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Brillobox: The buzz

December 15, 2005

Brillobox, the arty new bar and performance space in the Penn Main District of Lawrenceville, has quickly become a headquarters for the Pittsburgh art and music scene and a nightly way station before hitting galleries in Lawrenceville, Garfield, and other parets of the East End.

Fashionable Gifts

December 2, 2005

Lawrenceville's Sugar Boutique is cited as a source for fashionable gifts for women.

Glassware helps charities' fill their coffers

November 30, 2005

Lawrenceville's Riverside Design Group designs glassware to support local non-profit in a project called Plates for Purpose.

Eyecon Design Group Opens Doors in the Zone

November 15, 2005

Eyecon Design Group recently set up shop in the Design Zone. Owner Brett Karas and his firm just moved from Miami, Florida into the Ice House Artist Studios in Lawrenceville. Eyecon specializes in holiday decorating, interior design, and architectural renderings.

A leg up for local designers

November 11, 2005

Rising stars in the fashion community have a better chance of getting their big break, thanks to Sugar Boutique in Lawrenceville and Luzz on the South Side, two stores that are dedicated to showcasing the wares of up-and-coming designers.

Hawk Studios Finds New Home at Mary Davis Craft Shop

October 31, 2005

Looking for Hawk Studios? Owner Marcy Hawk and her studio haven’t disappeared—they’re in the process of renovating a new, bigger space. Marcy recently purchased the Mary Davis Craft Shop at 5206-5208 Butler Street in Lawrenceville and is in the process of renovating the buildings.

Beyond the Bar: Jim Nied boosts business by offering travel tours to his customers

October 21, 2005

On Butler Street in Lawrenceville, Nied's Hotel continues as a local institution after more than 60 years in his family. Jim Nied helped to cultivate a steady base of customers by offering them a variety of tours. What started more than 20 years ago as local bus trips to Penguins and Pirates games, along with the occasional day trip to the racetrack, has grown into something much more.

Penn Avenue Goes Pop

October 20, 2005

Brillobox—so named as an homage to Andy Warhol, and because, like Warhol, its husband-and-wife owners are both Pittsburghers who relocated to New York City to pursue visual-arts careers--appears from the outside as if it might have been transplanted from a swiftly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood. Owners Eric Stern and his wife Renee Ickes are interested in creating a community-curated space. They’re planning a multimedia event in conjunction with the local Incredibly Thin literary collective. They’ll also be working with local concert promoters, he says, to bring a series of indie rock bands to town.

Seegrid Corp. and the Chocolate Factory

October 20, 2005

The Regional Industrial Development Corp.'s robotics center in Lawrenceville has its first tenant. Seegrid Corp., a developer of automated material handling systems for manufacturers, warehouses and distribution centers, agreed to lease 3,500 square feet of space from the RIDC in the Chocolate Factory, a large structure that was created to spur growth in the region's robotics industry. Seegrid's move from its current location in Point Breeze to the Chocolate Factory to be complete by February 2006.

Company reissues classic Russel Wright creations

October 5, 2005

The store Who New? Retro-Mod in Lawrenceville, which carries furniture, lighting and home accessories from the 1950s to '70s, will be selling pieces from HK Designs' Russel Wright Collection. The pieces, including vases, flowerpots and tumblers, are priced from $55 to $250.

Tapping Butler Street's potential

September 23, 2005

Retail developer David Stanchak, and his Downtown-based firm Pinpoint Real Estate Co., recently bought an option on the former Hanlon-Gregory Galvanizing Co. mill site, a 3.66-acre parcel that has sat empty for years. Located near the beginning of Lawrenceville's 10th Ward on Butler Street, Stanchak has tentative plans to develop a community retail center comprised of a local bank branch, a drugstore and a variety of service-oriented retailers.

Lawrenceville still a bargain for businesses

September 12, 2005

Lawrenceville still represents a bargain compared with other city commercial districts. This article profiles Design Zone members Jeff Gordon and Roger Levine of Who New?

Show proves art ability is universal

August 9, 2005

Clients from Allegheny East Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center in Lawrenceville come to the EveryOne an Artist gallery and studio in Lawrenceville For two hours every Monday, to draw on cardboard, decorate tin cans or clip pictures from magazines. The result is the Open Call Art Exhibit, which opens Friday with a reception for the artists.

Joyce Design Group makes lasting impressions on Lawrenceville

July 8, 2005

Jill Flannery Joyce, resident of Lawrenceville, and her architectural company, also based in Lawrenceville, have helped to transform abandoned, dilapidated, and unappealing buildings in Lawrenceville.

Art in our Neighborhoods

May 1, 2005

For a small metro area, Pittsburgh offers a wealth of cultural opportunities and resources. Lawrenceville and the adjoining Bloomfield-Garfield area seems to have overtaken the South Side as Pittsburgh’s new Bohemia, a title that belonged to Shadyside in the ’60s and ’70s before gentrification and other factors pushed its artistic practitioners to East Carson Street and beyond.

In the Zone

March 1, 2005

Pittsburgh’s 16:62 Design Zone offers shoppers the one-of-a-kine items they crave. Stores mentioned: Artistry, Awakening of the Senses, Divertido, Equitor Furniture, Geral’s Forge, Hot Haute Hot, JM Galleries, Jones Furniture Designs, Kool Kitchens, the Leather Hideout, Penn Avenue Pottery, Roxanne’s Dried Flowers, Slaugherhouse Gallery & Studios, Society for Contemporary Craft, Who New?, Zerrer’s Antiques.