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That's why I'm psyched that we have a new giant sign going up in dahntahn Pittsburgh. Three giant signs, actually, each facing a different direction but all saying the same thing: "UPMC." They're putting the signs on the old U.S. Steel Tower, five floors of which UPMC plans to occupy soon.
I'm so glad the UPMC signs are going up, because I have trouble keeping track of Pittsburgh's major institutions. "Which one is the gigantic, humongous, big-ass, damn-near-ready-to-swallow- the- earthwhole health-care organization?" I ask myself. "Is it ... wait, no, I can't get it."Two weeks later, the commission reversed its vote and approved the sign 6-1. You don't think UPMC used its massive influence as the area's largest employer to scare some of those bureaucrats into changing their votes, do you? Not me. I think these bureaucrats have integrity. I think they just came to their senses. Especially after Pat Ford, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's director of economic and community development, told them they were on shaky legal ground if they didn't let UPMC put up its signs.See the full content of this document
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
YOU KNOW THE problem with Downtown Pittsburgh? There aren't enough signs. Because you know what absolutely makes a skyline? Giant advertisements adorning skyscrapers. In the past, the people who designed cit...
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