Intersection of Entress and Falba Streets

1955-03-23

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Intersection of Entress and Falba Streets

Title
Intersection of Entress and Falba Streets
Creator
Newman-Schmidt Studios
Identifier
MSP285.B012.F14.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B012.F14.I02
Description
The reconstruction of the Lower Hill began in 1955 with $17 million in federal grants. This project encompassed 100 acres, 1300 buildings, 413 businesses, and 8000 residents (a majority of them African-Americans) that were displaced in an attempt to extend the revitalization of the adjacent Golden Triangle. Early in the nineteenth century the Hill contained country estates, working farms, coal mines, and a village of black freedmen. Eventually the Hill became a place of diverse cultures and many levels of prosperity. During the twentieth century, the older ethnic and Jewish population moved away and the Hill became known as the Harlem of Pittsburgh, a place where the best jazz could be heard. Urban renewal in the 1950s removed virtually all of the Lower Hill.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Entress Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Falba Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Hill District (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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