Future Three Rivers Stadium Site | Historic Pittsburgh

1963-10-25

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Title
Future Three Rivers Stadium Site
Creator
James McClain
Identifier
MSP285.B022.F07.I03
Description
The close proximity to the Allegheny River made this area on Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood an ideal place for two large scrap metal firms prior to the construction of Three Rivers Stadium. In the late 1960s two scrap yards, the Buncher Company and the W.F. Wimmer Company, were cleared to make way for Three Rivers Stadium. Three Rivers Stadium was located on an 84-acre tract on the banks of the Allegheny River that sat almost precisely on the site of Exposition Park, which housed the Pirates for 19 years from 1891-1909. It also was the site of a Delaware Indian burial ground. Three Rivers Stadium opened on July 16, 1970, and cost $55 million. In the center background is the unfinished Fort Duquesne Bridge ("The Bridge To Nowhere”) and the Gateway Towers Building under construction across the river in Gateway Center.
Subject
W. F. Wimmer Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Fort Duquesne Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Gateway Towers (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Bridge construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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