Concept Drawing of the Lower Hill

1956

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Concept Drawing of the Lower Hill
  • Title
  • Concept Drawing of the Lower Hill
  • Creator
  • Newman-Schmidt Studios
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F17.I07
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F17.I07
  • Description
  • Concept drawing of the Lower Hill section of Pittsburgh developed by architects Mitchell & Ritchey in 1956. The reconstruction of the Lower Hill began in 1955 with $17 million in federal grants. This project encompassed 100 acres, the demolition of 1300 buildings and 413 businesses, and the displacement of 8000 residents (a majority of them African-Americans) in an attempt to extend the revitalization of the adjacent Golden Triangle. The Lower Hill redevelopment plan never reached its objectives due to several factors, including the bankruptcy of the plan’s major supporter, William Zeckendorf, and the decision by the Heinz foundations to locate their new concert hall in the Golden Triangle instead of the Lower Hill.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Lower Hill (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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