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Aerial view of the Point

1954

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Aerial view of the Point
  • Title
  • Aerial view of the Point
  • Creator
  • Don Bindyke
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F01.I06
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F01.I06
  • Description
  • Gateway Center, consisting of Gateway Plaza (1950-1953), was originally conceived in 1947. The One, Two, and Three Gateway Buildings (top left background) were designed by architects Otto Eggers and Daniel Higgins, with Irwin Clavan. Scarcities during the Korean War required that chrome-alloyed steel be substituted for the stainless steel that was originally specified. The Gateway Center buildings were completed around 1952. Note the beginning stages of construction of the Fort Pitt Bridge (right) on the bank of the Monongahela River.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    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
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. 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.
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