When irreplaceable spaces disappear from the Pittsburgh landscape, the damage to historical records is permanent.
That’s according to North Side resident Jonnet Solomon, who has dedicated 25 years to the preservation of the National Opera House, a Queen Anne-style mansion on the border of the city’s Homewood and Lincoln-Lemington sections.
“Losing the Opera House would mean the loss of evidence that certain people were ever here, ever built, ever led, ever created or ever had value,” said Solomon, a Duquesne University alum and executive director of the nonprofit National Opera House…