What do you call a vacant lot and a few pallets pulled together for fencing? A social club. In a brilliant marketing move,  Deep Local took one of the many abandoned lots in Pittsburgh’s Strip District and turned it into a members only social club where $20 gets you a key for the season.  Members receive such perks as BYOB. In other news, the Braddock Social Club has announced it’s open year round.

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