Byline: Adam Brandolph

Aug. 6--The city's Historic Review Commission on Wednesday approved designating the Paramount Pictures Film Exchange on the Boulevard of the Allies, Uptown, a city of Pittsburgh Historic Landmark. "We're hoping this is a win-win for everyone," said Dan Holland, executive director of the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh, which co-sponsored the nomination. "The building is a symbol of what Pittsburgh meant to the film industry." The commission's recommendation goes to the Planning Commission on Sept. 1 and then to City Council. The Paramount Building, with the company's "Majestic Mountain" logo on the facade, is the last remnant of what used to be "Film Row," where major motion-picture companies once screened films for theater owners as part of the industry's distribution...