URGENT UPDATE and CHANGES for the City Council Hearing on April 20, 2022
Your voice is EXTREMELY CRITICAL during this hearing. PLEASE take the time to call in to offer positive support during the last and most important phase of this truly unique Pittsburgh process. Without your voice, City Council will only hear from those opposed to the designation. Those being the owners who allowed the property to fall into such horrendous conditions - who care only about the demolition of these properties for money, the real estate people who only care about making money and the builders who have used big corporate money and influence, attempting to block the designation.
Please lend your voice in preserving this 137 year old house and 100 year old warehouse which are steeped in Pittburgh and National history.
**IMPORTANT COUNCIL HEARING INFORMATION**
To register for public comments for TITO HOUSE HISTORIC DESIGNATION, please use the online Speaker Signup form, filling it out in its entirety; or you may call the City Clerk's office at 412.255.2138.
The online Speaker Signup form can be found at the bottom of this page of the link attached. You must fill this form in, completely, to speak at the hearing.
To Speak during the TITO HOUSE HISTORIC DESIGNATION hearing, please contact the City Clerk prior to 12.30p, on April 20, 2022 for the 2.30p meetings. Written comments may also be submitted via the City Clerk’s email, but are not usually read during hearings. Please have emails and letters submitted April 15, 2022 to ensure they are part of the information submitted to Council. However, you can still submit through April 19, 2022.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 2:30 pm
2022-0190 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Building under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances the certain site known as The Tito House located at 1817 Fifth Avenue and 1818 Colwell Street (11-E-93 and 11-E-91) in Uptown, in the 3rd Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owners of the properties are opposed to the nomination.
Council is now holding hybrid meetings, allowing participants to join in-person and virtually.
TO REGISTER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS HEARING: Please note that when you register correctly, a pop up box should appear on your screen, confirming your registration.
1. Online: Fill out the form below in its entirety. Registration will close at 12:30 PM the day of the hearing. Meeting login credentials will be emailed the day of the hearing.
2. By phone: Call the City Clerk’s Office at (412) 255-2138 by 12:30 PM the day of the hearing.
Written statements can be emailed to cityclerksoffice@pittsburghpa.gov
Please share this email with others. We also still need signatures for the petition which will be submitted to City Council prior to April 20, 2022.
Here is the current listing of Pittsburgh City Council Members, Mayor and Director.
City Council Contacts
District 1 - Bobby Wilson 412.255.2135
District 2 - Theresa Kail-Smith 412.255.8963
District 3 - Bruce Kraus 412.255.2130
District 4 - Anthony Coghill 412.255.2131
District 5 - Corey O'Connor 412.255.8965
*District 6 - R. Daniel Lavelle 412.255.2134 Uptown Fifth Ave/Colwell St
District 7 - Deb Gross 412.255.2140
District 8 - Erika Strassburger 412.255.2133
District 9 - Ricky Burgess 412.255.2137
Mayor of Pittsburgh, The Honorable Ed Gainey 412.255.2626
Director of City Planning, Karen Abrams 412.255.2219