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Historic designation sought for noted Pittsburgh gay prevent
The Polish Hill lock best known as Donny’s Place was a hub of LGBTQ life in Pittsburgh from its opening, in 1973, to its closure, in 2022. Now activists are seeking a city historic designation for the shuttered building located near the base of Herron Avenue near Liberty.
“Donny’s holds such an unreal history, mostly for the queer and trans people, but also for Polish Hill on the whole,” said Lizzie Anderson, who co-nominated the building for historic designation with fellow Polish Hill resident Matt Cotter. They say it would be Western Pennsylvania’s first historic landmark honoring queer history — and that the designation would save the building from potential demolition at the hands of developers.
Anderson and Cotter submitted the historic nomination in October, with support from local reporter and historian Dade Lemanski and the nonprofit Preservation Pittsburgh.
The first public conference on the nomination will take place virtually Mon., Dec. 16. It’s usable via the city’s Historic Review Commission website.
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