posted by Joe Polk at 9:31 AM /
Underground parking. More than 10,000 square feet of pedestrian-friendly retail space. A 100-suite hotel. Planners say these are the building blocks of development around Port Authority's T station in Mt. Lebanon.
"It's a way to use public transit ... to catalyze private development," said state Rep. Matt Smith, D-Mt. Lebanon. Erik Wittmann isn't so certain. The Mt. Lebanon man worries developers are focusing on big-box development instead of boutique shops, which he thinks better fit the community's suburban character.
"Mt. Lebanon has to stop trying to compete with downtown Pittsburgh," said Wittmann, 62, a disaster consultant who chairs Shady Drive East Taxpayers Association.
Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/southwest/s_556877.html
Link 2: www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/03-12-ML-TRID-plan-B
"It's a way to use public transit ... to catalyze private development," said state Rep. Matt Smith, D-Mt. Lebanon. Erik Wittmann isn't so certain. The Mt. Lebanon man worries developers are focusing on big-box development instead of boutique shops, which he thinks better fit the community's suburban character.
"Mt. Lebanon has to stop trying to compete with downtown Pittsburgh," said Wittmann, 62, a disaster consultant who chairs Shady Drive East Taxpayers Association.
Link: www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/southwest/s_556877.html
Link 2: www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/03-12-ML-TRID-plan-B
Labels: transit, TRID, washington road
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