Hazelwood holds the largest “redevelopment opportunity” in Pittsburgh....

Hazelwood holds the largest “redevelopment opportunity” in Pittsburgh. How talk of Amazon and change is affecting residents.

The 178 acres called Hazelwood Green create both promise and anxiety for its neighbors.

The city bills Hazelwood Green as the largest “redevelopment opportunity” in  Pittsburgh; it could hold roughly 135 football fields. It spans 1.2 riverfront miles off of Second Avenue and makes up about 18 percent of the Hazelwood neighborhood.

For a community to have such a vast expanse of land suitable for development is a rarity — and an opportunity that many residents don’t want to see squandered.... Read Public Source's coverage by Stephanie Hacke on Hazelwood, and the potential for neighborhood change, here.