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In this newsletter: As part of the Bedford Dwellings redevelopment, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh got the go-ahead to begin making its new vision of affordable housing in the Hill District a reality.

Residents of the existing 411 Bedford Dwellings apartments interviewed this week continued to have questions about how impending moves would affect everything from children’s schools to transit access.

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On the Hill: ‘Take it down, just let me have one brick.’

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh’s promise of new, affordable housing on the Hill doesn’t quite quell gentrification concerns in careworn Bedford Dwellings.
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Replacement housing for Bedford Dwellings gets city’s OK
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Police traffic stop disparities in Pittsburgh endure
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✨ Walk, bike, roll and enjoy the open road: The FINAL OpenStreetsPGH of the year is July 30 from Oakland to Bloomfield. 

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  • Plans are moving forward to develop the former ShurSave site at 4401 Liberty Ave. in Bloomfield. O’Hara-based Echo Realty plans to build a Giant Eagle, 248 rental units, 10,000 square feet of retail space and an outdoor plaza. Developers seek to build higher than now allowed.
  • Critics and supporters of school vouchers break down the controversy surrounding the lifeline scholarship program.

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