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Hazelwood Parklet

1950-05-04

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Hazelwood Parklet
  • Title
  • Hazelwood Parklet
  • Creator
  • Newman-Schmidt Studios
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B019.F12.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B019.F12.I02
  • Description
  • Pittsburgh’s first parklet at Elizabeth and Gloster Streets opened in July 1949. Hazelwood’s named is derived from the hazelnut trees which once covered this area near the Monongahela River. In 1784 John Wood, a prosperous lawyer, built an estate in this area called “Hazel Hill.” This name was eventually changed to Hazelwood. In 1861 Mr. B.F. Jones, of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad and later of Jones and Laughlin, built the first tracks through this area. In 1869 the City of Pittsburgh annexed Hazelwood as the 23rd Ward. A period of great expansion occurred in Hazelwood between 1870 and 1910. Various industries including iron and steel, railroading, boatbuilding, and river trade provided numerous jobs. In the 1870s Braddock’s Field, which connected Hazelwood to the Point in Pittsburgh was paved and renamed Second Avenue. At its peak in the 1880s the first street car line came through the area. Stephen Foster would visit friends in Hazelwood and even, so it is said, compose some of his songs there.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Hazelwood (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Hazelwood Parklet (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Playgrounds--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Elizabeth Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gloster Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Children--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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