As part of the Bakery Square project, the developers are asking for changes to Penn and 5th Avenue.

The proposed family of legislation supports the roadway improvements proposed and approved by the City Planning Commission, Department of Public Works, and PennDOT for the Bakery Square development project. These improvements include the widening of Penn Avenue to allow for a center left turn lane into the development site, new traffic signal equipment at adjacent intersections, the construction of a shared use path through Mellon Park along Penn Avenue, and the addition of a right turn lane from Penn Avenue east bound to Fifth Avenue.

View the PDF for the map and additional details. Bakery Square Proposed Legislation

We asked Councilman Peduto’s office about provisions for walking and biking, to which he responded

left hand turn signals with timed lights can help pedestrian safety if timed down pedestrian stages are included. Bump outs, painted and lit crosswalks and putting the bike lane in the park could all help as well. I will ask Dan [Gillman] to contact bike pittsburgh today and get a list of suggestions.

Well it’s been just over a year and we have been busy studying and meeting with our neighbors to gain additional input on the visioning work you helped create last October.

Join us Thursday, November 8th, from 6-9pm at the Reizenstein School Cafeteria.

Read the full flyer

Skip Schwab (ELDI) and Rob Pfaffman (Pfaffman and Associates) are getting the community planning process for “Bakery Row” geared up again. Rob writes:

Another key part of our planning team is Jim Hartling of Urban Partners Philadelphia, who is looking at the market and giving us important feedback about where things are heading in the real estate market. Last Fall a blog was set up by Rob Stephany that gives you some sense of the process and feedback.

http://eastlibertypost.com/bakery-row-forum/

Based on meetings with the steering committee, developer interviews and data analysis, Jim and I are beginning to gear up to develop new vision documents that build on last year’s community meeting and market research.

We will be focusing (while not ignoring of course all of the other ideas developed last fall) on a couple of key areas based on the initial recommendations of Urban Partners:

• Repairing the streetscape connection between downtown East Liberty and Penn Avenue developments (Bakery Row)
• Focus design efforts on the Giant Eagle Shakespeare Street Development to create a better designed mixed use urban development transformation. (need a new gas station site to incent GE!)
• Work with Club One to explore the redesign of the street edge of the facility.

Stay tuned for more updates.

LIGHT UP NIGHT is SATURDAY, December 1 from 6-9 pm
Assignments…
Luminaries-William, Linda, Roger, Nanci
Horse and Carriage - Greg
Cookie Table - Christine
Restaurant notification- Dawn, Linda
Block Party Permit - Jessica, Marybeth
Santa - Marybeth
Ice Sculptor- Roger
Fires - Dennis
Signs/Flyers - Greg
Lighting - Greg
Choir - Elaine?
St Bede Volunteers - Linda
Volunteer list with time slots for set up, table wathcing, clean up - ?
50/50 raffle - Nanci
Giant Steel Jack O’Lantern - Greg

We will have an SPBO table where we can sell PBZ stickers, and we can hold a 50/50 raffle.
The carriage rides will be $2 per person/$5 per family.

Set up will begin at 4:30 pm.
BOARD CHANGE
After Light Up Night (December 1) Derek will be stepping down as President. In January, we will hold an SPBO meeting to talk about officers, by-laws, volunteers and the state of the organization.
NEXT MEETING
The next SPBO meeting is October 9 at 8pm at Dennis’ (7713 Reynolds, corner of LeRoi and Reynold)

From Sarah Sumpter, Principal:

Let me extend an invitation to our monthly Parent School Community Council(PSCC/PTO) meeting that will occur on Monday, October 22nd at 7:00PM if any neighborhood reps would like to attend.

Please let us know if you’d like to attend on behalf of the SPBO. We don’t want to crowd the meeting, so we need to limit/manage the number of folks who might attend. Please send a note to derek@southpointbreeze.org so we can coordinate any planned participants.

Tuesday, October 9th @ 8pm
Dennis’ House (corner of LeRoi and Reynolds)

This meeting is open to the entire neighborhood.

The agenda includes:

• Light Up Night planning
• Sterrett School Safety Discussion + Meeting Planning
• more…

See you there!

Tuesday, September 18th @ 8pm
Dennis’ House (corner of LeRoi and Reynolds)

This meeting is open to the entire neighborhood.

The agenda (still be planned)includes:

• Block Captain assignments
• Light Up Night planning
• more…

See you there!

Monday, August 13th @ 8pm
Dennis’ House (corner of LeRoi and Reynolds)

This meeting is open to the entire neighborhood.

The planned agenda items include:

• Block Captain street assignments
• Bonfire Task Force update, event planning, and task assignments
• PBZ sticker distribution
• more…

See you there!

Here are the minutes from our last meeting (10 July).

Tuesday, July 10th @ 8pm, at Make Your Mark Coffeehouse

This meeting is open to the entire neighborhood.

The planned agenda items include:

• commencement of our Block Captain Initiative
• formation of the Bonfire Task Force
• more…

See you there!

Shadyside’s Changing Landscape

Topics
Bakery Row Planning, Bridge Development, McCook Mansion Proposal; Election of New Board; light refreshments to follow.

Date and Time
Thursday, May 3, 2007, 7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. This is the “Annual Meeting” of the Shadyside Action Coalition.

Location
Winchester Thurston Lower School Auditorium, 555 Morewood Ave., Shadyside (enter on Ellsworth Ave.)