Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District

Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District
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"Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District" by Frederick Law Olmsted. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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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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