Ten years ago, it was the new ballpark on the North Shore, the drive to bring an upscale department store and other retailers to the Fifth and Forbes corridor, and a pitch for a multiscreen cinema and a "24-hour city."
What''s the next "big idea" for Downtown Pittsburgh?
That''s what the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership wants to determine. It has approached Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and other key officials about developing a long-range plan for Downtown, the first since 1997, when PNC Park, Heinz Field and the expansion of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center were still in the planning stages, and the new Lazarus-Macy''s department store hadn''t even opened, let alone failed.
Back then, the North Shore casino wasn''t even a thought, Downtown living was more oxymoron than anything else, and green was the color of an awning, not a whole new way of life.
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