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🏛 Where the 1880s meet the 1980s

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What Pittsburgh is talking about

The site of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history, Tree of Life synagogue will become a symbol against hatred. 

The one-year mark of the mass shooting at the Squirrel Hill synagogue is fast approaching, and leaders are working to rebuild and reopen the space for the first time since the attack, the Associated Press reports.

Tree of Life leaders plan to renovate the space and turn it into a “center for Jewish life” with space for worship, events, classes, and exhibitions. Its mission will be to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination. The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh may move into the building, and Chatham University may share space there, too.

“Our future is not about being the synagogue that was attacked,” Tree of Life’s president told TribLive. “It is about being the synagogue that survived, thrived and remembered who we were.”

October 27 will mark exactly one year since the massacre, which killed 11 people and wounded seven others. Gov. Tom Wolf has declared it “Remember Repair Together Day” across the state, KDKA reports.

In other news …

A grand jury is now in on the Regatta investigation. After the annual river festival was cancelled just days before it was due to launch this summer, Pittsburgh police began looking into the event company overseeing it all. LionHeart Event Group is said to owe the city $28,000 for police services during the 2017 and 2018 regattas. Vendors are also claiming they were never paid. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

For many years, a Churchill attic held Civil War tales. Now, the historian who found a collection of 250 Civil War letters is sharing his discovery. It’s taken more than a decade to figure out exactly what the letters said because the writers used what’s called “cross-writing.” That means that after filling a page, they’d turn the paper sideways and write over what they’d already written to save paper. See a pic at the link and mark your calendar for the historian’s talk on Nov. 18. (TribLive)

A sleek 1980s office building is attached to an 1880s Gothic bell tower in Oakland. What’s the story behind this unlikely pair? The tower was once part of a church, which was torn down to make way for the office building. Public outcry saved the tower. While it lacks a bell and is closed to the public, it stands as a reminder of the importance of historic preservation. (90.5 WESA)

Let's share the 412 love and have some deep talks about our city's future.

🎉 We like to party!

We know how to throw a party, and you’re invited to join us.

Join us at What’s Next: A Community Celebration on Oct. 23 (this Wednesday!). We’re honoring the up-and-comers shaping Pittsburgh and celebrating our third birthday, too.

P.S. Incline members get discounts on event tickets — become a member today for a free ticket.

Say hello to our newest staffer.

Staff spotlight: Meet Benjamin

We’d like to introduce our newest staff member, Benjamin Chaffee. Technically, he doesn’t start until later this month, but we’re so excited, we couldn’t wait. Benjamin will be our account executive leading sales, so if you’re looking for cool ad opps, he’s your guy.

And we’d love to meet you, too, so come by our third birthday party on Oct. 23.

Name 

Benjamin Chaffee

Neighborhood 

Forest Hills

Where in town might people run into you? 

Walking our dog around Regent Square on endless loops and rewarding ourselves with a hotdog at D’s after. Gathering with friends at breweries throughout the city (bonus points if you’re dog friendly!). Unless it’s Wednesday, then I’m probably at Banjo Night on the North Side.

What made you decide to join The Incline team? 

I saw the job get posted and thought, “Wow, that’s an awesome job and someone will be very lucky to work there.” It wasn’t until the next day that I realized I was really thinking to myself that it would be an awesome job for me, and that I would be lucky to work for The Incline. I start work every morning with The Incline (and a lot of coffee), and I believe in its mission, so I was really drawn to it.

What’s something you’re working on that you could use help with?

I’ve recently decided that I’m going to get serious about baking bread, so I’m going to begin a sourdough starter and experiment with different recipes. I welcome any tips on getting started or pitfalls to avoid.

Here’s the full Q&A, including some restaurant recommendations, a dream plan for Shadyside, and Benjamin’s idea of a perfect Pittsburgh day.

Our partner events

💛 Wednesday: Celebrate the 412 love at What’s Next: A Community Celebration, our third birthday bash (Allegheny Center)

😈 Friday, November 1: Raise funds and dance with New Sun Rising at the 3rd Annual Moo-Ha Halloween Fundraiser. See the Millvale Moose Lodge transformed into a haunted forest for a dance party with raffles, a tarot card reader, and a demonic moose on the loose. (Millvale

Around town

Today

🍹 Learn how to make the perfect Pumpkin Spice cocktail (Downtown)

📸 Get your artwork professionally photographed (Friendship)

Tomorrow

🍻 Sample new beer cheese pairings (Lawrenceville)

🎨 Sharpen your skills and meet new people at a live portrait art session (Garfield)

🗣 Hear (or share) important stories at Show and Tell: A Dis/Ability Symposium (Downtown)

Wednesday

🎼 Join world-renowned drummer and composer Stewart Copeland for an evening of conversation and a sneak peek of his new oratorio (Millvale)

🎬 Celebrate the Romero archival collection: Living with the Dead (Oakland)

♻️ Get a free recycling bins if you live on the North Side (Spring Garden)

Thursday

📣 Engage in dialogue with Alisha Wormsley about her There Are Black People in the Future artwork (Homewood)

🌊 Clean trails in costume during Crews & Brews (South Side)

❤️ Play giant games and jump around in an adult-size bounce house while supporting Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (East Liberty)

Friday

💃 Come dressed to hypnotize at the Renaissance Hotel’s Dark Magic Manor Halloween Dance Party (Downtown)

🌸 Bring little ghouls and ghosts to the gardens (Oakland)

📖 Book it to this inspiring evening of readings (Bloomfield)

👀  See the unveiling of Sarah Heinz House 4.0 with an autumn-themed family fun (East Allegheny)

🕯️ Drink up, witches, for Cookies and Candles (Lawrenceville)

🍹 Say cheers to fears at this Halloween costume party (Downtown)

Saturday

💪 Learn to build a little free library at this women-only power tool workshop (Millvale)

🎨 Create an original painting reflecting your yoga flow (Oakland)

🇺🇦 Join the Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble for dance through decades (Carnegie)

🌎 Participate in a one-day forum on plants, landscapes, and our role as environmental stewards (Oakland)

👻 Trick or Treat at the Booseum (Oakland)

🎃 March in a Halloween parade before pumpkinfest (Brighton Heights)

✨ Create your own magic wand (Uptown)

Sunday

📝 Enjoy an afternoon of art, literature, and hands-on activities at Pittsburgh Zine Fair (East Liberty)

🕍 Remember the lives lost in the Tree of Life mass shooting with official commemorative events (Oakland and Pittsburgh)

💜 Meet LGBT friendly wedding vendors at the Love is Love wedding expo (Allegheny East)

One more thing ...

No matter how many times we look at old pictures of the Point, it’s still shocking to see what it once looked like. Check out this 1920s photo of a smoky Pittsburgh, courtesy of the city’s archives. We started to count smokestacks and train cars but quickly lost track.

Enjoy the week, Pittsburgh (and come party with us on Wednesday!).

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