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On May 26, 1943 the building hosted America's first night-court for gasoline war ration violators. [5] Since 2001, it has been the home of the city's Renaissance Hotel. [6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
This is a list of 90 neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Generally neighborhood development followed ward boundaries, although the City Planning Commission has defined some neighborhood areas. [1] The map of neighborhoods presented here is based on the official designations from the City of Pittsburgh. [2]
The historic district is a noted example of community planning and development following the City Beautiful movement that guided city planning and urban design in the United States from the mid-1890s through the first decade of the 20th century. The City Beautiful movement favored boulevards, parks, and formal civic buildings in the beaux-arts ...
Description: A map of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with its neighborhoods labeled. For use primarily in the list of Pittsburgh neighborhoods.: Date: 17 July 2007, 20:47 (UTC): Source ...
Perrysville Road (US 19), near St. Benedict's Academy, north of city line (MISSING) Roadside Cities & Towns Pittsburgh: December 18, 1946: PA 65 at north city line (MISSING) Roadside Cities & Towns Pittsburgh: December 18, 1946: US 19 north of city line (MISSING) Roadside Cities & Towns Pittsburgh Agreement (The) May 31, 2001
The four-story building housed a foundry with coke furnaces for producing raw brass along with casting, rolling, and machining equipment for manufacturing finished products. [1] Pittsburgh Brass used the building until the 1970s, after which it was left vacant for about 40 years.
Notable buildings include the Bolles-Bardwell-Tewksbury Building (c. 1842), the Prince Hotel (1844), the Phelps Building (1844-1845), the Dietrich Theater (1925), the former Masonic Hall (c. 1876), Stark Block (late 1850s), the Wyoming County Courthouse (1843, 1870), the Palen-Ervine House (1868), the Piatt-Ogden House (1896), the Presbyterian ...
The South Side had the first electric railway in the City of Pittsburgh. The line started at 13th and Carson and traveled to Mount Oliver Borough. [21] The base of the Knoxville Incline was at 12th Street on the South Side. The incline was built in 1890, had an 18-degree curve, and was the longest incline ever built in Pittsburgh. [22]