Demolition of buildings for Mellon Square Park

1952-09

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Demolition of buildings for Mellon Square Park
  • Title
  • Demolition of buildings for Mellon Square Park
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B014.F11.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B014.F11.I04
  • Description
  • Many structures were razed to make way for Mellon Square Park in downtown Pittsburgh. Some of these building included the old Davis Theater and the 40 year old People’s Natural Gas Building at Sixth Street and William Penn Place. The 1.37-acre, $7.9 million park was completed in 1955. In the background is the 24-story Henry W. Oliver Building.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mellon Square (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Henry W. Oliver Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Wrecking--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Downtown (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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