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ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries Pittsburgh: Your kind of neighborhood By Marcia Duncan Lowry the French Fort Duquesne in 1754, only to re­ Plan to attend ACRL’s 7th National turn to English hands with the erection of Fort Pitt in 1759- The British General John Forbes Conference, March 29-April 1, 1995 named the settlement which developed around the fort “Pittsburgh.” ittsburgh! “It’s a wonderful day in the After the Revolutionary War, Pittsburgh was neighborhood,” as Mr. Rogers, one of the pivotal for the westward migrations of the pio­ city’sP notables, attests. Come experience the neers. It was a welcome location for replenish­ friendliness, charm, and diversity of the “City ing supplies and energies following the trek of Three Rivers” during ACRL’s 7th Annual Confe over the Appalachians, and the “Gateway to rence, March 29-April 1, 1995. Pittsburgh long the West” grew as a trading and boat-building ago shed its grimy, industrial image of the ear­ center. ly 1900s. Today the city is described by spar­ kling rivers, fountains, green parks, towering "Iron and Steel City" transforms modern skyscrapers, and, nestled in its sur­ The 19th century transformed Pittsburgh into rounding hillsides, 90 ethnically diverse and an industrial center fed by rail and steamboats. distinct neighborhoods. It is a city with a rich The great steel magnates Andrew Carnegie and 200-year history, as its many nicknames indicate. Henry C. Frick established their empires in the city and the mills’ production played a major "Gateway to the West" role in America’s growth. The glory of being In 1753 a young major in the Virginia Militia the “Steel Capital of the World” came with a named George Washington was sent on a sur­ hefty price tag, however. Pittsburgh’s produc­ veying mission to western tive mills, coke ovens, and Pennsylvania. Finding a lo­ foundries churned out mas­ cation at the confluence of Pittsburgh claims the sive quantities of smoke, the Allegheny and Mononga- first ferris wheel, the soot, and pollution. The city hela rivers, he wrote that the was described as “hell with area was “extremely well sit­ first drive-in gas the lid off.” Streetlights uated for a fort, as it has ab­ station, and the first burned both day and night solute control of both rivers.” to penetrate the industrial The triangular spit of land football team to put darkness well into the 20th where the two rivers meet num bers on jerseys! century. and the Ohio River begins The “Smoky City” under­ was the site of several forts went a major transformation over the course of the following years. Both shortly after World War II. The public and pri­ the French and the English wished to claim vate sectors joined to fund the city’s first re­ this strategic location for expansion into the naissance. In 1946 Pittsburgh instituted a smoke interior of the North American continent. The control program in conjunction with a major English Fort Prince George was supplanted by urban renewal project. The heavily industrial- ιMarcia Duncan Lowry is reference librarian at Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh; e-mail: lowry@rmcnet. robert-morris. edu 480/C&RL News ized “Point” where the rivers meet was trans­ Culturally, Pittsburgh takes center stage as formed into a 36-acre green park and, in place well. It is home to one of the world’s best sym­ of terminals and warehouses, the office towers phony orchestras; its ballet is consistently of Gateway Center were erected. ranked among the top ten regional companies; After an industrial peak in the 1950s, the and its opera is one of the nation’s ten best. In economic base of Pittsburgh faced a major set­ all, Pittsburgh is host to more than 200 per­ back. The decline of the domestic steel indus­ forming arts groups. try in the 1960s and 70s left many unemployed The city’s museums include the Carnegie, and the city struggling to come to grips with its with its Museum of Natural History, Fine Art new reality. Fortunately, however, another lit- Museum and Heinz Architectural Hall; the Andy tle-noticed industry was growing in Pittsburgh Warhol (native son) Museum; the Frick Fine during the decades when steel was king— Art Museum; the Stephen Foster Memorial; the the service industry. By the 1980s the white Carnegie Science Center; and the Pittsburgh collar work force outnumbered the blue by Regional History Center. For flora and fauna four to one, compared to the one to one ratio lovers, the city offers the Phipps Conservatory, of the ’50s. Today Pittsburgh is in the midst the National Aviary, and the Pittsburgh Zoo— a of its second renaissance, restructuring its state-of-the-art natural habitat. economy to propel it as a model city into the Other Pittsburgh facts may surprise and de­ 21st century. light the trivia lover. The “City of Bridges,” with over 700, has more than any other city in the "One of the Top" & "One of the Best" world. And as long as one is counting, Pitts­ The Pittsburgh of the 1990s is consistently num­ burgh has more golf courses and pleasure boats bered on the “top” and “best” lists published per capita than any city in the U.S. The by various organizations and pollsters. It is one McDonald’s Big Mac was invented in Pittsburgh; of the largest corporate headquarters in the radio’s, first broadcast was made from Pitts­ country and eight Fortune 500 companies call burgh’s KDKA on November 2,1920; and Jonas the Golden Triangle home. Pittsburgh consti­ Salk developed the polio vaccine here. Pitts­ tutes the third largest research and develop­ burgh claims the first ferris wheel, the first drive- ment center in the country. Knowledge is sur­ in gas station, and the first football team to put passing steel’s previous profitability to become numbers on jerseys! And if you are wondering the economic resource of the region. Finance, what Flash Dance, Silence of the Lambs and education, medicine, biotechnology, software H offa have in common— it is Pittsburgh. Due engineering, and advanced technologies cur­ to its diverse and rich architecture—H. H. rently fill Pittsburgh’s portfolio. Richardson Romanesque to Phillip Johnson Pittsburgh enjoys membership in the “Most (Pittsburgh cont. on page 519) Livable City Club,” being the only U.S. city to have placed in the top five lo­ cales three times in the Places Rated Al­ m anac. It is also one of only six cities to be included twice in the once-a-decade list of top U.S. cities published by the Partners for Livable Communities. De­ spite a population nearing 2,500,000, Pittsburgh maintains the friendliness and charm of a small town. A view of Pittsburgh’s rejuvenated “Point” where the rivers meet. September 1994 /481 Gregory C. Colati has been appointed col­ Frederick L. Gilmore has been named lege archivist at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, electronic resources librarian at Virginia Com­ Maine. monwealth University, Richmond. Cindy Compton has been appointed ad­ D. Jennifer Haas is now Balcones librari­ ministrative services librarian at Baylor Univer­ an in the Engineering Library at the University sity, Waco, Texas. of Texas at Austin. Philip Croom has been named health/ Sharon Hay has been appointed social sci­ physical sciences collection management librar­ ence/humanities reference librarian at Indiana ian at Virginia Commonwealth University, Rich­ University Purdue University Indianapolis. mond. Patricia Henderson has been named as­ Ree DeDonato is now undergraduate li­ sistant acquisitions librarian at the University brarian at Columbia University, New York. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Francine DeFranco has been promoted to Alberto Hernandez is now reference librar­ reference services unit head at the University ian/bibliographer in the O’Neill Library at Bos­ of Connecticut, Greater Hartford Campus. ton College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Elizabeth A. Dupuis is now reference and Robert A. Hinton is now reference, docu­ electronic information services librarian at the ments librarian at Indiana University Purdue University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate University Indianapolis. Library. Virginia W. Hopcroft has been named ref­ Paula Epstein is the new coordinator of erence librarian for government documents at library outreach at Columbia College, Chicago. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. Mark Esser has been named conservator Maymanat Jafari has been named social in the Burns Library of Rare Books and Special science reference librarian at Indiana Univer­ Collections at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, sity Purdue University Indianapolis. Massachusetts. Debra Ketchell has been appointed acting Karl Fattig has been appointed catalog li­ deputy director of the University of Washing­ brarian at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. ton Health Sciences Libraiy and Information Center, Seattle. Ann E. Koopman has been named science (Pittsburgh cont.from page 481) reference librarian at Indiana University Purdue modem—the city is consistently chosen as a University Indianapolis. prime movie filming site. Mary Berghaus Levering is the new dep­ uty register of copyrights at the Libraiy of Con­ ACRL 1995 convention site gress, Washington, D.C. As a convention city, Pittsburgh offers a com­ Rosemary McAndrew has been appoint­ pact downtown area which is safe and easily ed head of access services at New York Uni­ navigable by foot or public transit. Within versity, New York City. roughly ten square blocks, restaurants and shop­ Mark McFarland is now acting coordina­ ping abound. One Oxford Center, PPG Place, tor of electronic information programs at the and Fifth Avenue Place provide the most avid University of Texas at Austin. shopper hours of pleasure in proximity to the Amanda Maple recenüy joined the Penn Convention Center and hotels. Slightly further State University Libraries as music librarian. afield in the distinctive neighborhoods of the Terrence Mech has been appointed vice- city are South Craig Street in Oakland, Walnut president for information and instructional tech­ Street in Shadyside, Forbes and Murray Ave­ nologies at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Penn­ nues in Squirrel Hill, and East Carson Street sylvania.
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