"In the mid 90s, the building underwent a $1.5 million renovation to become Pittsburghs only International Youth Hostel. After experiencing a downturn in international travel following 9/11 the hostel was closed on October 31, 2003.Can we turn the old police station into a Youth Hostel?
How about if we turn South Vo Tech into a Youth Hostel?
What about Fifth Avenue High School into a Youth Hostel?
What about Gladstone?
Perhaps not the entire building, but a part of it.
The weenies that ran the old Youth Hostel ran it into the ground. That $1.5M investment was lost and it is more than sad.
So we have nice workout areas for the police -- but can't get either the South Side Bath House -- a swim pool already paid for and operational to open so that the kids in summer school have a place to workout in the afternoons. Nor can we get Warrington Rec Center's pool to open.
The second floor of the facility houses one of three state-of-the-art fitness rooms for use by not only Zone 3 officers, but all City police officers. The other two are on the Northside and in Highland Park. Because the fitness room is on the second floor, Nautilus equipment is used instead of free weights. The floor has been reinforced and covered with a special surface to soften the surface and help deaden the sound. The fitness facility is available 24-hours for officers on all shifts.
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we're in dire need of a hostel. as someone that has spent a good amount of time staying in and looking for hostels, it's imperative that it is walkable from greyhound/amtrak for it to succeed. if the other one wasn't at the top of a mountain, it would still be here.
The Warrington-Arlington intersection is a nightmare, good thing there is a police station nearby.
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