Demolition of People's Natural Gas Building for Mellon Square Park

1953-02

Title
Demolition of People's Natural Gas Building for Mellon Square Park
Creator
Clyde Hare
Identifier
MSP285.B014.F11.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B014.F11.I02
Description
Many structures were razed to make way for Mellon Square Park in downtown Pittsburgh. Among them were the old Davis Theater and the 40-year-old People's Gas Building (pictured here) at Sixth Street and William Penn Place. The 1.37-acre, $7.9 million park was completed in 1955. In the far left background is the newly built Alcoa Building.
Genre
photographs
Subject
People's Natural Gas Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Mellon Square (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Alcoa 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
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