Downtown Pittsburgh Street Scene

1946-12-27

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Downtown Pittsburgh Street Scene
  • Title
  • Downtown Pittsburgh Street Scene
  • Creator
  • Newman-Schmidt Studios
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F09.I06
  • Description
  • Busy intersection at Liberty Avenue, Ferry and Diamond Streets in downtown Pittsburgh. In the background is the Wabash Terminal, the largest example of Beaux-Arts architecture in Pittsburgh, and was once one of the grandest railroad terminals in the United States before it was destroyed by fire in 1946. The structure was razed in the mid-1950s to make way for the Gateway Center development project.
  • Subject
  • Ferry Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Diamond Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Liberty Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Wabash Terminal (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Electric railroads--Cars--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    PCC Car (Streetcar)
    Trolley cars--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Street-railroads--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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