Friendship News

Recent Crime and Public Safety Incidents
Thursday, 8/21 at 6PM

An action-oriented meeting of citizens and city officials discussing the recent wave of crime and safety incidents or OUR COMMUNITY.  Share tips and strategies to keep our homes and streets safe.

Location: Garfield Community Center at 112 N. Pacific Avenue.


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#1. Future Development on the Former Don Allen Site
Tuesday, 8/12 at 7PM

If you are short on details, have an opinion or haven't heard about this new development being planned in OUR NEIGBHORHHOD, be sure to attend this update meeting and help decide whether to support or oppose the developer's request for a variance on the propos...

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Friendship Development Associates and the Friendship Preservation Group would like to thank Day Automotive Group’s Baum Boulevard dealership and General Manager Adam Drakulic for the generous donation of electricity to operate new lights that will be installed in the Baum Grove Community park behind the dealership, at the corners of Roup, Fairmount and Harriet streets in Friendship.

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Commander Brackney announced that Zone 5 Police Station has moved from Penn Circle West to 1401 Washington Blvd.  For those of us old enough to remember, it is the former State Police Barracks where we took our drivers’ test.  For the younger crowd, the building beside the bike track.  The phone numbers are the same.

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Friendship Development Associates has a limited number of solar powered security lights remaining from our alley lighting campaign. If you are interested, FDA will provide a motion activated light and install it to illuminate your alleyway free of charge. The goal of the lighting campaign is to improve nighttime visibility and community safety in the Elm Street area. The Elm Street area is cont...

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Elm Street Residents;

    It has come to my attention that some of the solar powered lights we provided through our alley lighting campaign have been a bit finicky.  I have compiled instructions and troubleshooting tips from the Cooper Lighting instruction manual that may be helpful to those of you experiencing problems.  Please see below for these instructions.&...

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Hello everyone,

I have been reading the emails since last night [11/12/07] and I am very glad that there does not seem to be any lasting physical damage [in an incident in which a neighbor\'s dog was attacked on S. Graham by an unleashed pit bull in the temporary care of another neighbor]. 

In order to address this issue, the following steps are appropriate:

1. Please...

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Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to update everyone on the Citizen Observer and alert you to the fact that the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police will list all incidents reported throughout the city on a “blotter.” Steps for accessing the blotter are below.  For those of you who are not yet familiar with the Citizen Observer, I have attached some information from the website.

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Join FPG and the Public Safety Committee for a FREE self-defense workshop this Sunday September 9th.  Master instructors from CS Kim Karate will teach basics of self defense at the Spinning Plates Gallery (5720 Friendship Avenue) during a free class from 1 - 4.  This is a co-ed class for adults.  Wear loose fitting clothes and bring your enthusiasm!

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This summer, Friendship Development Associates will be implementing a street, porch, and alley lighting campaign as a way to improve safety conditions in Friendship. The goal of the lighting campaign is to improve nighttime visibility and community safety in the Elm Street area. The Elm Street area is contained within the boundaries of Penn Avenue to Baum Boulevard and Negley to Atlantic Avenue...

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