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Three projects would reimagine Market Square, Point State Park and Fort Duquesne Boulevard in bids to make Downtown a walkable, livable hotspot.
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Local leaders want to make Downtown Pittsburgh its own walkable neighborhood, chock full of sports courts and green spaces. Three proposed revitalization projects would see that goal reached in the next two years.
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development envisions Pittsburgh’s longtime business district becoming a place to work, live and play — somewhere “people want to be, not where they have to be,” said CEO Stefani Pashman.
The proposed developments would remove automobile access to Market Square, equip Point State Park and the wide medians on Liberty Avenue with exercise facilities, and create a pedestrian entertainment destination where 8th Street and the 10th Street Bypass meet along Fort Duquesne Boulevard.
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