Pittsburgh City Council today gave unanimous preliminary approval to designate the boyhood home of Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright August Wilson a protected historic structure.
Officials with the August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh are studying whether the dilapidated home on Bedford Avenue in the Hill District can be turned into an artist's loft or multi-purpose writer's workshop.
The home is owned by Wilson's nephew, Pittsburgh attorney Paul Ellis Jr., who requested the historic structure designation.
A final vote on the matter is scheduled to happen Tuesday.
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