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NSlocal OP t1_je527uj wrote

Looking a lot like the "derelict ship" from Alien.

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[deleted] t1_je52pun wrote

And 12 years later the Hill is totally rebuilt and revitalized. Thanks Penguins!!!!

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James19991 t1_je54t2f wrote

I have a ton of pics from late 2011 and early 2012 of the demolition progress of the arena.

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DannyBoy4T5 t1_je5gcmf wrote

😭😭 should have never been demolished. Could have used it as the city’s public rink, or moved WBS here.

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JaxBratt t1_je5mgk7 wrote

Sad to see it go but I do have a piece of it now.

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ddesigns t1_je5wjgu wrote

I always think about where all of the huge rats went after they tore that place down. There used to be rats the size of small cats in that place.

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Brak710 t1_je6c0r2 wrote

There just really isn't any market pressure or interest in expanding town in this direction.

Plenty of bad things in the past have happened to cut the area off from relevancy, but even low prices don't attract interest.

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TonyB1212 t1_je6ms95 wrote

Miss this place so much. Even though it was a shit hole. Atmosphere was just so much different.

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monongahellyea t1_je6z10m wrote

Same. I miss being able to walk in any direction and hit an exit, instead of being herded like cattle up/down two gigantic escalators or a mystery stairwell that pops you out on street level, but never the street you need to be on.

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Ceramicrabbit t1_je72w2p wrote

There has been interest, there have been several developments proposed but they never get approved and are always killed early by the Hill CDC for various reasons mostly how it doesn't benefit the Hill community itself. I think it's politically very difficult to get development approved because of the sensitivities from the controversial history.

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NastyBass28 t1_je86jaa wrote

I worked with a guy who had season tickets with his roommate. The roommate got a new job and it caused him to be unable to attend at least 30 games that season. The deal was if I drove and paid for parking, I could use the extra ticket. I found some street parking downtown that was free after 6, so I paid basically nothing to go to 30 games that season. I miss the Arena, but I also remember saying I couldn’t wait for a new building.

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