Planning Commission approves demolition of old Playhouse

The former Playhouse in Oakland, which has been approved for demolition. (Pittsburgh Business Times)

PITTSBURGH — One old building is approved to come down and another to go up.

In a short agenda, the Pittsburgh Planning Commission voted to approve Point Park University’s plan to demolish the former Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland on Craft Avenue, a neighborhood institution that has been replaced by the university’s new facility downtown.

For the next agenda item, the commission voted unanimously to approve the plan by Bridgeville-based RDC Inc. and Orangestar Properties to build its District 15 Beta project at 15th and Smallman Streets in the Strip District.

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