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Strawberry Way

May 16, 1913

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Strawberry Way
  • Title
  • Strawberry Way
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • May 16, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133381.CP
  • Description
  • A view of Strawberry Way at Garland Alley looking toward Sixth Avenue showing street conditions during the hump cut project. The First English Evangelical Lutheran Church walls appear on right and The Chamberlain Co. Sanitarians building appears at the end of the street. The "hump" cut took place in the area of Downtown known as Grant's Hill. The project began in planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Street, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. Please see, Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District for more information.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Streets--Maintenance and repair
    Commercial buildings
    Blue collar workers
    Church buildings
    Street lighting
    Alleys
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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