NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release: 2006 September 13

For more information -- Glenn A. Walsh:

Daytime: E-Mail < gawalsh@andrewcarnegie.cc >

Evening: Telephone 412-561-7876

Internet Web Site: < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc >

Citizens to Oppose Conveyance of Land to Carnegie Library

At URA Board Meeting Thursday, 2:00 p.m.

Pittsburgh, Sept. 13 – Citizens opposed to relocating the historic Allegheny Regional Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will speak in opposition to conveyance of land for the proposed new North Side library at the regular meeting of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Thursday, September 14, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. EDST, in the URA Board Room, 13^th floor of the John P. Robin Civic Building located at 200 Ross Street (corner of Ross Street and Second Avenue) in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Several citizens spoke-out in opposition to the library relocation at Tuesday’s regular meeting of Pittsburgh City Council. Texts of two of these public statements, along with other information on this issue, can be read at the following Internet link:

< https://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com/#othercarn >

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