Penn Ave. apartment project kicks off

Penn Ave. apartment project kicks off

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - October 26, 2001
By Michael Yeomans

At 27-feet wide and five stories tall, 905 Liberty Ave. is a fairly forgettable slice of Downtown landscape.

But this building and other "slivers" like it could hold the key to unlocking a Downtown housing revival. Turning such abandoned architectural relics into livable spaces, however, requires uncommon cooperation among banks, government, local foundations and developers.

Work begins in a few months on transforming 905 Liberty into eight residential lofts with a ground-floor retail space where a Chinese restaurant once operated - a space that would be ideally suited for a coffee shop or deli.

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