Living Downtown: High costs, low returns plus parking issues and red tape plague developers

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - December 31, 2000
Dan Fitzpatrick

Kevin Luczkow recently left his $650-a-month apartment in Whitehall for a $1,200-a-month place Downtown, along Penn Avenue.

Sure, it's more expensive. But, "I can walk to this place from my office in three minutes," said Luczkow, a 27-year-old project manager for Turner Construction Co. From a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment that overlooks the Cultural District, Luczkow now is only a block or two from the Benedum Center, Heinz Hall and the O'Reilly Theater. He has 12-foot ceilings, valet parking and a rooftop deck.

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