We sent the following email to Renee, Lea and Lena. Hello Renee, Lea and Lena, We have been thinking about strategies on how to proceed in developing a project for you and we wanted to start where we had left off at our last meeting. In the second part of the email, we paraphrase some […]

Even though we like the appeal of both neighborhoods, there is something about Larimer that immediatley is more compelling to us than Garfield. Larimer is flat. It’s half abandoned character reminds us of the left over settlements of former gold rush towns we visited in the West. There are associations that for us come with […]

We met in the morning with Renee and Morton in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel and together went on to a second tour through Pittsburgh, this time listening to Morton’s version of the stories behind the things we were seeing. We first went on top of Mount Washington. a spot which USA Weekend Magazine […]

November 19th, 2009 After we ate some lunch, Renee, Lea and Lena took us on a tour through Pittsburgh. We paid special attention to two neighborhoods, that are possible places for a project that deals with vacant land and population loss. Larimer and Garfield. While driving Lena told us through what we were seeing and […]

We arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport in the morning, rented a car, checked into the Renaissance Hotel and met 12:30 pm at the URA offices with: Renee Piechocki (Office of Public Art) Lea Donatelli (Office of Public Art) Rob Stephany (URA) Lena Andrews (URA) Morton Brown (City of Pittsburgh) What follows is a rough transcript […]