Appeals Board Rejects Demolition of Downtown Buildings— Again!

From the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation:

We are delighted by the recent decision of the Board of Appeals of the City’s Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections (PLI), to once again reject an application by Troiani Properties to demolish three buildings located at 100, 104, and 106 Market Street in Downtown.

This decision is yet another victory in the ongoing attempt—which has now ping-ponged through both Allegheny County Common Pleas and Commonwealth Courts of Pennsylvania—by Troiani Properties to demolish buildings located in the city’s Firstside National Register Historic District.

We hope that this decision, along with the exhaustive review processes through the City’s Planning Commission, give pause to the efforts to demolish these buildings that are vital to the architectural aesthetic of the historic Market Street neighborhood of Downtown.

We continue to call upon Troiani Properties to engage with us in a meaningful way in figuring out solutions of how to use these buildings in whole or in part, in development of a new commercial office tower.

We believe these buildings do not have to be demolished in order to rejuvenate that part of Downtown.