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BORON Service Station

1990

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BORON Service Station
  • Title
  • BORON Service Station
  • Creator
  • Hughes, Patricia (Member of the Squirrel Hill Historical Society)
  • Date
  • 1990
  • Identifier
  • 20230417-hpshhs-0033
  • Description
  • The BORON gas station on the intersection of Forward and Murray Avenues is one of a string of gas stations at this location since the 1930s. On the hill above the gas station are some of the 46 apartment houses Thomas Watkins built in the 1920s as part of his development that dramatically increased the population density of Squirrel Hill. Between the Boron station and the apartment houses are a row of businesses along Forward Avenue that were also originally part of the Watkins development. Above the roof of the BORON station is a row of brick buildings that was an automobile repair and maintenance garage built by Thomas Watkins as part of his development. 
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Streets
    Service stations
    Stores, Retail
    Commercial buildings
    Dwellings
    Buildings
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Contributor
  • Squirrel Hill Historical Society
  • Collection
  • Squirrel Hill Historical Society and Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition Photograph Collection
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Squirrel Hill Historical Society
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  • Rights Holder
  • Squirrel Hill Historical Society