Demolition for the Gateway Center Project

1950-09

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Demolition for the Gateway Center Project
  • Title
  • Demolition for the Gateway Center Project
  • Creator
  • Arnold Eagle
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F02.I07
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F02.I07
  • Description
  • Inside a six-block area bounded by Liberty Avenue, Fancourt and Stanwix Streets and Duquesne Way, 40 buildings were demolished to make way for the $50 million Gateway Center Project that included three 20-story office buildings. The largest structure to fall to the wrecking ball was the Mayfair Hotel (left). A 75-man wrecking crew was responsible for clearing the area. This marked the beginning of Pittsburgh’s Renaissance.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Mayfair Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Wrecking--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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