Spots and Places

Interesting:

PG coverage of the old South High School a property in Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, that has been closed for decades. The URA and PPS efforts are starting to brew, thanks to the tireless efforts of Susan Brandt and others. This facility has a swim pool.

AOL Time Warner Foundation Summer Program

The Foundation that gives schools and community partners the opportunity to apply for a $1,000 grant to create a summer project, with young people ages 13-19, using writing, media or technology to highlight an issue of concern in the world and/or the local community.

Skinny Art

High up in the windows of the SkinnyBuilding at the corner of Forbes and Wood, Downtown, Cassandra C. Jones presents Track & Field: Drawing From The Arena," a site specific photographic expedition into the euphoria of the sports arena; a place constructed to make the heart of all that enter beat faster. The exhibition runs through mid-May, 2003.

"By using multiple exposures on single negatives, I use my camera as a drawing device to construct an architecture of distance and speed, defied mental and physical gravity, competition between color and light and the instant, separating reflex and impact."
Ms. Jones

Pampered Princes of Perks and Privilege

"Even though we are falling deeper into the dungeon of debt, we can find comfort in knowing that our U.S. senators will be relaxing in a new, luxurious health spa equipped with steam rooms and saunas, massage and sleeping rooms, and top-quality workout equipment. The new spa is open to U.S. senators only. The cost of this new facility to the taxpayers is a secret." Reported by The Hill on February 12, 2003 and Kent Snyder, The Liberty Committee, 2/21/03.

Links to efforts here:

PIIN's demand for technology and computer labs

Proactive Planning concerning the now closed Neville Ice Rink on 21st Street, South Side.

Hoops

Pgh Public Schools - District 8 in the PIAA - call for excellence and handbook draft - in the PPS directory.

Action on the move creates its own route, creates to a very great extent the conditions under which it is to be fulfilled and thus baffles all calculation.

Henri Bergson