Demolition under way for Gateway Center

1950-09

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Title
Demolition under way for Gateway Center
Creator
Harold Corsini
Identifier
MSP285.B007.F02.I08
Description
In 1949, it was announced that the State of Pennsylvania would create a 36-acre park at the juncture of the three rivers, and Equitable Life Assurance Society, after 2 1/2 years of negotiations, agreed to an initial investment of $50 million to develop 23 remaining acres. Forty buildings were demolished within a six-block area bounded by Liberty Avenue, Fancourt and Stanwix Streets and Duquesne Way to make way for the Gateway Center Project that included three 20-story office buildings. This marked the beginning of Pittsburgh’s Renaissance I. The Gateway Center Project was a chance for architects to develop a large urban area from the ground up and it became the first real use of the noted Swiss architect Charles Edouard Jeanneret’s 1922 design. The Gateway Center buildings were completed around 1952.
Subject
Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Wrecking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Mayfair Restaurant (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Penn Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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