River Wall construction at Point State Park

1954

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River Wall construction at Point State Park
  • Title
  • River Wall construction at Point State Park
  • Creator
  • George L. Bower
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B008.F09.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B008.F09.I01
  • Description
  • Prior to Renaissance I, the Point was in a state of complete disrepair. Litter, debris, unused freight yards, and vacant buildings polluted the “heart” of Pittsburgh and represented the last vestiges of the industrial revolution and steel boom. In Pittsburgh, Renaissance I was a cultural revolution begun by prominent industrialists, most notably, Richard Mellon. The Point became the focus of this urban planning project. The river wall construction (pictured here) was most likely an aspect of clearing the twenty-three acres on the western end of the Golden Triangle to make room for Point State Park and the fountain complex that now resides there.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Manchester Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Point State Park (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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