Proposed Lower Hill Cultural Center

1953

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Proposed Lower Hill Cultural Center
  • Title
  • Proposed Lower Hill Cultural Center
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F16.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F16.I01
  • Description
  • A concept drawing by architects Mitchell & Ritchey showing the Lower Hill urban redevelopment project. The reconstruction of the Lower Hill began in 1955 with $17 million in federal grants. This project encompassed 100 acres, the demolition of 1300 buildings and 413 businesses, and the displacement of 8000 residents (a majority of them African-Americans) in an attempt to extend the revitalization of the adjacent Golden Triangle.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Liberty Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Panhandle Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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
  • Rights Information
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