🏈🥴 Road closures this week

Major Road Closures During NFL Draft

Roads near Point State Park and the North Shore, parts of Liberty and Penn avenues, and several bridges will be closed Wednesday through Saturday. To accommodate Draft-related closures, PRT is expanding public transit service to Downtown and North Shore. Here’s a map of closures through April 25. [KDKA]

• Arts Landing is officially open! Check out the Cultural District’s newest park. [Discover the Burgh]
• The fun doesn’t stop: Market Square opens Wednesday with free concerts and festivities. [Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership]

Waymo Takes on Pittsburgh Potholes

Waymo plans to bring its pothole-detecting tech to Pittsburgh, aiming to help the city spot and fix potholes faster by using real-time data from its autonomous vehicles. A rollout date awaits state approval. [Axios]

• In other AV news: Two Pittsburgh startups have developed a system for autonomous vehicles to pay for parking, ensuring the robots don’t skip out on that financial contribution to the city. [Technical.ly]

Coastal Restaurant Concept Coming Downtown

Balvanera owners Meredith Boyle and Chef Fernando Navas are bringing their New York City coastal concept, Casa Anchoa, to Pittsburgh this fall. The new seafood-focused restaurant will take over the former Nine on Nine space. [Pittsburgh Business Times 🔐]

Grants for Wildlife Conservation & Climate Resilience

Pittsburgh-area conservation projects are getting a boost from Open Space Institute grants as part of a $4 million Appalachian conservation initiative. Funding will preserve green spaces, support wildlife corridors, boost climate resilience, and much more. [WESA]

• Want to avoid NFL Draft silliness? Check out one of our 176 city parks. [City Cast Pittsburgh 🎧]

Let’s play a game! Where can you find this Gothic Revival-style building?

🌟 Unfortunately, no one correctly guessed the last “Where Is It?” challenge! But don’t stress it, we know it was a hard one — here’s where you can find it ⬇️

Find this carved relief outside of Roxian Theater in McKees Rocks, a historic building-turned-music venue. The 1,400-capacity space was first built in 1929. It once served as a vaudeville playhouse, movie theater, and banquet hall, and sat empty for more than a decade before the folks behind the Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall spent $9 million on restoration in 2017.

Developers did a great job restoring historical features (like the face carving in the photo above) and adding fresh touches that feel like they belong, like a flashy, vertical, neon marquee.

Wanna rock out at the Roxian in the Rocks? Check out their upcoming lineup.

Looking for more things to see and do?

• 🌸 Close out the month with our guide to April
• 🥯 Taste some of Pittsburgh’s best bagels
• 💌 Get cute cards and more at these stationery shops
• ♻️ Explore creative reuse and more in Point Breeze
• ☕ Sip something buzzy at one of Pittsburgh’s newest coffee shops
• 💡 Test your knowledge of local neighborhoods
• ✏️ Try out our latest Pittsburgh crossword puzzle