🍨 Klavon’s is up for sheriff’s sale

Mayor-Elect Starts Naming Names

Corey O'Connor appointed Dan Gilman as chief of staff — a top advisor, proxy, and strategist — and Sheldon Williams as the city’s next public safety director, leading the city's police, fire, and EMS departments. Williams' nomination has to be approved by City Council. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

• Have ideas for the city? The incoming mayor wants to hear from you about ways to attract and keep new residents, strengthen our parks, improve city services, create new housing, and more. You can also submit your resume. [Corey for Mayor]

Apartments, Grocery Proposed for the Strip

A New York-based developer wants to turn one of the Strip District’s last produce warehouses into 464 market-rate housing units and a grocery store. The proposed buildings at 21st and Railroad streets would also include a parking garage, courtyard, and pool. The developer will meet with the city’s planning commission later this month. [TribLive]

• Catch up on the Penn Avenue bike lane drama. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

County Council Keeps Leg Shackles Ban

Allegheny County Council voted against overturning a ban on leg shackles at the county jail — a tactic outlawed by voters in a 2021 referendum. That referendum also limited the use of solitary confinement and barred restraint chairs and chemical agents like pepper spray. [WESA]

• Learn about the shake-up in county council’s election this week. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]

Klavon’s Headed for Sheriff’s Sale

Want to buy an iconic local ice cream parlor? Klavon’s in the Strip District is up for a sheriff’s sale Dec. 1. The shop first opened in 1923 and still has original features like a soda fountain, tin ceilings, and marble countertops. [Pittsburgh Magazine]

• A marker above the parlor's old phone booths shows the height of floodwaters during the Great St. Patrick’s Day flood of 1936. The Klavon family had to be rescued by rowboat from the upper floor of the building! [Klavon’s Ice Cream]

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