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The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) Historic Landmark plaque program was begun in 1968 in order to identify architecturally significant structures and significant pieces of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States's local heritage throughout Allegheny County. Nominations are reviewed by the private non-profit foundation's ...
Pittsburgh (/ ˈ p ɪ t s b ɜːr ɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census.
Burning of Pennsylvania Railroad and Union Depot, Pittsburgh, July 21–22, 1877 In 1892, a confrontation in the steel industry resulted in 10 deaths (3 detectives, 7 workers) when Carnegie Steel Company 's manager Henry Clay Frick sent in Pinkertons to break the Homestead Strike .
By 1876, the name had been changed to Mount Washington, [2] and a year later, the view of the City of Pittsburgh was first drawn from Mount Washington. [3] Many photos of the Pittsburgh skyline are from Mount Washington, due to the elevation of the hill overlooking the river valley and Downtown Pittsburgh below. [4]
Bird's-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Monongahela, in the foreground, and the Allegheny Rivers; Birmingham (now South Side) is in the right foreground and Allegheny is in the distance on the left. Pittsburgh Sketches – Among the Glass-Workers, 1871 engraving The Top of a Blast Furnace
South Side Slopes is located at 40.42 N and 79.97 W. [6] The area South Side Slopes covers is approximately 0.716 square miles (1.85 km 2) or 460.632 acres. [7] It is made up of many slopes with elevations ranging from 791 feet (241 m) to 1,174 feet (358 m).
South Side (or "Southside") is an area in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Monongahela River across from Downtown Pittsburgh. The South Side is officially divided into two neighborhoods, South Side Flats and South Side Slopes. Both the Flats and the Slopes are represented on Pittsburgh City Council by Bob Charland. The ...
Uptown or The Bluff (also known by its former name Soho and prior to the 20th century as Boyd's Hill [2]) is a neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the southeast of the city's Central Business District.