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Lawrenceville Art Exhibit Packs Vibrant Humor	December 16, 2007
Mary Mazziotti might possibly be Pittsburgh's most prolific painter. At least it looks that way when entering Borelli-Edwards Galleries' new digs in Lawrenceville, which officially opened in September. The gallery moved from its Perry Highway location in McCandless where it was for 29 years.
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts Made Locally Offer a Special Touch	December 12, 2007
This holiday season, think outside the mall. Locally made gifts can be found in neighborhoods such as Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Oakmont, the Strip District, South Side, Mt. Lebanon and Sewickley.
Strong Pulse	November 29, 2007
Open for just a year, La Vie -- a distinctively urban, ultra-hip new art gallery and retail shop in Lawrenceville -- presents an exhibit of works by six young artists that represents exactly what the gallery stands for: sophisticated art by emerging artists who live in or have ties to the city.
A Design District Takes Shape	October 14, 2007
The New York Times features Lawrenceville and the 16:62 Design Zone in the Sunday Travel section.
The XX Factor in Lawrenceville	October 10, 2007
Meet some of the fabulous women in Lawrenceville's 16:62 Design Zone.
A Digging Pitt exhibit highlights street art as a cooperative form	September 27, 2007
Conceived Bully, on view at Digging Pitt Gallery, is an outstanding example of American urban art realized to its fullest potential. The yield of each of the three artists featured -- JC One (who also curated), MCA/Evil Design and MAGMO -- embodies the fundamentals of street art that herald urban aesthetic as a cooperative form.
The Rise of Retro Mod	September 19, 2007
Design Zone businesses Elements and Who New? are recognized for offering retro-mod decor, clothing, and accessories.
Lawrenceville: You Can't Keep A Good Community Down	August 23, 2007
A colorful article about Lawrenceville, including mention of the Design Zone.
Newsmaker: Roger Levine and Jeff Gordon	August 19, 2007
Owners and operators of Who New? Retro Mod Decor are featured in this article.
Design help for house, garden available at Fair	August 18, 2007
Jones Furniture Designs and Artemis are mentioned in this article about the Pittsburgh Design Fair for House and Garden, which took place September 30 at the Priory's Grand Hall on the North Side.
Hip gallery, old-line society join to keep emerging artists in Pittsburgh	August 14, 2007
La Vie and the National Society of Arts and Letters team up in an effort to keep young people and artists in the city.
Clemente Museum brightens Lower Lawrenceville outlook	July 23, 2007
Commercial photographer Duane Rieder has turned his studio space in the former Engine House 25 in Lawrenceville into the Roberto Clemente Museum.
Who New? Retro Mod Decor Decorates Frank Lloyd Wright Duncan House	July 2, 2007
On June 14th the Duncan House, a Frank Lloyd Wright design Usonian home, had their ribbon cutting. The Duncan House was originally located in Lisle, Illinois and was taken down, transported and reassembled in Polymath Park in Donegal, PA. Who New? Retro Mod Decor was hired to stage and decorate both the interior and exterior spaces.
Guide to Fab Female Fashions	June 21, 2007
Sugar, Lawrenceville. This shop is funky and fun with a retro ‘70s feel (remember the set of the Dating Game?) Sugar’s new owner, Katie Bulgar, focuses on independent designers. Kelly Lane, a Pittsburgh designer, is her biggest seller. The store also carries Julia Dinardo’s tongue-in-cheek Pittsburgh neighborhood t-shirts. Two favorites: Southside. No parking since 1942 and Point Breeze. Frickin’ fabulous since 1903.
Functional art	June 16, 2007
Custom built furniture enjoys a steady market, and the high quality of product is a big reason why. Joseph M. Kelly from Kelly Custom Furniture and Cabinetry in Lawrenceville specializes in contemporary design, but is open to other styles.
Lawrenceville glass artist pieces together a legacy	June 13, 2007
When artist Catherine Berard finally could afford to renovate the front of her stained-glass studio in Lawrenceville, she saw it as a chance to create a colorful calling card for her growing business. Using randomly shaped shards of colored glass left over from stained-glass restorations and commissioned pieces she has done, Berard has produced a nature mosaic that covers the front of her Butler Street building with an explosion of color. "I really wanted something with some 'wow' factor and thought, what better way to say this is what we do here than to do the front of the studio with stained glass," said Berard, 53, a Brighton Heights native who studied art at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Butler Street business owners get creative to boost local economy, lure visitors	April 18, 2007
Businesses along Lawrenceville’s Butler St., Penn Ave., and 43rd St. are teaming up to boost the local economy and promote environmental awareness. During the Blossom Tour on April 20-22, boutiques, design shops and studios in the neighborhood’s burgeoning business district will celebrate Earth Day by handing out free seed packets and neighborhood maps. Fourteen eclectic merchants, including Accezzorize and La Vie--who both landed in Lawrenceville in November--will each provide different packets, encouraging visitors to collect all 14 and plant flower gardens.
'Mom-and-pop' galleries take root on Lawrenceville's Hatfield Street	April 8, 2007
Dan Gaser, Elizabeth Monoian, and David Calfo have worked together to create their own small community of galleries on Hatfield Street in Lawrenceville.
Veg chef turns it on in borrowed kitchen	March 15, 2007
Brillobox in Lawrenceville will be featuring vegetarian Sunday Night Suppers.
3 galleries have made over a city block that was once typical for its stability, continuity	March 15, 2007
Once the epitome of generational continuity, the 4700 block of Hatfield Street in Lawrenceville has seen about half its properties change hands in the last decade. Well off the beaten path of gallery-strewn Butler Street, three art galleries sprang up on the block a year ago this month.
Tribune Review Reports on Ron Donoughe's Exhibit at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts	January 4, 2007
Ron Donoughe's unparalleled exhibition, "Essence of Pittsburgh," in which the Lawrenceville-based plein air painter presents more than 160 small paintings of Pittsburgh and the region, will remain on view at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts through Jan. 21.