Temporary Bridge on Fifth Avenue

June 5, 1912

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Temporary Bridge on Fifth Avenue
  • Title
  • Temporary Bridge on Fifth Avenue
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • June 5, 1912
  • Identifier
  • 715.122640.CP
  • Description
  • A view of a temporary pedestrian bridge across Fifth Avenue in the Hump District between Cherry Alley and Smithfield Street. The Anchor Dairy Lunch is seen on the left while Hotel Henry is located on the right. During the 1900s, the "hump" cut took place in the area of Downtown known as Grant's Hill. The project began with planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Street, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. Please see, Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District for more information.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Streets--Maintenance and repair
    Blue collar workers
    Pedestrians
    Commercial buildings
    Footbridges
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Fifth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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