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Chatham Street and Strawberry Way Drawing Plans

1912

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Chatham Street and Strawberry Way Drawing Plans
  • Title
  • Chatham Street and Strawberry Way Drawing Plans
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • 1912
  • Identifier
  • 715.128571.CP
  • Description
  • Plans for gradient changes and building demolition on Chatham Street and Strawberry Way. 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
    Alleys
  • Geographic Subjects
  • 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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