Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District / Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs

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Frederick Law Olmsted

Dedication

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter of Transmissal

City Planning and the Cost of Living in Pittsburgh PURPOSE AND PREPARATION OF THE REPORT

Introduction

PART I The Down Town District

PART II Main Thoroughfares

PART III Surveys and a City Plan

PART IV Notes on Parks and Recreation Facilities

PART V Special Reports THE MARKET

INDEX

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

PITTSBURGH

MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND THE DOWN TOWN DISTRICT

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East Ohio Street—a two-line thoroughfare

Fifth Avenue—a four-line thoroughfare

Of the 530 miles of main thoroughfares within a radius of seven miles of City Hall, less than one and one-half per cent have room for passage between cars and vehicles, slow-moving or standing at curb. See page 31.

Liberty Avenue—a six-line thoroughfare

PITTSBURGH CIVIC COMMISSION

PITTSBURGH
MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND THE DOWN TOWN DISTRICT
IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO MEET THE CITY'S PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS
A Report

BY

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

Prepared under the direction of The Committee on City Planning

ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION
DECEMBER, 1910

324 FOURTH AVENUE FEBRUARY, 1911

Publication No. 8

PITTSBURGH CIVIC COMMISSION
H. D. W. English President
J. W. Kinnear First Vice-President
John W. Beatty Second Vice-President
H. J. Heinz Third Vice-President
J. J. Donnell Treasurer
Allen T. Burns General Secretary
O. H. Allerton
T. E. Billquist
Charles F. Chubb
William L. Jones
Morris Knowles
H. L. Kreusler
Joseph W. Marsh
Marcus Rauh
George R. Wallace
Charles F. Weller

COMMITTEE ON CITY PLANNING

  • T. E. Billquist, Chairman
  • Charles F. Chubb
  • Benno Janssen
  • H. J. Heinz
  • Richard Kiehnel
  • E. K. Morse

Copyright, 1911
By Pittsburgh Civic Commission

Mount Pleasant Press
J. Horace McFarland Company
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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