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A Test in Creativity: Site in Pittsburgh's Strip District Selected for 2004 ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 09-FEB-04
Format: Online - approximately 1244 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- An underutilized parcel of commercial property in Pittsburgh's Strip District has been chosen as the site for the second annual ULI (Urban Land Institute) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, an ideas competition for graduate students created to honor the legacy of urban development pioneer Gerald D. Hines, chairman of the Hines real estate organization and 2002 laureate of the Urban Land Institute J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development.

The competition, now underway, was made available to graduate students who are pursuing real estate-related studies at a North American university, including programs in real estate development, city planning, urban design, architecture and landscape architecture. Through the competition, interdisciplinary teams of students are being challenged to offer practical, workable solutions for the revitalization of the Strip District site. A $50,000 prize will be awarded to the winning team; and an additional $30,000 will be split among three remaining finalist teams.

The competition site covers more than 57 acres adjacent to the Allegheny River, extending from 11th Street at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to 21st Street; its...

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