Future site of Mellon Square

1952-02-22

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Future site of Mellon Square
  • Title
  • Future site of Mellon Square
  • Creator
  • Clyde Hare
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B033.F15.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B033.F15.I02
  • Description
  • This image features the buildings on the north half block along 6th Avenue between Smithfield Street and William Penn Way in downtown Pittsburgh that were demolished to make way for Mellon Square. The demolished buildings included a number of small shops and restaurants. Enough material was removed from the construction site to fill the equivalent of 540 boxcars and enough concrete was poured into the hole to pack 90 boxcars solid. Ground was broken for the 1.37-acre square on September 28, 1953, in a brief ceremony that included Mr. Mellon and Mayor David L. Lawrence. The square was designed by architects Mitchell and Ritchey of Pittsburgh at a total cost of $7.8 million. It was opened to the public in 1955.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Cleanthru Dry Cleaners (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Ahlers &
    Bergman (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Mellon Square (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Walt's Model Hobbies (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Ardery-Dempsey Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Sixth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Thrift Drugs (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Lorraine Shop (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Commercial buildings--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
  • Rights Information
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