The Greening of Larimer: Community's Future Depends on Reusing Remnants of its Past (Bill O'Driscoll) from the Pittsburgh City Paper
"Larimer is half-empty.The low-income, mostly African-American community adjacent to East Liberty is easily overlooked. ... But in 2007, when Larimer began crafting a revitalization plan, many residents saw the lots as an asset, the defining feature of a neighborhood that wasn't half-empty but half-full. And so they proposed making Larimer a "state-of-the-art green community.""