Liberty Avenue Street Scene

1935/1980

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Liberty Avenue Street Scene
  • Title
  • Liberty Avenue Street Scene
  • Creator
  • Judge of Good Pictures
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F14.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F14.I05
  • Description
  • The intersection of Liberty Avenue and Seventh Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. In the right center of the photograph is the Triangle Building, an example of Victorian architecture. Andrew Pebbles designed the building in 1884. The structure was constructed in three stages. Three stories were built during the first stage. Three more floors were added during the second stage to accommodate demand for more office space. Eventually the structure was expanded to occupy the entire block bounded by Liberty Avenue, Seventh Avenue, and Smithfield Street. In the left background is the Pennsylvania Railroad's Union Station. Construction of the Union Station at Grant Street and Liberty Avenue lasted from 1898 to 1903. The building's designers, Bottle Burnham & Company of Chicago, incorporated French heads and leaf ornamentation to give the rotunda its striking appeal. The structure has recently been converted to apartments and is currently called The Pennsylvanian.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Liberty Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Seventh Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Triangle Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Pennsylvanian (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Union Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Williams Flowers (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Atlantic Grill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Shanghai Inn (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Rose Beauty Shop (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Schume's Turkish Baths (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Harris Theatre (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Original Funny Store (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
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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