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PususHpo FoR THE MEMBERs oF THE PrrrsnuncH HrsroRy ¡¿ LnNoueRKs FouNDATToN No. 149 March 1998

Priorities This Year In, this issue:

0n December 5, 1997, the Board. of Trrutees of the Pittsburgh History & I-and.marþ,s Found,ation approued, awork plan outlining 4 major prograrn prioritíes in the rww year. Local Main Streets Arthur P Ziegler, Jr., presid,ent of lnn"d.marlæ, informnd. m,etrubers andfrinnds about the 1998 worh plan on January B during an author's receptionfor Rirhard. Moe, presid,ent of the Natipnal Thutfor Hi"stori,c Presentation. (Please see thc artirle on page 3 10 of this ksun.) Arth'ur reported that l'øndmnrks has a sound,finanrial bo,se dun to the sale of Station Squnre in 1994 that resuhed Membership Contributions ín the creation of an endowment for hßtori.c preseruation. "Based, upon our end,owmcnt this year," Arthur said,, "we haae a work- and Donations Help ing bud'get of 82,000,000. An qddítínml 81,000,000 will be wed to o,ugm,ent the Preseruation Inan Fund,, so more loans can be Landmarks Fulfill Its extend'ed in our historic nnighborhoods." He emphasized. that mnmbership contributíons and charita.ble gifts rcw are being used, Mission n1997 solely to support speciftr projects in the community and are rn longer allocq,ted, tofund, operating et(penses. "We will inaest in preseruation programs for the Pittsburgh region," said, Arthur. L2 Inndmarlæ' program priorities for I99B include the following: Stadiums to Date Neighborhood Preservation . work with the Pittsburgh Public School Historic Religious Properties Under the capable leadership of Board on issues regarding the preser- Initiative vation and renovation of numerous Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., with assisrance Thanks to lead gifts from rrusree historic school buildings in the City of from Elisa Cavalier and Tom Keffer in Constance O'Neil and the Katherine Education, Membership, Pittsburgh; specialized areas, Landmarks will: Mabis McKenna Foundarion, together and Library Services . . continue to try to change the Pennsyl- extend new loans to neighborhood with year-end gifts from our members, Louise Sturgess, Cathy Broucek, Mary vania Department of Education guide- organizations for the restoration of Landmarks will again provide assisrance Lu Denn¡ Mary Ann Eubanks, Barry lines that result in historic school historic properties and continue to to historic religious properties in Hannegan, Walter Kidne¡ Melinda abandonment; provide technical assistance as needed; Allegheny County. Howard Slaughter is McGee, Al Tännler, and our dedicated . implement a porch, facade, and garden . work on the anti-sprawUsaving small planning an historic religious properries volunteers will: towns and rural buildings program in seminar this September that will include restoration program to promote . offer a variety of educational programs association with the National Trust for a program of financial and technical on-going, appropriate restoration on (tours, lectures, student/teacher work- Historic Preservation, Preservation assistance concerning the restoration Liverpool Street; shops, etc.) to more than L0,000 mem- Pennsylvania, and 1.0,000 Friends of of stained glass and murals. o assist Homewood Brushton Revitaliza- bers, tourists, students, and teachers; Pennsylvania; and tion & Development Corporation in . co-sponsor the National Trust for . prepare a list of historically significant Historic Landscape restoring houses on Bennett Street, Historic Preservation's Main Street buildings in the right-of-way of the Preservation North Murtland Street, and Fleury Süay; National Conference in Pittsburgh from proposed Mon Valley expressway, Barry Hannegan joined . provide an expanded technical services Landmarks' May 17 through 20, and host the and work with PennDOT for their program in construction management; staff in June of 1997 as director of annual National Trust Board meeting preservation. historic landscape preservation. . offer a scholarship-assisrance program on May 20 and2l; This year he and Greg Yochum, our . so that several board members and Critical Building Needs horticulturist, will: complete the manuscript for a book on executive directors from neighborhood Pittsburgh bridges and begin design futhur Zíegler, Cathy Broucek, . organizations can attend educational work with public agencies and neigh- work; Elisa Cavalier, V/alter Kidney, and borhood organizations (including the conferences; . publish new education and membership Howard Slaughter will: Strategic Parks Alliance and Pittsburgh . work with the Apostolic Alliance brochures and encourage more people . work with parties interested in Parks Conservancy) for the resroration Village, Inc. to restore the birthplace and businesses to join; preserving major endangered buildings, of historic parks; in Plum Borough, Allegheny Count¡ o reorganize the library's book collection including various public schools, o develop educational programs regarding of \íilliam Dickson Boyce, the Boy due to additional new shelving and inte- historic religious properties such as designed landscapes and provide infor- Scouts of America founder; grate approximately 2,900 new volumes B'Nai Israel in East Liberty and mation services to owners for the . continue to extend loans and technical recently donated by llalter Kidney; St. Michael fuchangel on the South restoration of historic gardens; assistance utilizing the "Comprehensive Side, and special landmark strucrures . . promote sales of books published by Neighborhood Development Initiative" co-sponsor an historic house and such as the Landmarks, including P ittsburgb's Shouse house in Glenwillard landscape preservation symposium on and the "\Øorking in Neighborhoods" Landmark Arcb itecture, and the Lowen house in Beechview; Aprll22 to aid in Landmarks'resrora- Clyde Hareb program; and Pinsburgh, and A Legacy in Bricks and . provide technical assisrance in regard to tion of the Neville House in Collier . work with selected historic neighbor- Mortar: African-American the Garden North (formerly Federal Township; Landmarþs hoods to secure historic designation status. in Allegheny County; and North) project on the North Side; o develop model front yard planting plans . continue to operate The Landmarks . work with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, for Manchester; Advocacy Store in The Shops at Station Square Mayor's office, and Urban Redevelop- . work with The Community Arthur Zíegler, Elisa Cavalier, Barry Builders for the benefit of our members and the ment Authority to evaluate the feasibiliry and East Liberry Hannegan, Walter Kidney, Howard Development general public. of restoring historic downtown build- Corporation Slaughter, and Ron Yochum will: on a landscape plan for ings for residential, hotel, and office Pennley Park; . continue to testify on preservation issues purposes; In Conclusion . advise Kennywood Park, during its before City Council, the City Planning . \Øith the support of our trustees and work with the Comminee on the centennial Commission, the Ciry Historic Review season, on appropriate members, Landmarks' staff will imple- Allegheny County Courthouse Victorian planting for its Commission, and local governmenr Victory ment these programs and others this Restoration and with the Allegheny Garden; and agencies; County Commissioners in regard to year, and continue to respond to daily . create a neighborhood greening pro- o work with Preservation Action on the reuse of the old jail; and telephone calls for âction and informa- proposed historic gram with the'S7estern Pennsylvania tion. Please call Louise Sturgess at tax credits for home- . consider an expanded facade easement Conservanc¡ Conservation Consultants, (l-41,2) 471-5808 for a complete copy owners and on a grassroors lobbying program. network; Inc., and the Pittsburgh Partnership for of the 1998 work plan. Neighborhood Ðevelopment. Page 2 PHLF News March f998

Welcome New Members National Cíty, Víctoria Hall, Martin Media, and (as of February 9,19981 Iandmørks Co-sponsor Old House Fair The Pittsburgh History 8c Landmarks Foundation welcomes the Landmarks'third annual Old House Fair at Victoria Hall in Bloomfield was held following members who recently joined Landmarks. SØe look on Saturda¡ February 28. Visitors met with restoration architects, craftsmen and forward to their participation in our work and special events. contractors, conservationists, glass and lighting designers and fabricators, and Diane Alder Kate McDonald representatives from lending institutions and neighborhood organizations. David Baker Bobbie P. Mikita, AICP 'Willis They attended lectures and demonstrations on related restoration and preservation Victoria L. Batc'ha McCook Miller topics and enjoyed twenry-minute tours of Bloomfield and Garfield aboard Barbara Bonnett and family A. Moye and family Jerry Molly's Tiolleys. Marilyn Brusche Bobbi and Peter Murphy 'We Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Burdine Pamela Murphy thank National City Bank of Pennsylvania and Victoria Hall for co-sponsoring and family Peter Niederberger the Old House Fair, and are grateful to Martin Media Outdoor Advertising for Sherry and Arnola Burton Mr. & M¡s. Howard Nolder donating billboards. Sam Cammarata Becky O'Connor and family Denise Capurso Partners for Sacred Places Carol Carlson Martha J. Pasula Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cavalier Rogers Elementary School Joan P. Dailey Ann Fay Ruben A Donation of Books George D'Angelo IØilma M. Rybar Patricia Davisson Maria Santiago Waher C. Kid,ncy Yolanda Day Marjorie L. Schmidt Late in the fall of.1996I donated the greater part of my library to Norma Devall Mark G. & Cynthia !í. Landmarks, the accumulation of fifty years. Somehow I had come to Charles Dudas Schoeppner Sarah Duffu Gayle and Michael Schurko a new point in my life, where the avid accumulation of books on Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Duke Mary Ann Seinar design seemed to matter less than attention to current affairs at Frank Fairbanks Gary F. Shaffer Landmarks and the keeping of a good, general collection. Dr. Richard and Marian Finegold Gloria Smith I had given Landmarks a good many books a few years Elvira and Harry Finnigan Caroline Steiner and family before and now I felt the silent accusation of those that H. Ruth Flamberg Randy Strothman remained, and resolved to donate about 2,900 more. Most Faith Gallo Chris Stroyne and family were on architecture, engineering, garden design, sculpture, Margaret Gardom Richard P. Suess decoration, and furnishing as might expect, Lee M. Haller Anne J. Swager and one but other rü(¡illiam Beth and John Hallerud L. Iíilson II areas of design were included. For instance, I have always seen Donna Hartman Christine M. Torie naval architectr.ue ds architecture, and had at one time hoped to Russell C. Heeschen and Cheryl R. Towers collaborate with a naval architect to articulate this belief. Kathleen R. Dobbin Rose and Roben'Wagner 'Síhat rü(/ichmann I envision is a Landmarks library that might not only attract Janet J. Jai and family Mrs. Russell G. '!íallace rülilson people interested in local architectu¡e and history but people interested in the archi- Jones \üanda E. tecture of other parts of the country and of the world. A good many maps, too, were John T. Keegan Paul Kovach If youknow of ønyoncøho part of my gift. Further I hope that art students, commercial artists, graphic designers, Margaret M. Lubawy and lovers of good design generally may find it worthwhile to visit the library. u¡ ould. b e inte r e s te d in b ec oming Laura Magee Merging all these books into the James D. Van Trump Library is a formidable am,ember, pl.ease cøllMøry Lu !Øilliam and Sue Ann Marszalek task that will occupy our time in 1998. Members wanting to visit the library may Lynda and Denny (1412) 471-SB0B. Matijevich family at schedule an appointment to do so by calling Al Tannler at (1,-41.2) 471.-5808. Welcome Corporate Members (as of February 9,1998)

Benefactors Partners The Ellwood Group, Inc. Allegheny Valley Bank of Matthews Educational and Pittsburgh Charitable Trust Bell Atlantic A gift of your appreciated Mylan Laboratories, Inc. Chatham Village Homes, Inc. securities or real estate can be used Duquesne Light Patrons Greater Pinsburgh Chamber of to create a lifetime income for you Mollyt Trolleys Commerce and provide the Pittsburgh History Hilb Rogal and Hamilton Company Kirkpatrick & Lockhart & Landmarks Foundation with Landmarks Design Associates much-needed resources to restore Rossin Foundation our historic houses, churches, Make Your Gffi Count Twice! schools, parks and gardens. You You may be able to double the value of your membership or gift con- can help revitalize a main street in tribution to Landmarks if you or your spouse is employed by one of one of our neighborhoods, provide the many companies that generously match employee contributions restored housing for low- to to non-profit institutions. Check with your employer to secure the appropriate form; then, submit this form to Landmarks with your moderate-income residents, or put contribution. \üe will complete our section of the form and forward an empty church or school back it according to your company's instructions. into use. \Øe thank the following companies that matched employee contributions to Landmarks in 1997 The Buhl Foundation; Landmarks can put your Chevron Products Company; Consolidated Natural Gas Company; securities and property to good Fannie Mae Foundation; H. Heinz Company; PPG Industries; J. work while bringing you: R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company; and \íestinghouse Corporation. O CLYDÊ HARE, I 985, FOR THE PITTSEURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION ,W Lifetime income from your gift PHLF News is publisbed four times each year for tbe members of the ät Public acknowledgment of your gift ffi Federal and state tax savings Pinsburgh History (v Landmarks Foundation, a non-profit historic S Avoidance of probate cost and estate #,I Disposition real preseruation organization seruing Allegbeny County. Landmarþs is taxes of estate and commìtted to neigb borhood restorøtion and historic-property preserua- tion; public aduocacy; historic landscape preseruation; and education and Youn Grpr Celu membership programs. il'åi:ïi;ffi; @ 1998 Pittsburgb History (v Landmarks Foundation. Designed by Pytlik Design Associates Rrsrons Oun HnruraGE ïJiJ::iïi:ïJ Arthur P. Ziegle4þ...... President gift to preserving our Western Pennsylvania heritage .ïil Honorary life LouiseSturgess ... Editor/ExecutiueDirector Cathy Broucek. . . . Assistant to the President membership. Elisa J. Cavalier . . . General Counsel TomCroyle ..Comptroller Call Cathy Broucek to discuss these donor options. 412-471-5808 Mary Lu Denny. . . . Director of Membership Seruices Mary Ann Eubanks . Education Coordinator BarryHannegan ...... ,DirectorofHistoricLandscapePreseruation ThomasKeffer...... SuperintendentofPropertyMaintenance 'Walrer Cnnennc e Furunr FoR PrrrsBURcH By P¡.sr C. Kidney . . . Architectural Historian Pnrsrnvl¡lc Irs Linda Mitry - -...Staff Accou?ttant Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. . . . . Director of Preseruation Seruices Albert M. Tannler. . . . Historical Collections Directot One Station Square ffi Suite 450 :ffi Pittsburgh, PA ffi 15219-1134 Gregory C. Yochum. . Horticuburkt Ro¡rald C. Yochum, Jr. . . . Assistant for Public Poliq and CIO PHLF News March f998 Page 3

z Richard Moe r0[RL lo lÏlttlrllû c, Returns to Ê o- E Manchester lllilil $rnrrr

Just over 200 people attended an author's reception on January 8 at Bidwell Training Center in Manchester for Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and co-author with Carter Vilkie of Cb anging P la ces : Rebuilding Comtnunity in tbe Age of Sprawl. "Through my trips to Pinsburgh and Manchesterr" said Richard Moe, "my eyes have been opened to what Pill$ilrull- tllal, fl-20, lgg8 preservation can be and do." In Cbanging Places (please see the review Stønlcy Loue (lcft) , a tr,tstee of the N øtianøl Trust Historin Preseroatian, Westin William Penn Hotel on page 15 of this issue), the historic for and. Rí.chørd. Moe, its presidcnt. Pittsburgþ preservation accomplishments of Pinsburgh's neighborhoods are cited Presented by as strategies for strengthening urban centers. "As neighborhoods in the National Trust for Pittsburgh have shown," writes Moe, Historic Preservation's National "preservation of a place builds pride Main Street Center and pride builds hope." Before autographing copies of his Co-hosted by the book, Moe spoke eloquentþ about the Pitbburgh History & l¡ndmarks threat of urban sprawl and challenged Foundation Pittsburghers to make certain that the and the city survives "core and thrives." Moe Pennsylvania Historical and stated: "'Sle cannot function as a society Museum Commission without strong, viable central cities." He emphasized that "Sprawl sucks the in association uith the economic and social life out of the core South Side Local cities. The threat of urban is as sprawl Development Company great a threat to historic preservation as urban renewal was in the 1960s. u¡ith additional fund.ing A downtown gives a region its identity ilWoúfrorn and is the economic engine that drives Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania the metropolitan area." BellAtlant¡c Mæ concluded by saying that Henry Hoffstot, a tr.Lstee of Lond,m,ørks, introduces the Countess d'Oultre¡nont Pennsylvania Downtown Center in people across the nation are thinking partnership from Beþiwn to Richørd Moe. w¡th the Department of very creatively about how to save Community & Economic Development their downtowns and noted that P¡ttsbu rgh Downtown Partnership "Preservation is increasingly being used as a tool for community revitalization." and with ¡n+ind contribut¡onsfton He mentioned that Station Square is an example of a downtown trying to rein- Art Cohen & Co. vent itself: "This process of reinvention Mellon Bank must happen if a society is to maintain a viable and interesting city. And there's WQED Communications nothing wrong with preservation making money, as long as that money With more than 100 educational goes right back into the community, sessions and'hands{n' techni- which is exactly what the Pittsburgh cal field trips, the conference will History & Landmarks Foundation is bring together over 1,200 Main doing. There is preservation not a organ- Street professionals to network ization on the local level anywhere in and leam about issues and the country that can match the work of trends in the field. Topiæ include: the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation." . Growing Business on Main Street . Just ooer 200 members a.ndfri,ends attendcd the author's receptinn on January I Building Professional Skills and for RichordMoe. Erpertise . Finding New Solutions for Revitalization . Farmland Preservation Bill Introduced in Ohio Building Rehabilitations and Housing Sprawl development has become a begins to address the issue of preserving Another important provision of national concern. While u¡ban buildings farmland and redeveloping cities. The the bill is that landowners who have Members of Landmarks have been set upon an already existing infrastruc- bill utilizes regulations, tax and zoning received a major reduction in their real mailed a conference brochure and ture are deteriorating and being aban- measures, and local purchase of devel- estate tax by qualifying their properties registration form. doned, sprawl development demands opment rights from farmers as the tools. as farmland and then decide to develop these things-roads, sewers, community A new improvement in such legisla- it must pay ten years of recaptu¡e of Questions? service-anew, with huge public services. tion is that the bill includes an imporranr the tax. Gall Cathy Broucek at And there is, in the large addition, and ingredient to encourage u¡ban invest- By creating disincentives for sprawl (t4t2l 471.s808. alarming loss of farmland that sprawl ment in housing, a sales tax exemption development and incentives for the development brings as a consequence. on all material that is used for refurbish- reuse of buildings in cities, the bill Ihe Arnual Gonference of the A bill with bipartisan support was ing and redevelopment of residential establishes an interesting model for introduced in the Ohio legislature that dwellings within central cities. Pennsylvania. Dormtown Revitalization Field Page 4 PHLF News March f998

A oicus doøn East Corson Streetfrom South Fourteenth Street. Local Main Streets Waher C. Kidney

z On May 17 through 20, the Nati,onal The street has a Far Iíest look, wide Trustfor Historic Preseruatian holds its and fringed with low-built commercial structures, that yields suddenly to public Main Street conference in Pittsburgh. F housing at the Munhall end and a little It is appropriøte, thcrefore, tofeature a less suddenly to a broken pattern of local Main Streets, almnst all houses in West Homestead. Efforts at a few Ê unhrnwn outside the area.. coordinated streetscape were made some twenty years ago, but not with The name "Main Street" carries great success. several implications, no one of them, Carnegie is an object lesson and ìrr/e suppose, absolutely indispensable. a worthy subject for clinical study. It suggests a street that links a commu- A street called Broadway divides nity with places beyond; one that bears Main Street, an attractive and busy a highway number as well as a local place, from East Mall, where gray, name such as, often, Main Street. It closed shops front on a failed pedestrian suggests a commercial street: not purely pavement, patched and sinking. A road commercial, but concentrating the from a grandiose public librar¡ which community's commerce along its pave- may or may not have to close, ends at ments. And it may well be conceived as Broadwa¡ where hope meets failure; the kind of twentieth-century planning a showplace of the community. The 200 blnck of East Eþhth Aoenue in Homestead. East Carson Street is known to Landmarks has long opposed. National Trust members: an object of Landmarks' attention since 1969; a National Register District since 1983; a pioneering urban beneficiary of the National Trust's Main Street Program; a City Historic District since 1993; and a recipient of the National Trust's Great American Main Street awardin1996. Thus, this Main Street, shared by the former boroughs of Birmingham, East Birmingham, and Ormsby before annexation to Pinsburgh in 1872,is familiar to many people. Homestead, eight miles up the Monongahela River, shares Eighth Avenue with !üest Homestead and Munhall as a Main Street within a National Register Historic District. East Møin Street d,tWashington Aoenue in Cam.egic. East MølI, Cørneþ. PHLF Neus March 1998 Page 5

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The 500 bbck of Allcgheny Rûser Boul.euardin Oakmont.

The 500 blnck of East Ohio Street on the North Side.

-fLllegheny River Boulevard in seemingly around 1900. ks terminations Oakmont,^ twelve miles up the are indistinct: to the east, a block beside Allegheny River from Pittsburgh, has a the S7est Common, cleared but never not-unfamiliar configuration for the built on anew; to the west, a burble of industry and parking. Main Street of a railroad suburb. Western Auenue The Allegheny Valley Railroad tracks Lincoln Avenue in Bellevue, four miles on the North divide the street, with commercial and down the Ohio River from Pinsburgh, Side- residential on both sides. A few years is a busy and agreeable street, mainly ago, Landmarks presented an Award of commercial but even in its commercial Merit to the civic organizations that part subject to interruption by churches tidied and landscaped this central strip. and homes. The mixture is nothing that East Ohio Street on the North Side a planner would specify, permit, or terminates neatly, at its western end, in imagine, but the passer-by at least can the East Common, but to the east it is take pleasure in such a variery It is the bedeviled with highway construction of more commendable for having shops the 1970s, above, below, and at grade, open in the evening and pedestrian and after running this gauntlet continues activity day and night. up the Allegheny River as Route 28. Beaver Street in Sewickle¡ twelve But in the Victorian neighborhood of miles down the Ohio, is basically a Deutschtown it is a Main Street still, not street of well-composed houses with a a showplace but a street getting better. commercial incident a few blocks long '$üestern Avenue bisects the little Late at its center. The buildings here are Victorian neighborhood of Allegheny rather humbly small-townish though '!íest, again on the North Side. it obvi- given to up-market uses. The town itself ously began as a residential street like is a treelined beauty almost everywhere, those beside it, and kept most of its with comfortable Victorian houses in houses even as shop conversions began, most parts and mansions and grand country houses in adjacent boroughs, so that Beaver Street seems all the more modest.

Tours to see many of Pittsburghos Main Streets are

The 500 block of Lincoln Aaenuc in Belleoue. being scheduled during the National Trust conference. Please call Cathy Broucek at Landmarks for details at (r-412) 47r-5808.

Beøoer Street ín Sewiclcl.ey. Page 6 PHLF News March f998 J oIl\ LA I\DMARKS

Support the Pitæburgh History & Landmarks For¡ndation in its work to: o Identify and preserve the architectural landmarks and historic designed The Elroy School ín Brentusood is landscapes in Allegheny Counry; nout fully restored. By restoring tuo o Encourage and support the revitaliza- Brentutood Scl¿ools (instead of buíld- tion of historic inner-city neighbor- íng one neu school), tdxpayers saaed hoods through Preservation Loan $3.5 million ønd no tøx increase uøs Fund initiatives and programs; required.. Hotoeaer, . Create tours, publiçations, and educa- becøuse of the tional programs on local history and Department of Ed.ucation's Bøsi¿ architecture; Educatiott. Circulør guidelínes, øII . Educate the public about historic "ordinary construction" had to be preservation through the resources of remot;ecl and, steel substituted, eoen Landmarks' library and archives; though both buildings met ølI build.íng . Continue a well-managed, responsive, code requírernents. The total cost and creative membership organization the the with the ability to implement these oaer life of bond.for this goals on a long-range basis. unnecessary bureaucratic require- ment will be ooer $7 million. Membership Benefìts . 10yo discount at local historic Bed & Breakfasts and City Inns.*' o Free subscription to PHLF Neu.,s. . A 10o/" discount at The Landmarks Pennsylvania Department of Education Guidelines Store in The Shops at Station Square. . Free access to our reference library in The Landmarks Building at Station Result in School Abandonment Square. o Discounts on, or free use of, all \ùíe recently discovered "guidelines" of This peculiar guideline results in local Districts with buildings educational resources. the Pennsylvania Department of Educa- school districts being forced to abandon buih before 7950: 74o/o . Reduced rates on tours, and invita- tion (PDE)that powerfully and negatively their historic neighborhood school tions to lectures, seminars, and special affect local school districts in decision- buildings in order to build new ones. . events. making about the reuse of existing Because new school buildings must meet Many volunteer opportunities. school buildings, many of which are the new PDE standards requiring large *'Please call Mary Lu Denny at neighborhood schools and many of acreage around them, former school (1-4L2) 47L-5808 for specifics. which are architecturally significant. sites must be abandoned as well. No First, the PDE is opposed to almost longer can a school function by standing Membership Categories all "ordinary construction." This means in a neighborhood or being located as a Senior Citizen $10 or more that any school of more than one story part of an architectural continuum Individual $20 or more that has interior wood framing does not along a street, but it must be set back Family $25 or more qualify for State reimbursement if the and surrounded with open land, much School and Non-profit $25 or more School District wishes to restore it for like a Slal-Mart. Districts Øitb buildings School District $50 or more continued use. The State Historic Preservation built after 1950:26% Corporate Supporter $50 or more This rule flies in the face of local Officer has said that school abandon- Corporate Member $250 or more codes and the State labor and ment and resulting is the Life Benefactor $5,000 (one-time gift) building demolition industry codes and national (BOCA) number one problem for abandonment The portion of your dues exceeding $15 is building codes, all of which indicate of buildings listed on the National Constitution states that the people tax-deductible. that two- and three-story buildings, Register statewide. of this Commonwealth have a right to with up-to-date sprinkler systems and You can easily see the impact of the the preservation of the natural scenic, appropriate enclosed fire stairs, are PDE guidelines on Allegheny County historic, and aesthetic value of the safe to use. In fact, our Pennsylvania school buildings. An initial inventory environment in our towns and cities. Yes! Enroll me as a member of Department of Labor and Industry code completed by Landmarks shows that 'SØh.n the Pittsbureh Historv 8c Landmarks permits the use of a two-story "ordinary 74o/o of the school buildings in Allegheny we discovered the PDE Foundarionll have eríclosed a construction" building for educational County were built before 1950, and many guidelines and their impact on historic contribution in the amount of use if the fire rating on the building is will have trouble qualifying for reuse. buildings and neighborhood schools, one-hour and totally protected by an Caroline Boyce, executive director of we contacted Preservation Pennsylvania Name automatic system. Preservation Pennsylvania, recently said and together have been meeting with Street To check on this safety issue, "Schools are first in the number of representatives of the Governor's office Landmarks commissioned an analysis buildings being demolished across the and the Pennsylvania Department of City of the "fire incidents" in public schools Commonwealth. . . . At a time when Education. throughout the United States. building livable communities is the goal Both have agreed to review the guide- The findings show that, of 6,200 fire of so many community economic devel- lines to see if changes should be made. Telephone incidents recorded by the US Fire opment strategies and programs, we Ile will report on the progress we make Administration in elementary and believe that the PDE needs to make in future issues of PHLF News. Send check or money order to: secondary schools for the years of 1991 some policy changes." Because of the importance of this guidelines Membership through 1995, there was no correlation The PDE are in conflict issue across the Commonwealth, Pittsburgh History ô¿ Landmarks Foundation between the construction type and the with the policies stated by the Governor. Preservation Pennsylvania will feature One Station Square, Suite 450 number of injuries sustained. In fact, In fact, the Governor has issued an endangered historic schools in its Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1134 the Fire Administration's five-year study Urban Opportunities policy statement annual endangered properties list, indicated that both "protected ordinary and page 43 calls for the reuse of "Pennsylvania at Risk." Call Preservation construction" and "unprotected ordi- existing facilities. Furthermore, futicle Pennsylvania at (7-717) 234-2370 tÎ nary construction" scored similarly with One, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania you know of any endangered school 3 and 3.5 injuries per 100 incidents buildings. respectively. The score for "fire resistive constructionr" the most fire resistant type of construction possible, was 3.8 injuries per 100 incidents. Creatíng a Future The PDE has said that it has made Park Avenue School, Bethel Park exceptions for buildings on the National for Pittsburgh by Register of Historic Places, but why Despite arguments from the Bethel Park Historical Sociery this building of.1926 Preseraíng lts Past would a listing on the National Register came down in January. The dilemma was familiar: whether to keep 110,000 visible make a building more fire safe than a square feet, asbestos and all, and adapt the ready-made spaces to new uses, or build a non-listed but reusable building? new one for the community purposes that are being envisioned. Controversy over The second "guideline" is what is the demolition was vigorous, and more activity on the part of the local Historic commonly known as the 20160 rule. fuchitecture Review Board might have resulted in an Historic Landmark designation. Under this arrangement, no school The question of what to do with these large old schools from earlier in the A copy of the official registration and financial twentieth century is coming up increasingly. It is tempting to keep them, whether infomation of the Pittsburgh History Ec Landmarks renovation project is eligible for reim- Foundation mav be obrained from rhe Pennsvlvania bursement where the cost for the reno- in the same or in different functions. They look rational and solid. They obviously Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania 1 -800 -7 32-0999. Registration does vation (excluding the cost for asbestos contain a lot of sizeable spaces, connected by simple corridor systems. Their archi- not imply cndorsement. abatement, roof replacement and site tectural treatment may look a little fancy to present-day eyes, but is still acceptable development) exceeds 60% of. the to our tastes. So often, we have known them from our youth. They are there alread¡ replacement value. ready-made. If only an adaptive use would work! PHLF Neus March 1998 Page 7 PnssERVATroN LoeN FuNp AND SnnvrcEs

Landmarks Announces Conference Scholnrship Program

E xc el]cnt e duc atin n aI c o nfe r e rrc e s in hßtorir preseraati,ott are spon- sored each yeør by th.e Nati,onal Tn^tst P for Histori.c reseruation o Liaable Citics, the Vbtorian Soci,ety in Amcrioø, ønd others.

H ou eaer, b c aI organizatin n s Neu housing u:ill be constructed on Neglcy Auerue (lcft) ønd the facad.es on the exßting buildíngs on Penn At¡enue (rþht) uill be inprooed. Rcnerkùu þ)t¡tnutn Árchìtcct¡ IrC u;orkhry on thefront line of

ncþ hb o r ho o d r ea it aliz at io n oft e n do not haae thefi.nøncfuilmeatæ New Vision For (HUD), the Urban Redevelopment The architecture of the single-family to send their directors to these East Liberty Authoriry the City of Pittsburgh structure is consistent with that of the conferences. Housing Authorit¡ the Howard Heinz Mexican \üar Streets. Although the U tilizíng fwtds frorn its end.ow - Endowment, and Pittsburgh Partnership Diane Daniels building is structurally sound, rhe m.ent, Landmarks is offering o. for Neighborhood Development. Mattress Factory does intend to restore, cortference-scholn rship ¡trogranx The corner of Negley and Penn Avenues The project will also receive morrgage paint, and maintain the exterior facade. to help support the costs itwol.aed in the East Liberry section of Pittsburgh financing and Section 8 assistance from lüith ht. send.ing seaeral commurúty rep- will never be the same. the first of the AFL-CIO Housing Investmenr Trust. Landmarks Funds three phases of redevelopment work to On resentatiues each year to releuant October L5,1.997, public officials PCRG begin in the Spring of 1998, the former attended the Pennley Redevelopment Bank Lending hßtorb pre sera atia n c o nfer enc e s. Pennley Park apartment complex will Kick-off Celebration. The development Report Landmarlcs usill au.tard seoeral undertake a new By year look. the 2000 was renamed New Pennley Place and The Pittsburgh Community Reinvest- grctnts each year ín the rønge of this prominent property will be smaller Tom praised project Mayor Murphy the ment Group (PCRG) is a coalition of 5500 to 52,000. Non-profit com- and architecturally more compatible as the beginning of an investment in over thirty-three neighborhood organi- munity orgarúzøtions must apply with the historic neighborhood. A East Liberry. Richard Nemoytin, area zations that works with the lending nuisance bar and three wings to Landmørltsfor thefunds and, of the coordinator of HUD stated, "Parrnerships institutions in Pittsburgh to help them existing complex proai.d.e a bricf summary of their are to be demolished; are important, but it takes commitment, fulfill their Community Reinvestmenr 197 units be renovated candi.date's experi.ence specify the will and thirry- strength and forward thinking to embark Act (CRA) commitment. Each year, o eight new apartment units will be con- upon such a project." PCRG publishes a lengthy and detailed goals of the organization, ønd structed. Future plans also envision the analysis of lending practices in Pinsburgh. sub¡nit a budget shou.ting need. construction and sale of fifteen new Rippl Building Shown in the report are loan approvals F or fur th.er info r møtion, pLe ase townhouses along North St. Clair Street. December and declinations for home mortgages by contact Hou¡ardB. Slnughter, Jr., The redevelopment strategy has been On 9,1997 Landmarks' Preservation neighborhood, race, and age. director of preseraation seruires, guided by the desire to make Loan Fund extended a Pennley The CRA grew out of an effort by the Park a quality development which $25,000 loan to rhe Manchester Citizens at (1412) 471-5808. (MCC) federal government to encourage bank attracts a racially and financially Corporation so renovation of diverse lending in low- to moderate-income and group the Rippl Building at.1,319 Allegheny of residents. minority neighborhoods. Landmarks The major partners in Avenue could be completed. the develop- took the lead when the act was passed ment are East Development, Prior to MCC's involvement, the Liberty Inc. to bring the neighborhoods together. Governing for Non-Profit (ELDI) and The Community Builders, Rippl Building was nearly vacanr (except Landmarks provided funding for the Excellence Inc. (TCB), in cooperation with the for a small convenience store) and first five years for the PCRG director, In November 1997, Howard B. New Pennley Place Resident Council. deteriorating. In 1994, the prior was Stanley A. Lowe, and we have worked Slaughter,Jr. had the opportuniry to ELDI and TCB have formed a parrner- owner being foreclosed upon, and with many lending insritutions and attend a course entitled "Governing for ship called Negley Corner Limited Landmarks helped MCC buy the build- ing. neighborhood groups to develop financ- Non-Profit Excellence, Critical Issues Partnership Phase One. Future limited Originallg MCC experimented with small tenants including ing for specific restoration efforts. for Board Leadershipr" sponsored partners will be attracted with $790,000 rhe convenience Each year Landmarks has funded this by Harvard Universiry's School of in tax credits approved by the Pennsyl- store, a laundromat, a barber shop, and a study carried out by PCRG and we are Business Administration in Cambridge, vania Housing and Finance Agency. beauty shop, but it was later decided that pleased to announce rhat we will do so Massachusetts. Howard was recom- TCB will serve as property manager. MCC would move its corporate again this year. To date, including this mended by Neighborhood Housing Originall¡ Pennley Park was part of offices to the second floor and the year, Landmarks has provided $15,000 Services, Inc. of Pittsburgh, for which he the unfortunate renewal plan then con- remainder of the building would be for the publication of these studies. serves as board chairman. According to ceived by URA. Blocks of historic build- remodeled and remarketed as predomi- nantly conference Howard, "This class was beneficial for ings were cleared in the 1960s only to and commercial office me because I am often called upon to produce a troubled 314-unit HUD- space. The first-floor conference space Grassroots Advocacy can provide assistance and advice to non- insured multi-family development hold eighty people comfortably, Grassroots advocacy-constituents con- and is available profit organizations. This program is designed by Tasso Katselas. Due to irs ro rent. tacting their elected representatives-is a indicative of the valuable training dilapidated state of repair, approxi- proven means of educating members of sessions available to non-profit organi- mately 100 units were vacant, tenant Mattress Factory Congress, state legislatures, and local zations. " Representatives from Turke¡ morale was low, and real estate preser- governments about preservation issues Expansion London, and other places participated. vation and development of adjacent important to the future of our nation, In November 1997, Landmarks extended A quote from the Harvard Business properties was stagnant. One such our commonwealths, and our a loan to the Mattress Factory that will School states: "Today's non-profits adjacent building is B'Nai Israel designed communities. enable the museum to improve the neigh- operate in a more challenging environ- by Henry Hornbostel and located at Landmarks works with Preservation borhood and suppon its anistic programs. ment than ever before. Increased 327 North Negley Avenue. B'Nai Israel Pennsylvania, Preservation Action, The Mattress Factory is the museum competition for philanthropic funds, was awarded an Historic Landmark and the National Trust for Historic of contemporary art located in the government cutbacks, innovations Plaque but has been vacant since 1996. Preservation regarding issues that affect Mexican \Øar Streets Historic District. and technology and increased public The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks historic preservation. It outgrew its building on Sampsonia scrutiny are just a few of the forces Foundation was approached to provide When preservation issues arise or !fay, which not only was home ro the created in some cases in unstable envi- funding for the Pennley Park project. legislation is proposed that need a grass- museumb administrative offices but also ronments for the non-profit sector." Since the 1964 building is not historic, roots response, Landmarks contacts contained revolving exhibition space Landmarks' $265,000 pre-development other preservationists to alert them and its own permanent collection. loan was contingent upon ELDI and about issues, and they in turn write Slaughter Appointed Iü/hen the building directly behind the TCB considering B'Nai Israel as an letters, send telegrams or faxes, or rnake to Mon Valley Investment Mattress Factory on Street adjacent communiry space and establish- Jacksonia calls to elected officials and their staffs. was placed on the market, Barbara Fund Committee ing a design committee on which Rapid responses to these matters are Luderowski, the Mamress Factory's B. Landmarks will have a seat. Landmarks often critical. Howard Slaughter, Jr., director of executive director, saw an opportunity preservation also believes that improving Pennley Please contact Elisa Cavalier at services at Landmarks, has to expand the museum by moving Park will be a catalyst for future preser- (1,-4L2) 471-5808 if you would like to been appointed to serve on the Mon administrative offices to the vation work with the nearby buildings Jacksonia be on Landmarks' grassroots advocacy Valley Initiative's Communiry Invest- building. In order to expedite the of East Liberty. mailing list. ment Fund Committee. The Committee purchase, the Preservation Loan maintains Other significant funders for the the fiduciary responsibility of Fund extended a $75,000 acquisition the loan project include: U.S. Department of funds and gives guidance to the loan to the Mattress Factory on Housing and Urban Development community development corporations November 24. that constitute the Mon Valley Initiative. Page B PHLF News March I99B PnpsERVATroN ScnNp

¿ Adaptive Use and the The Bridge That Never Building Code Was, But May Yet Be þ A tantalizing problem in a downtown Early in Januar¡ the public was area is the full adaptation of tall, informed that the new bridge to serve narroq deep buildings rypical of the Airport Busway, what some people s commercial architecture from the past. had long taken to calling the \labash An elevator, perhaps, and a single stair Bridge, might not be the phantom that were likely to be the only ways to and we had come to suppose. ln 1993, from the upper floors, which were used Landmarks' staff and others spent many for storage, not occupation. These hours discussing alignments, elevations, 810-18 Liberty Aaenue. buildings, which may be in a City and structural types, eventually settling Historic District and thus under legal on a bridge whose basket-handle main Landmarks Studies protection, offer a challenge for devel- span would make the best appearance. Downtown Buildings opers. The question is: How to offer The bridge was abandoned, eventuall¡ safe egress for those who live and work much to our satisfaction, Many downtown buildings are under- in the tops of such buildings without too Now, the bridge project is revived, utilized or have no tenants at all. A large much sacrifice of space for second stairs through deliberations of Ciry Counry number of such buildings are in the and the like? The Pittsburgh Downtown State, and U.S. transportation officials. Cultural District and on Forbes Avenue Plan project, which began early last Two general proposals are being consid- and Slood Street. For over a year, 810 Líberty Auenue as 1912. buih in year, is studying the adaptation of ered. One would be a four-lane bridge, Landmarks has been studying the building codes to the old loft building for all types of road vehicles, its outer possible reuse of underutilized down- Part of the cost of the studies was and has tentatively recommended the lanes descending across Station Square buildings, working together with town underwritten by a contribution from following: to Carson Street, its inner lanes rising to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Urban our good member Doris Feick Harris. o general á direct run to the Wabash Tunnel. This Redevelopment Authority, and Mayor's development of a attitude on The studies have been completed and life-safety systems, with assignment of threatens to divide the Station Square office. \X/e looked at office, hotel, loft the results made available to the Cultural properry in half, save for a traffic corri- housing, responsibility; and rental apartments. Trust and the City of Pittsburgh. dor next to the P&LE tracks, which the The studies entailed preparing existing . keeping current on developments in Any member interested in reviewing bridge approaches will have to clear. plans, environmental analyses, State and federal codes; floor this report may call Cathy Broucek at The other scheme is for public transit plans for new uses, economic pro formas, o (1,-412) 471-5808 to arrange an devising an administrative approval only. This would touch only the east end and financing studies. The basic problem appointment. A copy is on file in the process in instances where a building of Station Square, crossing the river with reuse is high acquisition cost James D. Van Trump Library. cannot satisfy Article 34 of BOCA alongside the Panhandle Bridge now compared with projected income; cash (Building Officials and Code used by the Light Rail. flow is insufficient to repay investors Administrators) or the Property Both bridges threaten to be awkward investment. Byham Restorations for their total Thus, finan- Maintenance Code; in profile: the four-lane one because the cial subsidies are required for most As 1997 came to a close, restorations o publication of a guide to approval inner and outer lanes are headed for adaptive-use projects. Insufficient were taking place to some interior deco- processes; southern termini with a seventy-foot market and lack of parking are two ration of the Byham Theater (originally . difference in level; the Panhandle one concerns. creation of a program of technical additional the Gayety and for many years the because the new structure would surely However, many of the downtown assistance for building owners; Fulton), on Sixth Street near Fort be different from the assorted trusses of o improvement of professional assess- buildings have considerable archi¡ec- Duquesne Boulevard. Reproductions of 1903. provide good ment skills and continuing advocacy tural character and would metal balustrades and scenes, marbleiz- Both block the magnificent view of as building codes change; spaces for the uses studied if financing ing, and gilding are the principal means the Golden Triangle, and the four-laner could be arranged. used for restoring the interior of the . clarification of zoning questions as increases congestion by inviting yet Dana who initiated Crawford, inner lobby to its showy state of 1904. regard housing conversions; more automobiles into the city; and uses Larimar Square and the loft housing The work in this space is being done by . consideration of exceptions for stair money that could be used to create a boom in Denver and who developed a Evergreen Studios, New York decora- enclosures in historically significant good public transit system. And both downtown hotel in an historic building, tors, at a cost of $150,000. interiors; hurt development-and therefore job served as our consultant; Landmarks . possibilities-at Station Square. Design Associates was architect, and testing of volume of water supply in Talks among the officials continue. Theodore Merrick, economic analyst. nearby fire hydrants to see if the water supply and pressure are adequate; . establishment of policies regarding fire escapes rather than other means of egress. Glen Auburn -(j Natchez, Míssissippi Several case studies will be under- taken to determine in detail the problems that can arise, and the possible solutions. The work is being done by Pfaffman & Associates, which can be reached at (1,-412) 471-2470; fax (1.-412) 471.-2472; e-mail rsparch @ aol.com.

Is Anything in Your Neþhborhood Eþible for an Historic Landmark Plaque? Buildings, structures, and districts may be approved for an Historic Landmark Plaque if all of the following conditions The Landmarks Store are met: o they are remarkable pieces of architec- SHELI A' S CO LLECTIBLE S ! Tup SOCIETY FOR ture, construction, or planning, or if Architecturally Accurate they impart a rich sense of history; THE PRESERVATION OF r Historic House and Building Miniatures alterations, additions, or deterioration have not substantially lessened their Shelía's houses and a.ccessories are handmade and feature value in the above respects; hand-paínted replicas of buíIdíngs from all oaer the o they are at least fifty years old; o United States. The Landmarks Store is a new retailer for DU0UEEilt ffiClillt they are within Allegheny County. Shelia's Collectibles, and limíted quantities are aaailable. If you own a building or know of a building that fulfills these criteria, then Sign up our Shelia's maíling list. Dedicated to the preservation of for consider nominating it for an Historic that which cannot be replaced The Shops at Station Square Landmark Plaque. Call Cathy Broucek 412-765-L042 for details at (1.-41.2) 471-5808. For a membership Help us bring public recognition Hours: Daily 10 a.m. - 9 Sun. Noon - 5 p.*. / p.*. Dlease Dhone 381-1665 to architectural landrnarks in TI Allegheny County. PHLF News March 1998 Page 9

Establish a Named Fund at Landmarks

. HeIp restore an hßtoric house in øn inncr-city neþhborhood. t Undcrwríte a ncþhborhood ualking tour and. møpping exercise for Pittsburgh Publit School studÊnts. Davis Farmhouse in o Brentwood Support the lamcs D. Van Trump Library øt Landma.rlts. The Borough Council of Brentwood has determined on a compromise measure Th"r" are just øfew of thc regarding the Davis properfy at 3423 projects that you can h.elp us I Brownsville Road. The properry will be sold to the Volunteer Fire Department accomplßh by establkhing ø as it had long wished, but the Council Namcd Fund at Land,ma.rks and. The Strip Lofts,2901 Smalhnan Street. will retain the right to the 1880-period supporting our u¡ork. house, and we hope that the house will A Named Fund is an unre- be moved to a new However, The Strip Lofts Firehouse into Studio site. strbted contributian to the Brentwood is the loser. This house, Pittsburgh Hístory & Land¡nørks The December 1997 issue of PHLF December 1,997 brought the news that a in the residential area, enhances the F oundatío n e ndow mn nt d., Ne¿¿s told of an advance look at the rather strange firehouse in Lawrenceville neighborhood; standing on an excellent fun and is managed according Bedford School's re-crearion as rhe had entered a new life as the studio of hilltop site with extensive grounds, ir to Bedford Lofts. Frontier Lofts, Joedda Rieder & !üalsh Photography LTD. distinguishes the borough. It and its Landmark s' then-øp pli.c abl,e Sampson's development compan¡ has Engine Company Number Twenry-five site are irreplaceable; a new fire sration policins. Each Named Fund is since introduced the public to the Strip stands at 3343 Penn Avenue, a work of could be located in one of several other gfuen a namc, u.suølly the nømc of Lofts, at 2901 Smallman Streer. t896 by Villiam Y. Brady that looks sites and function well. the donor unl.ess anoth.er namc is This was built in 1910 as the Ruud almost Mannerist in the things that have stipul.ated. The Named Funds are Instantaneous Hot SØater Heater happened to its Romanesque treatment. imtested, and their prinripal Company and affords five floors of The archway for the fire engines has a bala.nces adjusted ønnuølly to condominium space with seven unirs central pier as a crutch. Its left abutment each, from 1,580 to 2,055 square feet seems to be a turret that halts abruptly reflect gøiræ and Losses in the in area under thirteen-foot ceilings. at the property line. The right abutment marlæt. lncom,e from the N amed The ground floor will be a garage. is a tower shorn vertically so that the F unds supp or t Lan dma,rlt s' Sales have been brisk. The architects right half is missing. Both towers lack programs. Ahhough th.e uhima,te are Edge fuchitects with Allegheny Ciry tops, and the windows of winding stairs resporæibility for d.etermining how Restoration as contractors. For infor- thefunds u;illbe used rests ttsith mation: (1,-41,2) 434-LOFL Landmarlts' B oard of Trustees, Intelligent Workplace Landmarks u¡i.ll discuss thc use of the Named Fund with each donor The Intelligent !üorkplace is an experi- mental office environment inrended to if he or she wßhcs. promote worker performance in every Named Funds ma.y be establishcd possible way, most notably through uüh gifu of monq or securities. optimum convenience and comfort. F or ad.ditianal inform.øtian on In practice this has resulted in a light, establishing ø Named Fund or open metal structure on top of the rear que s tiotæ r eg ar díng y o ur e xisting wing of Margaret Morrison Carnegie Named. Fund., plcase call Arthur Hall at Carnegie Mellon University, Zi.egler, Phipps Hoffstot, or Cathy which one reads as a series of pavilions Bus Liveries on account of its numerous hipped roofs. Broucek at (1-412) 471-5808- Recent weeks have seen buses with step up to their cornices, and that is One is apprehensive imagining a unfamiliar liveries-paint jobs-picking simply that. There are two decorative Hornbostel building carrying a conspic- up Port Authority passengers. It turrets, or the bottoms of them, that uous new conStruction on its back, but develops that these are, in fact, Port terminate like everything else in an the effect is in fact not bad. Hornbostel's Authority buses, trying out several unmodified level roofline. Richardson Margaret Morrison scheme was only LeNDMARKS in-house-developed designs.'$üe are Romanesque is not usually considered about half executed, and his range of 'Welcomes relieved to find that none has been the stuff for executing pranks, nor are paired columns had a sort of disappoint- adopted. There are free-form pastel- firehouses, but one is tempted to ing phlegmatism, intended as rhey were on-white designs that look like nothing speculate. to function as a link between ñvo ornâ- from a distance and that, close-up, In any case, a local search to match mented pavilions rarher than as a center THE, Er-rwooD GRoup, INc., would be all right for the courtesy bus the building and a suitable occupant, in of attention. A fretted crown is some of a resort hotel but are preffy swish progress since 1.989, is now happily compensation for the vigorous terminal Mlrrnp'uøs Eouc¡TtoNr¿I- ¡No for Pittsburgh. To our mind, a ciry bus concluded. fearure once intended but never executed. CHaRrmnLr Tnusr, livery should be recognizable at a great distance, bold in its geometry and its and color contrasts so that one is ready for it by the time it arrives. A further refine- Myr-nN La¡oReroRrEs, INc. ment would be signs that do not fog into illegibility in humid weather; the Award of Merit Nominations as Corporate Member Benefactors Port Authority might spend its ingenu- of the Pinsburgh History & Call \Talter Kidney at (I-41,2) 471-5808 ity on this problem, meanwhile taking Landmarks Foundation. if you would like to nominate an indi- care to display its cardboard signs in the vidual or organization for consideration bottoms of the windshields to make by Landmarks' 1,998 Award of Merit assurance doubly sure. Landmarks appreciates tlte commitrnent Comminee. Each year, Landmarks of The Elluood Group, Inc., Mattbeuts recognizes individuals and organizations Educational and CalI Us who have made outstanding contribu- Charitable Trust, and Mylan Laboratories, Inc. in helping us Our staff wants to hear from you tions to the preservation of Pittsburgh's create a Pittsburgh if you see or know of any historic historic architecture and increased future for by preseruing its past. buildings that are threatened with public knowledge of our heritage. demolition or that have recently been The Award of Merit Committee will demolished. We need your help in meet in June, so call us soon. Sutdents ín Landmarks' Archítectural covering the county. Please call Apprenticeship toured the Intehþent Walter Kidney ( f -4f 2/47 f -5808) Workplace d.uring their aisit to Carnegi.e and report what you know. Mellon Unhsersity on January 24, t

Membership Contributions and New Members Corporate 'We \We thank the following people, businesses, and organizations for joining in 1997. greatly appreciate your membership support and hope that you renew your membership this year and continue to enjoy the Members 'We education programs and preservation services we offer to you. thank the following corpo- rations and organizations for Diane Alder Elvira and Harry Finnigan llillis McCook Miller their membership support in Madalon Amenta H. Ruth Flamberg Mercedes Monjian Arnheim Insurance Associates, Inc. Susan Fletcher Morningside Elementary School 1.997: Dorothy and Glenn Baggley Agnes rùØeber Floyd and family Bambi Morton Baker Mellon Stuart Construction, Inc. Faith Gallo Jerry A. Moye and family Benefactors David Baker Floyd R. Ganassi Bobbi and Peter Murphy Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Barbush Margaret Gardom Pamela Murphy Ellwood Group, Inc. and family Klaus Giese Christine A. Nettrour Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Mary Bates Donna Gorman and family Peter Niederberger The Galbreath Company Mr. & Mrs. Allan !L Beatry Gladstone Middle School Carol and Ralph Nill Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield John ìü. Becker Marion Grafe Brian A. Nogrady Insurance Restoration Services Melicent Bielich Kathleen Harris Mr. & Mrs. Howard Nolder Matthews International Association Michael J. Bigley Georgia V. Harrison North Allegheny School District Mylan Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Ec Mrs. John Howe Billings Donna Hartman Becky O'Connor and family National City Bank of Pennsylvania and family Veronica Hastings and Todd Hess Lucille J. O'Reilly Oxford Development Company Miriam G. Bode Russell C. Heeschen and Elliott Oshry Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. Barba¡a Bonnett and family Kathleen R. Dobbin Karl Owens PNC Bank, N.A. Peter C. Bower Michael C. Heinzen David A. Page Victoria Hall Edward Brandt Maxine and Leo Henigin Martha J. Pasula Keystone State Savings Bank Jay Judson Brooks Ralph Hofmann Perkins Eastman Architects, PC Linda J. Brown Laura Horton Terese Piccoli Patrons Marilyn Brusche Van Hughes Pine Richland School District Alpern, Rosenthal & Company Dr. & Mrs. George F. Buerger, Jr. Mr. 8¿ Mrs. Villiam C. Hurtt Pytlik Design Associates Beckwith Machinery Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Burdine and family Janet and family Mr. & Mrs. P. Ranson Calgon Corporation '!üallaceJ. Jai John Sherry and Arnola Burton Jones Edward Rhoads and Patricia Stranahan Dollar Bank Beth Cameron Betsy and David Kain and family Violeta Rodriguez Molly's Trolleys Sam Cammarata Joanne Kartsonas Merry Lee Rogalski Denise Capurso Robert and Eleanor Katchur Rogers Elementary School Panners Harriette L. Carlisle Leo J. and Marie M. Kazmierczak llilma M. Rybar Allegheny Valley Bank of Pittsburgh Carol Carlson John T. Keegan St. Bernadette School Allied Securiry, Inc. Madonna Carr John !L Kelly St. Bernard School Parent Teacher Guild Armstrong Developers & Associates Ross Carr and Adam Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Allan Kennedy Janet L. Sargert, Esq. Baker Mellon Stuart Construction, Inc. Lisa Castelli Keystone State Savings Bank Lisa Schlessman Bell Atlantic Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cavalier Mr. & Mrs. Bill King Mildred F, Schmertz Bognar and Company Meg Cheever and family Robert Kinsey Marjorie L. Schmidt Bruce Plastics, Inc. Dave and Sally Clark and family Mr. & Mrs. George E. Klingelhofer Mark G. & Cynthia rùØ. Schoeppner Burrell Group, Inc. Dr. Richard L. Cohen Barbara Koszka Rowan School California Universiry of Pennsylvania Stanley Cohen Paul Kovach Gayle and Michael Schurko Chatham Village Homes, Inc. Anna Connor James S. Kovacsik Allegra Sedney Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Counry of Allegheny Office of Florie Krell Mary Ann Seinar Dick Enterprises, Inc. Special Events Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Krokosky Gary F. Shaffer Duquesne Light Company Basil Cox and family Marnie S. Sheehan Fayette Bank Susan Cramer Jennifer Kukawa Thomas Simmons and family Ferry Electric Company Corinne A. Crocco Roy and Rusty Kurtzrock rVr. & Mrs. Alfred Smith The Gateway Engineers Joan P. Dailey Michael F. Lacy George V. Smith Graham Realry Company rù(/illiam George D'Angelo E. Lafranchi Gloria Smith Great American Federal Savings & Loan Lois A. and Donald F. Davies Lizabeth Lanford Eni Sonmez-Alpan Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Patricia Davisson Marianne Lesonick South Park Historical Sociery Commerce Yolanda Day Lois Liberman Alexander C. Speyer III The Gustine Compan¡ Inc. Norma Devall Stephanie S. Lind Bob Staresinic Frank P. Hess & Compan¡ Inc. Gary L. Ditch and family Mark Lofstead and Merri Klein Steel Industry Heritage Corporation Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company Charles Dudas Margaret K. Long Caroline Steiner and family Horry Springer & Mattern, P.C. Sarah Duffu Stanley C. Lore and family Mr. & Mrs. John Stephen Johnson & Higgins of Pennsylvania, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Duke Margaret M. Lubawy BillStickle Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Lynn S. Dunbar Laura Magee Judy Stipanovich Landmarks Design Associates James A. Eckstein Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Malmberg Stephen Strein MBVMcGaughey Buses, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jared I. Edwards and family Randy Strothman MPS Corporation Trisha Elk Villiam and Sue Ann Marszalek Chris Stroyne and family Mellon Bank John K. Ellis Sara Masters Richard P. Suess Neville Chemical Company Timothy C. Engleman Lynda Matifevich and family Richard J. F. Sullivan Pittsburgh Hilton & Towers Frank Fairbanks Al and Patricia Mature and family Anne J. Swager and ìüilliam L. llilson II Port Authority of Allegheny Counry Dr. Richard and Marian Finegold Mr. Ec Mrs. Philip Maye Tempus Creative Services Rossin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. Dennis McClelland Kenneth S. Thompson, M.D. Sargent Electric Company Mark and Kim McCoy-O'Donnell Terence M. Tierney Sesame Inn Restaurants and family Christine M. Torie Tempus Creative Services M¡. & Mrs. C. Hax McCullough, Jr. Cheryl R. Towers TRACO'!íindows Kate McDonald Judy A. Traveny A. J. Vater & Company Kate Meeder The Universiry Honors College \Westin llilliam Penn Hotel Bobbie P. Mikita, AICP Paul J. Urbani and family Joyce A. Milan Rose and Roben Wagner Associates Katherine L. Miller Mrs. Russell G. Wichmann Delta International Machinery Tim Miller líanda E. tù(/ilson Pytlik Design Associates Stephanie lüishney Christine !íovchko Mr. & Mrs. Philip L. Wyche, Jr. John T. and Kerin N. Yates tMrfu4 Elsie Yuratovich -rØu*-

C etlor tlo enue, D e ut sc h t o w rt. Donations H"lp Landmarks F Mrjor Aceomplishments

Nearly three thousand o Reprint a timeline of key peoplc, busin esses, and events in local African- c ommunity o r g øniz øtia n s American history and create contributed the to the "Portable Pittsburgh Píttsburgh History & futifact Kit"; Løndmarks F oundation in 1997. Through donations o Co-sponsor a symposium ønd membership honoring the legacy of contributions, they helped architectural historian James make it possibl,efor D. Van Trump; Landtnørks to: o Host Landmarks' second . Award close to $30,000 in annual Old House Fair at grants and technical assistance Victoria Hall in Bloomfield; to n¡¡elve historic religious properties in Allegheny County;

Drøusittg a house øt thc Old House Føir.

o Recognize the achievements of Aline Grellcr, trustee, ønd, Housard B. historic properry owners and Sla.ughter, Jr. of Landmørks present community organizations in a grant certifi.cate to Father þnn Allegheny County by awarding Edua.rds (middb) of the Church of six Historic Landmark Plaques the Good Shepherd. ín Høzeluood. and nineteen Awards of Merit;

. Extend close to $660,000 in o Report on preservation news loans to six community Black Street in Gørftcld.. throughout the county in organizations so building PHLF News and arriculate improvements could our views be . Complete a reuse study for . Establish a department on Pittsburgh-area made in historic Pittsburgh conservation underutilized buildings in for Historic Landscape and developmenq neighborhoods; downtown Pittsburgh; Preservation and successfully o Meet with historic preserva- engage in discussions to keep o Assist several minority entre- . tion leaders and urban plan- Work with building o\Mners Bigelow Boulevard open to preneurs in their efforts to and ners throughout the United community groups to traffic between Fifth and strengthen their businesses in States, Europe, and the Orient explore strategies for saving Forbes Avenue; historic buildings or neighbor- endangered historic buildings, to help strengthen urban and hoods through the "'Working including the Shouse house in neighborhood revitalization In Neighborhoods" initiative; Glenwillard, the Lowen house efforts worldwide; in Beechview, and the Villiam o Continue to Dickson Boyce house in Plum manage a finan- Borough; cially sound and healthy non-profit membership o Pay for necessary structural organization for the benefit improvements at the Neville of the Pittsburgh region. House in Collier Township, an historic house museum . Publish Pittsburgh's owned by Landmarks; Landmark Architecture : Th e . Advocate changes that Historic Buildings of strengthened Pittsburgh's Pinsburgb and Allegheny Historic Preservation County; Ordinance; . Teach more than 11,000 . Support Deutschtown's people about Pittsburghb designation as a Ciry Historic history and architecture District; through membership events and educational programs;

Porch repairs øt the Neailb House. ll lts Mission in L997 Major Donors Contributions \We thank the following people, businesses, and foundations for and Memorial generously contributing to the Pittsburgh History 6c Landmarks Foundation in'J.997: Gifts

ARMCO, Inc. Katherine Mabis McKenna The Pittsburgh History Ec Counry of Allegheny Foundation, Inc. Landmarks Foundation thanks Allegheny Conference on Communiry Mellon Bank, N.A. the Development Philip F. Muck following people for special American Bridge, Inc. National City Bank of Pennsylvania year-end gifts: Bell Atlantic Cons¡ance O'Neil Mr. Mrs. & G. \lilliam Bissell PNC Bank, N.A. Shawn Alder, for his gift in honor of H. M. Bitner Charitable Trust PNC Bank Foundation Diane Alder; Brand Foundation PPG Industries Foundation , Janet M. and David Brashear Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Pearson Joan Amore, foi her gift in honor of Alfred Pope Brooks Pennsylvania Historical and Norma Devall; Carl'SØood Brown Museum Commission The H. M. Bitner Charitable Trusr, for Buchanan Ingersoll City of Pittsburgh publications produced by Landmarks; The Buhl Foundation Pittsburgh Associates Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Mi. & Mrs. James Campbell, for their gifr The Anne L. & George H. Clapp Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. in honor of Randall Campbell; Charitable Trust Port of Pittsburgh Commonwealrh Mary E. Cole RSMIS Foundation Elisa Cavalier, for her gift in honor of M¡. & Mrs. E. Cavalier; Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Edward V. Randall, Jr. James Mary DeIüinter Fund rV¡. & Mrs. Daniel M. Rooney Linda Everhart, for her gift in honor of Dollar Bank Estate of Delores M. Smith Mrs. Russell G. Ilichmann; Duquesne Light G. Iùlhitney Snyder Charirable Fund Lowrie C. Ebbert Mr. & Mrs. G. ìThirney Snyder Henry P. Hoffstot, Jr., for his gift in Dick and Mary Jane Edwards Furman South III memory of Barbara Drew Hoffstot; Fannie Mae Foundation South Side Local Development Company Bernard Kent Markwell, for his gift in Francis T. Ford Frank L. Stanley honor of Rose and Robert lùlagner; The Galbreath Company Jane A. Tiegel Graham Realty Company USX Foundation Martha Martinez, for her gifr in Carolyn C. Gross Urban Redevelopment Authority honor of Patricia Davisson; Eden Hall Foundation Albert C. Van Dusen Eisler Nurseries The \lalden Trust Mrs. Regis D. Murrin, for her gifr in honor of her husband; Environmental Planning & Design The Raymond John \fean Foundation Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Haney L. & Florence Zeve Philanthropic Mrs. L. M. O'Neil, for her gift in Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Fund of the United Jewish Federation honor of Robert M. Dunkerly; Visitors Bureau Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. Sylvan Green Emma Ziegler Fund PNC Bank Foundation, for its Doris F, Harris contribution to support a publication The Hillman Foundation, Inc. on the Neville House; Henry Phipps Hoffstor, Jr. Shirley and Thomas Phillis, for Henry Phipps Hoffstot III J. their gift in honor of Mark Phillis; Thomas O. Hornstein Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ron Roth, for his gift in honor of Horry Springer & Mattern, P.C. Doris Harris; Hosanna House, Inc. Linda Ruhl, her gift M. P. Huessener for in honor of Carl O. Hughes Simon Ruhl; Milton G. Hulme Charitable Foundation Jim Steiner, for his gift in honor of Roy A. Hunt Foundation Caroline Steiner; Landmarks Design Associares Mary McDonough Jane A. Tiegel, for her gift in memory of Roben'SØ. Baur.

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Westmoreland County Volunteer students tour the Mexi.can War Streets: Hours October 1997. Over fifty generous volunteers offered their services throughout 1997, spend- ing many hours of time working on office projects, computer data entr¡ and mailings; conducting tours; presendng "Portable Pittsburgh" and illustrated lectures; and working at the Old House Fair and the Manchester Knoxaill.e students House Tour. This represents an average creote ø photo nclp of fifty-one hours per volunteer which of the neþhborhood computes to a "grant" of more than surrounding the $13,000 to Landmarks. MiddLe School: Thank you, volunteers. IWe would September 1997. not have had such a successful year without you! If any new members are interested in volunteering, please call Mary Lu Denny ar (1.-41.2) 471-5808.

r-*\* ñì'{ I'hotor b. lviili.Ðt Ryilbtg- PIIO'(O.\ Tbtal hpt #38,000 Year-end Gifts to Aid Historie Religious Properties IØe thank the following foundations, organizations, and individuals for responding ro our year-end appeal and contributing over $¡8,000 to Landmarks' Historic Religious Properties fund. fftii ir a maivelous record of support and an increase over last year's record of giving! Constance O'Neil, a üustee of Landmarks, made a very genero'us contribution for the second year in a row, and the Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation, a long-standing supporter of Landmarks, also made a most generous contribution. Thanks to all these gifts, Landmarks will be able to provide assisrance once again for historic religious prop- erties in Allegheny County. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., dìrector of preservation ,.iui..r, is planning an historic^ religious properties seminar this September ãnd a program of finãncial and technical assistance. öetails will be announced in forthcoming issues of. PHLF Neus,òr cãil Howard directly at (1.-41,2) 471-Sg0g.

Madalon Amenta Carl O. Hughes Villiam Spiegel Mrs. Jerome Apt, Jr. Italian Heritage Sociery of America Helen Spirnak Frances McK. Armstrong Virginia Kaufman Mr. & M¡s. Garrert L. Stauffer Margaret R. Anhur Mr. & Mrs. Villiam C. Keck Mildred M. Stevenson Anne M. Barmore Mr. & Mrs. Anhur J. Kerr, Jr. Martin and Louise Sturgess S. Beckwith James Itr David A. Kleer Raymond S. Suckling Ethel E. Belcher Richard L. Linder Robert K. Toward Mr. & Mrs. G.IØilliam Bissell Dorothy K. Lynch Nancy C. Tranter H. M. Binner Charitable Trust Dom Magasano Urban League of Pinsburgh, lnc. Edward N. Blair Richard E. Maine Frances H. !üilson Mr. & Mrs. H. Vaughan Blaxter III Louise R. Malakoff Mary M. Wohleber Louise Marsh Boesel Roben Mann Fannie J. Yount Margaret E. Bowen Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation Elsie M. Yuratovich Elizabeth R. Bradley Mr. & Mrs. J. Sherman Mclaughlin Mr. & Mrs. A.P-Ziegler Alfred Pope Brooks James D. Merritt M¡. & Mrs. R. Zierden Dr. M¡s. Jack & George F. Buerger, Jr. Villiam A. Meyeq Jr. E. Jane Colborn Victoria E. Michaels Mary E. Cole Mary K. Michaely Janet and Frank Coyle Mary Anne and Bill Mistick # Eleanor A. Cunningham Philip F. Muck Mr. & Mrs. John P. Davis, Jr. Katherine L. Nash Mr. & Mrs. James C. Denny John S. Oehrle V¡illiam G. Dixon Constance O'Neil Dr. & Mrs. E. J. Donnelly Itr Jeffrey E. Orman Lowrie C. Ebben Mr. & Mrs. Narhan'Sü'. Pearson Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Edmunds Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. M¡. & Mrs. Paul C. Emery Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Poremski Mr. & Mrs. George !í. Erny M¡. & Mrs. Edward V. Randall, Jr. Francis T. Ford Mr. & Mrs.Iüilliam F. Reed Gertrude C. Gebhardt M¡. 6¿ Mrs. Daniel M. Rooney Thomas J. Gillespie Virginia !ü. Schatz Stephen C. Graffam M¡. & Mrs. A. Reed Schroeder Graham Realry Company Fu¡man South III Alice Pamon Greller Robert L. Spear Carolyn C. Gross Mary T. Hammond Mr. & Mrs. Charles rù(/. Herald Joyce Hochard Norman H. Hochendoner Henry Phipps Hoffstot III Frances M. Holland M. P. Huessener

Religious Buildirgt Provide Social Services

The Philadelphia organization Partners for Sacred places pub- lished a report, "sacred Places at Risk,,, that points out tñe importance of religious congregations as providers of social services. A study of 111 city congregations revealed the following: o nine. out of ten congregations provide at least one community service; o four out of five beneficiaries of such services are from out- side the congregation; . on the average, a congregation provides $140,000 and 5,300 hours of volunteer work per year. Thus, there is more to the presence of a congregation than it9 offgling of facilities for worship, and the spiritùal and ethical benefits derived from this. It is sometimes forgoten I that the congregations providing these benefits have ihe Ì all-too-familiar problems of building mainrenance and repairs.

"Sacred Places at Risk" can be purchased for $10 from Parmers for Sacred Places, 1616 Valnut Street, Suite 2310, Philadelphia, Pa., 19103; telephone (1-215) 546_12gg.

Detai), Church of the Epipharry, the HilI. Photo by Clyde llare PHLF Neus Malch l99B

Forbes Ficld' from the CathedrøI of Leørning, uith ø landscaped Schenley Plaza to the louer Left.

Stadiums to Date Waher C. Kidney

It was probably the parking problem that doomed Stadiums-rrrucures to accommodare organ- Forbes Field at last, as the streets, vacant lots, and ized spectator sports, spectators included-have come even front yards of Oakland tried to soak up the and gone in Pinsburgh, executed in steel, concrete, arriving traffic. A Baldwin Borough fireman, and ectoplasm. Here are a few. Fred Grossman, may----or may not-have been the To many, Forbes Field remains the historic stadium first to see Hollow, usually called Panther of Pimsburgh. Opened in 1909, it was a slightly Junction Hollow, as a mere void to be filled with exploitable unlikely constituent of a Civic Center that included a real estate, and in this case a stadium with parking cathedral, a maior library, two museums, a grand underneath. A. Pinsburgh Press article of October 13, hotel, several clubs, and, incipientl¡ a public audito- 1957 gives a six-level section, very sketch¡ with no rium and two large institutions of higher learning, Pitt Stadíum, still popub.r, still majestic. seating capacity given. with more to come and all within a radius of a few fuound this same time, a postcard was in circula- hundred yards. Trolleys were handy and the auto- tion showing the Smithfield Sreet Bridge replaced mobile was expensive in 1909, and parking was by a deck more than a quarter-mile long and wide not the problem it was to become. Forbes Field was V6*"Þ enough to hold a circular stadium. built for 25,000 and enlarged in capacity later on to But by late 1959 the idea of a new stadium on the about 40,000. North Side, to be planned and executed by a Public Pin Stadium opened in 1,925, a reinforced-concrete Auditorium Authority acting for the County and for skeleton within a massive screen wall of poured the City of Pittsburgh, was the idea most likely to be concrete with vast archways. This monumental exte- realized. Federal money was on the way to determine rior, reigning grandly from a high slope, contrasted the economic practicalþ of such a stadium and study emphatically with Forbes Field, steel and white terra the form it would take. By 1964 a rendering of an cotta, on its plateau. The capacity was 60,000. early design by Deeter 8c Ritchey for the Municipal Stadium had been published; it was to contain 55,000. Putting ø natural uoid, to use: the Grosstnøn i.cleø for Junction Hollow. PHLF News March 1998 Page l3

!íhile the Municipal Stadium was Pr€sented by ¡iADCO Dnginee¡ing Co., Piltsburth 2? under discussion as a feature of the The Proposed North Shore, plans were being completed STADIUM OVER THE MONONGAHELA A Clæs¡c Structur€ tha¿ si¡l blend NitÌ¡ for the very center of the North Side. the Renaissance of Pittsbu¡gh. Gompletely Self -Liquidating A booklet of c.1960 declared, "The No Tax Loss No Land Acquisit¡on ultimate salvation for Allegheny Center ?0,000 Capacity \eith ]IaJority Under Cove¡ 600 Roonl Hoiel wi!h Gourmet Restaurants lies in its comprehensive renewal. . . . 4,500 Âutomobiìe Parking Stâlls inside 100 AiÌ Condi!¡oned Bowlint Alleys To this end. . . . 518 structures l\:orld's Iårgest Covered Boat Dock [s]ome Beautiful Gardens Overlook¡ng River housing 534 families and a large number Truly a Multi.PurÞose' Multi- lnconc Facility of commercial.buildings will be acquired  'First' in the 'world and razed." Consulting Architect: M.de Mailly of Par¡a, Franc€ No urban renewal would be complete Premler Grand Prix de Rome 'ç\:inner without a radicalized road system, and lde¿ O.¡g¡nated by Mr. E¡ic M' Sirko in the late 1950s such a system for the TÑc*d c;pti*-"nr!ã Miñnotta Manufactu¡ing Corp. North Side was under discussion, and indeed in dispute. A slowly smoldering controversy would break out over the Putting a. natura.l ùoí.d. to use: East Street Valley Expres sway-I-279, th.e Na.dco projectfor the as it would be labeled, and 1959 wit- Monongaheln. Ríaer. nessed a row between the City and George S. Richardson, consulting engi- neer for the State. Richardson's idea of a north-south connector would ignore a possible link with the Süest End Bridge, leave the new Fort Duquesne Bridge literally up in the air pending a new ';ñ planning solution, cramp the site of the Municipal Stadium, and most egre- giously of all plow through the \üest Common and the Mexican'Síar Streets on its way to a junction with an east- 't ; west roadway. ':lrre..:. ..

^¿æqq*úr¿ Meanwhile, there was the Civic *-r.' #ii 4 Auditorium, as it was originally called, the focus of a grand proiect that replaced ninety-five acres of the Lower Hill and that opened in 1961,. The archi- ¿ i.-à tects were Mitchell & Ritchey and the !r;'" engineers Ammann 8c IØhitney. It was intended to double as an auditorium for the Civic Light Opera and as a sports .1 arena. The CLO found problems with ''õi- the acoustics, though, and opening the operable roof, intended to allow ¿/ fresco perf.ormances, merely aggravated performance conditions. The CLO left in 1969, and the roof is opened less and less as the years pass. There was some talk of demolition as the Civic fuena An i.deafor Three Riaers Stadium, 1964, by Deeter & Ritchey. approached its fourth decade of exis- tence, but renovation is now planned. It is the home of the Penguins. The Civic Auditorium was not meant ,t t-' ,i: to be alone on the Lower Hill. Behind it h":.r was to be an Arts Center, which would include a 2,300-seat Symphony Hall, :q-,t \ !.- an exposition hall, a restaurant, and a '-.: t.\ .- :_¡J 2,000-car underground parking garage; '-s .-:_þ t in 1964, completion was anticipated for .,1 -'i, ,

1968. Furthermore, residential and ..ìt commercial development was antici- pated for twenry-five acres, the build- ings rising to as much as ñvenfy stories. ln 1962, said a newspaper article, "a ¡ i Pittsburgher is going to walk from his 'le- 'i: \ ?êfß,'. ' air-conditioned living room and see a ¡;- :, :$ l: Ì. sight once reserved for slum dwellers." v. '\"y'::rls' - . The actual Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970, a baseball-football stadium with seating in the round and a fflË .)'ìi capacity ofabout 50,000. Concrete is ^dl '.1- rj' riJ the material most on view here: not '-'ì 'ìl Þ¿ \b -i;=tl wrapped in an arcaded package as at ú"C, r;:+ i,j., Pitt Stadium, but skeletal and untreated. .-.,1,i.' 'Sühether - r ' the stadium can be fitted for :.''!rli . new uses is under discussion. '!;':,:;i.|. ! In 1997, citizens and municipal staff met on the Pinsburgh Downtown Plan project, attempting to rethink and re- equip the Triangle and adjacent areas for its foreseeable future. A constant in - . L-:X-. the changing ideas were separate base- {-t ball and football stadiums on the North I Shore. The campaign of the Regional Renaissance Partnership to use a sales- tax increase to finance these large new

(continued on page 14) The aision of All.egheny Center, c. 1960. Page 14 PHLF News March l99B

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Yes, I would like to order copy(ies) of Clyde Hare's Pinsburgb. Stadiums (continued from page L3) x $49.95 quanrlry total constructions, though presented to the voters as nothing less than Destiny, was less 10% membership voted down in discount November 1997, and varieties of "Plan 8," possibly requiring plus 7%o sales tax for no public money, were proposed in its PA residents place. Private corporations seemed to many to be the only way to go. The plus $2.00 for shipping baseball stadium might have cosr and handling as much as $200 million; the proposed Total due football stadium might have cosr as much again, and a third elemenr, a I Check enclosed, payable to PHLF Convention Center expansion, would and referenced "C. Hare Book." have added perhaps $262 million. One Plan B idea was simply to I Credir card: modify Three Rivers for baseball-only I AmEx I Visa purposes, cutting one side away to afford view I Mastercard ! Discover a toward town. The Steelers would still build anew. Three Rhsers Stadium under construction, lãte lg60s. process Account # And the of discussion and planning continues. One phenomenon to note is the impermanence that besets Expiration p stadiums and sports centers. In city after city, not just here, enormous Signature amounts of money are invested in sradiums and ] Please check one: arenas and field houses, yet they seem to last only twenty-five and thirty years â I phn to pick up my book(s) E before being declared unfit for use. Q from The Landmarks Store ar Three Rivers Stadium is about thirty Station Square. years old and there is talk of demolish- (Please call 765-1042 to be sure the ing it; the Civic Arena, opened in 1961., õ book is there for you ro pick up.) almost was considered for demolition, too. The Pitt Field House will be mail I Pl.or. the book(s) ro: demolished, we have learned. And yet Pitt Stadium has been carrying on since U 1925,well adapted it seems to its pur- Name pose in a timeless way. The rules of the games do not change, and the answer to the early obsolescence that stadiums Address face must be found outside the playing field: the decay of the strucrure, the A aßion for the North Shore, from the Pittsburgh Dou¡ntousn Plan project of 1997 . City zip demand for more seating, or rhe call for more luxuries for those who can pay. !Øhy are these stadiums so expendable? Phone

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Richard Moe and Carter'Wilkie, Donald Milleq The Architech,re of PITTSBURGH'S C h anging P lac e s : Reb uil"ding BennoJanssen. Comtnunity in the Age of Sprautl. Pittsburgh: Privately published by the New York: Henry Holt and Compan¡ author, 7997.xli+177 pp.,65 color and LANDMARK 1997.xä + 288 pp.,20 phoros. $25. 65 sepia illustrations; new photography by Edward Massery. $49.95 cloth, ARCHITECTURE This is a history-plus-nationwide $39.95 paper. suvey of real-estate development in the THE HISTORTC BUILDINGS Little by little, Pinsburgh architectural last half-century from a preservationist OF PITTSBURGH offices with a claim to a permanent, AND viewpoint, stressing the prodigal waste organized record of their accomplish- ALLEGHENY COUNTY of handsome old architecture and valu- ments are receiving recognition: able rural land that conventional eco- Walter C. Kidney Longfellow, Alden Harlow; Frederick nomic wisdom of the time has brought & Scheibler; and now Benno Janssen about, and citing preservation successes Book description: (187 4-79 6 4). Despite competition from in a multitude of cities, Pittsburgh Ingham Ec Boyd, Brandon Smith, . 736-page casebound included. or book; Louis Stevens, Benno once \ryas 9" x 11." The principal author is the president Janssen the pre-eminent society and institutional of the National Trust for Historic o Historical essay; guide to 645 architect around here. One was likely to Preservation, Richard Moe, and it is significant sites; maps; turn to Abbott and later to natural that his attitude is conservative, Janssen & bibliography; index & Cocken for that Old Vorld or at least conservationist, preferring to Janssen o Approximately 68 color house, that club building, that mercan- Lulee Su ønle : N eþhborhoods- Street keep city and country much as they are photographs; 200 duo-tones; tile palace. Only Henry Hornbostel for cultural as well as economic reasons. Scene,1930s. 1,300 b/w photos could defeat them in the competition Unchecked development encourages for institutional jobs. sprawl, bastard realms of formless P ittsburgh Reue ølc d : P h oto graþ b s can be thought of as the right structures and layouts that waste land, Janssen Since 7850. Introduction by ORDER FORM man at the right time. Pittsburghers had demand new infrastrucfirre, and promote Beatty. been entrusting their mansions and their Jan $60.00 less membership discount through indifference a sense of being Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of. Art, 1997. public buildings to Alden & Harlow or nowhere. 210 pp.,113 illustrations, historical essays Yes, I would like to order _ The story begins with an accounr in and biographies. $39.95 paper. copy(ies) of Pittsbargh's Landmarþ. detail of the 'Fou¡th Batde of Manassas," A game you get to play in a place like Architecture. the complicated struggle that arose over Chønghg Pla.ces, Landmarks is that of looking at old the \Valt Disney Company's proposal to photographs and, from what is there x $60.00 build a resort in unspoiled Virginia The Archítecture of and what is not, homing in on a year. quânnty Benno Janæsen, countryside, acquiring 3,000 acres for The book under discussion has a cover less 10% membership the purpose. The story then goes back a xà Pittsburgh RøeøIcd photo that shows our building, the discount century, to the chaotic industrial city P&LE Station, complete (1907 or after) are available at pl:usTo/o sales tax for and the successive advents of the City and the Smithfield Street Bridge with its The l¿ndmarks Store PA residents Beautiful; the Garden Suburb; the portals as modified in 1891 (before on the balcony level of plus Corbusian Radiant City that isolated the 1911). In town we see the dome of the $7.00 for shipping inhabitant within grids of high-speed The Shops at Station Sçare. Keenan Building (1907 or 1908) but no and handling traffic; the Iírightian Broadacre City Memberc receive al07o the (begun sign of Oliver Building 1908). Total due that made being in traffic a part of the discount on all purchases. The cover photo therefore dates from human condition; the Regional Plan the end Caü (r-4I2) 765-tO42 of1907 or the starr of 1908. I tuty check, payable to PHLF that attempted rational use of large This book gives the reader to order by phone. other and referenced to the "PLA geographical areas; and the Federal chances to play the dating game, and in Bookr" is enclosed. Housing Administration of 1934 that addition portrays the people of the area, encouraged sprawl by its regulations. the neighborhoods they have lived in, I Please charge this to my Frederick Osterling, whose products The story continues after'World War II, the ways in which they have made their credit card: tended to be ornate and heavy, but even with more and more sprawl. livings, and of course the awesomeness in this grave city people were ready for n AmEx n Vsa There are chapters on the vicissitudes of industry and the accompanying self- architectural compositions that were of Memphis, New Orleans, and Pittsburgh defilement of the city. The tone tends to n Mastercard n Discover fresh, better-integrated, and more subtle (a happy story regarding Landmarks' be grimly utilitarian, and one can argue by the time & Abbott was work). The small-town Main Street and Janssen that the City Beautiful element of formed in1907. Those swanky its chances for revival, with case histories, Pittsburgh, exemplified by the Carnegie Oakland neighbors-the Pinsburgh Account # has a chapter to itself. There is a chapter Institute itself, is neglected. Yet dressed- Athletic Association and the Masonic on Reinventing Downtown, creating up infants and a dressed-up Andrew Temple-were smooth and Classical reâsons for people to come downtown Carnegie hint at a bourgeoisie immune Expiration indeed, but where was to be again, with Denver, Minneapolis-St. Janssen to local soot (Cârnegie, as it happened, outstanding was in choosing the Paul, and Portland, Oregon as principal iust lived in New York). And there is a right textures and ranges of shade in examples. hint oftranscendence in the 1904 facings of brick or rubble; in playing off Signature The book concludes briefly with the picture of the Home Library Group of big and seemingly simple chimneys possibilities for "preservation in the age Compromise Alle¡ Hazelwood-eight Please check one: against roof surfaces of chipped, ill- of sprawl." It begins with statements slightly dressed-up boys holding books, matched slates and flags that seemed f I pbn to pick up my book(s) that assert a broader role for "historic" posed against littered ground, shanties, about to yield to the assault of centuries; from The Landmarks Store at preservation that goes beyond traditional and a mighty colonnade of sulfur- in placing a burst ofcarving in a huge Station Square. (Please call antiquarian/aesthetic values: "Preserva- fuming coke-oven chimneys. passage of masonry otherwise unde- 765-1042 to be sure the book is tion is the business of saving special This is a rich book, in sum, basically tailed; in planting a decorative caprice there for you to pick up.) places and the quality of life they but not wholly on account of the of Yellin ironwork on the surface of a support. It has to do with more than photographs. The introductory essay door. A composition looked E Pl."r" mail the book(s) to: bricks. . . . It has to do with the way Janssen "My Pittsburgh" is one person's experi- crisply geometrical up to a point, but individuals, families, and communities ence, and quotations throughout the this was the summary of something apt come together in good environments." photo section add other perspectives. to be incessantly varied. And, "Preservation is not just about At the end are three sections that enrich Name You can look back on these con- buildings. It's about what buildings the knowledge of the specialist: a history trivances ofthe Eclectic period, of mean to people." Older, more concen- of photography in Pittsburgh, a chronol- course, and be peevish. Such artifice of trated communities, if restored or at ogy of photographs in Pittsburgh, and Address surface treatment, such oversize chim- least preserved, are likely to have biographies of photographers who have neys and oversteep roofs, such imitation amenity and coherence that new worked here. of details for this or that other place or Ciry zip developments lack. There are forceful If you care about Pittsburgh's past, time, seem madly disdainful of realiry economic arguments for preservation, you are going to want this book. about as plausible in modern construc- arguments that also advocate the tion as Gregorian jazz would be in Phone containment of sprawl, and the real- music. The willing suspension of dis- estate market must heed these. Yet in the you belief is needed: but fantasy Thank for your order. long run, preservation is more than a Janssenian is among the best, at least. workable element of the economy; it is This is a welcome book, and those also an element of our continued self- who care about the architecture of the awareness as inhabitants of a place and Pittsburgh area will enjoy reading this a time. handsomely illustrated volume. Page l6 PHLF Neus March 1998

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Regulations of the Commonwealth's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) call for covering and sealing all open sources of purified drinking water. The impact of this regulation is easily seen in the photo- Hþhlønd Park reseruoir u:ith its open surfoce of aibrant u)ate\ a mirror to Pittsburgh's mutabl.e sky and a major tonic for our graph of the historic reservoir in Herron urba.n liues. Hill. This same fate may overtake the much grander reservoir in Highland Park. The plastic membrane covering, \ 0 deemed unreliable by man¡ will erase 0r\ \ forever the broad, invigorating surface of the water enjoyed by the thousands ,Sdk*.-"'\-.,S i,= of walkers who have found the periph- |¡;n- -.-{L eral trail around the reservoir to be an +: ideal recreational site. The minimum estimated cost of this covering is in the neighborhood of $L2,000,000, but given the history of such public works projects, the final price will almost certainly be much higher. The ideal solution, for which at least the technology exists, is the creation of vast concrete tanks in the present reser- voir; these ceiled by would be over rein- Herron Híll reseruoir mummifi.ed ben¿øth íts cooer of yellow plasti.c and. plnced off limits by chain linle fences ønd barbed. uire. forced concrete slabs that would allow a shallow layer of water to float on their tops, thus preserving the appearance of the reservoir as it has been known partial covering of the reservoir; both and conical roofs. Should such tanks almost certainly prove to be too expen- since its creation in 1879. This solution are unacceptable as destructive to the be installed, the reservoir would be sive for the ciry's meager resources. woulci be costly: $30,000,000 or more. historic (and scenic) integrity of the site. redundant and could be converted to a Would that the administration had the However, it would entirely satisfy the Also being studied are twin water tow- body of natural water, complete with initiative to approach one or another of goals of preservation, and Cincinnati ers, intended to be built at grade at the muddy bottom and marshy plants, that our great, environmentally oriented has done this with one of its older reser- reservoir's edge. One scheme calls for would probably in two year's time be as foundations to seek support. Unless a voirs with great success. The loss of tanks having a diameter of 300 feet much a mess as Panther Hollow Lake. miracle of changed thinking and reas- Highland reservoir removes much of the with an elevation of thirty feet, while a Of course, all of these options are signed moneys occurs, there is every historical integrity of all of Highland second idea suggests towers sixry feet in entirely inappropriate for the historic reason to fear that by September the fate Park and would jeopardize any further diameter and 200 feet high, the height reservoir. A representative of the DEP of Highland Park reservoir will be, sealed efforts to restore its remaining historic of the Benedum Trees Building on has said that we and the ciry are some (literally), and it will join the !íabash portions, such as the grand entrance plaza. Fourth Avenue. There has been some four or five years too late to apply for Terminal and the Nixon Theater as lost Currently the city is pursuing five speculation that these towers might be an exemption or variance, and, sadl¡ monuments of Pittsburgh's erstwhile options. These include both total and "disguised" with a false stone veneer the fifth option, submerged tanks, will greatness.

The Landscape History Collaborative: A Personal Account Barry Hannegan

Over lunch some time last fall, Behula full-time ally in our efforts to make and the meeting of two hours was given that a better knowledge of our region's Shah and I were complaining about the more noise about the local historic land- over to introductions and discussion of past accomplishments in landscape lack of a means of sharing information scape and its preservation. Although how the group could be organized and design would be an important incentive and general enthusiasm about landscape parenthetical to this note, I should what its agenda should be. It was gener- for both restoration and future planning. design and its history in Pittsburgh. record that not long after that lunch, ally agreed that the group should repre- The second meeting of the group took \le both knew that there was at least a Behula found the perfect stage for her sent interests in the history of landscape place at the Hunt Institute for Botanical small constituency for such information, interests and skills at Chatham College architecture, gardening, ornamental Documentation where the librarian, but we both felt that we, and everyone where she has assumed the directorship horticulture, urban planning, and land Charlotte Tancin, had volunteered to else who might share our interest, were of the landscape certificate program, in use. Meetings would be held some four speak about the librar¡ its histor¡ and out of touch. Certainly I had been com- which she has already made significant or five times between September and its holdings. Charloae produced a plaining since my return to Pittsburgh improvements. May and would be organized around splendid mini-exhibition of items from better than four years ago about the By the conclusion of our lunch, we the presentation of a paper by either a the collections so that we could actually absence of any forum for discussion or had resolved to try to form a group that member of the group or by a visiting handle some of the material she had effort in the landscape design commu- would provide us with the intellectual authority. Topics for these talks should talked about. At this meeting, it was nity that would allow a sharing of companionship that we had both not be limited to local or regional agreed that the group should adopt as concerns and expertise. enjoyed and profited from in Boston. matters but should range as widely as its name the Landscape History Behula and I had met some seven Through the grapevine and the telephone, possible from both cultural and geo- Collaborative. years ago at a meeting of the New we contacted a number of people who graphical points of view. There would A third meeting was held on England Garden History Sociery and we thought might have some interest in be no bylaws, no dues, and no officers; February 4 at Chatham College. had kept in touch, thanks to her residence our plan. IreneJacob, creator ofthe the goal was a minimum of structure. Behula described the new curriculum here in Pittsburgh and my frequent trips Biblical Garden at Rodef Shalom, found The unexpected feature of the evening of the landscape certificate program back to Boston where she was taking a space at the temple for a meeting, and was the concern and involvement of many and I spoke on the Mellon family's double program in landscape design and Susan Banks ran a notice of it in her of those present with current issues of historical role in landscape architecture. landscape history in the Radcliffe Saturday gardening column of the planning and design. \Øhile the intention Menrbers of the Pittsburgh program. she P ost-G øzette. In October of the group is to remain historical, Seminars By last fall, had Pinsburgb History & Landmarks For¡ndation finished this quite onerous effort, of 1997,we headed to Rodef Shalom for a avoiding any possible duplication of the are welcome to attend meetings of which not the least factor was the seven o'clock evening meeting, full of missions of other organizations, it was the Landscape History Collaborative. weekly commute between Pittsburgh curiosity to see who, and how man¡ encouraging to learn that there is not Please call me for details at and Boston. Free now of academic might attend. As it turned out, there only such a lively preoccupation with (r4r2\ 47r-sB0B. obligations, Behula was available as a were some twenry-five people on hand, current issues but that it is widely felt PHLF Neus March 1998 Page 17

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A Lesson in MunicipalLandscaping Hßtori,c House and Lan dscape P re sera øtinn: Barry Hannegan A Symposium judge To from the date of this illustra- Within this compound border, along and the plant masses had to be kept to Wednesda¡ April 22 tion, 1910 would have been a good year the sides and at the base of the fan are their preordained heights and shapes. 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in which to appreciate the constant palmettes and spiral patterns, again This was done by tedious picking and Camegie Museum of Art Theater increase in amenities in Pittsburgh when formed of contrastingly colored foliage pinching by hand; it would not do to go Oakland it was truly a boom city. This view was of another uncertain plant which, to in with shears clacking away as if this taken from the roof of the lost judge by its texture, could have been were merely a privet hedge. Each stem Co-spotæoredby the Romanesque Revival entry pavilion of Alternanthera, now obsolete if not would be reduced, by finger nails or a Pittsburgh History & Landmarks For¡ndation Phipps Conservatory in Schenley Park. extinct, but a mainstay of Victorian small knife to a desired point between and the Carnegie Mrrseum of Art's It is perhaps worth remembering that carpet in bedding. The three larger beds, the leaves. Leaves were never cut Heinz Architectr¡ral Center 19L0 there was another, the original, one round and rwo shaped rather like a through or into. The cut edge might Phipps Conservatory still standing and double axe head along the perimeter of discolor and the prevailing texture of Speakersr active in the West Common of the the fan, have matching borders, but are the plants would be altered and o Susan Borchardt, Deputy Director of North Side; in 1910, too, Pittsburgh filled with mercifully recognizable impaired as a design element. Through- Collections and Education, Gunston Hall Plantation was still spelling itself without rhe "h." pelargoniums, geraniums to us. At the out the growing season, the flower beds . This photograph was chosen for illustra- far, inner edge of the palmette/spiral would have been manicured every Edrvaltl A. Chappell, Director of the Depatment of Architectural Research, tion here for its tremendous charm, beds, there is a different bordering couple weeks. This all says somerhing Colonial Williamsburg but, above all, because it records an material that suggests, again by its (in a long-dead language) about the . Roger G. Couflena¡ Principal, absolutely splendid example of carpet texture, English ivy, although this was skills and availability of labor some EDAW Inc., l^andscape Architects bedding, the elaborate and quite unnar- not a staple material for these displays. eighty-eight years ago. . Rudy Favretti, Professor Emeritus of ural disposition of plants shown here in The large outer beds are separated from Our photograph is of some interest [.andscape Architecture, University the approximately fan-shaped configu- the rest of the design by turf ribbons, an beyond these examples of municipal of Connecticut rations at the intersection of the walks. arrangement probably derived, perhaps horticulture. The Ginkgo trees along . Camille Wells, Assistant Professor, Yes, those complex patterns are not consciousl¡ from the seventeenth Schenley Drive already had been three Department of Architectural History formed entirely of plants. The hinge century's parterre á I'anglaise, in which or four years in the ground, and have University of Virginia corner of the fan is anchored by a small convoluted designs of variously shaped begun to make a significant showing S up p ort e d b y c ontributíans fr om : agave, and the beds themselves are beds were threaded through by bands although here they look for all the American Socicty of Landscape edged with a double row of Echeveria- of clipped lawn. world like model trees made of feathers, Architects; Eisler Nurseries; hens-and-chicks-meticulously set out fit f.or a miniature village under a Environmental Planning & Design; on a steeply sloping bank, a practice, And ho- many plants do you sup- Victorian Christmas tree. Above the Galden Club ofAllegheny Cor¡nty; this mounding of a flower bed, dear to pose went into each of these ornamental meadowy slope of Flagstaff Hill, the GWSM, Inc.; and Landmarks Design Victorian taste for the enhanced effect of features, destined to last only the frost- new buildings of the Carnegie Technical Associates, Architects. the display. Those crisply formed edges! free summer months? 4,000? 6,000? Schools are just rising, although the Registration fee: Sl5 for members think how vulnerable they were ro However many, they were carefully ebullience Just of Machinery Hall and the S25 for non-membem an errant child, a marauding dog, or raised during the winter, probably the grandeur in of the Fine Arts Building are An additional fee ofS20 per person rvill be simply a heavy rain. It clearly didn't Conservatory's propagating houses, and still to come. And those chimneys and charged to those people rvishing to attend a matter. Inside the rows of Echeveria is a then laboriously set out. And after that roof lines on the horizon? Are those lu¡rcheon rvith the speakers at The Pittsburgh Golf Club. Luncheon ropeJike border of a darker foliaged, they were not ignored, even if no major houses on Morewood Heights, or are reseruations ¡nusl l¡e made in advance. unidentifiable plant that might possibly accident befell some part of the installa- they as I think, standing on the hill that have been a small-leafed variety of tion. Dead flowers and leaves needed once veiled the campus from Forbes Members rvill l¡e mailed an invitation and fibrous begonia, kept tightly in bounds prompt removal, the occasional pre- Avenue and that was leveled in the registration form rvith further details. by frequent, very frequent trimming. sumptuous weed needed to be plucked, mid-1950s? Questions?: Call Balry Hannegan at (1412) 471-5808. Page IB PHLF News March l99B

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Here usas Westínghonse El,ectric in the late I880s, on Garrison All,ey between Ninth ønd Tenth Streets by uhat ß nou Fort Duquesne Boul,eua.rd. There usere already fi.r:e branches of the enterprise in aariotts plnces that u:ere run frorn the ¡nassíue nine-story Westinghouse Buíl'd.íng øt Penn Aoenue and Nínth Street.

Westinghouse Electric: A Look Back

Walter C. Kidney

At last year's end the name Wbstinghouse disappeared from the industrial scene save in the case of the Westinghouse Air Brake Compan¡ which continues in business at Wilmerding. As a memorial, we present a few images from the past.

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ln the late 1880s, the Westínghouse Møchine Company uøs betuseen Liberty and These operatíons u¡ere crousded, in øn ínner-city setting, øndWestinghouse El'ectrír Penn Aoenues, Trnenty-fourth and Ttnenty-sixth Stree¿s. motsed. to East Pittsburgh, in the Turtle Creek Vallcy, in 1895. In the foregroun'd is the Long uølk that bd to the Pennsyluøniø Raílroad comrnuter stop. PHLF Neus March 1998 Page l9

A postcardmarked. 1906 shouss a com- plcx nearþ 4,000 feet long. In thefore- ground is the Westinghouse Machine í./¿L-'v¿-- 1"-*-¿ A-' Compøny, buil.d.er of engines. Then, j, Hr*rør'o beyond the ouer Turtl.e { footbridge C r eek, the exp ønded. We s tínghous e Elcctríc and, M anuføctwríng C ompa,ny. The three-gøbl.edbuil.ding ís a new office block.

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Left: An interior of the Westinghouse Machíne Company.

On the uay home, frorn a postc&rd stamped. 1920. The once-small platform shelter From 1932 on, Pennsyhsønia Røilroad trauel.ers haue been nobly greeted by the u)os enorrlous øt mi.d-century. George Westinghouse MemoriøI Bridge, a simpb and grand statempnt crossíng the Turtl.e Creek Vall.ey 200 feet abooe its floor ancJ the darlc sheds ønd red.-brick accumulntions of a grouñng and. changing industrial plant. Page 20 PHLF Neus March 1998 EoucATroN Npws

Knoxville Middle School Pittsburgh Public School Plans Spring Tour Teachers Attend Inservice On January 30, education coordinator Louise Sturgess, executive director, Mary Ann Eubanks participated in an participated in Gateway to the fut's inservice at the Senator John Heinz inservice program on February 11 and Pittsburgh Regional History Center for 18. She met with twenty-seven teachers from Knoxville Middle School, Pittsburgh Public School teachers and in preparation for a downtown walking informed them about Landmarks' I tour for sixty sixth-grade students on educational programs featuring E April 21 and22. Landmarks and the architecture and local history. Historical Society of !Øestern Pennsyl- vania are working together to assist Architectural The Pittsburgh History 6c Landmarks Foundation is planning the Knoxville Middle School in its study of Apprenticeship following events for 7998. Call Mary Lu Denny at (l-412) 471-5808 local history. Landmarks' fuchitectural Apprentice- if you have any comments or suggestions. Invitations will be mailed Mount Lebanon Students ship for twenty high school students in to members with complete details. Allegheny County came to a successful Tour the Strip District conclusion on February LL, thanks to March About seventy third-grade students from the leadership of instructor David Roth, 26 &.28 Gardens Under Glass (Pitt's Informal Program) Markham Elementary School in Mount architect. Final sessions were held at Ap"it Lebanon toured St. Stanislaus Church Carnegie Mellon University and and the Strip District on February 4. Carnegie Institute, including visits to the L: "Urban Parks: Keys to the of Urban Life," a symposium co-sponsored Qualiry Brother Tom Hartman told students Hall of A¡chitecture and The Heinz by the Pinsburgh Parks Conservancy and Landmarks. (Please see below.) about the history of St. Stanislaus, the fuchitectural Center. Students exhibited 20: Grand Anniversary and Benefit Concourse first Polish Catholic parish in Pitts- their design projects showing an adap- 22: Historic House and Landscape Preservation Symposium (Please see page 17.) burgh. He sang a hymn in Polish and tive use of the Lawrence Paint Building 23 k 25: Interior Architecture of Downtown Pittsburgh rang the church bells. at Station Square. (Pitt's Informal Program) Students also explored the Strip District where they discovered a "whole 24: "Making Cities'Slork," a lecture by Mary Means, creator of the Main Downtown School Tours world in a block," through the variety Streets Program The "Portable Pittsburgh futifact Kit" is of ethnic shops and restaurants: M"y already booked through of 1998, Stamoolis (Greek), Alioto's (Italian), June but Landmarks is still taking reserva- 2: !íestinghouse Museum and Wilmerding (bus tour) Lotus Foods (Chinese), Hermanowski's tions for the "Downtown Dragons" 1.1.-1.5: Preservation SØeek Free Downtown \Talking Tours (Polish), Khyber Interiors (Indian), etc. walking tour. Call Mary Lu Denny at "I never realizedr" said one student, 1740: National Trust Main Street Conference in Pittsburgh (1-41,2) 471-5808 for inquiries or reser- "that Pittsburgh is made up of so many 28 & 30: fuchitectural Heritage I (Pitt's Informal Program) vations. Members receive discounts on people from so many different ethnic all educational programs. June-September backgrounds." \üeekly !íednesday Valking Tours, Downtown e J::ne v 4 k 6: Architectural Heritage II (Pitt's Informal Program) !& 11 & 13: fuchitectural Heritage III (Pitt's Informal Program) L7: Deutschtown Historic District (walking tour) J"ly Ë À 13: Ellen Biddle Shipman Garden Exhibit and Stan Hywet Garden Tour, Akron, OH (bus tour) Ezra Stiles Garden Tour (date to be determined)

8 8¿ 9: Family fuchitectural Origami \Torkshop 18: Grand Spaces Seldom Seen (bus tour) Septernber 3 Ec 5: Pittsburgh Bridges Lecture and Boat Tour 28: Historic Religious Property Seminar From Forbes to Phipps: A Green Trail (walking tour; date to be determined) October/llove¡nber Students from Frønklin Regíonal Hþh School buih a model showing how the 26: Ãward of Merit 8c Historic Landmark Plaque Ceremony Mury farmhouse (c. 1790-1810) could be restored and adapted for use as the "Making Cities \Øork,"a series of breakfast lectures on architecture, urban Murrysailln Historic and Aud.ubon Society. planning, and landscape design Novernber Students Envision 5 &.7: Art Deco (Pitt's Informal Program) New Uses for December Vacant Historic 1.2: Downtown \Talking Tour & Tea Structures 20: Holiday Church Tour and Carol Sing (bus tour) January 27 marked the successful completion of PTTTSnURGH PARKS CoxsnRvANCY Landmarks' second annual design competition, involving unsRN PARKS: KEYS TO THE QUAUTV OF URBAN LrFE about 200 middle and high school students from WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 '!üestmoreland County. After 9:00 ¡.¡vr. 12 NooN Students Bellmar Middlz School buih a - touring the North Side with fro.tn model shotning hou the Cook could' be Tenth Floor Auditorium, Two Mellon Bank Center (Union Trust Building) Landriarks in October, fa'rmhouse sfudents were challenged to restored and reused as a home for first-time S PEn KrnS: identify a vacant ot undet- juaenib offenders- Resi.dents uould uork the Charles Director, Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland, Oregon Jordan, udlized historic structure in farm, røising seedfor th.e hom.el.ess, and lioe an Betsy Barlow Rogers, Founding Director of tbe New Yorþ Centrall Park Conseruancy \ØestmorelandCountyand eþhteenth-centurylifestylc. Flip Hagood, Vice President for Urban Programs, Student Conseruation Association envision a new use for it. Free to tbe public \lorking in groups, students spent three months building models of the historic structure) preparing written and oral reports, and documenting their progress in log A symposium co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and the Pittsburgh books. They presented their models, reports, and log books to a jury of architects History & Landmarks Foundation with funding support from the Richard King Mellon planners the Square projects Foundation. and community on January 27 at Station Sheraton. The were outstanding, and we plan to document the buildings and proposed uses in a Call (1-412) 383-7158 for further details. forthcoming issue of PHLF News.