Construction of River Wall and Wharf

1954

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Title
Construction of River Wall and Wharf
Identifier
MSP285.B008.F11.I03
Source Identifier
MSP285.B008.F11.I03
Description
Construction of the river wall and wharf on the right bank of the Monongahela River looking upstream. Prior to Renaissance I, the Point was in a state of deterioration. Litter, debris, unused freight yards, and vacant buildings in the “heart” of Pittsburgh represented the last vestiges of the industrial revolution and the steel boom. The river wall construction (pictured here) was part of the project of clearing the twenty-three acres on the western end of the Golden Triangle to make room for Point State Park and the fountain complex that now resides there.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Building sites--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Wharves--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Point State Park (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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