Official Beginning of the Renaissance

1950-05-18

View this item

Official Beginning of the Renaissance
  • Title
  • Official Beginning of the Renaissance
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F02.I01
  • Description
  • The first building at the Point being razed for the construction of Point State Park. The ceremony celebrating the official beginning of the Renaissance plan to revitalize downtown Pittsburgh took place on May 18, 1950, and was marked by the demolition of this small house, believed to be 103 years old. The Allegheny Conference on Community Development brokered pollution-control program in the 1940s explicitly influenced the decision of the Equitable Life Assurance Society to invest in planning the Gateway Center project, which led to the development of Point State Park. The park was completed in 1974. Today, the fifty-nine acre Point, bounded by Stanwix Street and the Allegheny and Monongahela riverbanks, includes twelve office and residential towers, four bridges over land and water, and one of the world’s tallest fountains.
  • Subject
  • Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Wrecking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • The copyright and related rights status of this Item has been reviewed by the organization that has made the Item available, but the organization was unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the Item. 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.
    http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/