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Sixth Avenue
March 17, 1913
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Title
Sixth Avenue
Creator
Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
Date
March 17, 1913
Identifier
715.131267.CP
Description
Intersection of 6th Avenue and Webster Avenue near Grant Street during the lowering of the "hump'. The "hump" cut took place in the area of Downtown known as Grant's Hill. He project began in planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Street, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. Please see, Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:00aep1324m for more information.
Extent
5 x 7 in.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Buildings
Streets
Men
Business enterprises
Geographic Subjects
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
Rights Information
No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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