🥒🏓 Pickleball takes the Wheel Mill

What’s Happening to the Wheel Mill?

The 80,000-square-foot indoor bike park in Homewood closed last month because of economic troubles following the pandemic, but it will soon live on as a space for pickleball courts. Frequent users of the park volunteered to save and store the ramps until they can find another building. [90.5 WESA]

• 🚲 So sad! The biking community will miss the Wheel Mill for welcoming all ages and skill levels and its special clinic sessions like Ride Like A Girl. ⬅️ Follow their page for regional events.

Crews Find Missing Barge

The U.S. Coast Guard used sonar tech to locate the missing barge that sank in the Ohio River — one of 26 that broke loose and floated away over the weekend. A section of the river is closed for maritime traffic as they recover it. The remaining barges are under control, and officials are investigating how they got loose in the first place. [TribLIVE]

Braddock Church to Become Apartments

The historic First Presbyterian Church, built in 1893, is being turned into eight apartments: six for low-income tenants and two at market rate. Officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — who provided historic preservation tax credits for the work — got a progress tour of the $2.9 million project, led by the Mon Valley Initiative. [Pittsburgh Union Progress]

• 🏡 Tired of renting? Here are some Pittsburgh home buying tips. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

‘Hamilton’ Returns & More Broadway Shows

The Broadway hit “Hamilton” will kick off the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s 2024-25 PNC Broadway season from Sept.11-29 at the Benedum. The season will also include “& Juliet,” “MJ,” “Funny Girl,” “Life of Pi,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “Peter Pan,” “Some Like It Hot,” “Stomp,” and “Come From Away.” [TribLIVE]

• 🎭 It’s showtime! Season tickets and tickets for groups of 10 or more are currently on sale.

How Dating Apps Killed Pgh’s Nightclub Scene

With the weather warming, crossing a bridge doesn’t feel quite so impossible. So if you want to go out and party this weekend, where should you go? Pittsburgh has options — Spirit, Belvedere’s, Cavo, and Club VIP — but the ‘Burgh used to have way more nightclubs that catered to a wider diversity of party-goers. We’re with City Paper’s Colin Williams about what happened to Pittsburgh’s nightlife.