Neighborhood

The Village Of West Greenville, South Carolina

Tray Ling 56 mins ago

Less than two miles from Main Street, The Village of West Greenville has been quietly expanding and gearing up for its moment in the spotlight. Thanks to a master plan started in 2014 to make the area more pedestrian and visitor friendly, the area is emerging as what some are calling the SoHo of Greenville with a heavy emphasis on the arts and independent creative businesses. Home to 30 unique restaurants, galleries and shops, new businesses continue to relocate to the district.

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Zillow’s Satellite View Shows the Ghosts of Neighborhoods Erased By America’s Highways

Tray Ling 2 hours ago

The first image shows Milwaukee and I-794—you can still recognize the outline of whole blocks and a triangular intersection, though the individual property lines haven’t been preserved. Moving onto Cincinnati and Chicago, the destruction is shown in much clearer relief. Thousands of small lots spring up beneath I-71 and I-471 as you take a closer look. Just the same, I-90 and I-94 now sit on the spot where dozens of privately-owned plots used to be.

We reached out to Zillow to learn more about where it’s pulling this data from. According to a spokesperson, Zillow—and other similar websites, as well—receive

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Suspected Explosive Device Damages RV in Argay Terrace Neighborhood (Photo)

Tray Ling 4 hours ago

March 06, 2021 13:36

  


Portland Police Arson Unit is investigating a possible explosive device detonation that caused damage to a recreational vehicle in the Argay Terrace Neighborhood.

On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 8:41a.m. Portland Police were dispatched to assist Portland Fire and Rescue on a report of a trailer on fire in the 3800 block of Northeast 141st Drive. When they arrived they found smoke coming from a RV parked there (photo). Firefighters found smoke but no fire, and determined that no one had been injured.

An initial investigation indicated that an explosion had happened outside

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City has few answers in neighborhood meeting over Miller Playfield encampments

Tray Ling 12 hours ago

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When an encampment at Capitol Hill’s Cal Anderson Park was swept in December, nearby parks saw a growth in tents as some unsheltered people looked for new places to go. One of those growing campsites is 19th Ave’s Miller Playfield.

Now with the district making plans for students to return to the adjacent Meany Middle School and the kids at nearby St. Joseph’s School already back in the classroom, neighbors met virtually Wednesday night with Deputy Mayor Casey Sixkiller and other city officials. The meeting organized by the Jesuit parish was set ostensibly, organizers said, to hear

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Juvenile shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood

Tray Ling 14 hours ago

NAME OF THE VICTIM. ALSO BRING OVERNIGHT IN PITTSBURGH THIS TIME IN THE HOMEWOOD SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD. POLICE SAY A YOUNG MAN WAS SHOT IN THE LEG ON TIOGA STREET. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 11 LAST NIGHT.

Juvenile shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood


Police are investigating after a juvenile was shot overnight in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood. Police say a young man was shot in the leg on Tioga Street around 11 p.m. Friday night.Investigators say the victim will be okay, but it is unclear who shot him. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 will update this story as more details become available.

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