Future site of the Hotel Carlton House

1950

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Title
Future site of the Hotel Carlton House
Creator
John R. Shrader
Identifier
MSP285.B001.F13.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B001.F13.I02
Description
Future site of the Carlton House Hotel and Apartments at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh. The 21-story Carlton House Hotel, which opened in March 1952, was the first new hotel in downtown Pittsburgh in 25 years. It contained 550 units and cost about $17 million to construct. The complex reserved one story for shops and included a 4-story garage. It was imploded in August 1980 to make way for One Mellon Bank Center. In the center of the photograph is the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail and immediately behind it is the Grant Building. In the right center (from right to left) are the Union Trust Building and the Frick Building both of which are located on Grant Street.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Sixth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Hotel Carlton House (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Grant Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Frick Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Parking lots--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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