Volume 28 No. 5 May 2012 As students at Morrow PreK-5 enter their final quarter, confusion and questions linger over what the school will be next year, what new students will be coming, what buildings will be used and who will serve as the school’s principal. As part of the district realignment plan that is estimated to decrease a projected $21.7 million operating deficit for the 2012 school year, Morrow will grow to a PreK-8 school, take students from Northview Heights PreK-8 and expand into the Rooney building that is currently closed. While the plan includes reopening the Rooney building and expanding to a PreK-8, Morrow will grow to a PreK-6 next year, and students will remain in the Morrow building for the 2012-13 school year. Morrow currently holds 374 students in its PreK-5 grades. Next year, the Morrow building will add two sixth grade classes, the autistic learning support program, two additional PreK classes from Northview and approximately 17 students from the Summer Hill neighborhood. Students from the Northview Heights neighborhood will attend King PreK-8 and Allegheny 6-8. Despite the additional students, Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators do not anticipate space being a problem, as this scenario was examined long before the announced realignment. In the 2013-14 school year, fifth, sixth and seventh graders will expand into the Rooney building. PPS Assistant Superintendent for K-5 Dr. Barbara Rudiak said that Rooney is in good condition, and little renovation will need to be done as the building was once a middle school. Principal reassignments will be announced in the next two months, meaning before the end of the school year, Morrow students will know who will be their principal. Tony DeCarlo, president of Morrow’s Parent Teacher Organization, said that the PSO at Morrow has been very supportive of current principal, Alivia Clark, and the “family feel” she brings to the school. DeCarlo said he hopes to see her return next year as principal. “I’m very supportive of what’s been going on since she got there three years ago,” said DeCarlo. Despite the finality of the plan, many in the community feel they have not been kept up to date about changes that they will see in their community’s school. “There’s not really a lot of knowledge out there,” said DeCarlo, who noted that most people in the Morrow community were only hearing “snippets” of the plan. “Not too many people know what’s going on,” he said. Pete Bellisario, president of the Brighton Heights Citizens’ Federation, said people in the community are concerned about their uncertainty in the public 3 -Observatory documentary 8 -The Chronicle’s Daily Blog -Event flyers and photos -Weekly real estate transfers -East Ohio Street revival 5 -Executive Cigars WWW.THENORTHSIDE CHRONICLE.COM ONLINE INSIDE STORIES, COLUMNS, FEATURES & MORE Gus and his family receive a proclaimation from the City of Pittsburgh honoring their iceball cart. Stella, also known as Yia Yia, was unable to attend the ceremony. Photo by Kelsey Shea Confusion surrounds 2012 changes at Morrow By Kelsey Shea See Morrow, page 10 April 25 declared Gus and Yia Yia Day in Pittsburgh By Kelsey Shea See Iceballs, page 19 On Wednesday morning in City Council chambers, 80-year-old Gus Kalaris recognized more than a few faces. According to Kalaris, in the 78 years his bright orange cart in West Park has been open, numerous city councilmen, politicians and every single mayor since the ’40s when David L. Lawrence was in office has stopped by his cart for a colorful, fruity and hand-shaved iceball. It’s because of his wide range of customers from the Northside and all over the city, spanning generations that Gus and Yia Yia’s iceball cart has served, Pittsburgh City Council issued a proclamation congratulating them on their years of service and declared April 25 to be Gus and Yia Yia day. That night, the Allegheny City Society presented Gus and Yia Yia with the William Rimmel award, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in preserving the history of Allegheny City. “It’s hard to believe we’ve been there this many years,” said Kalaris, who said his family was honored by the proclamation. His wife Stella Kalaris, better known as Yia Yia, was unable to
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Volume 28 No. 5
May2012
As students at Morrow PreK-5 enter their final quarter, confusion and questions linger over what the school will be next year, what new students will be coming, what buildings will be used and who will serve as the school’s principal.
As part of the district realignment plan that is estimated to decrease a projected $21.7 million operating deficit for the 2012 school year, Morrow will grow to a PreK-8 school, take students from Northview Heights PreK-8 and expand into the Rooney building that is currently closed.
While the plan includes reopening the Rooney building and expanding to a PreK-8, Morrow will grow to a PreK-6 next year, and students will remain in the Morrow building for the 2012-13 school year.
Morrow currently holds 374 students in its PreK-5 grades. Next year, the Morrow building will add two sixth grade classes, the autistic learning support program, two additional PreK classes from Northview and approximately 17 students from the Summer Hill neighborhood. Students from the Northview Heights neighborhood will attend King PreK-8 and Allegheny 6-8.
Despite the additional students, Pittsburgh Public Schools administrators do not anticipate space being a problem, as this scenario was examined long before the announced realignment.
In the 2013-14 school year,
fifth, sixth and seventh graders will expand into the Rooney building.
PPS Assistant Superintendent for K-5 Dr. Barbara Rudiak said that Rooney is in good condition, and little renovation will need to be done as the building was once a middle school.
Principal reassignments will be announced in the next two months, meaning before the end of the school year, Morrow students will know who will be their principal.
Tony DeCarlo, president of Morrow’s Parent Teacher Organization, said that the PSO at Morrow has been very supportive of current principal, Alivia Clark, and the “family feel” she brings to the school. DeCarlo said he hopes to see her return next year as principal.
“I’m very supportive of what’s been going on since she got there three years ago,” said DeCarlo.
Despite the finality of the plan, many in the community feel they have not been kept up to date about changes that they will see in their community’s school.
“There’s not really a lot of knowledge out there,” said DeCarlo, who noted that most people in the Morrow community were only hearing “snippets” of the plan.
“Not too many people know what’s going on,” he said.
Pete Bellisario, president of the Brighton Heights Citizens’ Federation, said people in the community are concerned about their uncertainty in the public
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Gus and his family receive a proclaimation from the City of Pittsburgh honoring their iceball cart. Stella, also known as Yia Yia, was unable to attend the ceremony.
Photo by Kelsey Shea
Confusion surrounds 2012 changes at MorrowBy Kelsey Shea
See Morrow, page 10
April 25 declared Gus and Yia Yia Day in PittsburghBy Kelsey Shea
See Iceballs, page 19
On Wednesday morning in City Council chambers, 80-year-old Gus Kalaris recognized more than a few faces.
According to Kalaris, in the 78 years his bright orange cart in West Park has been open, numerous city councilmen, politicians and every single mayor since the ’40s when David L. Lawrence was in office has stopped by his cart for a colorful, fruity and hand-shaved iceball.
It’s because of his wide range of customers from the Northside and all over the city, spanning generations that Gus and Yia Yia’s iceball cart has served, Pittsburgh
City Council issued a proclamation congratulating them on their years of service and declared April 25 to be Gus and Yia Yia day.
That night, the Allegheny City Society presented Gus and Yia Yia with the William Rimmel award, which recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in preserving the history of Allegheny City.
“It’s hard to believe we’ve been there this many years,” said Kalaris, who said his family was honored by the proclamation.
His wife Stella Kalaris, better known as Yia Yia, was unable to
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Deutschtown residents concerned about cigar shop
by Kelsey Shea
Photo by Kelsey SheaExecutive Cigars has been in Historic Deutschtown for three years.
Northside residents are raising concerns over recent activities happening in and around the Executive CigarS store in Historic Deutschtown.
While Executive Cigars has been in business for three years on Suismon Street, in August of last
year late-night parties on the second floor of the building began creating disturbances that have neighbors and the East Allegheny Community Council concerned.
Two late-night shootings near the shop have added an additional concern for public safety to neighbors’ complaints of noise disturbances and parking problems.
Residents and EACC members
support Executive Cigars and want businesses to thrive in the neighborhood, but they do not support the parties late at night.
“Just like most people in the neighborhood, we want new businesses to come here and thrive,” said Deutschtown resident Rachel Booth who lives on Thropp Street with her husband and 5-year-old son. “But when the physical safety of my family is threatened, I have a problem with that.”
EACC President Cynthia Shea echoed that sentiment and said, “We aren’t against the Executive Cigar Club at all, just against the afterhours club.”
Due to zoning issues, the late-night activities have ceased, and alcohol is currently not allowed on the premise. According to Executive Cigars owner Andrew Lee, there will be no more late-night parties.
Lee said that he was renting the second floor of the shop to a young man who was hosting the parties but has since terminated the lease.
“I didn’t like it any more than anyone else,” said Lee about the shootings in the neighborhood
and expressed remorse about the problems the tenant caused in the neighborhood.
“It will never happen again. I take blame for that,” said Lee.
However, Lee said he believed there was a “mob mentality” against his shop in the neighborhood and that many people were assuming the worst about him and his business.
“The only people who have a right to complain were the neighbors who were directly affected,” he said.
Lee recently applied for a permit to allow alcohol on the premise so that members of his cigar club and parties who host events at the cigar shop can bring alcoholic beverages into the shop and extend his store hours until 2 a.m.
The zoning hearing for Executive Cigars was originally scheduled for 10 a.m. on April 19. Thirty Deutschtown residents showed up for the hearing as well as Lee. The meeting was delayed until May 10 in the hopes that the two parties could come to an agreement outside of court.
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Two Northsiders are coming together to publish a bilingual fiction chapbook.
Israel Centeno, a writer-in-residence at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, will release “Bamboo City” on April 12.
This will be Centeno’s English-language debut as well as the first book released by Wild Age Press, a start-up publishing company based in Pittsburgh headed by Northsider and former Northside Chronicle editor, Kelly Thomas.
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April, The Pittsburgh Pirates kicked off their season on the North Shore with their 2012 home opener.
Despite a slow game that ended in 0-1 loss for the Pirates against cross-state rivals The Philadelphia Phillies, the fan’s excitement could be seen throughout the stadium.
The Pirates hosted a sold out stadium of 39,585, which according to the Pirates is the largest crowd ever to see a baseball game at PNC Park.
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Big plans in place for East Ohio Street revival
By Kelsey Shea
The April 26 nail pounding ceremony on East Ohio Street marked the beginning of the Deutschtown Gateway project, which will improve the business district in Historic Deutschtown.
Photo by Kaitlin Balmert
The estimated 50,000 drivers who pass 632 E. Ohio St. each day will notice some rapid changes in the highly visible Northside real estate in the coming months.
On April 26, the Northside Leadership Conference and the Historic Deutschtown Development Corporation marked the start of the Deutschtown Gateway Project with a nail pounding ceremony on the East Ohio Street site.
The Deutschtown Gateway Project plans to improve the E. Ohio Street entrance to Historic Deutschtown by renovating several
properties in the 400, 500 and 600 blocks of E. Ohio Street.
“This gateway restoration project will continue driving the upward investment trend to this wonderful historic neighborhood and business district. With the help of our partners, we will be transforming this structure back to its historic grandeur – a shining anchor to our community, this major crossroad and the entire Northside,” said HDDC President Barbara Burns.
The first phase of the project is the complete restoration of the façade of the Victorian-era
commercial building at 632 East Ohio St., including saving the colored art glass windows that were hidden for decades behind earlier remodeling.
The corner acts as anchor to the main business district on East Ohio Street.
Grace Period, a non-predatory lender, occupies the building.
“That’s a great statement for where East Ohio Street is heading,” said Mark Masterson, executive director of the Northside Community Development Fund. “This is an opportunity to link some of the historic buildings with
modern offices.The rennovations will
reincorporate the stained glass windows of the building that are currently covered.
The project also includes renovation and “in-fill” construction at 620-628 E. Ohio St. that will add over 35,000 square feet of commercial office space to East Deutschtown.
HDDC owns and will also renovate 431, 433 and 505 E. Ohio St.
According to the Northside Leadership Conference, “the development of these properties will add to the positive trends already being seen along the business district of East Ohio Street.
Funding has been provided by the Northside Community Development Fund, the Rivers Casino and the Northside Leadership Conference, the Mainstreets program of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the City of Pittsburgh’s Neighborhood Needs Fund for Council District 1 (Council President Darlene Harris) and Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development’s Champion Corridors Program.
First National Bank and First Niagara Bank provide funding to NSLC for business district and real estate programs.
More plans for The Deutschtown Gateway Project can be found on the NSLC’s website, www.pittsburghnorthside.com.
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Fineview is looking to build off the momentum of the neighboring Federal Street project and improve its curb appeal through a new objective – the Henderson Street Gateway Project.
The Henderson Street Gateway Project is a community-based effort to preserve the Nunnery Hill Inclined Plane retaining wall, improve the entry point into Fineview that borders the Central Northside and create a unified streetscape throughout the neighborhood.
The Fineview Citizens Council secured funding through various grants to begin a comprehensive study to propose improvements to the streetscape of Henderson Street, which has suffered from years of neglect and is the entrance to Fineview from the Central Northside.
“This is an opportunity to leverage the investments on Federal Street and help tenure that kind of
Fineview receives grant to improve and unify streetscape
By Kelsey Shea momentum for improvements in Fineview,” said Ed Lewis, program manager for Fineveiw.
FCC has chosen Klavon Design Associates as their consultant for the Henderson Street project. Klavon also did consulting work on Downtown’s Market Square as well as the South Side Riverfront Trail.
The FCC raised the $15,000 needed to fund the study through grants from Rivers Casino Fund, \the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh, City Council President Darlene Harris’ office and City Councilman Daniel Lavelle’s office.
Fineview Citizens Council was one of three Pittsburgh neighborhoods to receive grants from the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh who contributed $3,000 to the project.
The Northside Leadership Conference redirected $7,500 of the three-year, $3 million grant from Rivers Casino and Harris and Lavelle’s offices contributed a combined $4,500.
The entrance to Fineview has suffered from years of neglect, but will now be addressed with the Henderson Gateway Project.
Photo courtesy Ed Lewis
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Observatory stars in new documentary
While most visitors look up at the stars when they enter the 100-year-old Allegheny Observatory in Riverview Park, filmmaker Dr. Dan Handley looked back in history for his new documentary “Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory.”
“Undaunted” tells the story of the Allegheny Observatory and the contributions made by its original operators John Brashear and Samuel P. Langley, despite the many setbacks and challenges they faced.
“It’s really about shedding a positive light on Pittsburgh,” said Handley noting that most people, even in the Observatory Hill neighborhood, don’t realize what a “powerhouse of astronomy Pittsburgh has been for over 100 years.”
“There’s all this history that touched the world stage,” said Handley. “I’m surprised we don’t hear more about it.”
According to Handley, more than any commercial motive, showing Pittsburgh’s and the Allegheny Observatory’s contribution to astronomy is why he made the film.
Handley said he was amazed to hear that Brashear created the optical apparatus that helped
From left to right, History Center CEO Andy Masich, Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto, “Undaunted” producer, writer and director Dr. Dan Handley, and Dr. Tom Crouch of the Smithsonian Space Museum.
(Photo courtesy Dr. Dan Handley)
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By Kelsey Shea develop the Michelson-Morley experiment, which revolutionized physics and led to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
Though the film focuses on astronomy, Handley noted that there was a “balance of human interest” in the film which also includes history and tales of human struggles.
Handley, who lives in Ross Township, would drive by the observatory almost daily, but despite his background in science, he had no knowledge of the building’s history.
He began work on the film in 2008 while taking a class at Pittsburgh Filmmakers and was
encouraged by the film’s director of photography Mark Knobil, who had previously worked on documentaries for Discovery Channel and other major stations. After years of research in Pittsburgh and at the Smithsonian Museums and National Archives, Handley finished the film this year.
On April 18, Handley premiered his film to an audience of 400 at the Heinz History Center that included representatives from the Northside Leadership Conference, several universities, astronomers, historians and the senior curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum who came from Washington, D.C. for the event.
City Councilman Bill Peduto, who worked on the film as the executive producer, was also in attendance at the event.
Handley received funding from the Heinz History Center, The Buhl Foundation, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Pittsburgh Foundation, the University of Pittsburgh and other foundations in the area to make his film.
Handley said the film is being made available for local schools, and they hope to plan more showings of the film. He said they are also in conversation with PBS to have the film aired nationally on the station.
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April 3- Photos from BMX riders performing at the children’s museum
April 9- AGH looking for student and summer volunteers
April 17- Northside Housing Court Cases
April 25- Camp scholarships available through the YMCA
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BMX riders drop in at the Children’s Museum
On April 3, three BMX bike riders from Dialed Action Sports set up shop in the parking lot of the Children’s Museum for a gravity-defying performance. The event, sponsored by UPMC, featured flips, mid-air spins and a ramp as well as a brief lesson about safety gear while riding bikes.
Photo by Kelsey Shea
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Changes and expansion planned for Morrow PreK-5
school’s future.“You don’t build a community
without good schools,” said Bellisario, who said he had a neighbor with three kids in the public school district who put their house up for sale because they didn’t know what was going on for the 2012-13 school year.
To help open lines of communication Nancy Kodman, who is coordinating the transition across the District, and Clark are planning several events and meetings in mid-May for new students and parents to meet the principal and see the Morrow building.
Clark and DeCarlo plan to sit down and compose a letter to parents this week outlining the specifics of the changes that will take place next year.
Despite the lack of communication, both PPS administrators and Morrow
The Rooney building in Brighton Heights will reopen for the 2013-14 school year when Morrow expands to a PreK-8.
Photo courtesy Graves Design Group, LLC
From Morrow, page 1 parents feel that expanding Morrow into a PreK-8 school is a positive change.
“This plan is ideal in that we’re growing into the PreK-8, which is a luxury we haven’t always had before,” said Kodman.
“This is a win for the Northside,” said DeCarlo. “This is the better model to go with. I don’t know if they’ll get the numbers they’re looking for in the first two years, but I think that five years from now, it’ll be a healthy school.”
PPS administrators said this is a great opportunity to attract new students in the neighborhoods of Brighton Heights and Summer Hill and bring them back into the public school system.
“For families, there is such consistency in having the same principal because you’re part of the same school culture,” said Rudiak who noted the plan would expand facilities and offer more resources to Morrow.
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Saxifrage dinner lectures mark school’s growth
The Saxifrage staff held a practice dinner before starting the actual lecture series at the Buena Vista Coffee shop
Photo courtesy Timothy Cook
On Tuesday nights in the Northside, at an hour when most coffee shops have long since closed their doors, the tables of Buena Vista Coffee are still perfectly lit.
The Central Northside coffee shop, best known for its pastries and espresso, becomes an after-hours classroom to the growing Saxifrage School, an alternative four-year college founded by Northside local Timothy Cook.
Cook’s alternative college, though still in its “start-up stage,” has expanded dramatically since ar-riving to the Northside in 2011.
This spring, the Saxifrage School worked to bring a self-designed lecture series, entitled “To Your Health!” to the Northside campus.
On Tuesday nights throughout March and April, Buena Vista Coffee has played host to student guests and dinner lecturers on food-related topics such as “The Food We Eat,” “The Money We Spend” and “The Soil it Comes From.”
“[We want] the series to be
about health—health in personal lives and in the lives of our commu-nity,” said Cook.
Every dinner lecture consists of one “pretty excellent” four-course meal, which Cook said emphasizes the importance of local and organic farming to the series.
The student tuition fee of $15 per lecture covers the cost of meal ingredients, many of which come from local farms. One recent Saxi-
frage lecture featured menu items from Clarion Farm Organic, a local farming co-op of mostly Amish growers.
After the meal, a guest lec-turer presents his or her topic and engages students in an informed dialogue during what Cook deemed the “dessert discussion” portion of the evening.
The Sprout Fund awarded a grant to support the Saxifrage
School lecture series and fund the school to offer scholarships on a case-by-case basis.
“We want to leave it open to all who are interested,” said Cook, who explained that the lecture series rep-resents a vital step in the Saxifrage School’s journey toward accredited college status.
Each “To Your Health!” lecture has so far allowed for a total atten-dance of 12 people and have been filled to capacity—a trend which Cook expects to continue.
“This is a very small example of our future,” he said.
Within the next two years Cook hopes to develop several longer academic programs, including a gap-year for students wavering between high school and college “to figure themselves out and broaden their horizons.”
While he explained that the Saxifrage School is “not at that point yet,” Cook remains hopeful that the perceived success of this spring’s lecture series will create momentum for “dramatic growth” in the school’s future.
Francesca Fenzi is a senior at Carnegie Mellon University.
By Francesca Fenzi
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The Community Design Center of Pittsburgh is calling for Pittsburgh’s young and creative minds to come together to connect the cultural entities of the Northside.
The CDCP is holding an event entitled “Imagine Art and Urban Connectivity,” for anyone with creative inclination and an eye for design to help connect the multiple cultural entities that make up the Northside’s “Charm Bracelet.”
The Charm Bracelet project encompasses all of the cultural attractions that are housed in the area, including the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, The Warhol and The Mattress Factory.
“They are often seen as individual entities and not as a collective,” said Stephen Glassman, President and CEO of the CDCP. “This would strengthen the use of the organizations and knit them together.”
The CDCP is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the value of good design, planning and public policy to support more livable and sustainable communities in the Pittsburgh region
The event, sponsored by the CDCP and The Charm Bracelet Project, is a way in which the community can take ownership of its prominent cultural institutions by finding a way to connect them, either literally or metaphorically.
“We’re open to all ideas that are imaginative… beyond those literal interpretations, something more metaphorical,” said Glassman, who is looking for “solutions outside of
Design competition to link Northside cultural entitiesBy Karin Baker the box.”
Imagine Art and Urban Connectivity is open to any individual or group between the ages of 18-25. In order to compete, applicants must attend a charrette on Saturday, April 28, from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
“A charrette is a long exercise in order to provide some resources and
energize thinking and dialogue and generate conversation through the walking guided tour.”
Glassman hopes that public interest in the event will generate interest from potential sponsors for a second round of exhibits.
“There are a lot of things to consider when maintaining public art. We’re hoping that this generates excitement for a potential sponsor or other foundation that wants to put up money for a
second exhibit.”Awards will be decided by a jury
of well-respected individuals in the art and architectural design field with parameters outlined for the selections.
“It’s amazing how much in alignment the 10 to 12 jurors end up after looking at pieces for an hour. It’s a process that really works.”
After submission, 13 designs will be selected for cash prizes and then placed on display at the Warhol museum before being moved to the Children’s Museum. Any person between the ages of 18-25 was encouraged to participate, regardless of design background or experience.
“We were very intentional about how we phrased it. All creative and imaginative people.”
Karin Baker is a senior at The University of Pittsburgh and a resident of the city of Pittsburgh.
The New Hazlett Theater is one of the many entities in the Northside that CDCP hopes to connect. (Photo by Kelsey Shea).
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Children celebrate new citi-zenship at Children’s Museum
Last Friday at The Children’s Museum, 23 children from 14 countries celebrated their recent US citizenship in the Children’s Museum theater.
The children, between the ages of 3 to 18, had already acquired citizenship through being adopted by American families or through their parents’ naturalization.
The ceremony included the recitation of The Oath of Allegiance, the national anthem, a video address from President Barack Obama and speeches by Ms. Pennsylvania, Sheena Monnin and Valerie Tobias, USICS Pittsburgh field office director, who read a poem to the children.
She welcomed the “newest of new citizens” to the “U. S. of A.”This was the first US naturalization ceremony for children held
outside of the USICS office in Pittsburgh.
Photo by Kelsey Shea
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On April 24, men and women of all ages milled around the basement room of Metropolitan Baptist Church on Sampsonia Way for the third event in City of Asylum’s “Reading the World 2012” series.
Snippets of conversation, sprinkled with accents both strong and subtle, filled the air as a small crowd enjoyed baked goods and refreshments before the show.
The “Reading the World” series seeks to present collaborations between writers and musicians from around the globe and will serve as a model for City of Asylum’s developing Alphabet City venue planned for Monterey Street.
City of Asylum, a nonprofit organization headquartered in the
City of Asylum reading series previews Alphabet CityBy Francesca Fenzi Northside, aids writers in
exile from around the world with its writers residency program.
They began work in 2010 on the Alphabet City project, which seeks to create a permanent space for musical and literary events in the Central Northside.
The project was the LINC-Ford Foundation’s Space for Change award recipient in 2011.
Scheduled for completion in 2013, the final product will rehabilitate an existing lot in the Northside, and create a venue for readings and performances like the one held on April 24.
The “Reading the World” event included performances by the South African poet laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile and local jazz musician and poet Oliver Lake.
“I’ve been going to see
Oliver for years,” said Merritt Wuchinia, an intern with Sampsonia Way Magazine, the literary magazine published by City of Asylum.
Lake, a saxophone player, has been an active member of the Pittsburgh jazz community, playing with the World Sax Quartet and at events like the Jazz Poetry Concert put on by City of Asylum every September.
“I’m always nervous that nobody will come,” said Henry Reese, the director of City of Asylum, about attendance to the events the organization puts on.
Despite his concern, the readings and performances have consistently been filled to capacity.
Kgositsile took the stage at 7:45 p.m., reading his poems aloud amid claps and nods of
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Kgositsile and Lake performed together.
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Before McDonald’s and I-279, Niederst’s ruled
Sometimes as Northside neighborhoods are renamed and reconfigured, it is a challenge to wrap your head around the new labels.
This came to mind recently when I read an announcement of a ceremony and program being planned in Historic Deutschtown.
particular corner was not a gateway but the very center of the East Ohio Street business district.
For folks living in the east Northside neighborhoods (East Deutschtown, Spring Garden, Spring Hill and Troy Hill – the intersection of East and East Ohio was probably as significant as the intersection of Federal Street and North Avenue. The East Ohio Street site was once known as Niederst’s.
There are now a few well-frequented breakfast spots on East Ohio – the Victory and Lillens – but, in its day, Niederst’s ruled!
The WPA authors of the 1940 “History of Allegheny City,” gave special recognition to Niederst’s. I’d like to imagine the group of folks who produced that work spent many mornings in one of the restaurant’s booths discussing what bits of Northside history or folklore would find its way into their book and what other bits would be left for later generations to discover.
There was an almost “old world” ambiance in Niederst’s that enabled folks to have one more cup of coffee so that the conversations could go on and on. See Niederst, page 17
Morning at Niederst’s was a scene of many East Ohio businessmen getting together prior to opening up their offices and shops.
Groups of salesmen would begin their day over coffee before heading out to the distant northern suburbs.
Growing up in the far reaches of Brighton Heights, I recall my mother’s cousin Weezie, who taught at Schiller, telling us about a meeting a few fellow teachers from East Park School and Schiller to schmooze a bit over coffee at Niederst’s before heading off to their respective schools.
All of this, of course, was under the watchful eye of the Grand Dame of the place, Mrs. Marcella Neiderst.
This place buzzed from early morning well into the evening. Neiderst’s special sandwich menu preceded the era of McDonald’s golden arches.
Those sandwiches, the Niederst #1 and #2 along with legendary homemade pies kept the place busy until 10 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends.
Plans for the construction
Photo by Kaitlin BalmertGrace Period is in the building where Neiderst’s once stood.
By John Canning The event focused on plans to preserve and transform a 19th century four-story building at the corner of East and East Ohio streets.
The building was identified as the gateway to the East Ohio. Many long-time Northsiders remember this venerable building as Neiderst’s restaurant.
They might recall when that
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‘Reading the World’
appreciation from the audience. Lake performed shortly
afterward; emitting a complicated series of squeaks and honks from his saxophone in rhythm with lines of poetry.
“I like to introduce [Oliver’s performances] as jazz poetry collaborations by a solo performer,” said Reese.
Collaboration also formed between the two artists toward the end of the show, and the performance concluded with Kgositsile reading poetry while Lake accompanied him on the saxophone.
The audience was then given opportunity to ask the performers questions, and many were directed at Kgositsile—regarding both his political experiences in South Africa and the work of his son, rapper and hip-hop artist Earl Sweatshirt, who Kgotsitsile confided was
From Reading, page 15 “extremely, dangerously articulate and tormented.”
After the show, Henry Reese expressed hope that the “Reading the World” series would “excite musicians and writers to think about the performative aspect” of language, and provide listeners with exposure to “other perspectives on life — not just poetry.”
“[Events] like this remind us that the things we struggle with are not unique to us, and maybe not even that great of struggles,” Reese said, citing Kgositsile’s journey from South Africa to New York—where he has lived in exile for several years—to Pittsburgh.
The next “Reading the World” event will take place on May 5 and feature three separate performances by authors and musicians in exile from Iran.
For more information, visit the City of Asylum website: cityofasylumpittsburgh.org.
Kgositsile and Lake recieve a standing ovation after the show. Photo by Laura Mustio
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Iceballs on the Northside
make it to City Council Chambers due to health issues.
City Council President Darlene Harris delivered the proclamation, and recalled getting rainbow iceballs when she was growing up on the Northside, though confessed that her favorite is now banana.
Gus and Stella’s cart has become iconic, not just to Northsiders, but to visitors from all over the City. Harris called it an “unofficial landmark” of the Pittsburgh.
Gus and Stella’s cart has been in the Northside since Kalaris’ father opened it in 1934. Gus took over the family business when he was 18 years old and has run with his father, mother and now his wife for 61 years. Both Kalaris’ daughters and
his four grandchildren have worked at the iceball cart.
In the ’60s, Gus said an acquaintance encouraged him to modernize with a stainless steel cart, but Kalaris kept the original design of the cart because he felt it
was a novelty and accompanied their slogan “Since your dad was a lad.”
“It’s more like ‘Since your grandfather was a lad’ now,” said Kalaris’ daughter Christina Avlon.
Even at 80 years old and against the encouragement of his two daughters, Kalaris does not plan to retire.
“My dad just won’t give it up. He loves it, and he wants to be there,” said Avon.
Kalaris summed up his passion for iceballs and the family business with a simple sentiment.
“When you buy an iceball, you buy a memory,” he said.
“When you buy an ice-
ball, you buy a memory.”
-Gus Kalaris
Gus and Stella in front of their infamous iceball cart. Photo courtesy John Canning
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At this time of year our thoughts are with the brave men and women in our armed forces who made incredible sacrifices on behalf of our nation. Along with our heroes from the past, please take time to recognize the thousands who are serving today. Several District 1 communities will hold Memorial Day observances this year, giving all of us the opportunity to show our respect.
Every summer our parks become open-air community centers hosting everything from sports activities to a rich variety of special events.
I hope to see many of you at Allegheny General’s 9th Annual Hearts in the Park, on May 12. Allegheny General continues to be a trusted resource for our district and at the forefront of medical breakthroughs. Recently doctors at Allegheny General Hospital reported that they replaced a
patient’s failing heart with a cutting edge, new version of a total artificial heart. Unlike previous artificial heart models this latest version
runs on a portable pump, allowing patients to return home while awaiting their heart transplants.
District 1 gardens are amazing this season! I am energized by the plantings our neighbors have done in both their own yards and in public spaces like Observatory Hill’s
Venture St. “bend.” As we enjoy our well-loved
District 1 community events this summer, please remember that these are a success due to neighbors volunteering to lead and working together. I encourage you to get involved and lend a hand to your neighborhood’s organizations ¬– block watches, churches and athletic associations. Together we strengthen the quality of life throughout our District 1.
Finally I would like to congratulate ROX Performance Academy’s students. It was a special treat for me to ride with them in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. These young people, once again, won second place Honors for Best Musical Group. Good job!
Please do not hesitate to call my office if I can be of assistance, I can be reached at 412.255.2135.
May in District 1From the office of City Council President Darlene Harris
of I-279 brought on the rapid decline of Niederst’s. When the Niederst Building was finally sold, Mrs. Niederst, who had lived for decades on the floors above the restaurant, moved away and settled at St. Ambrose Manor in Spring Hill.
Subsequent attempts at businesses were short-lived. East Street, for the most part, became a side street to 279 and an off ramp. The interstate itself became like a Berlin Wall in the heart of Deutchtown.
Recent work on the Neiderst Building have uncovered a few remains of the decor of the old restaurant. It would be a great find to locate some interior photos of the place.
Perhaps this project will indeed be a new gateway to a reenergized commercial core. That same energy that characterized the hustle and bustle of Niederst’s during its glory years.”
Niederst’s on East OhioFrom Niederst, page 17
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House Bill 934 (HB 934), the Voter ID bill, passed the General Assembly and was signed into law by Governor Corbett on March 20th. As a result, this November every voter will be required to show a valid form of identification in order to vote.
To obtain a valid ID you need to visit a PennDOT Driver License Center with the following paperwork:- PennDOT Oath/Affirmation Voter ID form
- PennDOT DL-54A form ($13.50 fee will be waived with the Oath/Affirmation form)- Social Security card- One of the following: Birth Certificate with a raised seal, Valid U.S. Passport, Certificate of U.S. Citizenship, or Certificate of Naturalization- Two proofs of residency, such as a lease agreement, current utility bills, mortgage documents, W-2 form, tax records, bank statements, and/or credit card bills. College students may also use room assignment paperwork and one bill with their dorm room address on it.
The following are acceptable forms of identification that will be accepted in order to vote:- ID issued by the United States government, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, an accredited Pennsylvania public or private institution of higher learning, a Pennsylvania care facility or an employee ID issued by a municipality of Pennsylvania. All must include your name, a
photograph and an expiration date that is not expired- U.S. military ID – active duty and retired military (a military or veteran’s ID must designate an expiration date or designate that the expiration date is indefinite). Military dependents’ ID must contain an expiration date- ID issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) that is not more than 12 months past the expiration date- Valid-without-photo driver’s license or a valid-without-photo ID card issued by PennDOT for individuals who have a religious objection to being photographed
If you need any assistance in obtaining a valid ID, if you cannot locate your Social Security card or birth certificate or need the Oath/Affirmation and DL-54A forms, please contact one of my district offices and my staff and I will gladly assist you.
New voter ID lawFrom the office of State Sen. Wayne Fontana
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Historic DeutschtownDuquesne Light Co. to East Allegheny Community Council Inc. at 726-728 Cedar Ave. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $75,933).October Real Estate Holdings LLC to Erik Koep at 917 James St. for $310,000.William Schrim to Travis Everly at 519 Suismon St. for $72,500. October Real Estate Holdings LLC to Anne George at 915 James St. for $10,000.James Rauch to 502 East Ohio Street L.P. at 502 E. Ohio St. for $350,000.Team Properties LLC to John O’Neill at 1202 Middle St. for $126,500.
ManchesterPittsburgh City to Manchester Youth Development Center at 1219 N. Franklin St. for $3,000.Estate of Van Gilbert to Renee Rosensteel and William O’Driscoll III at 1616 Chateau St. for $55,000.Estate of Van Bruen Gilbert to Renee
Rosensteel and William O’Driscoll III at 1618-1620 Chateau St. for $0 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $5,616).Estate of Van Bruen Gilbert to Renee Rosensteel and William Driscoll III at 1618-1620 Chateau St. for $0 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $1,170).MCC MCS LLC to Carl Epperson and Nancy Meyers at 1220 Juniata St. for $189,000.
North ShoreNorth Side Industrial Development Co. Inc. to NG Riverfront LLC at Madison Ave. and Saw Mill Way for $35,000.
Observatory HillDouglas Borowski to Welcome and Doi Thi Nguyen Hill at 19 Bonvue St. for $40,000.Marc Benoit to Fog Homes L.P. at 428 Wabana St. and Roosevelt St. for $20,000. Hazel Miller to John Buggey at 109
Gould Ave. for $30,000.Estate of Marie Regan to Oakstone Capital LLC at 22 Dunlap St. for $23,000.Estate of Joseph Boyer to US Bank NA trustee at 4160 Perrysville Ave. for $1,710 by sheriff ’s deed.
Perry HilltopPittsburgh City to John Churay at 1956-1958 Lithgow Ave. for $1,001. Hassan Eddaifi et al. to Darneice Bivins at 2121 Koerner Ave. for $4,500.Dennis Wik to Michael Holloway at 124 Hawkins Ave. for $4,000.
Spring GardenJoseph Leonard to Carl House at 1228 High St. for $8,000.David Goodman to Bank America NA at 1126 Voskamp St. for $1,954 by sheriff ’s deed.Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Pasquale DiDiano at 1244 Spring Garden Ave. for $7,550.Debra Louise Grubjesic to Wholesale
Properties LLC at 1017 Salter Way for $3,000.
Spring HillGermaine Snyder to US Bank NA trustee at 1651 Sophia St. for $1,745 by sheriff ’s deed.David Rivera et al. to Tess Popper at 1200 Yetta Ave. for $56,600. LNV Corp. to Realty Choice Investments LLC at 2149 Harbor St. for $24,000.
Troy HillDrew Heasley to Realty Choice Investments LLC at 1350 Herman St. for $16,500.Joseph Schmitt to David Rau and Lynne Szarnicki at 1816 Elbow St. for $7,000.
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Historic DeutschtownDuquesne Light Co. to East Allegheny Community Council Inc. at 726-728 Cedar Ave. for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $75,933).October Real Estate Holdings LLC to Erik Koep at 917 James St. for $310,000.William Schrim to Travis Everly at 519 Suismon St. for $72,500. October Real Estate Holdings LLC to Anne George at 915 James St. for $10,000.James Rauch to 502 East Ohio Street L.P. at 502 E. Ohio St. for $350,000.Team Properties LLC to John O’Neill at 1202 Middle St. for $126,500.
ManchesterPittsburgh City to Manchester Youth Development Center at 1219 N. Franklin St. for $3,000.Estate of Van Gilbert to Renee Rosensteel and William O’Driscoll III at 1616 Chateau St. for $55,000.Estate of Van Bruen Gilbert to Renee
Rosensteel and William O’Driscoll III at 1618-1620 Chateau St. for $0 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $5,616).Estate of Van Bruen Gilbert to Renee Rosensteel and William Driscoll III at 1618-1620 Chateau St. for $0 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $1,170).MCC MCS LLC to Carl Epperson and Nancy Meyers at 1220 Juniata St. for $189,000.
North ShoreNorth Side Industrial Development Co. Inc. to NG Riverfront LLC at Madison Ave. and Saw Mill Way for $35,000.
Observatory HillDouglas Borowski to Welcome and Doi Thi Nguyen Hill at 19 Bonvue St. for $40,000.Marc Benoit to Fog Homes L.P. at 428 Wabana St. and Roosevelt St. for $20,000. Hazel Miller to John Buggey at 109
Gould Ave. for $30,000.Estate of Marie Regan to Oakstone Capital LLC at 22 Dunlap St. for $23,000.Estate of Joseph Boyer to US Bank NA trustee at 4160 Perrysville Ave. for $1,710 by sheriff ’s deed.
Perry HilltopPittsburgh City to John Churay at 1956-1958 Lithgow Ave. for $1,001. Hassan Eddaifi et al. to Darneice Bivins at 2121 Koerner Ave. for $4,500.Dennis Wik to Michael Holloway at 124 Hawkins Ave. for $4,000.
Spring GardenJoseph Leonard to Carl House at 1228 High St. for $8,000.David Goodman to Bank America NA at 1126 Voskamp St. for $1,954 by sheriff ’s deed.Federal National Mortgage Assn. to Pasquale DiDiano at 1244 Spring Garden Ave. for $7,550.Debra Louise Grubjesic to Wholesale
Properties LLC at 1017 Salter Way for $3,000.
Spring HillGermaine Snyder to US Bank NA trustee at 1651 Sophia St. for $1,745 by sheriff ’s deed.David Rivera et al. to Tess Popper at 1200 Yetta Ave. for $56,600. LNV Corp. to Realty Choice Investments LLC at 2149 Harbor St. for $24,000.
Troy HillDrew Heasley to Realty Choice Investments LLC at 1350 Herman St. for $16,500.Joseph Schmitt to David Rau and Lynne Szarnicki at 1816 Elbow St. for $7,000.
Real Estate Transactions provided by <RealSTATs>. Contact <RealSTATs> at 412-381-3880 or visit www.RealSTATs.net.
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