Archinect - News 2024-12-22T10:33:47-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/94268531/where-are-the-heroes-to-save-pittsburgh-s-african-american-center Where Are The Heroes To Save Pittsburgh's African-American Center? Alexander Walter 2014-02-24T14:07:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5f/5f70b613a650c3845e943979c3b705df?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In 2009 a gleaming performing arts space opened to great fanfare in downtown Pittsburgh. The distinctive is as long as the block it occupies, and the corner of the building looks like the sail of a ship made in glass and stone. The August Wilson Center for African American Culture was meant to be a hub for African-American theater, art and education, named after renowned playwright and native son . Today the Center is for sale, unable to pay its bills.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>