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Forward-Murray Development News
07/30/08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-

July 22, 2008

The Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition is sponsoring a community informational
meeting regarding the recently announced multi-use development project at
the corner of Murray and Forward Avenues in Squirrel Hill.  The meeting
will be held on Monday, August 4, 2008, at 7:00 PM in the Levinson Hall of
the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh , 5738 Forbes Avenue, Squirrel
Hill.  The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

The project site includes the former Poli's Restaurant property on Murray
Avenue, another two-story building on the corner, and the building housing
the Squirrel Hill Theater on Forward Avenue.

A presentation will be made by the developers and their architect, and a
question-and-answer session will follow.

The proposed project would occupy a significant site in the neighborhood.
The site itself and its vicinity are mentioned numerous times in the
Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition's "Master Plan- Directions for Our Future",
published in 1990.  The area is known as the "Forward Portal" and is
perhaps the major entrance into the Squirrel Hill community.  Careful
examination of any large development project proposed for that location is
therefore very important.

Residents are encouraged to attend the meeting so they can see what is
being proposed and have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments.

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