a major addition to Pittsburgh\u2019s live-music scene<\/a>, will seat up to 4,300, including its balcony.<\/p>\nOther shows scheduled this fall include Styx, British singer-songwriter Freya Skye, comedian Chelsea Handler, Boys II Men, Tedeschi Trucks Band, comedian Aries Spears and Sting.<\/p>\n
Citizens Live is built near the site of the old Civic Arena, the heart of an area targeted for urban renewal in the 1950s. The original neighborhood’s buildings were demolished, displacing thousands of residents, most of them Black, and taking a wrecking ball to a lively mid-century cultural scene.<\/p>\n
Some of the d\u00e9cor in the new building will honor that history, including displays of photographs by Charles \u201cTeenie\u201d Harris, the premiere photographic chronicler of Black life in 20th<\/sup>-century Pittsburgh. (Harris\u2019 archive is owned by the Carnegie Museum of Art.)<\/p>\nAnd suspended from the ceiling in the lobby bar will be a mirrored piano, in homage to the famous mirrored piano at the Lower Hill\u2019s landmark jazz venue the Crawford Grill.<\/p>\n
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The Urban Redevelopment Authority on Thursday voted to approve $930,000 from the Greater Hill District Reinvestment Fund to go toward four different projects across the community.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/ps-promo>\n<\/div><\/div>\n