First Steel Beam installed at Gateway Center

1951-01-23

Title
First Steel Beam installed at Gateway Center
Creator
Newman-Schmidt Studios
Identifier
MSP285.B007.F02.I03
Source Identifier
MSP285.B007.F02.I03
Description
In 1949, it was announced that the State of Pennsylvania would create a 36-acre park at the juncture of the three rivers, and Equitable Life Assurance Society, after 2 1/2 years of negotiations, agreed to an initial investment of $50 million to develop 23 remaining acres. Forty buildings were demolished within a six-block area bounded by Liberty Avenue, Fancourt and Stanwix Streets, and Duquesne Way to make way for the Gateway Center Project that included three 20-story office buildings. This marked the beginning of Pittsburgh’s Renaissance.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (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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