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Carlton House Construction Site

1950-04

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Carlton House Construction Site
  • Title
  • Carlton House Construction Site
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F08.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F08.I02
  • Description
  • The construction site being prepared for the Carlton House on Bigelow Boulevard (foreground) and Sixth Avenue with Grant Street to the right and Court Place, known as Wylie Avenue for a length of time, to the rear, in downtown Pittsburgh before the redevelopment of the entire Lower Hill. Opening in 1952, the Carlton was the first new hotel built downtown in 20 years. The Carlton was a prestige address and hosted a variety of famous people including Mohammed Ali, the Rolling Stones, Richard Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev, and Lassie. The Hotel was imploded in 1980.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Sixth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Downtown (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
  • Rights Information
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