Demolition of buildings for the Gateway Center Project

1950-09

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Demolition of buildings for the Gateway Center Project
  • Title
  • Demolition of buildings for the Gateway Center Project
  • Creator
  • Arnold Eagle
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F02.I06
  • Description
  • A 75-man wrecking crew was responsible for clearing 40 buildings within an area bounded by Liberty Avenue, Fancourt and Stanwix Streets, and Duquesne Way to make way for the $50 million Gateway Center Project that included three 20-story office buildings. The Wabash Station, the Mayfair Hotel, railroad yards, and lesser-known landmarks like Matt Cavanaugh’s Liberty Avenue Saloon had succumbed to the wrecking ball. This marked the beginning of Pittsburgh’s Renaissance. The Gateway Center buildings were completed around 1952.
  • Subject
  • Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Wrecking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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