Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 47

Paul Guggenheimer 724-226-7706

Target store coming to old Kaufmann’s building in Downtown Pittsburgh

If the old Macy’s and Kaufmann’s building was the target, the Minneapolis-based chain of discount retail stores has hit it. A Target store is moving into the first floor of the largely vacant building at 400 Fifth Ave. The store will take up approximately 22,000 square feet. It’s a welcome...
Pittsburgh builder and sustainability pioneer Jack Mascaro dies after long illness

Michael Mascaro will never forget the ways his father instilled his indefatigable work ethic into his sons. “He would get up in the morning and go to work and he would always leave us little dad notes. ‘Hey boys, love ya, have a great day, be good to your mom,’...
Carnegie Science Center hires STEM education, museum experiences directors

Carnegie Science Center has hired two new senior staff members to lead efforts in STEM education and museum experiences. Lisa Herrmann takes over as the new senior director of STEM education and Marcus Harshaw is the new senior director of museum experiences. Herrmann most recently worked as education manager at...
Duquesne University ‘agreeable’ to requests of mother of student who fell to his death

A mother’s determination can go a long way. Dannielle Brown has been searching for answers since her son, Marquis Jaylen Brown, fell to his death from the 16th floor of Duquesne University’s Brottier Hall on Oct. 4, 2018. She began a hunger strike on Freedom Corner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District...
Alice in Wonderland-themed cocktail party planned for Pittsburgh

It’s billed as “the tea party to end all tea parties” — only it’s more of a cocktail party. Figuring the middle of pandemic is as good a time as any to go down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass, the team behind The Wizard’s Den and Beyond...
BLM protesters march through Brentwood, Baldwin, Whitehall for Jonny Gammage’s birthdayVideo

Monday marked what would have been Jonny Gammage’s 56th birthday and Camille Redman wanted to do something to commemorate it. Redman, 25, from Pittsburgh’s West End, was born the year Gammage died at the hands of the police and has no memory of the event. But Redman organized a protest...
‘Laser Queen’ at Buhl Planetarium promises to be ‘Killer Queen’ show

It’s been 35 years since the rock band Queen turned in the most memorable performance at Live Aid and nearly three decades since the death of flamboyant lead singer Freddie Mercury. But thanks in part to the 2018 movie “Bohemian Rhapsody,” named after the band’s biggest song, Queen is as...
Milling and paving resumes July 20 in Pittsburgh

Automobile owners are being reminded to move their vehicles to make way for milling and resurfacing of Pittsburgh streets on Monday. The list of impacted streets is available here. New streets on the list are in City Council Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9. With more than...
Here’s the pitch: Pirates set to begin unprecedented season amid coronavirus pandemic

For the first time in 293 days, a game between two Major League Baseball teams will be played at PNC Park. The Pirates host the Cleveland Indians in an exhibition game at 7:05 p.m. Saturday — with the game being carried on radio and television. It’s the first of three...
Answering The Call: Nurse practitioner discusses spike in Western Pa. coronavirus casesVideo

Steve Benso is a certified registered nurse practitioner who has been an integral part of Allegheny Health Network’s mobile community testing locations. In this edition of the Tribune-Review’s ongoing series “Answering the Call,” Benso, a father of three with another child on the way, talks about the stresses of his...
Young Men’s Republican Club of Allegheny County shut down for covid-19 violations

The county health department has ordered the closure of the Young Men’s Republican Club of Allegheny County for violating covid-19 restrictions on serving food and beverages indoors. The club, located on Suismon Street on the North Side, was cited by health officials for patrons consuming beverages while seated at the...
6 more Port Authority employees test positive for covid-19

Six Port Authority of Allegheny County employees have tested positive for covid-19 since last week’s update, bringing the total number of employee cases to 27, officials said Wednesday. Fifteen of these employees have been cleared to return to work. Eleven are at home recovering and one remains hospitalized. The six...
Free covid-19 testing available in Greensburg next week

Greensburg residents wanting to be tested for covid-19 will soon have another option available to them. The Community Health Clinic at 218 South Maple Ave. is offering free covid-19 testing beginning the week of July 20. The testing will be available to all community members. People with and without symptoms...
Strip District Meats to reopen Thursday

Strip District Meats, which bills itself as a “full-service butcher shop,” is reopening July 16. The announcement was made on its Facebook page: “Pittsburgh’s favorite butcher is back, and cleaner than ever! See yinz Thursday.” The butcher shop at 2123 Penn Ave. announced July 7 that it was closing temporarily...
Reliving the Live Aid experience 35 years later

Editor’s note: Monday is the 35th anniversary of the Live Aid benefit concert. The Trib’s Paul Guggenheimer was there. Here, he shares his first-person remembrance of the historic event in Philadelphia. In the days leading up to the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia and London on Saturday, July 13,...
Lower Burrell hosts ‘Rise Up Against Racism’ event

The national conversation about race and racism in America made its way Sunday to the predominantly white small town of Lower Burrell. Between 40 and 50 people braved a steady rain for an event billed as Rise Up Against Racism on the soccer field at Officer Derek Kotecki Memorial Park....

« First ‹ Previous 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Next ›