Love, Pittsburgh shop to open second location Downtown

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A second location of the gift shop love, Pittsburgh is slated to open this spring at 805 Liberty Ave., Downtown.

Owners Monica Yope of Mount Washington and Kelly Sanders of Mt. Lebanon — both artists who are active in Pittsburgh’s creative scene — opened the store’s first location in July 2017 at 301 Shiloh St., Mount Washington. The concept behind the shop is that its inventory is all Pittsburghmade products, from candles and cards to T-shirts and tea towels.

A second location was on their list of goals for 2018 and put in motion when people from the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership stopped in the Mount Washington shop in January. The group inquired if love, Pittsburgh had an interest in coming Downtown.

“We said, ‘well let us know if something is available,’” Ms. Yope said. When the gallery space Shaw’s on Liberty would close this year, they knewit was a sign.

“This is just one of those things that just felt right,” Ms. Sanders said.

Many of the same items found in the Mount Washingtonlocation will be sold Downtown. Owners plan to also use the Downtown store to grow their fine art offerings and to testnew products and brands.

Check out the new location during the Cultural Trust gallery crawl on April 27 in the evening. The store is planning a formal opening for May 4 in time for the Pittsburgh Marathon.

Learn more at lovepittsburghshop.com.