Passage, at a special meeting of the Pittsburgh city council called for the purpose, of an ordinance changing the zoning of a site from B residence to A residence has definitely cleared the way for the construction of the proposed new Jewish Home for the Aged, maintained by the Pittsburgh Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. The present location of the home is proving too small, and officials in charge look to spacious new headquarters which will be available on a 17-acre plot recently purchased.
Some months previous, objection had been raised in Council meeting against the construction of such a home in a residential district, but at this special meeting, three directors of the home, reinforced by plans and air photographs, were able to win over the councilmen.
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