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Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO
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Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:31:27 GMT
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Toki Barron wrote:
> Yeah, pretty much. If you browse to www.postgazette.com, you can find plenty about the "Forbes & Fifth" project or
> whatever it is called. Mayor Murph is plannint to use eminent domain (sp?) to buy a bunch of the older, mom & pop
> stores and put in things like Nordstroms, I guess to make it a desirable place to shop ala Fifth Avenue, NYC (I
> guess, that's where all of the big stores like Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue are, right?).
It's unfortunate that they are going that direction. I thought it was great when they started
to renovate some of the older buildings downtown into apartments/condos. The Mom and Pop stores
would have served their needs excellently. Now they are building stuff without any character.
It's really sad- I used to enjoy downtown a lot.
Is the Hard Rock Cafe or was it Planet Hollywood still going to be built?
> I think Pittsburgh is out of its depression of the 80s, but is growing much more slowly that other areas (most
> notably, San Jose/Silicon Valley and Raleigh/Durham). The relatively high taxes don't help, but it is really the
> lack of jobs for young people that hurts the city more than anything else.
Slow growth can be/is a good thing. The jobs for the young people is what's wrong with PIttsburgh.
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| (...) I'm not sure. I haven't heard much about it. I'm not sure Pittsburgh is big enough that those places would want a restaurant here, but I could be wrong. When were they considering coming here? I lived in Iowa from 9/97 'til 12/99 while I went (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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| (...) Yeah, pretty much. If you browse to www.postgazette.com, you can find plenty about the "Forbes & Fifth" project or whatever it is called. Mayor Murph is plannint to use eminent domain (sp?) to buy a bunch of the older, mom & pop stores and put (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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