#pennavenue

[theredhookian]

#pittsburgh #stripdistrict #pennavenue #unite #graffiti #panel #brickwall #streetart #urbanart #strip #district #avenue #brick #wall #asemic #art #pennsylvania https://www.instagram.com/p/ChsKo-irK_X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bobdixonphotos]

Daisies on Penn. #adobe #lightroom #panasonic #lumix #dmcgh2 #12_60mm #microfourthirds #daisies #pennavenue #flowerphotography #june #june22 #brynmawr #brynmawrmpls #urbanlandscape #cityscape #minneapolis #minnstagrammers (at Bryn - Mawr) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfeboUhuKvn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[staticteaz-blog]

But where's #princesspeach!? 🤷‍♂️ #supermariobros #nintendo #8bit #videogames #childhood #art #localpgh #pennavenue #pittsburgh #spakbrothers (at Spak Brothers Pizza) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZR5YUh3-A/?igshid=w3rz3x9fums8

[kobaltblu13]

#pennavenue #pennavenueunblurred (at Garfield (Pittsburgh)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv5UnJ8AX-k66WLddiOiFUVn8XtzJO-He-6Qsw0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vscvszzxk9m9

[timebombshop]

First Friday tomorrow come check out Larry Johnson’s Grand Mama with New fresh works from @derty.bird on display @timebombshop party kicks off at 6 pm . All of art is for sale Refreshments from @pabstblueribbon music by @fasteddie412 🏀🏀🏀🗣spread the word .. #pittsburgh #unblurred #pennavenue #graffiti #streetart #timebombshop (at Timebomb)

[cjreuse]

Join us for our first free workshop of 2018! #Repost @mtastwo ・・・ I'll be leading 'The RETHINK Workshop' on January 14th, starting at 2pm, at @cjreuse! The RACE to ZERO WASTE!! All the info can be found here: https://www.mtastwo.com/workshops - OR just reach out to me! ------ Upcoming Workshops: • The RETHINK Workshop: the race to zero waste! - Sunday January 14th, starting at 2pm - at @cjreuse - FREE! : https://www.mtastwo.com/workshops ------ Win an archival print of 'Into The Light' by using the hashtag: #Zariaintothelight ANYWHERE on Instagram! Inquire for more info! --- • Experience more Reuse Art and discover more info at my website: www.mtastwo.com • Watch me on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMlgIds0a2ZyTuHNiGelMgJr0vQchd0z0 --- #rethink #reduce #reuse #repair #recycle #Martin #mtastwo #Smyczek #artist #art #sustainable #reclaim #workshop #pittsburgh #pointbreeze #homewood #regentsquare @creative_reuse #frickpark #pennavenue #pgh #pghcreative #zerowaste #zerowastepgh #pitt #cmu @eastendfoodcoop @theclimbingwall #plasticfree #sustainablepittsburgh #sustainablepgh (at Construction Junction)

[richardkelly]

David Oresick is the Executive Director of Silver Eye Center for Photography - the new gallery space is a most ready for its first prime time exhibit Past Present Future and reopening celebration June 24th tickets still available. www.silvereye.org Pittsburgh photographers of all skill levels should join in and be a part of the community. If you are out of town make it a point to visit. #richardkellyportraits #curator #photography #gallerist #pittsburgh #eastend #pennavenue #silvereyecenterforphotography #photoburgh (at Silver Eye Center for Photography)

[advance-financial]

Leadership Nashville has announced its 2017-18 class.

The organization, founded in 1976, will bring together some of the city’s top leaders for a nine-month program to discuss issues such as government, media, education, business, labor, diversity, quality of life, human services, health, arts, entertainment, and crime and criminal justice. The program will begin in September. “We do not attempt to pass out solutions,” said Leadership Nashville Executive Director Jerry B. Williams. “In fact, our participants are so diverse that they would never agree with each other. Instead, we expose them to various viewpoints on each issue, believing that Nashville will be stronger because decisions these leaders make in the future will come from a broadened, enlightened perspective.” Participants were chosen from more than 260 applicants. The 2017-18 Leadership Nashville class: Brian Abrahamson, vice president, human resources and communications, Ryman Hospitality Properties Anna Claire Bowen, clinical director, Voices for Children, and president, Junior Chamber of Commerce Grant F. Boyd, managing director, private wealth, SunTrust Bank Scott D. Carey, office managing shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Paul M. Connelly, vice president and chief information security officer, HCA Stephen C. (Steve) Cook, executive managing director, LFM Capital Partners David (Buck) Dellinger, COO, Metropolitan Development Housing Agency Steven K. (Steve) Ertel, vice chancellor for communications, Vanderbilt University Richard (Rick) Ewing IV, director, customer success management, Oracle Corp. Cherae M. Farmer-Dixon, DDS, dean, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry Monica C. Fawknotson, executive director, Metro Sports Authority Shan Foster, senior director of external affairs and MEND, YWCA Thomas C. (Tom) Harwell, partner and director of leading and marketing, Eakin Partners Vanessa J. Hickman, chief administrative officer, Metro Nashville Airport Authority Jennifer O. Hillen, president-elect, Junior League of Nashville, and director, accounting and tax programs, National Business Officers Association Tina K. Hodges, CEO and chief experience officer, Advance Financial Bobby J. Joslin Jr., CEO, Joslin & Son Signs Penny G. Judd, president, PennAvenue Strategies Brock Kidd, founding partner, Pinnacle Asset Management; private wealth manager, Raymond James Financial Services Tracy Kornet, news anchor/reporter, WSMV-TV4 Jason Locke, deputy director, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation John R. Lowry, vice president of development and external affairs, Lipscomb University Wanda C. Lyle, managing director/general manager, UBS Nashville Business Solutions Center Rhonda L. Marko, president and CEO, Destination Nashville Frederick (Rick) Martin, senior director, Compassion Forward, Asurion Marcia A. Masulla, founder and managing partner, Nashville Fashion Week; CEO, Roar Nashville Mendy C. Mazzo, vice president of business development, Skanska USA E. Marlee Mitchell, partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Tyson Moore, market president, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; market executive, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Central and West Tennessee Charles (Charlie) Nelson, president, Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery Thomas F. (Freddie) O’Connell, Metro councilman, 19th District David E. Plazas, opinion engagement editor, The Tennessean; deputy director, opinion and engagement, USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee Stephanie M. Pruitt, poet and founder, Mind Your Own Creative Business Jennifer H. Puryear, community volunteer and president, Bacon on the Bookshelf Sylvia Rapoport, president, The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park Michael J. Regier, general counsel and secretary, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Lauri Rice, co-senior rabbi, Congregation Micah Courtney Ross, chief economic development officer, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Tara Scarlett, president and CEO, Scarlett Family Foundation George H. Schultz, Mid America regional credit executive, Regions Bank Jamaal B.Sheats, director and curator, Fisk University Galleries Anna J. Shepherd, chair, Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education Amber M. Sims, chief strategy officer, Saint Thomas Health System KatyVarney, partner, MFP Public Relations Stacy Widelitz, composer/president, Stacy Widelitz Music

[bobdixonphotos]

B&W film photo. Tree trunks. #adobe #lightroom #film #bwfilm #filmphotography #bnw #kxsp #dualprogram #50mm17 #fomapan400 #treetrunks #sunandshadow #pennavenue #laurelavenue #august #august31 #brynmawr #brynmawrmpls #urbanlandscape #cityscape #minneapolis #minnstagrammers (at Bryn - Mawr) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkbKu_kuvn-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[timebombshop]

First Friday for November is gonna be special .. Book release & art show . Music from @chocolatemilkmountain and refreshments from @pbrpittsburgh 🍺 🗣Spread the word .. ⏰💣💭Nov 3rd . #unblurred #pennavenue #pittsburgh #timebombshop

[regentpenn]

The Future of Pittsburgh's East End

We sat down to talk with our very own Zach Restelli to learn more about Regent Penn and it's role in the growth and development of Pittsburgh's East End. With a focus on Lawrenceville and Garfield, Regent Penn renovates homes on the market as a way to participate in the growth of this resilient community. Read on to learn more about Zach, Regent Penn, urban planning and architecture in Pittsburgh city.

Q • What do you see for the next five to ten years on Penn Avenue from Lawrenceville to Garfield?

Z • I see a relinquishing of property from negligent owners as the market begins to turn and the services that were lacking along this corridor will begin to be fulfilled. So you’ll begin see a lot of change in hands in buildings. A lot of gutting, a lot of dumpsters, a lot of crews on scaffolding. So a lot of physical transformation as well as large capital investment. Lots of cleaning up and that will accompany the sidewalks, street signs, traffic lights, the park benches, you know. Karen Loysen’s very attractive designs for flood drains, trash cans and what not. She has a very nice aesthetic to add to the avenue. She designed the Penn Avenue plan.

Q • Who is this?

Z • Karen Loysen; Loysen and Kreuthmeier Architects. They're just a few doors down from here.

Q • And what exactly did they design?

Z • Whenever the city got the funding from PennDot to dig up and refinish Penn Avenue, there was I think ten million dollars in funding. So, they hired her - a local architect - to design the street-scape. Everything from sidewalk bump-outs to types of grass to trees we want, you know, types of benches and trash cans down to every detail. She did that a few years ago so it's been a while. That'll happen this spring!

Q • After everything warms up they're gonna put the sidewalks back in?

Z • Yeah they've been doing the street poles. Duquesne Light's been doing them.

Q • As far as Regent Penn goes, are you planning on doing commercial and mixed-use buildings in the future?

Z • Yes. I think right now we're at a pivotal point in the business because I think certain things are starting to level out in Lawrenceville as far as the inventory there and the demand for that inventory. Especially with it being winter, it's giving us the opportunity take a look at where we want to go - back to our white board of goals! We can focus on how we want to make another one of those goals work. That is definitely owning mixed-use property and not just as a financial investment, but as an opportunity to reshape the way that Penn Avenue looks and operates. there are plenty of buildings that aren't performing at all.

Q • Buildings that can be utilized?

Z • Yeah, that can be put back on tax rolls and creating service jobs, providing housing. I mean it's just amazing - some individuals who are sitting on this real estate and using it for storage and not what they could be using it for. It's not my place to say what you should be using your real estate for, but on a commercial street like this, it's whenever a storefront isn't activated, or a facade is dirty and falling apart, it gives this feeling of blight. It makes you feel uncomfortable. It just makes you feel as you drive through it or walk through it, "Wow, this place is decrepit. It's falling apart." Especially this corridor which is why we're sitting right here in the middle of it [in reference to his apartment on Penn Ave. in Garfield].

Q • That white board of goals is going in the blog.

Z • Ahh, they're going to see that my inspiration of the week is Anna Wintour! She's one person that's jumped out. Her work ethic is pretty wild. It's great.

Q • What are the advantages and disadvantages of mixed-use buildings? I'm sorry, not disadvantages. What are the advantages?

Z • Well there are disadvantages.

Q • What are they?

Z • Well, you have a big responsibility. When you do a building, people feel like they have some sort of opinion on what you should do with it, or what is should look like, or what should be in there. People have a tenant who wants to open, for instance, a bar in Garfield. If you were to open a bar right now in Garfield, I imagine that you would see some kind of push-back.

Q • They wouldn't want it here?

Z • No, they wouldn't. 

Q • Why?

Z • Because of the avenue's history with bars: they've always been centers for disruption. That falls down on the building owner and the owner of the business, but obviously people are going to oppose it from the beginning. So it will be tough.

Q • And the advantages of a mixed-use buildings?

Z • The advantages are endless! They're endless.

Q • Now changing the subject here: how do you prioritize green energy and sustainable development in both residential and commercial properties?

Z • As far as being energy efficient, it's definitely difficult when you're working on a budget in a hundred-year-old house. Usually in these houses if you light a candle it'll blow sideways in the middle of winter. There's such a draft! Energy conservation really comes down to your envelope and how air-tight you are; how you're able to control your heat loss. We'll start with Main Street.

Main street was a pain. We put insulation wherever we could, but in order to properly insulate that house you'd have to throw out every single wall and what it is is two and a half inches of plaster on top of two courses of brick and that's it. It doesn't have a wall with insulation and then brick. So on Main Street, the walls aren't insulated. It's like a rock. It takes two days to heat up from the sun once it gets hot outside on a warm day. You need like three warm days in order for the house to get warm. It's like a cave. 

So that's just the way the old houses are, but houses like Home Street, the house will stay at 50 degrees and the furnace doesn't even need to be on because it's connected to the neighbors. So that's what's nice about those houses, you just hug your neighbors.

But in Carnegie, we insulated the whole house, so it's gonna be nice and cozy. It's a detached house. It's not hugging so it does get colder but once you add a little bit of heat. 

But yeah, in our case it mostly comes down to proper insulation. 

Q • I understand Regent Penn is interested in making furniture?

Z • I think it's something that we'd like to get into in the near future. We've made things before out of doors. In our first house on Plummer Street, I was trying to stage the house. I had zero budget staging, so I went to Adam Milliron and was like, "Can I steal something from you?" So I took this door and saw horses and put them up.

And [the couple that was interested in buying the house] was like, "Wow!" and I think oh great, and they ask "Can we have it with the house?" So I said, "I need that back for shooting for the photographer and he needs that same exact table." I gave the stuff back to him then went and got a door at Construction Junction, bought the same saw horses, put it down, the house was sold. They were thrilled with the table. 

Q • It looks cool!

Z • It does look cool and it was a grand total of, what, forty bucks? For the whole thing, yeah.

Q • Is that the kind of stuff you're going to do, then?

Z • No, I'd like to do tables, but not with saw horses. I'd like to have iron fabricated and usually take reclaimed wood and finish it, lacquer it, make it nice.

Q • Would you have the iron posts like in your bathrooms?

Z • Something like that, yeah. 

Q • So iron and reclaimed wood.

Z • There's a big market for that and frankly the places where people go to get that like at West Elm, or Crate & Barrel are way overpriced. They're thousands of dollars. I mean we might sell a table for $1,200, but that's still better than $3,500 for one table. There just seems to be a big difference to me of what I would spend on a kitchen table and I think that people of middle income are buying these houses. Some people in other areas are dropping ten thousand dollars on a dining room set and here in Lawrenceville we are nicely curating our furniture set. So, I want to make something that would fit into that price point.

What about building new houses as well? Is Regent Penn interested in that?

Z • New construction? Yep! We have a lot on 45th Street. We have premature renderings. We have to modify them a little bit because we decided to subdivide the lot. There's an alley house on the alley-side of the lot so we're going to break them apart and build separately and renovate the alley house. We were initially going to build an addition on the alley and just make a massive house, but it was way too big; it was far too big for what the market could bear. People want 1,800 square feet, three bedrooms, two and a half baths. 

Q • So you would have two back-to-back?

Z • Yeah. The house would be 35 feet deep so you'd get 15 or 20 feet between the houses which is not bad. You'll get a little back yard.

Q • So why are you, as an individual, doing this?

Z • This is a pivotal time for us. The winter always seems to be the time where you find yourself again, what you want to do. People make New Year's resolutions and they're like, "I'm gonna lose a hundred pounds," or, "I'm going to build a business!" So, you know, you focus on your goals again and I'm still in that pivotal mode where I'm thinking a lot about what I want this year to look like. As the Lawrenceville market is kind of beating us up a little bit - it definitely challenged our ability to manage and sell houses. 

I was sitting in the car on Main Street two nights ago, just idling there. There was snow falling and I looked at the Main Street house that we did and they had all their lights on. It was the only house on the block that had a front light on and it was just glowing and I thought, Okay, I know why we're doing this. Because real estate's permanent. It creates the sense of permanence and permanence is something that humans need to survive. They need a sense of place, belonging, a sense that the place is real and that real things happen there. They need permanence. It's the idea that things aren't going anywhere. You can be grounded in your beliefs. Whenever people are away form a place for a long time and they come back and either something's still standing or it's gone, you know, it really kind of tears at your heartstrings a bit. You're kind of like, "Wow! I can't believe that's still there. There's so many memories. It means so many things to me." Even though it's just a building, or place, or a piece of land, it tells a story. There are so many structures that tell stories. That's just what I want to do. I want to create a legacy. It's why people have children. They want to create legacies. If you do construction, you build things and you change the appearance of a place, you're creating a legacy. That's it.

[iamshawndeberry]

Less than a hour away from showtime. I'm nervous, I'm hype, I could almost back flip. #journeytopittsburgh #pennavenue #mostwantedfineartsgallery #honeyaddict #grossstreet #whatupthough #iamshawndeberry

[bobdixonphotos]

Stags Horn Sumac. #adobe #lightroom #nikon #d200 #dx #28_105mm #sumac #stagshornsumac #pennavenue #fallcolors #fallcolorphotography #october #october7 #brynmawr #brynmawrmpls #urbanlandscape #cityscape #minneapolis #minnstagrammers (at Bryn - Mawr) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLme1tM6Bi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=