Well, I ate at Del's once and while it wasn't one of the worst experiences ever, the food was pretty bad and I never went back.
The concept is to see what can be done in two days, with only 10,000 dollars. While the show is a bit dramatic, there seems to be a sincere empathy with the struggles of local businesses.
Check out I Heart Pittsburgh's post about it.
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Friday, December 02, 2011
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Updates (and probably better link re: Batman filming) ++ Batman'at
I actually don't often like Hollywood movies....but this is fun. Batman and Pittsburgh....it's going great. Feels like there is another carvival in town ( to pick up where the Furries left off) This link from a local tv channel seems to have very up to date locations, here
I Heart Pittsburgh has started a Tumblr blog....called Batman'at the photos and comments are great (please tell me the wedding photo wasn't staged....come to think of it...it probably was not....weddings must have still been going on across the street at the huge Catholic church. For the Batman'at site go here
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Yinz Cleveburgh Links
I know I said this would be once a week, but I have a backup. I also promised chaos which is what I deliver.
Cleveland
Governor Strickland ads support for bike and pedestrian access on new inner belt bridge.
“With a strong and growing bicycling community in Cleveland, a sizable carless population, and new development in nearby neighborhoods, it would be penny-wise and pound foolish to build this bridge with only cars and trucks in mind,” wrote Brown."
Rocked out Vivaldi birthday video.
The New York Times talks about ways states are trying to "help", small businesses, that includes the "I Buy Neo". campaign in Ohio.
"Last year, the Council of Smaller Enterprises began a Web site called “I Buy NEO” — that’s Northeast Ohio — where consumers can search for discounts and bargains at participating local businesses. So far, about 300 businesses as diverse as art galleries and home-improvement stores have signed up to offer rebates or discounts. About 11,000 cards, which cost $10, have been sold. “When a resident buys locally,” said Dan Roman, the council’s director, “independent studies have found 68 cents of each dollar stays in the community.” The current average for the region is 43 cents.
There is no charge for small businesses to join, and about two dozen companies have been signing up each month. Even though the program’s $150,000 budget for marketing, Web development, printing and postage is modest, Mr. Roman says, sales activity tied to the loyalty cards has increased 40 percent over the last six months."
Youngstown
Rust Wire posts the short documentary, "A Dream Of Youngstown", by Sean Posey.
"This documentary looks at the individual stories and struggles of
Youngstown citizens who still believe in the city despite all that has
transpired. These are people still fighting the good fight in a town
once given up for dead. As we enter 2010, we should not forget the
tribulations of the past, nor the trials of the present; instead, let
us look to a future where both can inform the tough choices that will
have to be made so that future generations may be willing to call
Youngstown home."
Pittsburgh
Null Space does a post comparing 311 systems around the country.
Aspects Of Lincoln, a comprehensive show of most of the known photos of Lincoln @ the Carnegie Library in Carnegie. (via Blog Lebo)
"Norman Schumm, 78, of Mt. Lebanon spent three weeks printing the 100 black-and-white photos from copy negatives of Lincoln photographs originally made from 1847 to 1865."
Active Mount Lebanon blogging community troubled by threats. Some may stop blogging.
I Heart Pittsburgh's, Lindsay Patross shares food and housing ideas on AOL's Rented Spaces.
"The top two housing markets in the nation right now are.... drumroll, please... Pittsburgh, PA and Louisville, KY. So says MSNBC.
Both cities have what a bunch of others do not: middle class affordability, low numbers of foreclosures, and stable pricing that indicates the market is neither too hot, nor too cold, but a Goldilocks-approved just right for buying or renting."
(Just wait till the angry bears get home!) Will comment on this later.
Big Flea Market coming to The Strip.
"Most cities have large flea markets. Even though Pittsburgh neighborhoods have their own niche flea markets, we don't have a big city centric flea market," she said.
For the April 18 debut, Ms. Surman expects to have more than 100 vendors set up in a lot at 21st and Railroad streets. There will be vendors selling antiques, collectibles, jewelry, vintage clothes and toys, plants, produce, recycled goods, furniture, and "garage clean out" fare.
Pittsburgh Post podcast about She's Out Of My League, which was shot in Pittsburgh in 2008.
Robert Morris makes it to the big dance for second straight year.
Akron
Israel based biomed company opens U.S. headquarters in Akron, to take advantage of close access to the Cleveland Clinic.
Cleveland
Governor Strickland ads support for bike and pedestrian access on new inner belt bridge.
“With a strong and growing bicycling community in Cleveland, a sizable carless population, and new development in nearby neighborhoods, it would be penny-wise and pound foolish to build this bridge with only cars and trucks in mind,” wrote Brown."
Rocked out Vivaldi birthday video.
The New York Times talks about ways states are trying to "help", small businesses, that includes the "I Buy Neo". campaign in Ohio.
"Last year, the Council of Smaller Enterprises began a Web site called “I Buy NEO” — that’s Northeast Ohio — where consumers can search for discounts and bargains at participating local businesses. So far, about 300 businesses as diverse as art galleries and home-improvement stores have signed up to offer rebates or discounts. About 11,000 cards, which cost $10, have been sold. “When a resident buys locally,” said Dan Roman, the council’s director, “independent studies have found 68 cents of each dollar stays in the community.” The current average for the region is 43 cents.
There is no charge for small businesses to join, and about two dozen companies have been signing up each month. Even though the program’s $150,000 budget for marketing, Web development, printing and postage is modest, Mr. Roman says, sales activity tied to the loyalty cards has increased 40 percent over the last six months."
Youngstown
Rust Wire posts the short documentary, "A Dream Of Youngstown", by Sean Posey.
"This documentary looks at the individual stories and struggles of
Youngstown citizens who still believe in the city despite all that has
transpired. These are people still fighting the good fight in a town
once given up for dead. As we enter 2010, we should not forget the
tribulations of the past, nor the trials of the present; instead, let
us look to a future where both can inform the tough choices that will
have to be made so that future generations may be willing to call
Youngstown home."
Pittsburgh
Null Space does a post comparing 311 systems around the country.
Aspects Of Lincoln, a comprehensive show of most of the known photos of Lincoln @ the Carnegie Library in Carnegie. (via Blog Lebo)
"Norman Schumm, 78, of Mt. Lebanon spent three weeks printing the 100 black-and-white photos from copy negatives of Lincoln photographs originally made from 1847 to 1865."
Active Mount Lebanon blogging community troubled by threats. Some may stop blogging.
I Heart Pittsburgh's, Lindsay Patross shares food and housing ideas on AOL's Rented Spaces.
"The top two housing markets in the nation right now are.... drumroll, please... Pittsburgh, PA and Louisville, KY. So says MSNBC.
Both cities have what a bunch of others do not: middle class affordability, low numbers of foreclosures, and stable pricing that indicates the market is neither too hot, nor too cold, but a Goldilocks-approved just right for buying or renting."
(Just wait till the angry bears get home!) Will comment on this later.
Big Flea Market coming to The Strip.
"Most cities have large flea markets. Even though Pittsburgh neighborhoods have their own niche flea markets, we don't have a big city centric flea market," she said.
For the April 18 debut, Ms. Surman expects to have more than 100 vendors set up in a lot at 21st and Railroad streets. There will be vendors selling antiques, collectibles, jewelry, vintage clothes and toys, plants, produce, recycled goods, furniture, and "garage clean out" fare.
Pittsburgh Post podcast about She's Out Of My League, which was shot in Pittsburgh in 2008.
Robert Morris makes it to the big dance for second straight year.
Akron
Israel based biomed company opens U.S. headquarters in Akron, to take advantage of close access to the Cleveland Clinic.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Social Media And Economic Development
Jim Russell @ Burgh Diaspora talks about economic development professionals finally warming up to the use of social media and provides this link.
"Social media–in the form of tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and blogs–are starting to transform how we live our lives. When it comes to the world of economic development, social media usage is growing, but not yet as a consistent part of the practitioner's tool kit.
A recent survey sponsored by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and Development Counsellors International (DCI) took a deeper look at the state of social media among economic developers. The survey asked more than 300 IEDC members about their use of social media and its role in their organizational strategies and communications efforts.
The survey results clearly indicate that social media is still a "new thing" for economic developers. While 57 percent of respondents use social media in their organization's communications efforts, most of this use has only begun in the past year. In fact, of those using social media, only 37 percent of respondents have used social media for longer than one year. As DCI President and Chief Creative Officer Andy Levine noted, "Economic development groups are just getting their feet wet with social media. We're in the very early days of this work."
Skipping ahead:
"Finally, Levine expects to see a lot of innovations in the use of social media. For example, he envisions that communities could create "digital ambassadors" to discuss the benefits of living and working in a certain region or community. These ambassadors, people who have many Facebook followers or LinkedIn connections, would serve as a very credible advocate for local economic development efforts. He expects to see lots of experimentation and new approaches over the next several years."
Of course, the basic premise is absurd. Almost every city already has dozens, if not hundreds and thousands of bloggers, Tweeters and such eager to hype their favorite city street,urban park, event, band, gallery, house tour, or private business.
The trick is often to just unleash them or at least not actively stand in their way with no photography policies and other barriers as many still do.
The viral success of an event like Artprize owed largely using this energy to market the event and the city.
Not surprisingly places like Youngstown with meager resources are leading the charge towards innovation and openness.
"Social media–in the form of tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and blogs–are starting to transform how we live our lives. When it comes to the world of economic development, social media usage is growing, but not yet as a consistent part of the practitioner's tool kit.
A recent survey sponsored by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and Development Counsellors International (DCI) took a deeper look at the state of social media among economic developers. The survey asked more than 300 IEDC members about their use of social media and its role in their organizational strategies and communications efforts.
The survey results clearly indicate that social media is still a "new thing" for economic developers. While 57 percent of respondents use social media in their organization's communications efforts, most of this use has only begun in the past year. In fact, of those using social media, only 37 percent of respondents have used social media for longer than one year. As DCI President and Chief Creative Officer Andy Levine noted, "Economic development groups are just getting their feet wet with social media. We're in the very early days of this work."
Skipping ahead:
"Finally, Levine expects to see a lot of innovations in the use of social media. For example, he envisions that communities could create "digital ambassadors" to discuss the benefits of living and working in a certain region or community. These ambassadors, people who have many Facebook followers or LinkedIn connections, would serve as a very credible advocate for local economic development efforts. He expects to see lots of experimentation and new approaches over the next several years."
Of course, the basic premise is absurd. Almost every city already has dozens, if not hundreds and thousands of bloggers, Tweeters and such eager to hype their favorite city street,urban park, event, band, gallery, house tour, or private business.
The trick is often to just unleash them or at least not actively stand in their way with no photography policies and other barriers as many still do.
The viral success of an event like Artprize owed largely using this energy to market the event and the city.
Not surprisingly places like Youngstown with meager resources are leading the charge towards innovation and openness.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Blog Talk Show @ Waffle Shop Tonight
Sorry another mostly cut and paste post.
Tonight I Heart Pittsburgh will be hosting what should be an exiting talk show about blogging @ The Waffle Shop. This means you can eat waffles with all sorts of great toppings while you catch or perhaps participate in the show!
This week IheartPGH will host a talk show about blogs and blogging. We have some local bloggers lined up as guest and we would love to connect to bloggers beyond Pittsburgh too. Through the magic of the Internets even if you aren’t in Pittsburgh you can still watch the show and even participate too.
Have a Blog? Be Our Guest
Do you have a blog? Would you like to talk about your blog? Then you should be a guest on the show. Email iheartpgh@gmail.com if you are interested in being a guest this week or on a future show. Not in Pittsburgh, not a problem. We can add you in a virtual guest.
This Weeks Show
We are still finalizing the details and guest lists but look for some sports blog talk from TheSteelerN’at Blog and some serious fashion advice from Pittsburgh author Suzanne Mauro.
So great that CMU has kept up with this evolving community project/lab/business.
Tonight I Heart Pittsburgh will be hosting what should be an exiting talk show about blogging @ The Waffle Shop. This means you can eat waffles with all sorts of great toppings while you catch or perhaps participate in the show!
This week IheartPGH will host a talk show about blogs and blogging. We have some local bloggers lined up as guest and we would love to connect to bloggers beyond Pittsburgh too. Through the magic of the Internets even if you aren’t in Pittsburgh you can still watch the show and even participate too.
Have a Blog? Be Our Guest
Do you have a blog? Would you like to talk about your blog? Then you should be a guest on the show. Email iheartpgh@gmail.com if you are interested in being a guest this week or on a future show. Not in Pittsburgh, not a problem. We can add you in a virtual guest.
This Weeks Show
We are still finalizing the details and guest lists but look for some sports blog talk from TheSteelerN’at Blog and some serious fashion advice from Pittsburgh author Suzanne Mauro.
So great that CMU has kept up with this evolving community project/lab/business.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
This Blog In New York Magazine And Buzz All Around
OK, Pittsburgh is finally having a few moments in the sun- or at least the camera glare. As much as Luke and others might want to take credit for this, the biggest factor is that the city, itself, it's hills, it's vistas, it's colleges, cultural institutions and diverse and often quirky art scene have been worthy of press for sometime. Um the Steelers don't hurt.
But why now? Are there factors at work that make us more interesting now than before? IMHO- Yes.
Here's my little theory.
Factor One: Costs Matter
As awake from the Dot Com bubble and then the bigger housing/consumer debt bubble that replaced it, individuals and small and large businesses are seeing that a new bubble is not coming to fill our wallets. "The New Normal" is about finding prudent rational ways to make the most of what you have. Of course, I've known this was coming for some time-- which is why I invested in an Indian mutual fund riding the outsourcing trend in 1998 and also why I decided to move to Pittsburgh to start a gallery. The world needs places like Pittsburgh and it's looking for them.
This cost push factor, I think also inspired Karen Lillis and many other creative folks to move here or stay after college. Many, sincere hardcore artists like Swoon's crew see that low costs and cheap buildings can offer a freedom they can't have otherwise. Cheap is the secret behind the startups in Youngstown and the major variable that puts the region high on lists of livable places.Even Detroit is finding a price range ($100 for a house) at which it looks good.
Factor Two: Connections Matter
If costs are such a big deal, why has it taken so long for things to catch on?(and they are barely starting)
Great cities are about trade, in skills, in goods and in ideas and that means they can be measured best by the ease at which they are connected internaly and to the world. When I opened my gallery, I quickly realised something big was missing. It was just too hard to make connections here-to link to new people to get news out and especially to get make any links to the outside world. Of course, geography pleyed it's part but something weird and toxic was going on. The Internet wasn't new and Pittsburgh was where a chunk of it's technology was born, so why did so few galleries and institutions like the cultural trust have good websites? Why didn't the tourism bureau or someone- anyone try to at least provide small bare links to the tiny broke galleries and institutions. Why was there no comprehensive online culture guides? Why was there no printed gallery and Museum Guide? A lot of money was being spent, so that wasn't the reason. It had to be something cultural.
Since then, a rapid and significant bursting of blogs, guides, wiki-pages and web magazines has taken place that has helped Pittsburgh artists, writers and filmmakers tell their story to the wider world and link better to each other.
So now things are starting to pay off. Thanks to Blogs like I Heart Pittsburgh, This blog and Bittersweet Harvest as well as great online newsletters like POP City, it's now much easier to find out what's going on where which is helping generate more out of town press coverage that goes beyond a few major events and attractions.
May's New York Magazine arts travel story, mentioned both POP City, this blog and The Original (which I hadn't heard of!) as sources of info.
Factor Three: Diaspora's can help
I won't go into it but the fact that Yinzer nation is so huge and spread across the globe hasn't hurt too much. A lot of people- are secretly pulling for or at least curious about their old hometown. Not all will move back but that dosn't mean that are not usefull. Any inventory of Pittsburgh's assets has to account for them.
Will get back with more thoughts and stuff about recent Burgh Buzz.
But why now? Are there factors at work that make us more interesting now than before? IMHO- Yes.
Here's my little theory.
Factor One: Costs Matter
As awake from the Dot Com bubble and then the bigger housing/consumer debt bubble that replaced it, individuals and small and large businesses are seeing that a new bubble is not coming to fill our wallets. "The New Normal" is about finding prudent rational ways to make the most of what you have. Of course, I've known this was coming for some time-- which is why I invested in an Indian mutual fund riding the outsourcing trend in 1998 and also why I decided to move to Pittsburgh to start a gallery. The world needs places like Pittsburgh and it's looking for them.
This cost push factor, I think also inspired Karen Lillis and many other creative folks to move here or stay after college. Many, sincere hardcore artists like Swoon's crew see that low costs and cheap buildings can offer a freedom they can't have otherwise. Cheap is the secret behind the startups in Youngstown and the major variable that puts the region high on lists of livable places.Even Detroit is finding a price range ($100 for a house) at which it looks good.
Factor Two: Connections Matter
If costs are such a big deal, why has it taken so long for things to catch on?(and they are barely starting)
Great cities are about trade, in skills, in goods and in ideas and that means they can be measured best by the ease at which they are connected internaly and to the world. When I opened my gallery, I quickly realised something big was missing. It was just too hard to make connections here-to link to new people to get news out and especially to get make any links to the outside world. Of course, geography pleyed it's part but something weird and toxic was going on. The Internet wasn't new and Pittsburgh was where a chunk of it's technology was born, so why did so few galleries and institutions like the cultural trust have good websites? Why didn't the tourism bureau or someone- anyone try to at least provide small bare links to the tiny broke galleries and institutions. Why was there no comprehensive online culture guides? Why was there no printed gallery and Museum Guide? A lot of money was being spent, so that wasn't the reason. It had to be something cultural.
Since then, a rapid and significant bursting of blogs, guides, wiki-pages and web magazines has taken place that has helped Pittsburgh artists, writers and filmmakers tell their story to the wider world and link better to each other.
So now things are starting to pay off. Thanks to Blogs like I Heart Pittsburgh, This blog and Bittersweet Harvest as well as great online newsletters like POP City, it's now much easier to find out what's going on where which is helping generate more out of town press coverage that goes beyond a few major events and attractions.
May's New York Magazine arts travel story, mentioned both POP City, this blog and The Original (which I hadn't heard of!) as sources of info.
Factor Three: Diaspora's can help
I won't go into it but the fact that Yinzer nation is so huge and spread across the globe hasn't hurt too much. A lot of people- are secretly pulling for or at least curious about their old hometown. Not all will move back but that dosn't mean that are not usefull. Any inventory of Pittsburgh's assets has to account for them.
Will get back with more thoughts and stuff about recent Burgh Buzz.
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