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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Public Hearing - 10/18/22
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Bill #2022-0698: Historic Designation, Murray Hill
A
B
Of
the
bill
build
698,
a
resolution
providing
for
the
designation
as
an
historic
district
under
Title
11
of
the
code
of
ordinances,
the
certain
properties
known
as
the
Murray
Hill
historic
district
expansion
located
at
1163
Murray
Hill
Avenue
and
1165
Murray
Hill
Avenue
in
Squirrel
Hill
in
the
14th
Ward
City
of
Pittsburgh.
The
owners
of
1165
Murray
Hill
Avenue
support
this
nomination.
A
C
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Sarah
Quinn
I'm,
the
preservation
planner
for
the
City
of
Pittsburgh
and
I'll,
make
my
presentation
brief.
Today,
these
1163
and
1165
Murray
Hill
are
side
by
side
houses
and
they're.
Both
three
Bays
wide
three-story
Brook
residential
structures
of
the
colonial
revival.
Style
they
were
built
at
approximately
1900..
C
They
are
remnants
of
a
longer
streetscape
that
stretched
down
the
Eastern
side
of
the
street,
which
included
five
additional
houses.
They
were
which
were
demolished
in
1969
to
create
the
Jenny
King
Mellon
Library.
These
two
remaining
structures
are
All
That,
Remains,
Murray
Hill
Avenue
takes
its
name
from
early
School,
an
early
Squirrel
Hill
estate,
owned
by
James
B
Murray
partner
in
lion
shorb
and
Company
in
Iron
Mill
in
Pittsburgh
South
Side.
C
There
was
a
clerical
error
in
the
original
legislation
and
these
two
properties
were
left
off,
although
they
were
considered
to
be
part
of
the
historic
district
at
the
time.
So
we're
here
today
to
sort
of
make
that
correction
and
and
formally
recognize
these
two
properties
and,
as
I
said,
the
the
historic
review
commission
is
of
note
felt
that
this
these
properties
were
significant
as
the
pat
as
a
part
of
the
pattern
of
neighborhood
development
as
part
of
the
artificial
subdivision
in
early
Squirrel
Hill
development.
C
D
A
We
will
now
move
to
testimony
from
registered
speakers.
Please
give
your
name
when
I
call
you
an
address
for
the
public
record.
Each
speaker
will
have
three
minutes
to
address
counsel.
If
you're
here
in
person,
you'll
hear
a
tone
when
your
three
minutes
are
up.
If
you
are
joining
via
Zoom,
your
microphone
will
be
cut
off
after
three
minutes.
Our
first
registered
speaker
is
Daniel
Holland.
E
You
know
we
were
just
talking
earlier
about
how,
when
we
started
this
process
back
in
1999,
to
nominate
it
to
be
a
historic
District,
it
was
quite
contentious.
There
was
a
lot
of
dissent
from
the
neighbors
and
from
Chatham
and
other
parties,
and
thanks
to
your
predecessor,
Dan
Cohen
and
Bill
peduto,
who
is
chief
of
staff
at
the
time
we
negotiated
a
what
we
think
is
a
solid
District,
but,
as
was
Sarah
explained,
two
houses
were
inadvertently
left
out
of
that
District.
E
E
So
just
by
way
a
background,
you
know:
I
I
live
at
127
roup
Avenue
in
Friendship
I
grew
up
across
the
street
from
these
houses
at
11.
40
Murray
Hill,
where
my
mother
lives
today
so
I'm
there
pretty
much
pretty
regularly,
usually
she's
asking
me
to
clean
out
the
the
gutters
or
take
out
the
trash,
but
regardless
I
I
do
other
things
too.
E
During
the
week,
I
also
teach
history
at
Duquesne
and
University
of
Pittsburgh,
but
I
thought
this
is
an
important
nomination
in
that
we
need
to
recognize
and
re-recognize
and
keep
it
front
and
center
the
history
of
this
unique
Street
and
the
importance
that
it
holds
in
historic
districts
really
around
the
city,
there's
not
too
many
that
are
in
the
East,
End
and
certainly
very
few,
if
any
that
are
in
Squirrel
Hill.
So
I
think
this
was
one
of
the
first
ones
in
Squirrel
Hill,
and
certainly
one
of
the
only
remaining
ones.
E
E
A
D
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Yvonne
Ed
Brown
I
live
at
715,
Mercer
Street,
which
is
the
high
rise
up
at
the
top
of
Bedford
I.
Don't
live
in
Squirrel
Hill,
but
I
used
to
frequent
there
quite
a
bit
when
I
had
my
car
I
would
go
and
beautiful
stores
in
the
meat,
even
in
the
Giant
Eagle
in
different.
The
meat
is
beautiful.
D
I
know
what
good
meat
look
like
and
a
lot
of
times
when
we
had
our
Shop
and
Save
up
here
in
the
Hill
district,
they
were
bringing
this
old
meat
that
was
different,
colors,
okay,
I
and
I
agree
with
these
people.
They,
the
the
actually
even
the
man
that
said
his
mother-
still
lives
in
one
of
the
buildings
that
they
had
from
years
ago.
I
believe
that
it
should
be
historically
preserved.
D
If
we
have
a
city
as
nice
as
Squirrel
Hill-
and
it
is
very
nice
city,
it
should
be
kept
the
way
that
it
was,
and
if
it
was
a
clerical
error
on
I,
don't
know
whose
part
it
was
it
should
be
corrected
and
it
should
be
re-examined
and
put
back
in
if
you
possibly
could
so
I
wanted
to
say
to
everyone.
I
come
down
because
I
believe
that
in
the
community
all
communities
we
should
be
able
to
bring
some
kind
of
import.
D
If
we
feel
that
we
can
help
or
even
if
we
we
disagree,
you
you
don't
know
what
you
don't
know
now.
I
never
knew
about
these
two
houses
and
I
did
learn
something
today
and
they
know
so
they've
come
down
and
please
listen
to
the
people
that
live
in,
that
Community
I
don't
live
there,
but
they
are
in
favor
of
it
and
I
think
you
should
pass
it.
Thank
you
have
a
nice
day.
Thank.
A
Ideally
tomorrow,
if
that's
at
all
possible,
if
not
the
following
Wednesday
but
I,
think
we'll
have
it
up
on
the
at
the
standing
committee
agenda
tomorrow
and
hopefully
a
positive
recommendation
from
Council
and
moving
on
to
final
recommendation.
Final
vote
from
Council
after
that.
So
having
exhausted
the
business
of
this
public
hearing,
I
will
call
this
meeting
adjourned.