Pittsburgh, PA – get ready for an important makeover for the marketplace. The Pittsburgh Planning Commission approved a modernization plan for the meeting in downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
After the approved and mere formality approved by the city council, the construction will begin on April 1st. According to the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, the marketplace will be reopened in the city in April 2026 shortly before the NFL design.
The transformation designed by the renowned landscape architecture company Field Operations includes infrastructure improvements, improved pedestrian paths, improved lighting, extended public seating areas and a new structure of the central pavilion. According to partnership officers, the modernization aims to create a more lively, more accessible and networked urban civic center that will serve the residents, companies and visitors in the coming decades.
The makeover is an essential part of a 600 dollar revitalization plan of 600 US dollars, which was presented in October by Governor Josh Shapiro, Mayor Ed Gainey and the Executive Innamorato by Allgheny County.
Last week, details were published about another key component: Arts Landing, a new 31 million US dollar in the city center of Civic on Eighth Street, which borders on the Penn Avenue and the Fort Duquesne Boulevard.
The art landing includes a hectare green space with a view of the Allegheny River between the bridges Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson. A performance area with a band bowl near Fort Duquesne Boulevard; a garden walk; a play area for children; a flex room for sporting activities such as pickle ball; A visitor center on the ground floor is a building that the trust in Penn Avenue has; and public toilets.
Other components of the redesign of the city center are the renovation work on Point State Park: The state will invest $ 25 million in a number of short and long-term projects that improve the pedestrian access to the park, update and update the lighting in the milestone fountain of the park will add and add leisure activities to his city's turf. Short -term projects on sidewalks and the fountain will be completed in good time for the upcoming NFL design.
The plan also includes the creation of around 1,000 new apartments and a hotel in seven current office buildings.