Allegheny Conference on Community Development Display

1949-09-17

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Allegheny Conference on Community Development Display
  • Title
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Display
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B013.F12.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B013.F12.I02
  • Description
  • A display highlights the Allegheny Conference on Community Development’s plans for the redevelopment of Pittsburgh’s downtown area during the late 1940s. This exhibit took place as part of a Better Homes Exhibit, which ran from September 17-25, 1949. Pittsburgh Renaissance I changed the Point from railway yards, industry and small businesses, to leisure parks, and modern office buildings. Construction began on the Gateway Center buildings in 1950 and was completed in 1952. Four Gateway Center was added in 1960. Prior to Renaissance I, the Point was in a state of complete disrepair. Litter, debris, unused freight yards, and vacant buildings polluted the “heart” of Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh Renaissance I was a cultural revolution begun by prominent industrialists, most notably, Richard Mellon. The Point became the focus of this urban planning project.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
  • 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
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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