Land & Power
In 2015, residents of the Penn Plaza apartment buildings in Pittsburgh learned that they’d have to leave their homes to make way for a new development. The news arrived like a pronouncement: this neighborhood, East Liberty, isn’t for you anymore. Some people were afraid. Some people were angry. And some people were ready to fight. They weren’t just fighting for their homes. They were fighting for the future of East Liberty, and Pittsburgh.
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WESA reporter Lucy Perkins interviews Land & Power host and reporter Margaret J. Krauss and editor Liz Reid about their Regional Murrow Award win and how they put together the podcast. -
The term “affordable housing” has been thrown around by government officials and in neighborhood meetings. But trying to create thousands of affordable… -
Some people worry there’s another looming housing crisis in Pittsburgh. It won’t hinge on tearing down buildings, because the buildings are already… -
Late in the fight for Penn Plaza, a new group of people arrives on the scene. They look at the battle for the apartment complex and see it as a symptom of… -
The mayor of Pittsburgh and his right hand man sit down to negotiate with Larry Gumberg and the Penn Plaza tenant council, led by Bob Jamison and Gail… -
A lot has been said in Pittsburgh about the would-be developers of the Penn Plaza Apartments, Lawrence Gumberg and his two sons, Brian and Zach. Land &… -
In episode one of Land & Power, we meet Bob Jamison and Gail Williams, two residents of the Penn Plaza Apartments in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They react… -
From 90.5 WESA, this is Land & Power: who has it, what they do with it, and how that shapes the cities around us. In 2015, residents of the Penn Plaza…
