Aerial view of the North Side | Historic Pittsburgh

1935/1980

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Title
Aerial view of the North Side
Identifier
MSP285.B017.F01.I04
Source Identifier
MSP285.B017.F01.I04
Description
Pittsburgh’s “Three Sister” Bridges, the Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Street Bridges. The “Three Sister” bridges were part of a massive series of bridge-building campaigns begun in 1924 by the Allegheny County Department of Public Works, and finished in the late 1930s by the Depression-period Allegheny County Authority. The B&O Stores is the large structure between the Seventh and Ninth Street Bridges. The tall skyscraper in the far right is the Pressley Street High-Rise, which opened in 1970 as a low-rent housing community for the elderly. The building was constructed by the Mellon-Stuart Company under the guidance of noted Pittsburgh architect Tasso Katselas. It was run by the City of Pittsburgh Housing Authority. In 2004 Pressley Street Apartments offered 212 apartments for the elderly and physically challenged.
Genre
photographs
Subject
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Roberto Clemente Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Sixth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Seventh Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Ninth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Pressley Street High-Rise (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
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