Fall 2021 | Point Park News Service

WILL CHANGE COME OR WILL HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF?

by Frank Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Business, Fall 2021

By: Dontae Washington Lifelong Hill District Angela Akers resident has plans to move after 80 years. She worries that a new development backed by the Pittsburgh Penguins will force her to relocate, just like the construction of the former Civic Arena did 70 years ago....

Pittsburgh Designer Leads Upcycling Movement Against Fast Fashion

by Frank Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Environment, Fall 2021, Lifestyle

By: Delta Daley Pittsburgh-based designer Cierra Rauch has launched a local revolution against fast fashion with the clothing designs she has been drawing since she was 10 years old. Her DIY approach to turning old into new resonates with youth who have converted to...

Pittsburgh Pirates Fans and Businesses Struggle After Rough 2021 Season

by Frank Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Business, Fall 2021, Sports

By: Brandon Kurzawski “Pirates fans is more of an older generation than it is a younger generation because (we) never had the chance to see them when they were good,” Barton, 22, who works at Rally House on the North Shore, said. “…We gear more toward Steelers...

Local Company Treecup Tea Helping Haiti

by Zoey Angeluccci | Nov 15, 2021 | Business, Fall 2021

By Anthony Cugini Each bottle of tea Mark Sotomayer and his company, Treecup Tea, sell comes with a seed to plant a tree. College dropout Mark Sotomayer started selling tea using his grandmother’s recipe. “On September 23, 2017, I got caught with marijuana and...

All Killer No Filler & The Appeal of Tribute Bands In Pittsburgh

by Frank Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Fall 2021

By: Kevin Turcovsky Zack Ethridge takes up the part of multiple musicians in the same performance. This is because he plays bass for All Killer No Filler, a pop punk cover band. There are many tribute/cover bands that play in the area, with All Killer No Filler being...

Art vs. Vandalism: Color Park

by Frank Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Fall 2021

By: Grant Clarke When Ex-Steeler Baron Batch was arrested for graffiti in the summer of 2016, graffiti detective Alphonso Sloan was the man who put the handcuffs on him. “I would consider us friends even from the beginning,” Sloan said. “He was always a nice,...