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Wilkinsburg train station restoration project receives recognition from state

The restoration of Wilkinsburg’s 106-year-old downtown train station has brought recognition to the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. This week, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office announced that the Wilkinsburg CDC has received a 2021 Community Initiative Award. The organization is one of only three recipients statewide. It will be awarded ....

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New Abraham Lincoln statue dedicated in Wilkinsburg


New Abraham Lincoln statue dedicated in Wilkinsburg
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Updated: 6:59 PM EDT Jul 24, 2021
New Abraham Lincoln statue dedicated in Wilkinsburg
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Updated: 6:59 PM EDT Jul 24, 2021
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PRICES. [APPLAUSE] RYAN: HAIL TO THE CHIEF ECHDOE THROUGH WILKINSBURG AS THEY VEUNILED A NEW STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. IT SITS AT THE INTERSECTNIOF O PENN AVENUE AND ARDMORE BOULEVARD, DOWN THE STREET FROM US AT THE STATION. THE OLD ONE HAD SEEN BETTER DAYS AND WORK BEGAN TO RAEIS MONEY. WE HAD ONE HERE SINCE 1916 BECAUSE WE WERE ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY. THAT IS WHY IT WAS A ERECTED THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE FIRST COAST TO COAST ROAD WAS PUT HERE IN 1913. RYAN: TODAY’S DEDICATION INCL ....

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Wilkinsburg's new Abraham Lincoln statue will go up in June


Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Anne Elise Morris, president of the Wilkinsburg Historical Society, at the Feb. 23 unveiling of the new statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Wilkinsburg Borough Municipal Building.
 
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The wait for a new Abraham Lincoln statue to return to its familiar perch in Wilkinsburg is almost over.
Wilkinsburg Historical Society President Anne Elise Morris said that the new Lincoln statue will be erected in June at the intersection of Penn Avenue and Ardmore Boulevard.
The newly sculpted, life-size 400-pound bronze statue of the 16 ....

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