Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District
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Frederick Law Olmsted. Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District
Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District
Table of Contents
Letter of Transmissal
City Planning and the Cost of Living in Pittsburgh
PURPOSE AND PREPARATION OF THE REPORT
Introduction
Footnote
PART I. The Down Town District
The Main Arteries
Eastward Arteries and Their Improvement
A New Traffic Center
Sixth Avenue
Try Street Grade Crossing
Second Avenue Freight Yards
The "Hump Cut"
Grant Boulevard Extension
A Civic Center
Diamond Street Widening
Market Street Widening
The Market
The Water Front
The Improvement of The Point
Footnote
PART II. Main Thoroughfares
Width of Thoroughfares
Special Types of Thoroughfares
Widening Old Streets
Unified Procedure For City, County and Borough
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. MAIN ARTERIES
Penn Avenue Artery
Forbes Street Artery
South Hills Artery
OUTLYING THOROUGHFARE IMPROVEMENTS
Footnote
PART III. Surveys and a City Plan
Pittsburgh's Need for Surveys
Objects To Be Secured
Technical Procedure
Maps
Management and Cost
Sample Maps
New York
Baltimore
Footnote
PART IV. Notes on Parks and Recreation Facilities
The Bellefield Improvement
Grant Boulevard
Steep Hillsides
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PARKS
Neighborhood Parks
Rural Parks
SPECIAL PARK OPPORTUNITIES
Footnote
PART V. Special Reports
THE MARKET
THE HUMP CUT
THE CITY AND THE ALLEGHENY RIVER BRIDGES. Recommendations for Bridge Heights and Pier Location to Meet the Various Transportation Needs of Pittsburgh
INTRODUCTION
RECOMMENDATIONS
FULL REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
Footnote
INDEX
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Frederick Law Olmsted
Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs
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INDEX
It would be difficult to overestimate the value, to the future convenience prosperity and business efficiency of the city, of carrying the Forbes Street improvement straight through to a junction with Liberty Avenue on the line of Diamond Street; and it is deemed a peculiarly fortunate thing that this is the only east and west line in the midst of the business district where a wide street can still be put through without destroying any considerable number of costly modern buildings.
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