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The Place for Smiles

Schenley Plaza is entering the holiday season with a sparkling new restaurant, The Porch, adding an exciting new element to the popular Oakland green space. This striking, full-service eatery is the latest venture by Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, the company that operates the Eat’n Park restaurants that are so much a part of our community. With East Enders at its helm and corporate headquarters at the Waterfront, this Pittsburgh institution is building on a solid history and reputation as…

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East Liberty On Target for the Future

A few big things happened in East Liberty over the summer, and they’re bringing attention and people into this neighborhood that’s undergoing a resurgence.

The ringing of the bell at Target’s Minneapolis headquarters at 9:30 a.m. June 9 marked the culmination of a seven-year process by The Mosites Company to woo the store to East Liberty. The attorneys had dotted every i, the lease was signed, and the financing closed. Company president Steve Mosites and Mark Minnerly, director of real estate development, along with the entire office staff, were on speakerphone. “That was the moment of truth—and it was a blast,” Minnerly recalls. …

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Making a Place

THERE IS NOW A WHOLE GENERATION THAT KNOWS THE 256-ACRE former site of U.S. Steel’s Homestead Works only as The Waterfront—nearly 1.4 million square feet of seemingly endless shopping, dining, and entertainment, extending as far as the eye can see. And so to them (and let’s face it, to most of us), Homestead is The Waterfront. …

THERE IS NOW A WHOLE GENERATION THAT KNOWS THE 256-ACRE former site of U.S. Steel’s Homestead Works only as The Waterfront—nearly 1.4 million square feet of seemingly endless shopping, dining, and entertainment, extending as far as the eye can see. And so to them (and let’s face it, to most of us), Homestead is The Waterfront. …

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Practice Makes Perfect

With the 65th U.S. Women’s Open taking place at Oakmont Country Club in July, women’s golf and the historic course are back in the national spotlight. But before the best players in the world arrive here and capture all the attention, we want you to meet some of the best local amateurs from our area—golfers who could certainly hold their own against some of the top competitors on the championship roster. …

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Bridges and Rivers and Tunnels—Oh My!

Why hasn’t anyone ever figured out that Pittsburgh’s population might be declining for the simple fact that once people cross a river or go through a tunnel, they just can’t find their way back home?

Even with the latest GPS technology, it is with much trepidation that we East Enders venture out to the hinterlands of Mt. Lebanon or Sewickley.We liken it to going to a foreign country. We pat ourselves on the back if we make it all the way to a movie theater, restaurant, or shopping mall that requires navigating a bridge or tunnel. We are absolutely certain that with one small miscue we will end up at the airport. …

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