Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe
Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe
Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe
Workers prepare to plant new tree outside Online Education building.

Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership revitalizes empty tree pits on campus

Written By Gavin Petrone, SGA Beat Writer • April 17, 2024

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP), a local non-profit, pitched eight new trees into empty tree pits along Wood Street this past Wednesday, April 12.   Six were planted across from Village...

An open storefront with a brown window on Smithfield Street.

Four empty storefronts to be filled by Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

Written By Cassandra Harris, Editor-Elect • October 18, 2023

There are an estimated 59 empty storefronts Downtown according to what Allegheny County Representative Rich Fitzgerald said in a September press conference.  Within the coming months, The Pittsburgh...