Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

While the impact of the recession still weighs heavy on many of us and the consensus is this will still be a very challenging year for retailers across the country, things seem a little brighter for this year's holiday shopping season.

Like you, I am a big supporter of Downtown Pittsburgh and I write this letter to ask you for your help. I encourage you to do your holiday shopping Downtown and support the great businesses in our neighborhood. We are fortunate to have many unique shopping venues where you will surely find the perfect gift for the special someone on your list. If you need a toy for your little one, step inside S.W. Randall Toyes & Giftes . You will find a wide-range of gift ideas at world-class retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue and our fabulous nine-story department store,Macy's. Find the regions highest quality men's and women's fashions at Larrimor’s, Brook's Brothers , JoS. A. Bank and Joseph Orlando , not to mention the exclusive retail inside Fifth Avenue Place , One Oxford Centre , PPG Place and along the Smithfield/Fifth Avenue corridor. Exciting retail new to the Golden Triangle this year include The Nettleton Shoe Shop and Heinz Healey's for the best in men’s fashion.

While you are Downtown be sure to also check out our fabulous restaurants, pubs and coffee shops along with the many one-of-a-kind art galleries and spaces in the Cultural District. Also, gift certificates to Downtown restaurants make a perfect stocking stuffer for everyone on your list. Stop by The Capital Grille, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant , The Carlton , Palomino, Moe's Southwest Grill , Sonoma Grille or Sushi Kim to purchase your gift certificates this holiday season.

Employers—please give your employees extra time at lunch to finish their shopping. Downtown employees—bring your family down on the weekends to enjoy a traditional Downtown Christmas shopping experience. Take advantage of all the festive activities, including free horse-drawn carriage rides, free Fifth Avenue Place Holly Trolley, ice skating at PPG Place and much more!

Most of the lots and garages Downtown offers $5 evening and weekend parking. Visit our Downtown Pittsburgh for more information.

Demonstrate your support for Downtown and make an investment in our region's future because Downtown is the core that keeps us strong. Please help our retailers and restaurants stay in business and preserve our vital Downtown.

I hope you choose to shop Downtown this Christmas—I know I (have) and I will.

Best wishes to you and yours this holiday season.

Michael Edwards
President and CEO
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

Construction is moving according to schedule!  Keep holding a good thought for mild weather so it can keep moving.  Some of the things you see there right now...

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority is finishing their work converting old pipes to new pipes in the center of the Square.


























You can see where the finished grade of the Square will be by looking at manhole covers and other fixtures.


Now that we've all become used to the Square at its sub-level, its very startling to see where finished grade will be.  One thinks of the Square as a flat space but by looking at the different manhole heights you can see how steep the slope really is.



Any guesses what this is? 

Its the base of a light pole.  When the team is not working with them they place cones on top for safety and visibility.



And here you get a hint of the conduit that runs underground throughout the Square. 




This is why the underground work has taken so long. These pipes run throughout the Square. The grey pipes hold conduit and the white pipes will hold water to irrigate the trees. Sometimes as a construction project lays pipe, they place strings inside to mark where future wiring will run, so when the time comes to snake the wiring through, they have a guide to assist that process.


The Construction Team has given us a heads up... some very visible changes will be coming our way the end of this week and continuing into next week, so stop by the Square to see what happens!

If you can’t beat the rush hour traffic, don’t join them. Visit 1902 Tavern in Market Square for a daily Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m. 1902 Tavern is Pittsburgh’s original steak and chophouse for over 100 years. They specialize in homestyle pasta, prime steaks and chops; also serving a wide range of fresh steaks, seafood, chicken and more that is guaranteed to satisfy! Their restored Vodka Bar and Grille Room, private dining area and bar upstairs make special events “extra special.” Don’t have tickets to a Steelers game? Join 1902 for all Steelers Sunday Home Games for great Black & Gold Specials. Bar opens at 10 AM – Kitchen opens at 11 AM. New Owner Jeff Fleming and Manager Marty Mariani have done great things to the restaurant– stop in soon and say hello!


This Week at 1902 Tavern:
• $19.02 value-priced dinner specials every day
• On Wednesday, November 11th, all past and present Military personnel get a FREE Lunch or Dinner entree (up to $19.02 value with military proof of identification
• On Sunday, Nov. 15 in preparation for the Steelers home game WIN over the Bengals, with great Black & Gold Specials all day long such as: $7 Boilermakers, $3 Coors Light Drafts, $6 Bloody Marys, $5 Mimosas and $5 Black & Golds (Guinness & Stella)   

                             
Fun fact:
1902 Tavern’s liquor license was the 8th issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and bears the certificate number R-8