Aerial view of Deutschtown | Historic Pittsburgh

1935/1980

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Title
Aerial view of Deutschtown
Creator
unknown
Identifier
MSP285.B017.F01.I01
Description
Deutschtown or Dutchtown is a historic district in Pittsburgh's East North Side neighborhood located primarily on Cedar Avenue and Pressley Street (foreground). The neighborhood was a stronghold for Pittsburgh’s German community in the nineteenth century. The community is primarily a residential neighborhood with late Victorian era style homes and a number of churches. In the 1970s the City of Pittsburgh considered running interstate I-279 through the area, clearing away a mid-Victorian era grade school close to Cedar Avenue, institutional buildings, and a number of homes to make way for the highway. However, these plans never came to fruition, and in 1983 the neighborhood was dedicated as a City Historic District by the Pittsburgh City Council. The large lot in the foreground was occupied by the East Street School building. The school opened in 1888 serving the community until 1973. It was razed in March 1975, and the property was sold to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the East Street Expressway (Interstate 279).
Subject
Deutschtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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