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Wylie Avenue Drawing Plans
1912
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Title
Wylie Avenue Drawing Plans
Creator
Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
Date
1912
Identifier
715.128567.CP
Description
Plans for gradient changes and other various street improvements on Wylie Avenue. In the 1900s, the "hump" cut took place in the downtown area 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. For more information, please see Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:00aep1324m
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Streets--Designs and plans
Geographic Subjects
Hill District (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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