Terminal redevelopment gets green light

McCaffery would like to have the terminal overhaul completedby September 2019.

“We should make it the go-to place in Pittsburgh for any number of things — food, entertainment, the arts,” he said. “I feel pretty good that our gathering place for restaurants, bars, a food-centric market, some small shops and so on, it’s going to be marvelous.”

As part of the tentative deal approved Thursday, McCaffery would pay $2.5 million to lease the building from the URA for 99 years. If McCaffery were to try to transfer the lease, the URA would have the right of first refusal. The language is an attempt to protect the public nature of the property.

After four years of delays and protracted negotiations, one URA board member, Cheryl Hall-Russell, wants nothing more than to move on.

“I’m holding my breath and hoping this works out,” she said. field of commercial photography. “It felt like all the jobs I got were just because these men wanted to sleep with me,” she said, noting that it took her a long time to give herself credit for the role her photography skills had played.

“No job is worth it,” panelist Nancy Mosser, of Nancy Mosser Casting, said of pressure to acquiesce sexually to earn a gig.

Other members of the panel, moderated by PostGazette online features editor Sharon Eberson, noted that there were forces in the industry gathering to try to fight harassment.