Happy Landing was in the Kossman Building downtown, and was renamed Celebrity in the mid 80's. Forbes Studio was in Oakland on Forbes, and Constantine's was on Penn in East Liberty.
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There were 3 Capri Pizza places that had disco's attached to them in the 80's. Blue Moon strikes the perfect balance of divey but not dirty, slightly edgy but not unsafe, and unapologetic yet welcoming. Next door was the Crazy Quilt, which featured live bands playing R&B. They had happy hour every day, and the place would be jumping at 4pm, like it was midnight on saturday. It was located in Market Square, in the space that Walt Harper's Attic occupied during the early 70's.
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They lost their liquor license sometime during the mid 70's. It was past the PNC Park site, on the opposite side of General Robinson St. 2001 was on the North Side, but not on the site of PNC Park. It was renamed Mirage in the mid 80's, then reverted back to Heaven around 1990. It opened in the late summer of 1979, weeks before I turned 21. Heaven wasn't in a bank, it was actually in the lobby of the Fulton Building, which is now the hotel.
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It was filled with little privately owned shops and eateries. I recall walking through a bank vault doorway in the hallway or as an entrance into one of the shops. It was like a little mini mall made from those old bank buildings. The buildings connected in the back somehow, that's why all of those little stores on the corner of Wood and Forbes remain even though there was a "center" taking up the block. There may have been an entrance on 4th but I never used it if ther was. The Wood Street entrance is the current University Center for Point Park.
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Heaven was located in the current Renaissance Hotel.