Pittsburg, PA
Penguins’ developmental rights in Lower Hill come to end
After almost two decades of having the developmental rights to the former Civic Arena site in the Lower Hill, the rights have expired for the Penguins.
Now, it moves to the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Sports and Exhibition Authority.
Timeline of events
In 2007, the Penguins were on the verge of leaving town. To keep them, the Penguins were promised a new arena and developmental rights to the former Civic Arena.
Now in 2025, about 7 of the more than 28 acres of land have been developed. Only the FNB Tower has been completed, while Live Nation is building a concert venue.
“Those spots have been empty for far too long,” said state Sen. Wayne Fontana, the SEA board chairman.
There have been several community meetings and frustrations with a lack of development, including mixed-income housing. In a joint statement, Mayor Ed Gainey and Pittsburgh City Council President Daniel Lavelle said it’s disappointing to see a lack of development over the past 18 years, adding the area must commit to development that not only honors Pittsburgh’s Black history but also repairs the harm done.
The Penguins said in a statement that the organization is committed to inclusive development of the Lower Hill. The team plans to stay engaged in the city’s plans for the area.
“They had the opportunity to do so. They had developers, contractors, and advisors over the years, but still they didn’t get it all done,” Sen. Fontana said.
Community groups like the Hill Community Development Corporation said this is a chance to reset and meet the promises made of community collaboration and implementation plans. The group wants to see development, but wants to see work that will benefit the Lower Hill, Hill District and city.
It’s a chance to fix the wrongs of urban renewal more than 70 years ago.
“Instead of talk, we can have some real action there to show we accomplished something in that area,” Fontana said.
The URA says it plans to meet with community groups and work on a plan with the SEA to get future development done.
Pittsburg, PA
Extremely cold temperatures will be in place for the Pittsburgh area through the end of the week
Extremely cold temperatures will be in place for the Pittsburgh area through the end of the week.
Any Alert Days Ahead? Tuesday is a First Alert Weather Day due to wind chills potentially dipping to 25 degrees below zero. Friday and Saturday are likely First Alert Weather Days due to extreme cold.
Aware: Extreme cold warning in effect through 11 a.m. today, A cold weather advisory is in effect from 7 p.m. today through 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
There will be little escaping the cold over the next week, while outside, temperatures most mornings dip to 0° or below.
Highs are only expected to hit the mid-teens. When it gets this cold, we see a slew of cold-weather warnings and advisories being issued. For a general rule of thumb, warnings are always worse than advisories. So even without knowing why they are issued, you should think an Extreme Cold Warning is worse than a Cold Weather Advisory.
Extreme Cold Warnings are issued when wind chill values dip below twenty below zero. At these temperatures, you are looking at frostbite setting in 30 minutes or less. A Cold Weather Advisory is issued when wind chill values dip to lower than ten below zero but not more than twenty below zero.
So knowing that, we will likely see Cold Weather Advisories also issued for Wednesday evening to Thursday morning with morning temperatures near 0° and wind chills between -10° to -20°. Thursday evening to Friday morning, along with Friday evening to Saturday morning will likely see Extreme Cold Warnings issued with morning temperatures falling to around -5° on Friday morning and -8° on Saturday. It won’t take too much of a wind to get to the warning criteria on those days. If you must work outside for any long period, please take precautions against frostbite, including layering and covering up, along with making sure your skin isn’t dry.
At least there are no days when we are expecting to see several inches of snow incoming. We do have a chance for snow tonight, with our best chance coming after 5 this evening, with upslope snow showers possible for the rest of the evening. Snow totals will be an inch or less. Besides that, I don’t have anything more than an isolated snow chance through next Monday.
The snow is going to be here for a while, with data showing very few hours above 32° over the next two weeks.
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