South Side Curfew, Scary Bridges & Downtown Gets a Grocery Store

While the statistics say crime is going down in the South Side, a few weekends of unruly crowds have leaders talking about a potential curfew for East Carson Street. After decades without a grocery store, Downtown's getting a full-service market with fresh and organic produce, a florist, and even a juice bar. Plus, we're talking about the tools our city has to check on the status of all those closed bridges — and see what construction's in the pipeline.  Notes and references from today’s show: East Carson Street closure and checkpoints could be coming to South Side amid rowdy crowds crackdown [KDKA] 11 Investigates Exclusive: Pittsburgh considering closing East Carson Street on weekend nights [WPXI] South Side’s late-night revelry prompts fresh scrutiny and familiar fears [TribLive] Pittsburgh Monthly Incident Dataset 2024 [Pittsburgh Police] Pittsburgh Monthly Criminal Activity Dashboard [Pittsburgh Police] How Well Do You Know Pittsburgh? Take This Quiz! [City Cast Pittsburgh] Why does Pittsburgh have so many glass block windows? [WESA] More Pittsburgh bridges rated ‘poor’ than before Fern Hollow collapse [PublicSource] City Bridge Projects [City of Pittsburgh] Bridges Dashboard [City of Pittsburgh] One in five Pittsburgh area roads rated poor for roughness; Route 228 tops the list [WTAE] New grocery store to open in Downtown Pittsburgh [WTAE] U.S. House subcommittee backs Rep. Summer Lee's effort to subpoena Epstein files [WESA] Pennsylvania 911 outage was caused by operating system issue, not cyberattack, preliminary report says [CBS News Philadelphia] Have thoughts about a potential curfew on East Carson Street? Call or text the SOUTH SIDE HOTLINE at 412-212-8893. Learn more about the sponsors of this July 25th episode: Babbel - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/CITYCAST Bike PGH Quantum Theatre Overlook Maps TurboTenant Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news? Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We’re also on Instagram @CityCastPgh! Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.