Best neighborhoods for off-campus adventures
By Sarah Connor, Culture Editor
August 20, 2018
For many new Pitt students, the busy, exciting atmosphere of city life is one of the reasons they chose to attend an urban university. With Oakland’s many hospitals, restaurants, drugstores and parks surrounding our campus, students have a good idea of what life is like in an urban area. But what many...
Co-opportunity: Co-ops thrive in East Liberty
By Marissa Perino / Staff Writer
September 28, 2017
At a farmers market in East Liberty, customers flock to stands lined with red-capped apple cider jugs and stacked wooden crates filled with fresh fruits and vegetables to cross grocery shopping off their to-do list for the week. In Pittsburgh’s East End neighborhood, two farmers market cooperatives ...
Next-day shopping? How Whole Foods and Amazon could change the game
By Levko Karmazyn | For The Pitt News
September 5, 2017
You could never accomplish today what John Mackey and Renee Lawson did in 1978 Austin, Texas. The college-dropout couple opened what would eventually become Whole Foods, which Amazon bought in August for $13.7 billion. Many criticized the natural food marketplace for “selling out” to Amazon, and feel tha...
Staff picks: finding the city’s coolest coffee shops
By TPN Staff
May 29, 2017
Although Oakland’s coffee shop scene is dominated by Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts, local and independently-owned coffee shops are only a short walk or bus ride away. Pittsburgh has more than merely chains — the city thrives off of independent and local businesses, including coffeehouses. Editors and wr...
Fun-A-Day returns to Pittsburgh for ninth year
By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer
February 8, 2016
A creative idea and the drive to get it done — that’s all it takes to exhibit artwork in Fun-a-Day, a national event with a loyal Pittsburgh following. Fun-a-Day, a volunteer-run concept that started in Philadelphia 12 years ago, has spread to cities all across America as an event focused more on the pro...
East Liberty revived with quirky, caffeinated renaissance
By Brady Langmann / For The Pitt News
May 28, 2015
Two years ago, East Liberty was in the middle of a community-wide redevelopment project, and many of its new businesses weren’t sure if they were going to succeed.Zeke’s Coffee on Penn Avenue was about as claustrophobic as a Towers dorm room, with 11 seats and a couple tables outside, if you wanted t...