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The Point Before Gateway Center Development

1949-09-21

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The Point Before Gateway Center Development
  • Title
  • The Point Before Gateway Center Development
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B006.F06.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B006.F06.I02
  • Description
  • The Allegheny Conference on Community Development brokered pollution-control program in the 1940s explicitly influenced the decision of the Equitable Life Assurance Society to invest in planning the Gateway Center project, which led to the development of Point State Park. Pictured here are businesses on the 400 block of Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, prior to the Gateway Center Development Project. Some of the local businesses shown include the Ideal Paint Shop at 435 Liberty Avenue, Selby Shoes, the Octagon Premium Store, and the Commonwealth Heating Company.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Liberty Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Selby Shoes (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Octagon Premium Store (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Ideal Pet Shop (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Commonwealth Heating Company (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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