Logan Street Parklet

1950

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Logan Street Parklet
  • Title
  • Logan Street Parklet
  • Creator
  • Elton L. Schnellbacher
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B019.F13.I01
  • Description
  • The Logan Street Parklet in Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood. In the center background at 55-57 Logan Street is Sambol’s Dry Goods Store, operated by Murray, Sam, and Abe Sambol. Early in the nineteenth century the Hill District contained country estates, working farms, coalmines, and a village of black freedmen. Eventually the Hill District became a place of diverse cultures and many levels of prosperity. During the twentieth century the older ethnic and Jewish population moved away and the Hill became known as the Harlem of Pittsburgh, a place where the best jazz could be heard. Urban renewal in the 1950’s removed virtually all of the Lower Hill.
  • Subject
  • Logan Street Parklet (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    African American children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Playgrounds--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Logan Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Sambol’s Dry Goods Store (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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