help wanted!
Help wanted! 6 days from now I’ll be at the White House, in a meeting with the administration and other Pittsburgh business and civic leaders.
beijing growth
Beijing has grown in quite an organized manner. It was when I travelled the fourth ring road, about 10 miles out from the center of the city center, that I began to understand the scale of this city.
urban is hip now
Now this is worth writing about. Today the WSJ reports that there are signs of recovery in the office space market. Great news. Perhaps the miserable economy is finally righting itself.
a gift to the city
Twenty-seven young architects in training put their minds to downtown Pittsburgh this fall. They explored, documented and analyzed the compact neighborhood carefully, logically, with no preconceptions.
the wage debate
Everyone deserves to earn enough money to pay for their daily essentials. On face value alone the proposed prevailing wage bill in Pittsburgh makes sense. It speaks to the basic decency of employers and their willingness to take some responsibility for their employees lives.
