March, 2013

City of Asylum/Pittsburgh Signs Lease as Anchor Tenant

Nakama out in Garden Theatre block project . . . City Paper: Posted by Bill O’Driscoll on Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 4:59 PM

Bookstore, cultural center to anchor Garden Theater block project … Pittsburgh Post Gazette By Diana Nelson Jones / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette City of Asylum Pittsburgh … former Garden Theater on North Avenue and several buildings on Federal Street.

City of Asylum venue to anchor Garden Theatre block PGH City Paper City of Asylum/Pittsburgh plans to occupy three North Side storefronts with its new Alphabet City literary center, the nonprofit literary and human-rights …

Literary center plans to open on Pittsburgh’s North Side Pittsburgh Post Gazette By Diana Nelson Jones / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A nonprofit that houses and … of the Federal North development that includes the former Garden Theater.

November, 2012

Garden Theater block gets new restuarant
TribLIVE Business, November 8

El Burro Now Open in Central Northside
POP City, November 7

October, 2012

Development groups turn blight into beauty, despite the challenges
TribLIVE, October 13

September, 2012

Sunday Business Page with Jon Delano
KDKA, September 16

Piccolo Forno commits to North Side theater site
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 8

Piccolo Forno headed to Garden Theater
Pittsburgh Business Times, September 7

March, 2012

Video of Chris D’Addario and Craig Totino being interviewed
KDKA, March 4

January, 2012

More businesses, residences added to North Side renewal
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 31

Garden Theater block work to begin
Pittsburgh Business Times, January 31

Eyesores On North Side Slated For Development
KDKA, January 30

Restaurants, Apartments Coming To North Side
WTAE, January 30

Garden Theater Center of North Side Redevelopment
WESA, January 30

Mayor, CNNC Celebrate the Central Northside’s Comeback
Mayor’s Office Press Release, January 30

Progress takes big step on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 28

Nakama sushi bar to anchor blighted North Side block
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 28