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The Point Before Gateway Center Development
1940/1950
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Title
The Point Before Gateway Center Development
Creator
unknown
Identifier
MSP285.B006.F06.I03
Source Identifier
MSP285.B006.F06.I03
Description
Some of the buildings and warehouses near the Point before the Gateway Center development. Forty buildings were razed within a six-block area bounded by Liberty Avenue, Fancourt and Stanwix Streets, and Duquesne Way to make way for the $50 million Gateway Center project that included three 20-story office buildings. Starrett Bros. and Eken, the firm that built the Empire State Building in New York, used one-third of this area for the Gateway Center buildings, and preserved the rest for parklets, fountains, and tree-lined walkways. This project was a major innovation in urban development at the time.
Subject
Point (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Parking lots--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Albert L. Brahm Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Pittsburgh Case Sales Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Manchester Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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