Wa ing for Fetterman
BY: COLIN WILLIAMS
AAKANKSHA AGARWAL
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON
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WAITING FOR FETTERMAN
Years on from his meteoric rise, the pugnacious politician seems more intent on trolling his former voters than notching policy wins. So what does the former Braddock mayor really want?
BY: COLIN WILLIAMS // CWILLIAMS@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
They say a good man is hard to find. But what about a politically ambiguous United States senator? Turns out that may not be so easy, either. I’d know — I’ve spent the past month attempting to reach one of my senators, John Fetterman (D-Pa.).
Like many of his constituents, I wanted to know more about why the erstwhile leftwing stalwart has since taken a staunchly pro-Israel stance and even greenlit several of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. I was also hoping to learn more about turnover on his staff, his recent antagonism toward some supporters, and, ideally, the senator’s health, given his previous depression diagnosis and stroke. Lastly, I wanted to know why Fetterman thinks Trump and Elon Musk’s brazen power grab “isn’t a constitutional crisis” when a growing number are calling it a “coup.”
In other words, I wanted the same answers from Fetterman that many Fetterman voters want two years into his term.
After sending several emails to his staff, calling all si of his offices and leaving voicemails, tagging the senator and several former staffers on social media, te ting other former staff members, emailing Braddockarea elected officials, and stopping by his Pittsburgh office, I was finally able to reach the senator’s staff.
Unfortunately, days after Pittsburgh City Paper spiked this story to give Fetterman more time to answer uestions, Team Fetterman declined to comment, leaving me with the same uestion as the constituents I interviewed what does John Fetterman believe?
FROM BRADDOCK TO THE BIG TIME
Most locals know that Fetterman used to be mayor of Braddock, where he drew attention to the long-suffering borough’s plight with T spots, tattoos, and redevelopment proects. t the time, he was given a great deal of credit for rehabilitating the borough. owever, he also courted controversy, in one instance pulling a gun on a ogger he mistakenly believed was eeing a shooting. s national outlets were calling him a “taste god”, Fetterman shot ads for Levi’s and rode Braddock’s glow-up narrative, first to a failed Senate campaign in (he lost to former state official atie Mc inty, who then lost to epublican incumbent Pat Toomey), and then the Pa. Lieutenant overnorship in . Fetterman used the power of that office to aunt progressive values, defiantly ying Pride ags and a cannabis leaf banner from his balcony in arrisburg.
harda Jones, who succeeded Fetterman as mayor in , tells Pittsburgh City Paper that, in her view,
Fetterman has long seemed more interested in the performative side of politics.
comparatively well-off family, cutting against the blue-collar narrative.
hen Toomey announced his
“I JUST FEEL LIKE HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT COSPLAYING AS A WORKING-CLASS INDIVIDUAL.”
“I ust feel like he was really good at cosplaying as a working-class individual,” Jones says. “ e didn’t have the same problems and was afforded more opportunities than your average Braddock person.” Jones notes that the mayoral position’s low pay — per month — was less of an issue for Fetterman given his
return to the private sector in , Fetterman again umped into the race for Senate. e uickly gained ground on his opponents, including then- ep. onor Lamb and Pa. ep. Malcolm enyatta (now D co-chair), and eventually won the right to face T personality and epublican nominee Mehmet z in
the general election.
Jones, who says she eventually voted for Fetterman in ovember, at first endorsed enyatta, in part because she says Fetterman had been scarce while Braddock continued to suffer from population loss, decaying infrastructure, and a lack of medical access following UPM ’s withdrawal from the borough.
“ hen he was running for Senate, I lived two doors down from him,” she says. “People were like, hy didn’t you endorse Fetterman?’ And I was like, I’ve been his neighbor for two years and never saw him or spoke to him.’”
The general election was ugly. Fetterman went full bore at
PHOTO: CAMERON CROSTON
John Fetterman speaks in support of Kamala Harris during a rally on Nov. 4, 2024.
Oz, criticizing him as an unqualified carpetbagger and couching his own campaign as centered on “workers, wages and weed.” nd then came a stroke that sidelined the candidate for months. hen he returned, Fetterman used adaptive technology to overcome new struggles with speech.
nline, many have casually implied that this episode changed the senator. In one interview , Fetterman credited the stroke with giving him the “freedom” to “no longer be afraid of blowback.” I reached out to llegheny ealth etwork to see if they could offer more specifics on the impacts of a stroke, but the network was “uncomfortable” with making doctors available to comment on one patient’s specific case. Fetterman later sought inpatient treatment for depression.
fter staff “stepped up,” advancing the senator’s agenda in his absence, Fetterman returned to his antagonistic ways, prompting a procedural fight over the Senate’s dress code after refusing to change out of his customary hoodie. Jones says her skepticism turned to frustration as Braddock continued to e perience issues with gun violence and bad roads.
“ e have some representation higher up, so maybe in Braddock, we might see something come back to us,” Jones recalls thinking. “But no.” Fetterman would undercut his progressive support further following amas’ deadly ct. attack against Israel and Israel’s subse uent devastation of the aza Strip.
WRAPPED IN THE FLAG
ne uestion I especially wanted to ask Fetterman was about his support for Israel. It wasn’t, and still isn’t, clear to me to what e tent his support for ionism is personal, political, both, or neither.
Fetterman has been an unwavering, even churlish Israel booster since amas’ attack — this has put him at odds with a wide swath of the
local electorate in reater Pittsburgh, particularly progressives, who have steadfastly called for an end to the violence. Just over a month after ct.
, Fetterman was recorded booing protestors calling for a ceasefire. Shortly thereafter, he was seen wearing the Israeli ag like a cape at the March for Israel rally. The actions stood in contrast to his earlier criticism of z for not recognizing the rmenian enocide.
The senator’s vehement support of Israel’s actions, which many consider a genocide, seems to have been an in ection point for many who voted for him in ’ .
emy Porter, who cast his ballot for Fetterman, says he initially supported the senator in part due to the “positive press coverage” of Fetterman’s tenure as a “reformer” in Braddock, although Porter says he was aware of some negative local stories, too.
“I will put myself down as one of those people that, in retrospect, I would call a sucker,” Porter tells City
Paper. “I was happy to focus on more of the progressive accomplishments and less on the criti ue.”
approval rating has since doubled among epublicans.
hen Trump was reelected,
“I VOTED FOR FETTERMAN THINKING I WAS SUPPORTING A GIANT, BUT HE’S JUST A TROLL.”
Instead of a “loud, full-throated” progressive, Porter says he was uickly “disappointed” by Fetterman’s penchant for trolling and seeming about-face on his past progressive statements, as well as by his stance on aza. “That kind of both foreign adventurism and, really, facilitation of what would be ethnic cleansing is bad.”
Porter began sending Fetterman emails. thers accosted the senator in public — in one viral incident that made national headlines, Fetterman was seen mocking a constituent on his way to the elevator, garnering praise from conservatives. is
Fetterman distanced himself from fellow Democrats, criticizing his party for being “condescending” to white men. nd then came “yea” votes for Trump nominees — including as the sole Democrat to vote “yes” for now-U.S. ttorney eneral Pam Bondi — and conservative immigration policies.
Porter says he doesn’t get it. “If epublicans don’t need your vote, don’t give it to them. ou’re not getting anything out of this,” he says. “Maybe you’re gonna get some concession in the future but out here, your constituents ust see that you don’t stand for anything.”
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON
Protesters hold a flag stating "John supports genocide" and call for a ceasefire during a Hands o Rafah protest in East Liberty.
Fetterman now seems likely to have lost many former supporters like Porter. He’s been called a “craven opportunist” and “jagoff” by progressive publications (I should note that he lost CP readers’ vote for Best Jagoff 2024 to UPMC). His office has also seen notable levels of staff turnover, with a former communications director speaking out against Fetterman’s support for Israel and multiple staff members leaving as recently as Feb. 19 for the same reason.
It’s unclear if the senator cares. Fetterman, who’s accepted nearly $250,000 in donations from proIsrael lobby AIPAC, also features prominently on a new hoodie for sale through AIPAC’s website. He dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in January, recently praised Musk, and says “no one is my gatekeeper.” That leaves the rest of us to figure out what has changed — if anything.
“I was hoping he’d be the goon version of Bernie Sanders. A quirky, heroic Everyman to represent us,” Fetterman voter Katherine Hayes posted on Bluesky. “I overlooked his banal, opportunistic politicking and focused on his Pride marches.”
In another Bluesky post, Hayes
stated, “I voted for Fetterman thinking I was supporting a giant, but he’s just a troll.”
Many others have taken to social media to express regret over their votes. “For a brief slip of time Pennsylvania had two Democratic Senators. Starting next month, it appears we’ll have zero,” Bluesky user James Santelli wrote.
Porter agrees. “My thesis of his entire voting pattern is: he has no values,” he says. He’s continued to write the senator in hopes of finding answers, although Porter says Fetterman, after a form letter early in his term, has stopped responding.
Former Braddock mayor Jones says it’s unclear to her what Fetterman’s endgame was or is. Braddock’s problems remain similar; she says she’s seen little of the senator around the borough in recent years. I ask about her reaction to her predecessor’s rightward drift and what she’s hopeful for as a constituent — Fetterman will, barring the unforeseen, remain in office through Jan. 2029.
“I have no idea what his character is at this point or what he stands for,” she says. “I just hope someone runs against him in four years.” •
CP PHOTO: RYAN DETO
John Fetterman speaks on a panel of progressives at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
A LEGACY FOLDED IN
Pairing history and tradition with innovation makes Amazing Dumplings live up to its name
BY: AAKANKSHA
On the coldest nights of winter leading up to Lunar New Year, in their modest home in China’s Ningxia Hui
Autonomous Region, Fengping Geng’s family would gather around a wooden table, their hands working in unison.
The our-dusted surface was cluttered with bowls of minced pork, cabbage, and scallions, and stacks of delicate, handmade wrappers. Dumplingmaking wasn’t just reserved for holidays. Geng’s parents mandated it to be a monthly tradition, too. While food was never plentiful, her parents
always made sure there was enough for this one special meal, and it quickly became the highlight of her childhood.
Now, thousands of miles away from that small home in Ningxia, Geng’s dumplings have found a new audience. At Amazing Dumplings, her restaurant in S uirrel ill, customers line up for the avors of her childhood. Geng makes dumplings by hand every morning, alongside her dedicated staff. But now, the laughter comes from strangers who have found comfort in her food, in the taste of something handmade, something familiar.
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON Fengping Geng, owner of Amazing Dumplings in Squirrel Hill, demonstrates the dumpling making process.
The masterclass
“Dumpling Day was my happiest time,” Geng tells Pittsburgh City Paper. “It wasn’t just about the food. It was about the process, the togetherness.”
For Geng, the kitchen was a place of movement and memory. Her mother, the architect of the filling, worked without recipes. The scent of freshly chopped pork, pickled cabbage, and leeks filled the air as she seasoned the mixture, relying on instinct rather than measurement. Every ingredient had a role to play. The pork needed just the right amount of fat — never less than 30% — to keep the filling juicy. The cabbage had to be salted and squeezed dry, its moisture carefully controlled to keep the wrappers from breaking. The leeks, sharp and green, cut through the richness — a fragrant counterpoint.
Her father was in charge of the dough, kneading it into smooth elasticity before rolling it into long ropes, cutting them into even pieces. As a child, Geng’s job was to flatten those pieces into disks, trying her best to mimic her father’s swift, effortless movements.
“I was so eager to help. But my dumpling skins were never quite right. Too thick, too thin, too uneven. My mother would smile and reshape them when I wasn’t looking, ” Geng says.
Filling and folding wa s the final, most delicate step. Her mother’s fingers moved quickly, scooping the fragrant mixture into each wrapper, sealing the edges with firm, sure pleats. Geng, at 7, struggled. Her dumplings refused to hold their shape. More often than not, she abandoned the task altogether, pressing and stretching the dough into abstract, lopsided creations that never made it to the steamer. Her parents would laugh, rolling the scraps back into a neat ball to begin again.
But over time, she learned. Dumpling-making, she realized, was an exercise in restraint. The dough had to be thick enough to hold the filling, but thin enough to be tender once cooked. The folds had to be tight, the seams strong.
The act of making dumplings was a ritual of survival, a way to create abundance even in times of scarcity.
“We didn’t have much. But when we made dumplings, we had each other,” she says. “We had joy. We were OK.”
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON
Fengping Geng, owner of Amazing Dumplings in Squirrel Hill
A childhood of scarcity and strength
Geng was born in 1965 in Hei longjiang, in China’s frigid, industrial northeast, but she wouldn’t stay there long. Before her first birthday, her parents moved west to Ningxia, a sparsely populated region on the edge of the Loess Plateau, part of a national campaign to develop China’s interior.
“Ningxia in the 1960s wasn’t what it is today. It wasn’t like Beijing or Shanghai at the time. It was poor, underdeveloped. We didn’t have much infrastructure. Every meal was something my parents worked for,” says Geng.
The move was part of China’s Third Front Movement, a Cold War-era industrialization effort that redirected labor and resources inland, away from the more vulnerable coastal cities. Families like Geng’s, many from China’s northeast, were sent to rural, resource-scarce provinces to build factories, railways, and agricultural outposts. It was a state-driven attempt at self-reliance, but for those on the ground, it meant starting over in an unfamiliar landscape with little support.
Her father took on grueling physical labor, while her mother managed the home, eking out meals from whatever ingredients were available. Cooking was an act of ingenuity.
“If you had rice, you made congee one day, rice cakes the next, and fried rice the day after,” Geng recalls. “Nothing was wasted. If we had a chicken, every part of it was used: the bones for broth, the meat for dumplings, the skin crisped up and eaten with vinegar.”
Yet Ningxia had a culinary identity distinct from anywhere her family had lived before. ith a significant ui Muslim population, the region’s cuisine blended Islamic and Han hinese in uences. Lamb, not pork, was the dominant protein. Spices like cumin, chili, and Sichuan peppercorn infused dishes with warmth. Hand-pulled noodles and beef noodle soup were everyday fare. Náng bread, similar to a Central Asian naan, was baked in domed clay ovens.
In Ningxia, food was about sustenance, but it was also about survival. “You had to make do with what you had. That’s why I love simple foods, not because they’re basic, but because they carry meaning. They remind me of home,” says Geng.
CP PHOTOS: MARS JOHNSON Fengping Geng, owner of Amazing Dumplings in Squirrel Hill, demonstrates the dumpling making process.
“IT WASN’T JUST ABOUT THE FOOD. IT WAS ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE TOGETHERNESS.”
A ne cha ter a ne itchen
But some meals carried a meaning that stretched beyond survival. No food in Geng’s childhood embodied that more than dumplings.
During Lunar New Year, China’s most significant h oliday, dumplings were the centerpiece of the feast. The festival, which follows the lunar calendar and marks the first new moon of the year, is a time for family reunions, sweeping away the misfortunes of the past, and welcoming prosperity. A steaming plate of dumplings is brought out at midnight to ring in the new year.
There was a tradition of hiding a single coin inside one dumpling — a small token of luck for the person who found it. Some
believed it would bring wealth in the coming year, while others saw it as a promise of good fortune.
“I always wanted to find it,” she says. “Somehow, my father always did.”
Dumplings meant abundance, even when times were hard. A family that could make dumplings had our, meat, warmth, and people to share them with. The number of dumplings eaten also mattered — some families believed that eating more dumplings on New Year’s Eve would bring greater wealth in the coming year.
The Lunar ew ear meal was filled with symbolism fish for surplus, spring rolls for wealth, and long noodles for longevity. But dumplings, especially in northern China, remained the most important. Their preparation brought families together, and
their presence on the table meant that, no matter how difficult the past year had been, the new year would begin with something warm and whole.
But as much as dumplings were a symbol of family, they also became something else for Geng: a connection to home itself.
Years later, when she moved to the United States, it was the dumplings she missed the most.
he e ol tion of a d ling drea
In 1995, Geng’s husband, Feng Gao, left Ningxia to scope out life for their family in the United States. At the time, Geng was still in China, raising their 10-year-old son and
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON
Fengping Geng, owner of Amazing Dumplings in Squirrel Hill, presents a freshly made beef dumpling.
bilities. Neither she nor Gao spoke English, and their professional experience in China didn’t easily translate in the U.S. But they had a foundation stronger than words: a shared love of food.
Gao, driven by both skill and necessity, was the first to enter the culinary world. Over the years, he traveled back to cooking schools in Xi’an, refining his knowledge, immersing himself in the techniques passed down through generations. In 2007, he opened Sakura in Squirrel Hill, a restaurant that quickly became known for its expansive Chinese and Hibachi offerings — including dumplings that had long defined their family’s table. Gao was the face of the restaurant, moving through the dining room with an easy confidence, chatting with customers, overseeing the kitchen. Behind the scenes, Geng worked
past and the new role she was stepping into. On the Fourth of July that year, she renamed the restaurant Amazing Dumplings, scaling down the menu to specialize in the food that had always been closest to her heart: dumplings and noodles from her childhood.
Tradition in one hand, experimentation in the other
While working on rebranding the business, Geng discovered that, in Pittsburgh, a dumpling-focused menu might be too niche. Unlike cities like New York or San Francisco, where soup dumplings and handmade dumplings were readily available, Pittsburgh’s food scene was still warming up to the idea.
a hundred different types, ranging from classic pork and cabbage to unexpected seafood fillings.
“That was our ‘aha’ moment. We realized we needed to balance tradition with innovation,” she says.
At Amazing Dumplings, her menu reflects that philosophy. The foundation is strong classic dumplings: pork and cabbage, pork and celery, egg and leeks. But then, things get interesting.
One of her biggest hits is the Kung Pao Chicken Dumpling, a nod to one of Sichuan’s most beloved dishes. Each dumpling is carefully packed with diced chicken, crunchy peanuts, and a slick of chili oil, ensuring every bite delivers that signature sweetspicy-nutty explosion.
The General Tso’s Chicken Dumpling is another crowd favorite. Unlike the
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON
Amazing Dumplings in Squirrel Hill
deep-fried version found in American takeout spots, Geng’s take is steamed and hits just right — tangy, slightly sweet, deeply satisfying.
One dish carries a particularly personal touch: “General Gao’s Spicy Beef Dumplings, crafted by my husband Gao Feng, may not be as famous as General Tso’s chicken worldwide, but his relentless pursuit of perfection, despite lacking formal culinary education, has resulted in these unique and spicy beef dumplings,” Geng says. “He is the iron chef in my eyes.” .
For her tiniest diners, the Sunrise Chicken Dumpling is a clear favorite. Dotted with bright orange, purple, and green hues, it’s a dish designed to delight.
“I love seeing kids get excited about dumplings,” Geng says. “They eat with their eyes first, and then they fall in love with the taste.”
These offerings are a re ection of the way eng approaches food, with lightheartedness, joy, and a willingness to push boundaries.
Dumplings may be the heart of the restaurant, but they are not the only star. The thick, slurpable noodles of northern hina are another highlight, offering chewy te tures and layered avors.
Her Biáng Biáng Noodles, named for the unmistakable thwack sound they make as they’re stretched and slapped against the counter, are served with chopped peppers, a slick of hot oil, and, for those who can handle it, the mouth-numbing punch of Sichuan spice.
A s r rise ending
Where Gao had once been the composed presence at the helm of Sakura, Geng brings a liveliness, a sprightliness that finds its way into everything she touches. ao is her biggest cheerleader and content to work behind the scenes in this second season of their business.
But when Geng rebranded the restaurant to make it Amazing Dumplings, she wasn’t sure what to expect.
She had imagined her restaurant as a haven for Chinese customers, people like her, longing for the avors of home. But as it turns out, she was “thinking too small.”
In the last three years, she’s seen diners of all backgrounds embrace her food — not just out of curiosity, but with real affection. Families have gathered around plates of steaming dumplings, first-timers have carefully maneuvered chopsticks, regulars have debated their favorite fillings, and children have eagerly reached for the brightly colored dumplings.
It was then she realized: dumplings, like memory, are universal.
“I thought dumplings were only Chinese food,” she says. “But really, they belong to everyone.” •
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DAHN AT DIAMOND MARKET
The Market Women of Diamond Square takes readers through the seedy streets of 1910s Pittsburgh — with a feminist twist
BY: DAVID S. ROTENSTEIN // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
PHOTO: THE PITTSBURGH CITY PHOTOGRAPHER COLLECTION VIA HISTORICPITTSBURGH.ORG
The Diamond Market in 1914. The Babinger Hotel is visible in the background.
The Market Women of Diamond Square is Pittsburgh writer Jan Ellen Kurth’s tale of feminism, displacement and misogyny set in Downtown Pittsburgh. In the book, Kurth taps into events that played out more than 100 years ago and themes recognizable to many 21st century yinzers.
The Market Women unfolds in 1914 and follows the story of Katie, the daughter of a defrocked smalltown pastor turned merchant in the Youghiogheny River town of Greenock. Katie’s ticket out of town is the fruit stall she buys in Pittsburgh’s Diamond Market.
Kurth creates fictional characters and events that weave seamlessly through real life events and people. The now-local is a former urban planner turned journalist from Kansas
City, Mo., by way of upstate New York. She and her wife Ann Belser own Print , an East End monthly newspaper. The Market Women is her second novel.
The market women in Kurth’s novel navigate a pre-Prohibition Pittsburgh dominated by corrupt politicians and moral-minded progressives. Katie’s fictional story plays out against a backdrop of historical events that include a crackdown on saloons serving women without male escorts — a real thing that could land a woman in jail and saloonkeepers stripped of their liquor licenses.
Katie quickly sheds her smalltown naivete about life in the big city as she learns to negotiate for produce with dealers who profit from taking advantage of women they perceive as incapable of standing up for themselves.
Through the other market women, Katie is introduced to downtown department stores, streetcars, and Pittsburgh’s nightlife.
She also learns how to evade police sweeps in the red-light districts of the time, where blue laws limited who could serve and consume alcohol, where dancing was permitted, and who had the power to label and prosecute unmarried women as prostitutes.
Ester becomes one of Katie’s guides and closest friends. The pair form an intimate bond that begins at the market house and deepens in saloon backrooms where women drink and dance together. Henry Jacobs owns a saloon across from the market house. “They really did get in trouble for being a majoritywomen [saloon],” says Kurth. “I had heard of women infiltrating bars maybe when they
PHOTO: DAVID S. ROTENSTEIN Jan Ellen Kurth
shouldn’t be. But there was actually a bar in Pittsburgh that was mostly women in 1913. You know, for any LGBTQ historian, it’s like they would tell you that didn’t exist.”
Contemporary newspapers wrote a lot about the Jacobs saloon. “It was charged that Henry S. Jacobs, 25 Graeme [Street], kept a place frequented mostly by women and many of them of bad repute,” the Pittsburgh Post reported in 1914.
Babinger’s Hotel and Mary Callahan’s Ramsey Hotel are other real-life places that provid settings for The Market Women
A subplot running throughout the book involves the city’s plans to demolish the aging Diamond Market and replace it with a new one. The women who rent their stalls from the city have their livelihoods tied up by politicians’ whims and corruption. The fear
of displacement and economic doom looms large over the market women’s heads.
The inspiration to write The Market Women hit while Kurth was doing historical research for another story.
“THEY REALLY DID GET IN TROUBLE FOR BEING A MAJORITY-WOMEN [SALOON].”
“I don’t even remember what it was, and I came across accounts of the director of public safety at the time, Charles Hubbard, talking about cracking down on women in the bars, specifically the women from the public market house,” Kurth explains.
Hubbard became infamous for reorganizing the Pittsburgh police department in 1914.
He successfully lobbied the City Council to fire the city’s 25 detectives and create a new “Secret Service” to target vice. Hubbard’s campaign included raiding and closing movie theaters, rooming houses, and saloons.
“The word on the street is that for the past two weeks, Hubbard has had the Downtown cafés under surveillance. His new secret service,” Ester tells Katie in The Market Women
The lines separating historical fact and historical fiction in The Market Women are fuzzy, but Kurth faithfully captures the spirit of a bygone Pittsburgh.
Kurth found lots to work with as she went deeper into a research rabbit hole. “It seems that wherever I move, I’m always fascinated by the history of wherever I am,” says Kurth. “I can kind of walk some of the parts
PHOTO: COURTESY OF JAN ELLEN KURTH The Market Women of Diamond Square cover
PHOTO: COURTESY OF PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP Market Square today during Peoples Gas Holiday Market
of Pittsburgh and kind of get a sense of where these stories took place and who the people were.”
There’s nothing left but the ghosts of fictional atie’s real Pittsburgh. Market Square replaced the Diamond Market in 1962. Though the buildings are long gone, the spirit of the saloons and lives lived on the edge continued well into the 20th century. In the 1970s, instead of the Jacobs saloon or Babinger’s Hotel, Market Square had Dante “Tex” Gill’s Maya massage parlor. Today, Market Square is poised for another makeover.
The backroom dealing and lack of transparency urth found in the events leading up to the Diamond Market redevelopment were familiar themes to the former urban planner. “I remember even telling Ann at one point when I was doing research on the demolition of the market house, how they had already decided they were going to tear it down and then they have public hearings,” urth says. Belser, she says, replied, “They still do that!”
Asked why people should read The Market Women, urth replies, “ ou can go to any bookstore and find thousands of stories addressing orld ar II, but you’re not going to find too many on , Pittsburgh down in the market house.” •
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“Absolutely
PHOTO: COURTESY OF JAN KURTH Jan Ellen Kurth
“WHOLESOME FOOD FROM SMALL SUPPLIERS IS FAR, FAR MORE RESILIENT TO OUTBREAKS AND SUPPLY-CHAIN ISSUES.”
TRUMP TAKE EGG
In spite of the president’s promises and voters’ wishes, egg prices remain stubbornly high across Greater Pittsburgh
BY: COLIN WILLIAMS // CWILLIAMS@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
Voters wanted lower in ation in 2024. Many of them cast their ballots for Donald Trump to return, perhaps thinking some combination of corporate deregulation and the second-term president’s supposed business prowess would deliver us back to the halcyon days of $.99 eggs and gasoline. Trump certainly paid plenty of lip service to lower prices during the campaign.
Instead, commodity prices are soaring, consumer confidence is in freefall, and, in classic fashion, the snarkier corners of the internet have a response: Trump take egg.
The meme has spread especially fast on Bluesky, now home to millions of Twitter expats. The simple formulation of “Trump take egg” (also mirrored in “Trump crash plane,” “DOGE steal data,” and other tongue-in-cheek posts) seems designed to cut through online noise with a simple message, something Democrats have repeatedly failed to do. As egg prices soar, it’s also a message with potential for online resonance.
Locally, Trump also “take egg” — while Greater Pittsburgh’s eggs are cheaper than the $8.07 national average, egg prices here are still north of $5 (Pittsburgh City Paper compared across multiple local grocers, including ALDI, Giant Eagle/Market District, and Whole Foods — $5.99 seems to be the current local median). Many stores, including Trader Joe’s, are unable to keep shelves full . Local diners have begun adding surcharges to offset soaring wholesale costs. In short, Trump take egg.
The causes are the same locally as they are nationally: avian influenza, anxiety about tariffs, and corporate price gouging.
Avian influenza (aka H5N1 or bird flu) could pose the most serious threat to the national egg supply, as well as to us, the people who want more egg, but there’s good news in the short term for area residents, says Debabrata “Ronnie” Das, Allegheny County’s public health information officer.
While bird flu has definitely reached Pennsylvania and neighboring Ohio, as of this writing, “there have not been any known human cases of H5N1 in the county,” Das tells City Paper via email. “No animals in Allegheny [County] have tested positive for H5N1 to date.”
There are some concerns — Das advises residents not to touch sick or dead wild birds and to report them to the PA Game Commission at 833742-4868 or pgc-wildlifehealth@ pa.gov, who can test them for H5N1. He also suggests avoiding raw milk and other unpasteurized products, and keeping pet cats away from uncooked meat.
“We recommend testing for any exposed persons who report symptoms or for exposed persons who were not wearing protective equipment at time of exposure,” Das adds. “[Allegheny County Health Department] can provide testing if [a] person doesn’t have easy access to
[a] healthcare provider. ACHD monitors any exposed resident(s) daily for 10 days after last exposure.” ACHD continues to maintain a respiratory virus dashboard, which currently shows high rates of infection with influenza A.
Bird migration and integrated supply chains means H5N1 is likely to stick around for a while in some form. However, shopping local could be one way to avoid exposure — and eat better to boot.
“Wholesome food from small suppliers is far, far more resilient to outbreaks and supply-chain issues,”
Chris Loughran of Chantal’s Cheese Shop tells CP. “We saw that through the pandemic, and that is true now. Of course, eventually, the further stripping away of what little exists of regulatory oversight of our food systems in favor of large-scale industrial agriculture will continue to do things like accelerate climate change and put more price pressure [on consumers].”
Loughran also acknowledges that tariff “disgruntlement” could impact their imports, but, for now, he says smaller local businesses, including grocery service Harvie, have been able to keep egg prices stable.
But restaurants, wholesalers, and shoppers at chain grocers will likely continue to feel the pinch of Trump taking egg. Even with locals studying a potential vaccine, H5N1 has continued to spread, and grocery store egg shelves remain stubbornly empty. That’s led to limits on purchases, consumer worries, and even ridiculous stunts such as realtors offering potential homebuyers eggs with their purchase.
And, of course, “Trump take egg” memes from the Democratic National Committee on down Come what may — a pandemic, full-blown fascism, or eggs at $10 a dozen — at least we’ll have something to laugh about while we wait for our $40 omelets. •
CP PHOTOS: MARS JOHNSON Egg shortages and higher prices at Giant Eagle in Pittsburgh
THEATER • SOUTH SIDE
IN PITTSBURGH
THU., MARCH 6
ART • GARFIELD
Opening Reception: The Archive as Liberation. 6-8 p.m. Continues through April 19. Silver Eye Center for Photography. 4808 Penn Ave., Garfield. Free. silvereye.org
MUSIC • LAWRENCEVILLE
Crash the Decks: National Drummer vs. DJ Tournament. 7 p.m.-12 a.m. Spirit. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $10 in advance, $20 at the door. spiritpgh.com
FRI., MARCH 7
LIT • EDGEWOOD
THU., MAR. 6
CONVENTION • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Continues through Sun., March 16. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. $10 in advance, $12 at the door, $4 for kids 6-12, free for kids under 6. pghhome.com
ART • SEWICKLEY
MUSIC • NORTH SIDE
Norside Organ Trio 7-10 p.m. Allegheny City Brewing. 510 East Ohio St., North Side. Free. alleghenycitybrewing.com
Travel back to the 1970s when Sweetwater Center for the Arts presents Movin’ & Groovin’. The exhibition celebrates the Center’s 50th anniversary with periodinspired works by Tennessee-based potter Lakyn Bowman. An event description promises the “colorful patterns, fun feel, and overall playfulness” that defined arts and crafts in 1975. The opening reception includes funk and disco music by DJ Dini Daddy. 5-9 p.m. Continues through April 25. 200 Broad St., Sewickley. Free. Registration required. sweetwaterartcenter.org
WED., MAR. 12
Birthday Candles. 5:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., March 30. City Theatre. 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $35-55. citytheatrecompany.org
WRESTLING • MILLVALE
C.C. Mellor Memorial Library Book Sale. 6-9 p.m. Edgewood Club. One Pennwood Ave., Edgewood. $20. ccmellorlibrary.org
PARTY • STRIP DISTRICT
History Uncorked: Mirror Ball 7:30-11 p.m. Heinz History Center. 1212 Smallman St., Strip District. $65 in advance, $85 at the door. $135 for VIP. 21 and over. heinzhistorycenter.org
FILM • DOWNTOWN
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story 8 p.m. Thu., March 13. Harris Theater. 809 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $9-11. trustarts.org
THEATER • CARNEGIE
Witch. 8 p.m. Continues through Sat., March 22. Carnegie Stage. 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. $11.20-26.50. carnegiestage.com
SAT., MARCH 8
EXHIBITION • NORTH SIDE
Mental Health: Mind Matters 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through Aug. 17. Carnegie Science Center. One Allegheny Ave., North Side. Included with regular admission. carnegiesciencecenter.org
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this thing called professional wrestling. The Enjoy indie wrestling team presents a love-filled smackdown at Mr. Smalls Theatre, as Billy Dixon and Sonny Kiss tie the knot during a ceremony o iciated by Dark Sheik. Expect bouts featuring MV Young, Mikey Montgomery, and Jack Pollock, as well as the return of Violence is Forever. 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $30-35. All ages. mrsmalls.com
PARTY • LAWRENCEVILLE
Rock, Paper, Sizzle: Mythical Masquerade 7:30 p.m. VIP 6:30 p.m. Attack Theatre Studios. 212 45th St., Lawrenceville. $65-250. 21 and over. attacktheatre.com
PARTY • BLOOMFIELD
Longturn presents Alan Nieves with Alynment and Copha. 9:45 p.m. Cobra. 4305 Main St., Bloomfield. $13.75-136.50. sevenrooms.com/events/cobra
SUN., MARCH 9
ART • DOWNTOWN
Melike Konur: Women I’ve Been 1-4 p.m. Continues through July 20. 820 Gallery. 820 Liberty Ave., Downtown. Free. trustarts.org
MUSIC • STRIP DISTRICT
Avery*Sunshine with Alex Harris. 7:30 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Continues on Mon., March 10. City Winery. 1627 Smallman St., Strip District. $40-45. citywinery.com/pittsburgh/events
MON., MARCH 10
MUSIC • WHITEHALL
Tyler Ramsey with Nick Guckert 7:30 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Crafthouse Stage and Grill. 5024 Curry Rd., Whitehall. $20-22. crafthousepgh.com
MUSIC • DOWNTOWN
PUBLIQuartet presents What is American: Found Futures. 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Playhouse. 350 Forbes Ave., Downtown. $35-55. playhouse.culturaldistrict.org
PHOTO: COURTESY OF KEITH SHERMAN AND ASSOCIATES
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live at Byham Theater
“Hard to Get and Dear Paid For” by Savannah Wood, part of The Archive as Liberation at Silver Eye Center for Photography
THU., MAR. 6
TUE., MARCH 11
LIT • OAKLAND
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures presents Michael E. Sawyer. 6 p.m. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall. 4440 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. Registration required. pittsburghlectures.org
MUSIC • ALLENTOWN
Glixen with Suzy Clue and She’s Green 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Bottlerocket Social Hall. 1226 Arlington Ave., Allentown. $15 in advance, $18 at the door. bottlerocketpgh.com
WED., MARCH 12
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
Byham Theater will be fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight, and never running from a real fight when it presents Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live. The stage adaptation of the popular manga and anime series follows the Sailor Guardians as they defend Earth from evil forces. A show description promises to transport audiences into a “dazzling world of friendship and justice” with “electrifying performances, unforgettable choreography and show-stopping music.” 7 p.m. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $89. trustarts.org
MUSIC • MCKEES ROCKS
Kim Dracula with Hanabie, Crystal Lake, and Kaonashi. 6:30 p.m. Doors at 5:30 p.m. Roxian Theatre. 425 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks. $53-77. roxiantheatre.com/shows
LYNN CULLEN LIVE
TUE., MAR. 11
WORKSHOP • REGENT SQUARE
Spring Birdhouse Party. 7-9 p.m. Workshop Studios. 321 Pennwood Ave., Regent Square. $64 includes birdhousemaking materials. Registration required. workshoppgh.com
PHOTO: JAXON WHITTINGTON Glixen at Bottlerocket Social Hall
PHOTO: CALISTA LYON
“A Precolonial Image Against a Postcolonial Landscape” by calista lyon, part of The Archive as Liberation at Silver Eye Center for Photography
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MARKET PLACE
HELP WANTED
PHARMACY MARKETING SPECIALIST
Will be responsible for representing the company’s brand. Job based in Pittsburgh, PA. Send Resumes to: carrickpharma@gmail.com
Location: 2717 Brownsville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15227.
HELP WANTED DIRECTOR
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OPERATIONS
Western Pennsylvania Golf Association seeks Director of Operations in Pittsburgh, PA to assist with day-today financial operations. BS in Bus Admin, Marketing, Sports Mgmt, Association Mgmt, or rel field + 3 yrs exp + special skills. Telewrking permitted 20% in Pittsburgh, PA metro during o -season (October 15-March 15). Domestic travel req’d up to 30%. To apply send resumes to Terry Teasdale at tteasdale@wpga.org and reference “Director of Operations”.
ESTATE NOTICE
ESTATE OF CHALFANT, ROSS, D, DECEASED OF GIBSONIA, PA No. 022500526 of 2025 Arlyn Garcia Chalfant Executor, 3779 Bakerstown Rd, Gibsonia,PA,15044.
ESTATE NOTICE
ESTATE OF FISHER, JAMES, P, A/K/A, IF NECESSARY, JAMES PAUL FISHER, JAMES FISHER DECEASED, OF CORAOPOLIS, PA No.02240189 of 2024
Joseph R. Fisher Extr. 210 Synder Drive, Corapolis, PA, 15108 Or to Caruthers & Caruthers, P.C. Attorneys. 660 Adele Drive, North Huntingdon, PA 15642
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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 6400 Hamilton Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15206. March 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM. Charmaine Moore 4053. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.
Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.
Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
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ESTATE OF BENSON, MARY, E, DECEASED, OF MONROEVILLE PA
No. 022500887 of 2025,
Carl J. Benson Extr. 421 Middlesex Road, McKeesport, PA. 15135.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 111 Hickory Grade Road, Bridgeville, PA 15017. March 19, 2025 at 12:30pm. Christopher Weaver 3023, Iesha Hackett 3181. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.
Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
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Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 880 Saw Mill Run Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15226, March 19, 2025, at 1:15 PM. Tracy Marshall 1041, Tracey Marshall 1041, Sammie Guy 1043, John Serrapere 1107, Latoya Reed 2010, Jalyn Duenas 3109, Segun Fadeyi 3262, Anthony Williams 4081. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
STUDY SMOKERS WANTED
The University of Pittsburgh’s Alcohol & Smoking Research Lab is looking for people to participate in a
• Currently smoke cigarettes
• Be 18-49 years old, in good health, and speak fluent English
• Be right handed, willing to not smoke before two sessions, and to fill out questionnaires Earn up to $260 for participating in this study.
For more information, call (412) 407-5029
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 141 N Braddock Ave Pittsburgh PA 15208, March 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM. Tyarra Highsmith 2120A, Tamika Evans 2174A, Anthony Je erson 2214A, Deondra Bundy 3188A, Simone Deakings 4022. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.
Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.
Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 700 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. March 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM. 138 Society of St Maria Magdelena, 2207 Richard Giles, 4200 Tanisha Turner. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
PUBLIC AUCTION
“Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 110 Kisow Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15205 March 19, 2025 at 11:15AM. Wendy Roedler- 218. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.”
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates life Storage or Storage Express, Will hold a Public Auction to sell the contents of leased Spaces to satisfy Extras Space’s lien at the location indicated: 902 Brinton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 on Wednesday March 19, 2025 at 11:30am, Unique Brown 1031, Danielle Bowman 1079, Shayla Campbell 2228, Claudy Pierre 3215. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the property.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s Lien at the location indicated: 3200 Park Manor Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 on March 19, 2025 at 1:00pm. 2275 Je rey Tokich; 3061 Leslie Johnston; 4008 Judy Brown. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com.
Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 1005 E Entry Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15216 on 3/19/2025 at 11:30 AM. Justin Bush 4164. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
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Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 1212 Madison Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. March 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM. Tamar Pollard 6006. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Public notice is hereby given that property placed in storage by the following persons at the following locations will be sold via public sale to satisfy Guardian Storage liens for unpaid rent and other charges. Bidding for property of persons renting space at the following locations will be held online at www.Storageauctions.com ending on March 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm, and day to day thereafter until sold at which time a high bidder will be determined.
350 Old Haymaker Road, Monroeville, Pa 14146: Unit #3224 Je Morrison, Unit #3314 Ashley Beley, Unit #3816 Victor Montoya 1002 E. Waterfront Dr., Munhall, Pa 15120: Unit #1519 Gerald Johnson, Unit #1704 Ellakim Washington, Unit #1714 Tajudeen Afolabi, Unit #1718 Susan Karch, Unit #2116 Latasha Wilson-Batch, Best of Batch Foundation, Unit #2118 Ahmed Anthony, Unit #2206 William Nicholsen, Unit #3002 Desirae Flewellen, Unit #3003 Latanya Redman, Unit #3004 Priscilla Balido, Unit #3204 Brittany Brinson, Unit #3318 Salik Embry, Unit #3412 John Tucker, Unit #3509 Dana Smith, Unit #3615 Diana Jordan, Unit #3722 Noah Martin, Unit #3733 Tonia Andrus, Unit #3824 Matthew Grubasha, Unit # 3916 Tijhae Miller, Unit #4306 Charles Fitzgerald 14200 Route 30, North Huntingdon, Pa 15642: Unit #2029 Donna Kinchloe, Unit #2045 Donna Kinchloe, Unit #2091 Donna Kinchloe, Unit #4001 Ryan Rodgers 4711 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, PA 15146: Unit #12807 Chris Harris, Unit #22506 Kasey Churilla
1028 Ridge Road, Tarentum, Pa 15084: Unit #32224 Jennifer L. Brezovic, Unit #32419 Terry Mckendrick, Unit #32510 Je rey Corey, Unit #41414 Bobbie Jo Smith
901 Brinton Road, Pittsburgh, Pa 15221: Unit #11112 Alvin Griggs, Unit #12210 Adam Flamm, Unit #6223 Jody Forcucci, Unit #8107 Rico Rucker, I Back the Block Movement/PGH Skate Collective, Unit #8414 Brandon Benjamin 5873 Centre Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15206: Unit #210 Asia Freeman
750 South Millvale Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213: Unit #329 Cheryl Burton, Unit #6409 Jay Hu 2839 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222: Unit #4106 Mechele Hayes, Unit #4207 Anna Fisher 1599 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017: Unit #53108 Laura Rust, Unit #6135 Ronald Johnson
1300 Lebanon Church Road, West Mi lin, PA 15236: Unit #13118 Tanya Banks, Unit #13412 Victoria Uhme, Unit #21221 John Banks, Unit #32210 William McGlaughlin
401 Coraopolis Road, Coraopolis, PA 15108: Unit #11408 Matthew Skocz, Unit #12506 Tapestri Stolar, Unit #12810 Brody Connor, Unit #13113 Heather Nelson, Unit #21021 Torrie Jones, Unit #21329 Mark Follen 1067 Milford Drive, Bethel Park, PA 15102: Unit # 23819 Chad Murphy
7452 McKnight Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237: Unit #2203 Jerome Bankston, Unit #2532 Ronshea Emerson, Unit #314 Bill Wightman 4750 William Flynn Highway, Allison Park PA 15101: Unit #12507 Florence Johnson, Unit #13515 Matthew Tobolski, Unit #41113 Florence Johnson
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Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on March 25, 2025, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for:
ROOSEVELT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
• Finish Floor Replacement and Miscellaneous Work
• Plumbing Prime
Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on March 3,
at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700),
McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.
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ACROSS
1. Some Camaros
6. Merely 10. She’s always on an iPhone
14. Kid’s rejection to a parent
15. Regarding 16. It might be booked to promote an album
17. Refuse to stop talking about actor Ribisi?
20. Emilia’s husband in the Globe
21. Reverse in a car, say
22. Numbered things
23. En fuego
25. Put into piles
26. Tune that keeps building?
31. Appear on a streaming show
34. Warts and all
35.
What a co. makes back 36. Ignore
37. Isle of ___
39. City seeing hazard
40.
It’s a laugh
41. Lady’s title
42. Some N95s
43. “Both Animal Farm or 1984 works for me”?
47. Eugene of Schitt’s Creek
48. Acorn dropper
52. Ultrasound rooms?
54. Jacobs of fashion
56. Roll up, as a flag
57. Wiped down all of a Tube track?
60. Greek vowels
61. Its state emblem is a beehive
62. Made a dramatic appearance
63. Hotter than the sun
64. Like dark meat
65. Floting, perhaps
DOWN
1. California city that hosts Coachella
2. Blanchard of Snowpiercer
3. Last letter
4. Fills up a drawing sheet
5. Size abbr.
6. Cannon who wrote the classic children’s book Stellaluna
7. Open org.
8. Mix up
9. As well as
10. They often lead to another story
11. Bad weather in some sci-fi
Littlest one 13. Spring bloomer
Look all over
Some YouTube channels
Hold the deed to
Bad attitude
Gastropub selection
Kind of sort of
Reading room?
Shows on a 16-Across
Only Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title
32. Tea selection
33. Mustang treatment option
37. Skeptical
38. Messenger qualifier
39. Location for testing land speed records
41. Hell of a guy?
42. Jan. honoree
44. Galileo’s crime
45. Deserving
46. Per person
49. Spoils
50. Unibrowed Muppet
51. Italian author Ferrante
52. All-purpose wheels
53. All-purpose bag
54. Zuckerberg’s company
55. Severance star ___ Scott
58. Carry, with e ort
59. Time of your life?
Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on March 11, 2025, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for:
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