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Essex House

1972

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Essex House
  • Title
  • Essex House
  • Creator
  • Mark Perrott Photography
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B012.F13.I14
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B012.F13.I14
  • Description
  • On June 16, 1960, a crowd formed in Pittsburgh City Council chambers to hear about plans for saving East Liberty, a neighborhood fixed in memory as a chaotic, turn-of-the-century shopping bazaar, second only to Downtown in size and popularity. A plan was proposed to redevelop an area three-fourths the size of Downtown. At 254 acres, it was the largest urban renewal project ever attempted in Pittsburgh. The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) razed more than 1200 homes, relocated 3800 people, and reduced the size of the business district from 3.2 million square feet to 1.9 million square feet. Working with private developers, the URA added more than 1800 new apartments, townhouses, and more than 2000 parking spaces.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Essex House (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    East Liberty (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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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