Duquesne Gardens

1940/1956

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Duquesne Gardens
  • Title
  • Duquesne Gardens
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F10.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B002.F10.I01
  • Description
  • Constructed in 1890 for the Duquesne Traction Company as a streetcar barn, Duquesne Gardens was remodeled in 1896 and was opened to the public on January 23, 1899. At that time it was billed as the biggest skating rink in the world by the Pittsburg Post. It served as an ice-skating rink, indoor sports arena, and a theater. The two-story brick building was located on 110 North Craig Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It housed the Hornets, Pittsburgh’s American Hockey League team, from 1936 until its demise. Duquesne Gardens was demolished in 1956. Today, the Park Plaza Condominiums and Duranti’s Restaurant sit on this site.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Duquesne Gardens (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Skating rinks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Sports facilities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • 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
  • Rights Information
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