SouthSide Works Adding Bar, Hamlet Departs & More: Weekly Wrap

Pittsburgh PA

03 October, 2021

6:31 AM

Description

PITTSBURGH, PA — Amid a $170 million redevelopment plan announced last year, SouthSide Works has announced the impending addition of a new entertainment venue in the space of one that closed last year. Most of the former SouthSide Works Cinemas is being converted into office space that's being called Box Office, but a portion of the former theater will become new entertainment attractions Pins Mechanical Co. and 16-Bit Bar +Arcade. Pins will feature duckpin bowling, a carnival slide, pinball machines and other retro entertainment options, along with craft beers and cocktails. 16-Bit Bar + Arcade is true to its name: a bar with classic video games such as Donkey Kong, Frogger, Street Fighter and Tapper. Sure sounds a lot more fun than office space, which most often lacks any entertainment potential whatsoever. Now for the rest of the Weekly Wrap: The Pittsburgh Public Schools named an interim superintendent to replace Anthony Hamlet, who stepped down after having committed state ethics law violations.A Pittsburgh native is coming home to be a local TV news reporter.Dish Network has abruptly dropped AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh.After an arsonist torched the place, D's Six Pakz and Dogz in Regent Square is striving to reopen. Be the first to know what's happening in your community and region. With a free Patch subscription, you'll always be up to date on local and state news: https://patch.com/subscribe.