Pittsburgh’s Uptown will be getting a new residential development titled Phoenix on Forbes that, in the words of the developer’s consultant, looks very similar to much of the new development being constructed across the city and country. 

But it will have a unique wardrobe.

Red brick buildings on the corner of a wet street.
These buildings at the corner of Forbes Avenue and Marion Street, in Uptown, photographed on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, would remain, but much of the rest of the 1600 block would be demolished to make way for the Phoenix on Forbes apartment building. (Photo by Rich Lord/PublicSource)

The demolition plan and building proposal won commission approval unanimously. 

“All the buildings in Pittsburgh and the country are starting to look the same,” said William Kolano, whose firm Kolano Design is consulting with GSX Ventures on the wall art. 

Kolano said the art concept was inspired by GSX Ventures’ founder and President Jon Grant’s desire “to make something that looked different and, oh my God, can it evolve over time rather than be static.”

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