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<i>Image courtesy Rothschild Doyno<br> An artistic rendering of the changes proposed for the five-way intersection at Murray and Forward avenues shows a median on Forward, a light sculpture and better-defined crosswalks.</i>
Image courtesy Rothschild Doyno
An artistic rendering of the changes proposed for the five-way intersection at Murray and Forward avenues shows a median on Forward, a light sculpture and better-defined crosswalks.
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SHUC proposes ‘Gateway to Squirrel Hill’
by Eric Lidji
Associate Editor
Jul 02, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Mardi Isler doesn’t give a flattering assessment of the southern entrance to Squirrel Hill. “I’ve lived here for 25 years and nothing annoys me more than having to turn off the Parkway into that u...

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Women's Yeshivavacation 12:00 AM
Jewish women are invited to reinvigorate t...