One look at the Doughboy statue and it’s clear you’re in Lawrenceville. The larger-than-life-size bronze statue of a World War I soldier stands at the entrance to the Pittsburgh neighborhood at Butler Street and Penn Avenue. Over the past 15 years, Lawrenceville has experienced a fascinating resurgence and become a
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A former warehouse that until July had been a Sears Outlet in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood is poised to become the latest local “last mile” facility for Amazon deliveries.
The site, at 27 51st St., was initially being developed by Spear Street Capital to lure a tech-based tenant, according to Lauren Connelly, executive director of Lawrenceville Corp., the local development organization.
Connelly said that Spear Street, a San Francisco-based firm, had committed to a number of community benefits from a future tenant at the site, located along the Allegheny River. People who worked there would be encouraged to use public transit and ride-sharing services, public trails would be developed along the riverfront and traffic would be otherwise minimized.