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4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City of Pittsburgh neighborhood of East Liberty was the third largest commercial district in the state of Pennsylvania in the 1950’s with more than 500 local businesses and a population of 14,000. As the automobile became the dominant mode of transportation, congestion increased. Residential and commercial shifts to the ‘car-friendly’ suburbs in the following decades resulted in disastrous social and economic downturn that destroyed the urban fabric. Urban renewal schemes were devised to stop the flight. Penn Avenue was reconstructed as car friendly loop around the neighborhood with vast surface parking lots for a “mall” atmosphere in an effort to compete with suburban retail experience. When building this “circle”, many small businesses were closed and torn down. Development oriented to the use of the automobile came at the expense of mass transit and pedestrian activity. Three large housing complexes were constructed to make up for the destruction of the homes that were removed when creating Penn Circle. Though well intentioned, both contributed heavily to the decline of the once vibrant community. For decades, East Liberty was characterized by thousands of mostly vacant high rise housing units flanking a decaying business district. The areas lost more than one million square feet of commercial space and half its population by 1980. Blight spread and crime rates soared. East Liberty is now experiencing a longdelayed rebirth as a commercial hub that will be centered around direct access to the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor (known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. East Busway). To be successful in the 21st century and capitalize on redevelopment opportunities, the area requires a more robust pedestrian, bike and mass transit infrastructure. This strategy for reviving historical urban commercial districts through multimodal improvements can be a model not only for Pittsburgh, but for communities throughout Pennsylvania. East Liberty Station and the surrounding district today East Liberty is uniquely positioned to leverage the PAAC transit network, especially the East Busway. Through a partnership with the PAAC, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Public School District, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), East Liberty Development Inc. (ELDI), various community development organizations and the private development community, the City of Pittsburgh is collaboratively building a sustainable strategy to continue revitalization of this transition neighborhood. Coordination of transportation and land use through the East Liberty TRID Study | Pittsburgh Department of City Planning
promotion of transit oriented development represents a key component of the City’s strategy. The East Liberty Transit Revitalization Investment District (elTRID) planning study examines the transportation, infrastructure and development scenarios in the vicinity of the PAAC East Busway station in East Liberty. Building on existing development and infrastructure planning, elTRID refines existing proposals to maximize walkability, transit service, smart mobility and transit oriented development (TOD) potential following “Livable Communities’ principles. elTRID examines the feasibility of creating a value capture boundary within the study area to facilitate these opportunities. This new revitalization strategy will continue implementation of large-scale redevelopment projects while also fostering organic smaller-scale growth. 5 The major goals of the elTRID are to: • Combine the existing market analysis, infrastructure needs, and station/site development concepts to tell the complete story. • Refine the integration of station and site development with the surrounding neighborhoods to reconnect East Liberty and Shadyside through the application of Livable Communities Principles. • Work with the communities and taxing bodies to determine if the establishment of a TRID is acceptable and what area it should include based on the study results and potential development scenarios. • Identify the most pressing infrastructure needs to support the Eastern Gateway Project within the East Liberty business district. In the late 1990s, East Liberty saw its first spurt of commercial revitalization with the construction of a new Home Depot retail store on the site of a failed Sears. Whole Foods Market soon followed on an abandoned stretch of Center Avenue during the first phase of the Eastside project by the The proposed station design and integrated Eastside III Development Mosites Company. Several building within the central business district were rehabilitated with a mix of offices above ground floor commercial space. Further, the restaurant and entertainment district along South Highland Avenue in Shadyside started to expand across into the East Liberty core. Additional retail and entertainment space was added through the completion of the $32.5 million 2 nd phases of Eastside by Mosites adjacent to the Whole Foods. Mosites continued their efforts with development of a Target Department
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58 along Center Avenue dominate the
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3. TRID RECOMMENDATIONS East Libert
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APPLYING THE TOD PRINCIPLES TO EAST
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64 Recommended Infrastructure Impro
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66 EAST LIBERTY STATION IMPROVEMENT
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Reconfiguring the Station for Conne
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A New Gateway to East Liberty and t
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Connecting East Liberty and Shadysi
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Near-term: Intersection improvement
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in diameter to accommodate forecast
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IMPLEMENTING PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
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TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT SITE I
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Retail Office Hotel Housing Parking
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Existing Zoning and TOD While the e
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THE PROPOSED TRID BOUNDARY The iden
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PROPOSED TRID BOUNDARY & PHASING Ye
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an extended Ellsworth Avenue corrid
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DRAFT Financing TOD Urban, mixed-us
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established mechanism of municipal
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infrastructure for Eastside III & I
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Strategy for Future Phases As revit
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would As mentioned, serve a there d
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elTRID Approval and Implementation
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Appendix I - elTRID Total Annual TR
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Appendix II - elTRID Real Property
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Appendix II - elTRID Potential TRID
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Appendix II - elTRID Potential TRID
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Appendix III - elTRID Private Devel
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Appendix III - elTRID Pledged Real
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Appendix III - elTRID TRID Fund Bal
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Appendix IV - elTRID Real Property
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Appendix IV - elTRID Potenital TRID
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Appendix IV - elTRID Potential TRID
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Appendix V - elTRID Pledged Real Pr
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Appendix V - elTRID TRID Fund Balan
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Appendix VI - elTRID Real Property
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Appendix VI - elTRID Pledged Income
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Appendix VII - elTRID FUNDING AND D
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“Construction Agreements” means
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principal invested or any penalty f
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developer shall timely honor all re
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LIABILITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PE
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(b) Private developer shall abandon
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to
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EXHIBIT B REQUISITION FORM
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