Future site of the Franklin Parklet

1935/1980

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Title
Future site of the Franklin Parklet
Identifier
MSP285.B019.F09.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B019.F09.I01
Description
An empty lot that would become Franklin Parklet in Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood. In the distant background the Gulf and Koppers Buildings can be seen through the haze. The Hill District, one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, began in the late 1840s when banker Thomas Mellon bought a tract of farmland on the slopes nearest the city and subdivided it into smaller lots. In subsequent years, successive waves of immigrants including Jews, Italians, Syrians, Greeks, Poles, and African Americans populated the Hill. After World War II during the city’s Lower Hill redevelopment, 80 city blocks or 100 acres were cleared, and 8000 residents, or one-fifth of the Hill’s population at the time, were relocated to make way for the Civic Arena development project.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Franklin Parklet (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Gulf Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Koppers Building (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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