, Northside resident artists breathed new life into these abandoned s...

Photo courtesy of Neu Kirche The burger sculpture is park of the Fallow Grounds for Sculpture project, which happens every summer. Click here to see past and ongoing projects. By Alexandria Stryker The Northside’s first ever roadside attraction is coming to Deuschtown, and it’s going to be a mouthfu...

Photo by Alyse Horn By Alyse Horn Bakers, movers, shakers; all are welcome at the Tripoli Street Bakeyard , located at the intersection of Tripoli Street and Chestnut Street. The bakeyard started as an innovative project out of Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center in part with their Fallow Grounds for...

The Deutschtown Music Festival is a free event that began in 2013 with 46 bands. Today, it had grown to 189 bands performing in multiple venues throughout Historic and East Deutschtown, but also other neighborhoods such as Troy Hill and Spring Garden. Cody Walters, co-founder for the event, said alm...