Protecting the Places that Make Pittsburgh Home

Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Nonprofit Org. 100 West Station Square Drive, Suite 450 U. S. Postage Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1134 PAID www.phlf.org Pittsburgh, PA Address Service Requested Permit No. 598 PHLF News Published for the members of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation No. 164 June 2003

The New Markets Tax Credit Program and In this issue: 2 How It Applies to Historic Preservation Our Work: Recent Progress On April 15, 2003, Landmarks invited representatives of local community 6 organizations and lending institutions, Preservation Scene: Successes, architects, and developers to Manchester Alerts, and Losses Citizens Corporation headquarters to learn about the New Markets Tax Credit 10 program. The meeting, sponsored by The Homestead Area: Landmarks, was chaired by Stanley Lowe, serving in his dual roles as vice- Revitalization Efforts president of community revitalization of the National Trust for Historic 12 Preservation, and as Landmarks’ vice- The Challenge Facing Carnegie president for Preservation Services. The Libraries and Preservationists speakers were John Leith-Tetrault of the National Trust and Kevin McQueen, 20 a private consultant; Leith-Tetrault described the program and McQueen Events: June–October reviewed the application process. Penn Avenue in East Liberty: an area that could benefit from the New Markets Tax Credit program. NMTC helps revitalize urban main streets by stimulating new business development. Program Purpose, Allocations, and Certification In order to qualify for an allocation Allegheny Avenues, entrepreneur Jim The Northside Community The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) of tax credits under the NMTC Genstein is breathing new life into the Development Fund received a New program was created by Congress as program, organizations, developers, historic Buhl Optical building. Having Markets Tax Credit allocation in the part of the Community Renewal Tax and municipalities must first apply recently completed an office develop- first round to replenish its lending pool. Relief Act of 2000. The goal of the for certification by the Community ment on the South Side, Genstein sees The organization is now seeking a program is to encourage investment in Development Financial Institutions Fund the economic potential and beauty of sub-allocation of $3.2 million from the commercial enterprises in low-income of the Department of the Treasury as a the 1928 structure. Later this year National Trust and the Local Initiatives census tracts. Investor organizations Community Development Entity (CDE). Genstein’s company, NS Properties, will Support Corporation (a national non- that qualify under the program can Rather than apply directly in 2002, begin developing the property, along profit community development corpora- apply for dollar-for-dollar tax credits Landmarks assisted the National Trust with its parking area, into a 35,000 tion) to assist with the Buhl Tower that can be used to reduce the interest with its application. The Trust was allo- square-foot office complex. The tower renovations. These tax credits will on investment loans, increase the return cated $127 million and plans to make design features a roof deck, inside park- enable the project to decrease financing a lender can make on a loan, or increase loans to community organizations, ing, and a glass elevator that will offer a costs and offer unique office space the amount lending institutions set aside finance projects in conjunction with spectacular view of the city. The project within market rental rates. for low-income investments. federal or state historic tax credit is expected to bring 150 new jobs to The preservation community realized programs, and assist Main Street pro- the Northside. Continuing Assistance and that New Markets credits could be jects, among other programs. June 6 Symposium applied to help fund projects that One Pittsburgh community orga- Landmarks has received an allocation revitalize low-income communities nization, Northside Community of $20 million from the National Trust. and preserve historic places and neigh- Development Fund, applied for We will help local organizations and borhoods. The NMTC program could New Markets Tax Credits in 2002 and companies submit funding requests to also be combined with federal and state was allocated $500,000. Applications the National Trust or provide technical Historic Tax Credit programs to lever- for 2004 will be available this summer. assistance to those seeking CDE status. age additional funding. Landmarks and several community For more information contact Stanley Leith-Tetrault noted that Landmarks organizations have received non-profit Lowe (412-471-5808, ext. 519; had been the leader in preservation- CDE status and plan to apply directly [email protected]). based economic development in the for tax credit allocations in the second On Friday, June 6, Landmarks will USA, and that some thirty years later installment of the program. To date, address a pressing preservation issue such linkage was still fairly rare among one Pittsburgh bank, National City, and explore ways in which the NMTC preservation organizations. Recently, has pledged $5 million in loans to program can assist in its solution. Stanley Lowe was among the first to see projects that qualify for New Markets A stair tower and glass elevator tower Landmarks is one of the sponsors of a the applicability of NMTC to historic Tax Credits. will be added to the left side of the Buhl full-day conference, “Pittsburgh preservation. Optical building, seen here from Western Symposium on Abandoned Buildings In 2002, $3.5 billion in tax credits Avenue. Conceptual drawing courtesy of Local Initiatives and Vacant Land,” at the Soldiers and was allocated through the NMTC Lami Grubb Architects. Eve Picker, of no wall productions, a for- Sailors National Military Museum and program for commercial development profit Pittsburgh development company, Memorial in Oakland. The symposium in low-income census tracts. As planned, To finance the renovations, NS believes that NMTC will make it possi- will provide a forum for community and the NMTC program would have dis- Properties has teamed up with the ble to undertake commercial projects in neighborhood leaders, state and local pensed credits annually over a five-year Northside Community Development blighted neighborhoods by closing public officials, lenders, developers, period. Instead the first four years were Fund, which is certified as a Community the funding gap that often hinders the architects, urban planners, and preserva- compressed into two. The first alloca- Development Financial Institution revitalization of large buildings, such as tionists to assess the problems of vacant tions were made in 2002, the next allo- (CDFI) and as a CDE. Last year the East Liberty’s Highland Building (the buildings and empty lots. For more cations will be made in 2004, and the Northside Community Development last of D. H. Burnham & Company’s information and to register contact final allocations will be in 2005. Fund established two for-profit CDEs Pittsburgh buildings), which she hopes Cathy McCollom (412-471-5808, It is anticipated that the program will to engage in commercial lending and to renovate as a mixed-use property. ext. 516; [email protected]). leverage $15 million in private invest- At the corner of Western and commercial real estate. ment through 2012. Page 2 PHLF News • June 2003

MBJI, Inc. Helps Save Westmoreland OUR WORK: County Farm (8) When a title search turned up a potential environmental issue in regard to a historic farm Landmarks was attempt- ing to preserve, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (MBJI) conducted a Phase-I Environmental Study in less than one month. Recent Progress The findings enabled Landmarks to purchase a preserva- tion easement with funds from its Richard King Mellon Foundation grant. Michael Baker’s generous in-kind PROVIDING TECHNICAL Highway Engineering Study Under Way assistance enabled Landmarks to save time and money for Route 28 (6) and successfully preserve the farm. A feature story on ASSISTANCE TO At the request of Landmarks and Preservation Pittsburgh, the farm will appear in the fall issue of PHLF News. PennDOT authorized Baker Engineering to study the Our thanks to the MBJI team, including Doug Smith HISTORIC PROPERTIES comparative costs involved in building a highway over (a trustee of Landmarks), Mara Pritchard, Ray Maginness, the railroad tracks along Route 28 so that St. Nicholas and Adam Gailey. Allegheny County Courthouse Paint Church and other buildings along Route 28 and on Troy Analysis (1, 2 & 3) Hill would not need to be demolished in a proposed WORKING WITH During a two-day visit to the Allegheny County widening of the highway. (See PHLF News 163, Courthouse on January 30 and 31, John Kraus and February 2003: 9.) NEIGHBORHOOD Frank Welsh of Welsh Color & Conservation, Inc. AND COMMUNITY (Bryn Mawr, PA) scraped through 100 years and at least a SAVING FARMLAND dozen layers of paint on corridor walls and ceilings to ORGANIZATIONS discover that five finish treatments were used originally. Oakdale Boy’s Home, South Fayette The paint analysis was funded through a grant from the Manchester Citizens Corporation (9) (7) Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors, Township In response to a letter from the city saying that all vacant At the request of South Fayette Township, Landmarks is awarded to Landmarks by the National Trust for Historic properties in Manchester would be razed, Rhonda working with the community to develop a model land-use Preservation, and matched by a grant from The Allegheny Brandon, executive director of Manchester Citizens program for the 217-acre Oakdale Boy’s Home site. Only Foundation. Welsh Color & Conservation hopes to Corporation, and Cathy McCollom, Landmarks’ director a gymnasium exists on the site today. Project goals include reproduce the original finishes in a demonstration area, of operations and marketing, presented a long-range plan preserving farming, creating trails and park land, and and the Allegheny County Historic Properties Committee to the city’s Historic Review Commission on March 12 possibly developing housing, with minimal land disrup- and Landmarks plan to raise funds so the corridors calling for the restoration of 92 vacant houses and the tion. Randall Arendt of the National Lands Trust is throughout the Courthouse can be restored. Details on demolition of 34 others. In addition, 20 new houses establishing guidelines for the development, and Alex the paint analysis discoveries will be the subject of a would be constructed in vacant lots, and 12 new struc- Graziani of the Smart Growth Partnership is lending his feature story in the fall issue of PHLF News. tures would take the place of those demolished. The expertise. Funds from Landmarks’ Rural Preservation Commission approved the Manchester plan, so there is Program and the Richard King Mellon New Benches for the Courthouse hope once again for many historic vacant structures. (4 & 5) Foundation are supporting this work. The Allegheny County Historic Properties Committee, chaired by Landmarks’ president Arthur Ziegler, commis- 7 sioned Jerry Wilson of Wilson & McCracken (with the assistance of County architect Sam Taylor) to design historic reproductions of benches for the Courthouse. 9 To date, Landmarks and County executive Jim Roddey have commissioned two benches. Sponsorship per bench is $2,700; the benches are for public areas of the Courthouse, replacing inappropriate seating in the hall- ways. If you would like to sponsor a bench, contact Cathy 8 McCollom (412-471-5808, ext. 516; [email protected]).

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Forum on Abandoned Buildings and INSTILLING A Volunteer Award (20) Vacant Land Landmarks docent Robert Loos was named a Community State and local officials addressed the issue of abandoned PRESERVATION ETHIC Champion, in recognition of his volunteer service as a buildings and vacant land during a forum at the Regional tour guide with Landmarks. An announcement appeared Enterprise Tower on April 24, co-sponsored by Landmarks, “Making Cities Work” Lectures (14) in the February 17 issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development, Preservationists gathered for two “Making Cities Works” Congratulations Bob—and thank you for all your the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, and lectures: on February 11 Ann Breen, co-founder of The enthusiasm, energy, and work on behalf of Landmarks. the Pennsylvania Low-Income Housing Coalition. Waterfront Center, spoke on riverfront development; and Representatives from the Governor’s office and Senator a panel of experts (including Richard Taylor, Christine University Students Offer Assistance Jane Orie’s office attended, as well as Representative Olshesky, Pam Caskie, and Rebecca Flora) addressed the (21 & 22) Michael Diven. Participants discussed the findings and topic of brownfields redevelopment on March 20. We thank David Chandler, a graduate student at recommendations in “Reclaiming Abandoned Duquesne University, and Brent Lazar, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, for volunteering their time since Pennsylvania,” a recently published report. Representatives Old House Fair (15–18) January to help with archival and educational programs. from the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, The Eighth Annual Old House Fair at Victoria Hall on David will receive academic credit for his work with Bloomfield/Garfield Corporation, Urban Redevelopment February 22 helped link over 700 homeowners with Landmarks. He will graduate from Duquesne’s Museum Authority, and Allegheny County Department of restoration and landscape experts. Exhibitor Eileen Studies program in 2004. Brent will begin his Master’s Economic Development discussed local initiatives Anderson, from Red Clay Tile Works, was pleased by degree in Historic Preservation at Columbia University addressing this problem. the “genuine interest of the visitors.” Justin Perlman this fall. and Eric Dickman, artists with Slaughterhouse Gallery, commented that visitors were “knowledgeable about art RESTORING and strong potential clients.” Diane Dolan, of Executive Chimney Sweeps, said it was “a quick and easy, friendly 20 NEIGHBORHOODS show, exactly in line with our market.” We thank AND MAIN STREETS Dollar Bank for sponsoring the Old House Fair, with support from Hefren-Tillotson, Inc., Pittsburgh City Homestead, East Eighth Avenue Paper, Victoria Hall, and Molly’s Trolleys. (10–13) Through its Eighth Avenue Façade Grant Program, Preservation Award (19) Landmarks is offering recoverable grants up to $5,000 to On May 22, Landmarks received a 2003 Historic building owners and leasing merchants (with building Preservation Award, in the category of Education, owner approval) through September. Twenty thousand from Preservation Pennsylvania. Landmarks was dollars of the $50,000 fund has already been allocated, commended for its 2001–02 after-school enrichment and will result in new second- and third-floor windows program with Mercy Hospital and Miller School. and the painting of the first-floor door and trim at 106 During the nine-month program, students learned East Eighth Avenue, a new double-faced sign at 224 East about the history and architectural significance Eighth Avenue, a façade restoration at 233 West Eighth of their school, performed a play to convince Avenue, and a new building entrance, including mosaic Landmarks’ trustees that their school was tile, at 449–451 West Eighth Avenue. The program is worthy of a Historic Landmark plaque, 19 supported by The Pittsburgh Foundation, the Local and officiated at the plaque dedication Initiatives Support Corporation, Eat’n Park Corporation, ceremony. Landmarks was one of and members and friends of Landmarks. For details, con- 16 awardees statewide to be recognized. tact Tom Keffer: 412-471-5808, ext. 520; [email protected].

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OUR WORK: Recent Progress (continued from pages 2 and 3)

INSTILLING A PRESERVATION ETHIC

The Poetry and Art of South Side Landmarks One hundred-twenty students from Phillips Elementary, Philip Murray, and Bishop Leonard discovered that neighborhood landmarks can be the inspiration for poetry and art—and that they can be poets and artists, too! During field trips in January, students visited Douglas Cooper’s enormous mural of Pittsburgh that fills the second-floor rotunda of the Carnegie Mellon University Student Union. After talking with Cooper about his sketching technique, each student sketched the same South Side landmark (such as the Market House or Tenth Street Bridge) and the class worked as a group to write a poem about that landmark. Each student wrote one line of the group poem and instructor Diane DeNardo arranged all the lines into a poem. Once back in school, each student created a charcoal sketch of a South Side landmark of their choice and composed a poem about that landmark. The charcoal sketches and poems were published in a booklet. Booklets were given to students and their parents during a March 1 reception at the South Side Branch of the Carnegie Library. This field trip is one of many educational programs offered by Landmarks through the South Side Local Development Company’s Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP), sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and PNC Bank. By the end of June, more than 1,500 students from five South Side schools will have participated in a variety of programs that help build neighborhood pride through an understanding of local history and architecture. Students proudly wear T-shirts designed especially for the NAP program: an architectural detail from each participating school composes the T-shirt design. PHLF News • June 2003 Page 5

How You Can Help

Your involvement as a member and your financial support help us SAVE historic buildings and places, ADVOCATE the economic value of historic preservation, and PROMOTE a preservation ethic through our work in education and in providing financial and technical assistance to local organizations and worthy projects.

If you are not yet a member, please join Landmarks by completing the form on page 19. If you are a member, please encourage your friends to join, or contact Mary Lu Denny (412-471-5808, ext. 527; [email protected]) so she can mail membership information to them.

If you are interested in making a contribution to Landmarks, or would like to learn more about our gift planning opportunities, contact Jack Miller (412-471-5808, ext. 538; [email protected]).

Landmarks can put your assets to work while bringing you:

• Lifetime income from your gift;

• Federal and estate tax savings;

• Avoidance of probate costs;

• Disposition of real estate and elimination of ownership costs and liability (minimum value required);

• Honorary life membership in Landmarks (minimum contribution required); and

• The satisfaction of making a significant gift to preserve our Western Pennsylvania heritage. Students Propose Solutions for All the students and teachers who outdoor performance spaces); and housing participated are to be commended for the for CCAC students. Skillfully working with Vacant Lot in Manchester amount of time, thought, and effort foam core, plywood, or corrugated card- For additional information, visit our Landmarks’ Seventh Annual Architectural invested in the Architectural Design board (among other materials), students Web site: www.phlf.org Design Challenge came to an impressive Challenge. Each model was creative, crafted balconies, turrets, bricks, spiral conclusion on February 25 and 26 when meticulously detailed, and sophisticated in staircases, atriums, rooftop gardens, 150 students from 10 middle schools and concept, taking into account the needs of furniture, and many more details. 10 high schools in Westmoreland County the Manchester community and the Several students who participated in presented their models for a vacant lot in surrounding Historic District. Buildings each of the past seven Architectural Design Manchester. A jury of architects listened to were designed in the Greek Revival, Queen Challenges will be graduating this June; oral presentations by the students and Anne, and Richardson Romanesque styles, they plan to continue their interest in engaged each team in a discussion about among others. Student designs included architecture at the college level. This fall, their project. Grand prizes were awarded to community centers (with space for day we expect to see those who aren’t three outstanding middle school projects care or medical clinics); apartments; single- graduating, when the Eighth Annual and to three high school projects. family housing; grocery stores; libraries; a Architectural Design Challenge begins. multi-use arts center (including indoor and

Members, visitors, schools, and community groups participate in our educational programs. To schedule a program, contact Mary Ann Eubanks, Landmarks’ education coordinator (412-471-5808, ext. 537; or [email protected]). Page 6 PHLF News • June 2003 PRESERVATION SCENE

Successes

Around 1928, the John R. Thompson Company built this striking white-glazed terra cotta building on Market Street near Market Square. (Jamie’s on the Square is now located Vacant landmarks restored! Three Queen Anne townhouses on Pittsburgh’s North Side, in the building.) By 1930, the popular out-of-town restaurant chain had nine Pittsburgh designed by Frederick Osterling c. 1905, now house eight condominiums and are available locations and close to 100 nationwide. The squared shoulders and raffish signature of the for occupancy. Interiors have been completely refurbished with new hardwood floors, Pittsburgh building express the Jazz Age style, while overflowing flower vases and floral windows, air conditioning, off-street parking, and balconies. For further information: bands look back to an earlier classical manner. This Pittsburgh façade is assisting phone 412-456-0829; [email protected]. architects in the restoration of a Thompson Restaurant in Dallas, Texas. Historic North Side Townhouses Converted Pittsburgh’s Thompson into Condominiums Building Influences Dallas Design Looking for a historic home with a An e-mail on February 4, state-of-the-art interior and balcony 2003 to Frank Stroker at views of Pittsburgh? Check out the Landmarks reminded us that Osterling Flats at 3603–07 California others often value what Avenue in Brighton Heights on Pittsburgh still has. How Pittsburgh’s North Side, ready for fortunate we are that our occupancy after two years of work. Thompson’s Restaurant Three historic townhouses of c. 1905, Fourteen Friendship Building near Market Square designed by prominent Pittsburgh archi- is still intact. (Even though tect Frederick J. Osterling, have been Rowhouses Renovated and Occupied the building is included in the converted into eight condominiums. Market Square City Historic Sale prices range from $125,900 to Friendship Development Associates District, it was one of many $143,900; available units and floor (FDA) has transformed 14 row houses slated for demolition under the city’s This rendering of a street corner in Dallas plans are shown on the Web at in a blighted, crime-ridden back alley former plan for Fifth & Forbes that shows Thompson’s Restaurant (to the left www.nowall.com/osterlingflats. parallel to Penn Avenue into a lovely Landmarks and others defeated.) of the semi-circular tower) restored. Below, Osterling Flats was developed by the urban enclave with private gardens. Selzer Associates of Dallas, Texas, the Thompson building is shown in its Brighton Heights Citizens Federation, The ten renovated townhouses at contacted Landmarks because the archi- current condition. Rendering courtesy of Selzer with Northside Leadership Conference 1–10 Clarendon Place have sold to a tectural firm is trying to gather images Associates of Dallas and no wall productions. Financing mix of low- to high-income homeowners, of intact Thompson restaurant buildings came from the city’s Urban Redevelop- between the ages of 25 and 60, from nationwide, so they can accurately ment Authority, Dollar Bank, Fidelity New York City, Sewickley, Fox Chapel, restore the terra-cotta façade of the Bank, and ESB Bank. The architect Shadyside, Oakland, and Friendship. Thompson’s in Dallas. Selzer Associates was EDGE studio. The condominiums Funding support for the $1.6 million has the original drawings for the Dallas are a main element in the neighborhood project came from $15,000 in loans building of 1915, by Marshall & Fox group’s efforts to revitalize the from Friendship neighbors, National Architects (Chicago), but all the build- commercial district. City CDC equity, a PNC Bank ing tile has been destroyed. They are Foundation grant, a Community attempting to color-match the terra Design Center of Pittsburgh cotta with existing Thompson’s build- recoverable grant, a City of Pittsburgh ings, and to help the terra cotta manu- Neighborhood Needs grant, and an facturer with the pattern design. The Urban Redevelopment Authority grant City of Dallas has donated funding so and loan. Project architects were the original façade can be restored. Loysen & Associates Architects. Although the Pittsburgh Thompson’s Over the past five years, FDA and style is different from that of the Dallas Bloomfield Garfield Corporation have building, Landmarks sent a color image turned the Penn Avenue area into a to assist in the research/restoration vibrant arts district, including the process. Boarded up townhouses at 3603–07 Pittsburgh Glass Center, The Penn California Avenue, before restoration. Avenue Theater, the Quiet Storm coffeehouse/music venue, the Dance Buffalo Adopts Preservation Plan After Visiting Pittsburgh A master of many styles and notable Alloy, and the individual artists studios. Buffalo Mayor Anthony M. Masiello has established a committee to develop a Pittsburgh landmarks, Frederick For more information, contact FDA city-wide preservation plan, including an inventory of the city’s historic structures, Osterling (1865–1934) lived on the executive director Becky Mingo a network of community-based organizations, and a strategy for improving relations North Side most of his life. In 1884, his (phone: 412-441-6147 or e-mail: with real estate developers and for promoting cultural tourism based on the city’s drawing for the Langenheim House in [email protected]). architectural heritage. Manchester—his first known work— Mayor Masiello was inspired to devise a preservation plan after a four-day visit was published. Osterling went on to to Pittsburgh in June 2002. He and City Hall representatives met with architects, enlarge H. H. Richardson’s Jail on developers, and leaders in Pittsburgh’s preservation community. This exchange was Ross Street, to remodel “Clayton” for hosted by Landmarks and underwritten by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. H. C. Frick, and to design the Union Trust Building, the Magee and Arrott buildings, and “Greenlawn” for H. J. Heinz, among many other commissions. PHLF News • June 2003 Page 7

solution to many eyes does inflict substantial harm on the historic appear- Alerts ance of the building. The Port Authority Losses plans further renovations to the build- The following two buildings were ing. Carr says that law changes from recorded in the Allegheny County 1999 and 2001 require a newly intensi- Historic Resource Survey conducted by fied process of public hearings. These Landmarks between 1979 and 1984. may provide an opportunity to correct the damage done by the recent Jersey barriers.

West Mifflin Home with Wright Connections for Sale VISIT Mellon Arena Denied City Charles L. Rosenblum Woodville Plantation Historic Structure Designation The Notz House is currently for sale. 1375 Washington Pike (Route 50) The 1938 structure in West Mifflin was Collier Township City Historic Structure designation for designed by Cornelia Brierly while she Mellon Arena, originally the Civic Arena was an apprentice at Taliesin studying Public Tours designed in 1961 by Dahlen K. Ritchey under Frank Lloyd Wright. Brierly’s Every Sunday & Thursday and sponsored by Edgar J. Kaufmann, name is on the architectural drawings, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. $5.00/person; $10.00/family Sr. as the home of Pittsburgh’s Civic but Wright initialed them and added the Group tours available upon request. Light Opera Association, was rejected word, “Approved.” Brierly’s description by Pittsburgh’s City Council in a vote on Special Events February 26, 2003. Designation of the • Movies are shown at 7:00 p.m. on Arena—in recent years the Penguins the first Wednesday of each month hockey team was the principal tenant— was considered controversial since the • July 20: Whiskey Rebellion building had been the centerpiece of Demolished: January 2003. Celebration & Pig Roast urban-renewal policies that demolished Commercial Buildings in the • August 7 & 10: 200th anniversary of thousands of historic buildings in the 2300 Block of Liberty Avenue, John Neville’s death. Dedication of Lower Hill and displaced thousands of new shelter housing original residents, mostly African-American. Strip District tombstones. It was not china dropping to the floor of the design process suggests a collabo- but bricks crashing to the ground. • September 6 & 7: rative effort, even though the house is The Unsettling Situation at The once popular Brandy’s restaurant Civil War re-enactment not officially acknowledged as a Edgewood Station building at 2323 Penn Avenue has been Wright work. Later additions in a style • November 22 & 23: Charles L. Rosenblum demolished. Formerly the home of a completely consonant with the original “Holidays at the House” baker, the late-Victorian vernacular were designed by Peter Berndtson, A concrete barrier now dominates Brandy’s building was distinguished by Brierly’s one-time husband, and the Call 412-279-3385 for details. the western elevation of the former bracketed window lintels and a single architect of numerous Wrightian houses Pennsylvania Railroad Station in dormer. 2315 Penn Avenue, once the in Western Pennsylvania. The Notz Edgewood. The 1903 structure by home of a grocery, was also demolished. House is a strictly Usonian structure, Furness, Evans & Co. is the region’s It had blind relieving arches above its with the heated concrete floor and flat last remaining Furness building, and windows. All the buildings on the north roof as well as the rough stone and it has particular significance in the side of the 2300 block of Penn Avenue Old St. Luke’s board-and-batten walls that are charac- have been demolished, except the corner Old Washington Pike, Scott Township teristic of Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses building at 24th Street. www.oldsaintlukes.org of this era. Perhaps its greatest formal distinction is the hexagonal geometry Public Tours of its planning module, which gives an Every Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. unusual openness to its compact spaces Group tours by appointment: and some curious angles to its extensive 412-851-9212 built-in furniture. The house seems Special Event largely unchanged from its pervasive • Wednesday, June 18, 7:30 p.m. community that was founded as a rail- Wrightian sensibilities. The asking price “Exploring the Lewis & Clark road suburb. Nonetheless, extension of is $187,300. Interested parties should the East Busway has resulted, thus far, contact Daniel Landis of Prudential Connection to Pittsburgh” in unsympathetic changes. Preferred Realty at 412-521-5500, Nancy Cain McCombe, Edgewood resident and preservation ext. 215. Senator John Heinz activist Patrick McArdle claims that Pittsburgh Regional History Center during recent renovations, contractors Demolished: August (?), 2002. Nine City Firehouses $8.00 per person removed a five-foot section of the Dental School (Mineral Endangered station’s platform in an act that he Industries Building), believes was willful. Bob Grove of the In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article of University Drive A, Oakland Port Authority insists that contractors March 3, 2003, Timothy McNulty The Foundation for Architecture removed “a small strip” and that the reports that This rather plain building, designed invites you to spend a action was inadvertent. He says that the “Troy Hill is in 1912 by Henry Hornbostel for the removed piece “was not historic in any one of nine fire- University of Pittsburgh, had a Frank Lloyd Wright way.” Still, the area in question is con- houses citywide remarkably elaborate doorway that Weekend in tiguous with the station and practically that could be was destroyed during demolition. under its canopy. closed under Hornbostel designed five buildings for Wisconsin Correspondence from Henry preliminary the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Nutbrown of the Port Authority to plans released a grand master plan: now only one September 27 & 28, 2003 Landmarks states that the side of the last week, along building—the School of Engineering $450 payment due by June 30 barrier facing the station is still under with cutbacks at (Thaw Hall) remains. Dormitories (includes air fare, hotel, evaluation for some kind of more sym- four other fire are to be built on the site. chartered bus, and tours) pathetic finish. Unfortunately, nothing is facilities. The Murphy administration Contact: 412-471-9548 currently planned for the track side. wants to save $7.5 million this year and Kurt Carr, Chief of Archaeology and $15 million annually by merging the fire Protection for Pennsylvania’s Bureau of and medics bureaus, with eliminating Historic Preservation, states that facilities part of the plan.” How You Can Help changes to the wall and platform meet Last year, Landmarks’ trustee Mary Help us cover Allegheny County by the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Wohleber published the History of the contacting Frank Stroker with the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings City of Allegheny Fire Department, as preservation success stories, losses, and will have no adverse effect on this part of her 40-year effort to save the or alerts: 412-471-5808, ext. 525 or property. “The wall holding up the Troy Hill Firehouse. [email protected]. We are interested in platform is not historic but it is subject to our review because it needs to be hearing about places that are 50 years compatible with the historic property,” old or more, of architectural and/or he says. Unfortunately, the current historical significance. Page 8 PHLF News • June 2003 PRESERVATION FOCUS

St. Francis Hospital Structures Demolished for Children’s Hospital

On March 10, demolition began at the former St. Francis Hospital site in Lawrenceville. By September, the site will be clear and construction will begin on a new Children’s Hospital that is expected to be open by January 2007. St. Francis included three structures of architectural significance, recorded in Landmarks’ Allegheny County Historic Sites Survey. (A fourth was lost in the construction of a central plant building of 1997.) Two of those structures—the North Wing and the Chapel—have been demolished, and the third—Mary Immaculate Hall—still stands.

Landmarks Lost The North Wing was designed by Sidney F. Heckert and blessed on April 3, 1910. The main patient wing of the hospital followed the contours of 45th Street. Designed in the Renaissance style with a mansard roof, its copper-clad dormers stood sentinel over St. Mary’s Cemetery wall. The chapel of c. 1900 extended to the west of the North Wing. The Tudor Gothic building, set on a small bluff above 44th Street, seemed to be the soul of the hospital complex, even after it was dwarfed at its south elevation by St. Francis Hospital was founded in 1865 and originally staffed by the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. The hospital was the massive 1959 South Wing and chartered three years later by the State under the auspices of the German Catholic St. Franciscus Beneficial Society of Pittsburgh and emergency entrance. The chapel had a was known as The German Franciscus Hospital. Except for its first year of existence, the hospital was always located in the heart of gable roof with triangular dormers and Lawrenceville at 44th Street, bordering St. Mary’s Cemetery. The North Wing of St. Francis Hospital of 1910 (above and bottom) and a small transept, and terminated with the Chapel of c. 1900 (below left) are among the buildings that have been demolished for the new Children’s Hospital. Hopefully, a new an apse decorated with cobalt-blue use will be found for Mary Immaculate Hall of 1931 (below right). brickwork. After St. Francis closed, the Diocese of Pittsburgh de-sanctified textured brown-brick facades, and the chapel. Initially, Children’s Hospital carved stone trim around the entrances. considered retaining the historic build- Unfortunately, the East Pavilion ing, but could not reconcile it with partially defaced a third of the main other building requirements. façade when it was connected as part The fate of Mary Immaculate Hall, of the Psychiatric Department. designed by Schmidt, Garden & Erikson However, the unique features of the (Chicago) and blessed and dedicated on building remain. Children’s is looking February 2, 1931, is less certain. for uses for the building; however, their Originally constructed as the Nursing 10-year plan shows Mary Immaculate School and nurses’ housing, this is the Hall demolished. most architecturally impressive of the St. Francis buildings. The elaborately Plans for the Site textured and ornamented building is The most imposing and most often The garage demolition will improve sleeping area for parents in the patient Romantically conceived and Art Deco in seen feature of the former St. Francis traffic flow and pedestrian access to rooms. detail, with a 12-story main block and complex is the hulking, faceless parking the new campus. Penn Avenue and While Landmarks regrets the loss two symmetrical eight-story wings. The garage fronting the length of Penn Darwood Street will be widened, of the North Wing and chapel, we hip roof over the central section of the Avenue from 44th to 45th Streets. allowing for left turning lanes in a appreciate the fact that Children’s inves- set-back skyscraper is topped with a This urban planning mistake will be congested area. The new construction tigated the historic and architectural flèche. Mary Immaculate Hall has a demolished, opening the entire site for will be set back to provide greenspace significance of the buildings prior to smooth stone-raised basement, richly the new hospital and research complex. and pedestrian-friendly access. purchasing the complex, and met with Buildings on the site to be retained neighborhood organizations to discuss include the Plaza apartment building their ideas and needs before announcing (which might be re-used for internist their master plan to the Lawrenceville and visiting physician housing), the community on January 23. None of the triangular East Pavilion, the Medical buildings in the St. Francis complex was Office Building at 44th and Penn listed on the National Register of Avenue, and the Central Plant. The Historic Places, nor had the State deter- convent, a plain brick-clad structure, mined any to be eligible. None of the has been demolished. buildings was listed as City Historic The architect for the new Children’s Structures. The small floor plates, Hospital campus is Astorino, under the narrow column spacing, and impractical direction of lead architect Tim Powers. floor-to-ceiling heights of the buildings “This hospital project is a once-in-a-life- made them unsuitable for re-use in a time commission,” said Powers, and nationally significant modern hospital. “we’re pleased to be working with Our remaining hope is that an Children’s to design a state-of-the-art appropriate re-use can be found for facility.” The new hospital will contain Mary Immaculate Hall. the latest in patient comfort, including a

Demolition under way: April 2003. PHLF News • June 2003 Page 9

Built in 1896, St. John’s Hospital served industrial workers and their families in northwestern Allegheny City, once Pittsburgh’s twin city. At the time, Allegheny General could not meet the emergency needs of patients, particularly those who were injured in the mills and factories along the Ohio River and Woods Run. The three-story section with circular rooms and decorative cor- nice, shown above in the 1950s, was the original structure built on McClure Avenue to designs by Frederick Osterling. The aerial photo is c. 1960. Photos courtesy of Pittsburgh Mercy Health System St. John’s General Hospital

Christine Davis “Significant” is the operative word explore ways to restore the vacant President, Christine Davis in the world of historic preservation. hospital buildings by using a combina- Consultants The National Park Service provides tion of historic tax credits and local three categories of significance: histori- matching funds. As the developers We are engaged in a mission of cal, architectural, and technological. searched for funding, the buildings con- St. John’s Hospital is significant in the tinued to deteriorate, creating a safety mercy. With the wonderful develop- area of Health/Medicine for the role this hazard to the surrounding community. ment of manufacturing interests in hospital played in providing health care Then, in June 1999, an arsonist torched our end of the city, St. John’s for workers and their families during a one of the hospital buildings and a time of unparalleled immigration and fireman lost his life fighting the blaze. General Hospital cannot but be a industrial expansion in Pittsburgh. Members of the community grew source of blessing to thousands in The hospital was built when health care increasingly concerned about the aban- Mindy See, David Roth, and Christine Davis, amidst the documents they pre- the years to come….We are living in and community were strongly linked. doned buildings and the vagrants who St. John’s was closely integrated within broke into them. Faced with these issues pared for the Section 106 review process. an age of progress but thousands the neighborhood both in terms of and no funding to restore the property, are crushed under the wheels of her providing health care to the surrounding one of the developers, Ralph Falbo, car as she rushes madly on to reach residential community and in archi- met with 75 members of the Brighton tectural scale. As the steel industry Heights Citizens’ Federation in March her aim regardless of consequences. declined, the hospital’s mission shifted 2001. Falbo discussed the proposed It is our work to follow this mad and St. John’s instituted such programs demolition of the hospital and provided procession, pick up and care for as the city’s first Poison Control Center information about the new single-family the wounded and sooth the feverish and the first drug and alcoholism housing units he planned to build in its program to offer both in-patient and place. The citizens group stated their brow of the dying. out-patient treatment. preference for new construction. —St. John’s General Hospital, 1896 The hospital of 1896 is also signifi- cant for its Classical Revival architecture Historic Documentation as designed by two notable local archi- In 1995, almost 100 years after the first tects, Frederick John Osterling and Completed the oldest building at St. John’s, a Board of Directors prepared this state- Robert Maurice Trimble. The small-scale At that point, the URA contacted former Convent and Nurses Home ment, the doors to St. John’s General brick buildings are nestled into a hillside Christine Davis Consultants (CDC) to built in the 1880s as a residence for a Hospital in Brighton Heights closed and are compatible with the surrounding complete the documents necessary to local businessman. forever. In the last eight years, the red brick and frame residential buildings. comply with Section 106. CDC surveyed To ensure that the Section 106 buildings have deteriorated; one burned the vacant hospital complex and found process was followed, CDC recorded that three buildings remained—the orig- the current conditions of the hospital to the ground; and all are scheduled for Efforts to Save St. John’s demolition. St. John’s is one example of inal hospital building dating from 1896 and prepared an assessment of the The attractive brick architecture and what happens when the best intentions (with multiple additions from 1901 to adverse affects of demolishing the location of St. John’s Hospital inspired to preserve and protect a historic 1958), the Nurses Home built in 1927, hospital. No feasible or prudent the Urban Redevelopment Authority property succumb to time, money, and the Laundry and Boiler House built alternatives to demolition could be (URA) and two local developers to and even crime. in 1908. The fire of 1999 had destroyed found; thus, a Memorandum of Agreement was prepared to define how the URA would mitigate the loss of the Section 106 buildings. Documenting St. John’s Review Process through a detailed written history, With the passage of the National photography, and mapping was one Historic Preservation Act in 1966, way to preserve information about the the United States Congress declared property. When the documentation that “The spirit and direction of the Vacant and was completed, the Pennsylvania Nation are founded upon and reflected boarded up: Historical and Museum Commission in its historic heritage.” One part of February 2003, accepted the materials into its perma- this act (Section 106) outlined how awaiting nent historic archives. significant historic properties should be demolition. protected, and described the process by which they ultimately could be demol- ished when there was no feasible way to save them. Page 10 PHLF News • June 2003

“Main Street” at The Waterfront in Homestead is a collection of clothing stores and restaurants disguised as turn-of-the-century banks, office buildings, hotels, and a train station/village square. Historic Homestead is visible on the hillside behind the new construction. The Homestead Area: Revitalization Efforts Albert M. Tannler

This is the first in a series of articles that nor pictures adequately convey the dis- some funding from the project assists Landing on the Mon River and the hot will visit Allegheny County municipali- heartening actuality. the Main Street program on Eighth metal bridge connecting the Landing to ties and Pittsburgh neighborhoods and Experiencing The Waterfront (the Avenue, and Tax Increment Financing the Carrie Furnaces across the river, report on current preservation programs river, by the way, is not readily visible) (TIF) will be repaid to the municipalities which are still in private hands. At requires an automobile. North of from real estate tax revenue in 2019. SIHC’s request, the U.S. Congress has and activities. “Main Street,” a four-lane highway instructed the National Park Service to parallels the river. Restaurants and office evaluate the area for designation as a Standing in the center of “Main Street” buildings, facing away from the river, Successes in the National Park. at The Waterfront––the commercial, are set within large parking lots widely Pinkerton’s Landing contains a retail, entertainment, and residential spaced along the roadway in oversized Homestead Area pump house, and industrial artifacts development located on a former steel asphalt islands. The islands and the There is a great deal of good will donated by Landmarks are on display. mill site in Homestead––one looks south highway are anti-urban, typical of toward the Homestead communities Unfortunately, the area between the and sees the genuine historic buildings profligate suburban land use. East of on the part of local, state, and federal Landing and the Bost Building has been of Homestead, Munhall, and West the “Main Street” is a strip of “Big Box” government funding agencies and local filled with new development. Homestead as they climb the hillside stores that face parking lots that face private foundations. A substantial south of Eighth Avenue, the real Main the highway. Located across the high- amount of money has been made Street. From this vantage point the way from the “Big Box” stores and available for Homestead programs Homestead communities, with their facing them are apartment buildings; and projects, and much progress has splendid churches by Frederick Sauer, the forms are those found in conven- occurred as a result. Titus de Bobula, Lamont Button, and tional two-story motels, gussied up with John Comes’ successor firm, Comes, unconvincing (and alien to the region) Perry & McMullen; the extraordinary Steel Industry Old New England Coastline decorative Carnegie Library by Alden & Harlow; Heritage Corporation details. They are located too far away the National Register of Historic Places for residents to walk through the park- Since 1989, the Homestead Historic District located in ing lots to the “Main Street.” Steel Industry the Eighth Avenue commercial corridor; Only later did I observe that the Heritage and the National Historic Landmark “Main Street” buildings turn their backs Corporation Bost Building (one of only eight build- on Eighth Avenue. Indeed, originally (SIHC) has been ings so designated in Allegheny County) there was to be no “Main Street” at all. working to pre- are impressive and far more evocative of The new development and the old com- serve elements The 100 block of East Eighth Avenue, urban life than the trivial falseness of Homestead. mercial corridor of Eighth Avenue were of Homestead’s Hopper bells that form The Waterfront’s “Main Street.” to be connected via Amity Street, and industrial past. an airlock at the top of access to The Waterfront was originally Restoration a blast furnace. National Register of the Bost Senseless to be via Eighth Avenue. Now ramps Historic District from the Homestead High Level Bridge Building on Eighth Avenue, headquar- Eighth Avenue, which runs through lead directly to the development site, ters of the labor union during the Planning Patterns Homestead, West Homestead, and thus avoiding Homestead entirely. Homestead Steel strike of 1892, and I had read critiques of this reuse of the Munhall, has been a National Register For better and worse, Homestead designation of the building as a land along the Monongahela River, once Historic District since 1990. communities and The Waterfront are National Historic Landmark in 2002, home to Andrew Carnegie’s Homestead Despite the designation, since 1998 neighbors and, to a degree, economi- have been tangible achievements. (See Steel Works (a line of 12 smokestacks CVS Pharmacy and the Gustine cally linked. While The Waterfront PHLF News 163, February 2003: 12.) has been preserved as a dramatic if Company of Pittsburgh have tried in diverts business from Eighth Avenue, SIHC has also acquired Pinkerton’s desolate reminder), but neither words vain to demolish a block of buildings within the Historic District in order to erect a new drugstore. In July 2000, CVS and Gustine filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against 17 defendants including the Homestead communities and Landmarks, and the suit is still pending (although Landmarks has been dismissed from the case). Most of the buildings in the contested area have not been maintained by the Gustine Company, sparking claims of demolition by neglect by many locals. PHLF News • June 2003 Page 11

Our Work in the Homestead Area

• 1979–84: Landmarks surveyed significant structures in the Homestead communities as part of the Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey.

• February 18, 1988: Landmarks hosted a conference on preservation of steel-plant structures, and in coopera- tion with the National Park Service helped organize the multi-organiza- tional Steel Industry Heritage Task Force (predecessor to the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation), whose first meeting was on May 16. Landmarks provided staff and funding for the first two years. The purpose of the Steel Industry Heritage Task Force was to preserve sites and artifacts of Looking east along Homestead’s Main Street, East Eighth Avenue. historic value associated with the steel industry of the Pittsburgh region. The Eighth Avenue Façade were the site of two landmark events Ellen Leigh, a special projects consultant draft Action Plan of the Task Force Grant Program commemorating civil liberties and the to the Homestead Economic Revitaliza- was published on November 30. right of free speech in the 20th century. tion Corporation, is working with In order to foster preservation through- The protagonists were Franklin several churches to create a self-guided out the Historic District, Landmarks is • 1989: Landmarks provided fundrais- Roosevelt’s Labor Secretary Frances walking tour for the public. The project administering an Eighth Avenue Façade ing assistance for the restoration of the Perkins and Mary Harris “Mother” has been funded by a grant from the Grant Program with financial assistance Carnegie Library of Homestead. Jones. The Pennsylvania Historical and McCune Foundation. from The Pittsburgh Foundation and the Museum Commission is memorializing Local Initiatives Support Corporation. the tenacity of these women by erecting • 1989: Landmarks helped secure Building owners and tenants (with two of its blue and gold historical Moving Forward $350,000 in federal funds to support owner’s permission) are encouraged to markers on the corners of Ninth Avenue Generous private and public funding, formal studies of selected historic steel apply by September 30, 2003, for a and Amity Street in Homestead on a rich industrial history, a locally and sites in Allegheny County, and in facade grant of up to $5,000. Landmarks October 4 as part of the Pennsylvania nationally recognized number of March submitted a 1990 federal has a total of $50,000 to be used for Labor History Society’s annual confer- architecturally significant buildings, budget request for continuing support. facade improvements, including ence (see the notice at the bottom of an active commercial development on painting, signage, and awnings. As of this page). their doorstep—these are some of the April, four awards had been made • 1989: Landmarks prepared the Landmarks is helping the Borough resources available to the communities (see page 2). For more details contact Homestead National Register Historic of Homestead restore the Municipal of Homestead, West Homestead, and Tom Keffer, superintendent of property District Nomination (designated in Building, not only to provide a location Munhall. The character of much of the maintenance at Landmarks, at 1990). for borough offices but also to com- adjacent development, the CVS/Gustine 412-471-5808, ext. 520, or e-mail memorate the historic events that assault on the Historic District, and [email protected]. occurred on the site. differing agendas of local agencies • 1994: Landmarks assessed the archi- and organizations have hampered tectural significance of the Carnegie Streetscape Restoration preservation progress. Library and its architects in Over $1,000,000 from the Redevelop- Yet David Lewis, a West Homestead Architecture after Richardson, ment Authority of Allegheny County resident and a Distinguished Professor Regionalism before Modernism— was used to repave sidewalks, install of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow in decorative lamp posts, and create University, believes a mood of optimism Boston and Pittsburgh, by Margaret planted areas along Seventh Avenue has taken root thanks to a group of long- Henderson Floyd, co-published on either side of Amity Street, which time merchants and new young property by Landmarks and the University of was intended as the “gateway” from owners who are staunchly moving Chicago Press. Homestead to The Waterfront. One forward with building and streetscape improvements. According to Lewis: must question the value of this project • 1997: Landmarks assessed the “The key to the success of [our] vision Homestead Municipal since the “gateway” is largely ignored, significance of key Homestead area no restoration has taken place in the is retaining the integrity of the Historic buildings in Pittsburgh’s Landmark Building Restoration surrounding buildings, and the red brick District. But that cannot be done by The Hillman Foundation, the Allegheny curbs and exposed aggregate sidewalks introducing cookie-cutter suburban-style Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Foundation, and State agencies have that undulate around crescent-shaped chain stores—there must be a rich mix Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, by responded generously to Landmarks’ planting beds have no connection with of small shops, in restored buildings Walter C. Kidney. initiative to restore the Homestead the character and history of the street. with awnings and street trees, reflecting Municipal Building of 1904 at Amity the cultural pluralism and immigrant • 2001: Landmarks hosted an Street and Ninth Avenue. Presently Historic Church Tour heritages of the Mon Valley.” Architectural Design Challenge and $500,000 has been raised and exterior Thirteen of Homestead’s many churches Main Street Walk for Steel Valley restoration work will begin this summer. are located in a four-block area between School District students. The Homestead Municipal Building Amity Street and Library Place. Mary and its former courtroom and jail • 2001–03: Landmarks has raised Your Help Is Needed more than $617,250 (to date) for Main Help the Pennsylvania Labor History Society raise a Street and Municipal Building total of $2,600 for the two PHMC Homestead restoration. Historical Markers. 2002–03: Please send tax-deductible donations to: • Landmarks initiated its Pennsylvania Labor History Society Eighth Avenue Façade Grant Program, 18 East Sailor Avenue, Plains, PA 18705 with a $50,000 loan to help restore the former West Homestead Fire Hall of You’re Invited 1902 at 401 West Eighth Avenue, a Pennsylvania Labor History Society Conference $25,000 loan to restore the façade of and Plaque Dedication 213–15 East Eighth Avenue in Homestead, and a $50,000 loan to Saturday, October 4, 2003 Carnegie Library of Homestead (conference location) restore the MUSA Building on Ninth Homestead Municipal Building (plaque dedication) Avenue. For more information, call • On-going: Landmarks conducts tours Dr. Charles McCollester 724-357-4443 of historic churches and other build- ings for its members and friends. Page 12 PHLF News • June 2003

The Lawrenceville Branch (Alden & Harlow, 1898) at 279 Fisk Street is well suited to its setting: it is both monumental in appearance—with an elaborate entrance of brick and terra cotta—yet rather modest too, and like the neighborhood generally, of red brick.

The Challenge Facing Carnegie Libraries and Preservationists Charles L. Rosenblum

This is the second in a series of articles Carnegie Libraries be updated to “Six have never been on issues affecting the historic built relevance in the coffee and keyboard renovated, five have environment. Charles L. Rosenblum is a age of the internet cafe? no air conditioning, member of Landmarks, an architectural some lack elevators or historian and critic, and adjunct ramps,” Elish New Director, lamented to assistant professor at Carnegie New Directions the Tribune Review. Mellon University. No one has engaged this question more “I was struck by how vividly than Herb Elish, the director dingy [some of them Andrew Carnegie’s indus- of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh were], like someone trial-age youth changed since January 1999. Former sanitation had taken a vow of forever when he was given director of New York City, senior vice poverty.” Indeed, the the opportunity to read president of International Paper and recent budget for books for free in Colonel CEO of Weirton Steel, Elish has stirred maintenance has been James Anderson’s private controversy for his lack of credentials as Lawrenceville Library reading room $409 per year per library in Allegheny City a librarian and for his desire to reshape branch. Certainly, (now Pittsburgh’s North a public, non-profit institution along the Pruning Some these buildings must Side). Carnegie’s idea that a lines of a business model. “What I’m be brought into compliance with wealthy patriarch could expecting is an openness to questioning Branches? accessibility codes and modern HVAC welcome the working class of the status quo, and a willingness to Still, the Library’s revised ownership standards. Elish’s comments indicate into a house of books, where change to meet the needs of the current arrangement might raise eyebrows. an unfortunate rush to sell buildings readers could elevate their customers,” Elish told the Pittsburgh They had occupied city-owned struc- to raise cash if renovations seem too minds and eventually their fortunes, City Paper. tures since the first agreement with expensive or inconvenient. The Carnegie evolved from his childhood experience. To a certain extent, Elish has assuaged Andrew Carnegie in 1890, but a recent Library seems to be characterizing This idea became the conceptual model some of the fears of his critics. His City Council resolution has transferred the century-old buildings as a liability for the first Carnegie Libraries in $40 million campaign to renovate the ownership of the buildings to the rather than as an asset. Such a view Braddock and Allegheny City, and for entire branch library system is ambi- Library. Elish has stated that Library is astonishingly short-sighted and the larger central library in Oakland, tious, but it also has begun with some ownership of the buildings will instill ignores the intrinsic value—historical, as well as for 2,508 other smaller positive, responsive signs. Designs are confidence in “investors” that it con- social and even financial—of this Carnegie Libraries throughout the underway for renovations to Squirrel trols the buildings it wants to improve. architectural legacy. English-speaking world. Hill, Brookline, Homewood and But the new arrangement also allows Most of these libraries have outlived Woods Run branches, with others to the Library to sell branches if it sees fit. A Family of Firsts the steel mills that made them possible follow. The Library has selected a “Most of them will get renovated and a Because Pittsburghers have the first and become “a seminal part of not number of highly regarded local archi- few we will consider moving from,” private Carnegie Library in Braddock, only the Pittsburgh landscape but the tects to undertake these projects. It has Elish explained to the Post-Gazette. the first public Carnegie Library on the national cultural landscape as well,” also solicited public input fairly exten- In December 2002 he told the North Side, and the largest and most according to Pittsburgh architect sively. “There needs to be a thorough Tribune Review,“Lawrenceville, stately Carnegie Library in Oakland, Anne Chen. With the arrival of the community process,” explains Craig Mount Washington, West End, and the they might believe that the smaller and information age, though, the model of Dunham, the owner’s representative Hill District are among the candidates less elaborate branch libraries are not magnate and laborer no longer applies. for the Carnegie Library and Carnegie for relocation rather than restoration.” important––but quite the opposite is Can the architectural heritage of the Museums. “We cannot act capriciously.” Since then, he has refrained from naming specific branches, instead true. Each of these buildings has one or providing reassurances. A branch might more important pioneering distinctions. relocate, but the library will not leave They are a family of firsts. any neighborhood that it currently Carnegie Library branches nationally Colonel James Anderson’s home (c. 1830), where Andrew Carnegie came to read, still serves. Nothing will happen without have been the subject of expanding stands at 1423 Liverpool Street in Manchester. The Colonel James Anderson Monument community input, he says. However, appreciation and scholarly literature. (1904) is opposite the entrance to the Allegheny Regional Library on the North Side. some of Landmarks’ long-time members Margaret Henderson Floyd’s book might recall that the Library sold the Architecture after Richardson, co- Wylie Avenue Branch (Alden & Harlow, published by Landmarks and the 1899) and opened two new service University of Chicago Press, chronicles centers for the Hill District area in 1970 the work of Alden & Harlow, architects and 1982. of many Carnegie Library branches, as It is clear that Elish has not yet well as the Oakland main building, explicitly placed significant value on the which they began in 1893 as Longfellow, landmark architecture of the original Alden & Harlow. Says Floyd, “…these Carnegie Library branches. Without a Pittsburgh branch libraries set the doubt, a number of concerns make the pattern for the twentieth century oldest library branches special chal- development of most later Carnegie lenges for renovation and continued use. Libraries…Clearly the Pittsburgh PHLF News • June 2003 Page 13 Branch Libraries, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Building dates are generally given after the library name. Undergoing restoration/renovation: 1. Brookline (1930) Below: The South Side Originally built as a commercial property Branch (Alden & Harlow, 708–710 Brookline Boulevard, 15226 1909) is prominently sited 412-561-1003 on the main street of the Designs for restoration/renovation in progress community, just as are the 2. Homewood (1910) Mount Washington and Hamilton and Lang, 15208 West End branches. 412-731-3080 Listed in Pittsburgh’s Landmark Architecture Above: The Hazelwood Library has Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey lost its original exterior dome, but a Restoration/renovation underway distinctive skylight remains inside. Left: President Benjamin Harrison 3. Squirrel Hill (1972) 5801 Forbes Avenue, 15217 attended the dedication of the 412-422-9650, 412-422-9841 Carnegie Library in Allegheny City, Designs for renovation in progress now the Allegheny Regional Branch of Pittsburgh, on February 13, 4. Woods Run (1964) 1890. Architects Smithmeyer & 1201 Woods Run Avenue, 15212 412-761-3730 Pelz also designed the Library of Designs for renovation in progress Congress in Washington, D.C. Architecturally significant libraries for Photo by Jim Judkis which plans have not yet been announced: 1. Allegheny Regional (1890) Renovated in 1970 5 Allegheny Square, 15212 412-237-1890, 412-237-1892 Listed in Pittsburgh’s Landmark Architecture Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey National Register of Historic Places Historic Landmark Plaque (PHLF) 2. Hazelwood (1899) 4748 Monongahela Street, 15207 412-421-2517 Listed in Pittsburgh’s Landmark Architecture Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey 3. Lawrenceville (1898) 279 Fisk Street, 15201 412-682-3668 With an observation deck on axis with its The Homewood Library (Alden & Harlow, 1910) has been attributed Listed in Pittsburgh’s Landmark Architecture Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey entrance, the Mount Washington branch on to Alden & Harlow designer Howard K. Jones. His departure from the Historic Landmark Plaque (PHLF) Grandview Avenue engages the Golden Triangle strict pattern of other branch libraries takes the form of a distinguished as its front yard. Gothic design with a handsome white terra cotta entrance. 4. Mount Washington (1900) 315 Grandview Avenue, 15211 412-381-3380 making it now more similar to its siblings. Inside, though, Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey The Knoxville a remarkable circular skylight remains. Historic Landmark Plaque (PHLF) Branch was These are the oldest and most significant, not just of 5. South Side (1909) designed in Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Library branches, but of the nation’s 2205 East Carson Street, 15203 1965 by Paul 412-431-0505 and the world’s. Several of the Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey Schweikher, branch libraries have been Historic Landmark Plaque (PHLF) an important recorded in Landmarks’ Allegheny 6. West End (1899) Modernist. County Historic Sites Survey, Wabash and Neptune Streets, 15220 awarded Historic Landmark 412-921-1717 plaques, or included in Walter C. Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey Kidney’s Pittsburgh’s Landmark branch library program was meant as a functional model Architecture: The Historic The Rest: for the nation.” Floyd says that the buildings were Buildings of Pittsburgh and intended to be modest rather than lavish. Still, even unpre- 1. Beechview (1967) Allegheny County (see sidebar). Yet the fate of 1910 Broadway Avenue, 15216 tentious detail by late Victorian standards is comparatively Lawrenceville, West End, Mount Washington, and South 412-563-2900 ornate and sturdy by contemporary measure. Perhaps, Side branch libraries remains unclear. Arthur Ziegler, presi- more importantly, examples throughout the nation and 2. Carrick (1930) dent of Landmarks, has sent a letter to Elish offering sup- the world intentionally followed what happened first in Originally built as a commercial property port in assessing the architectural and historical value of 1811 Brownsville Road, 15210 Pittsburgh. the buildings. Meanwhile, the Library promises to have a 412-882-3897 According to Floyd, the “most innovative and important” continuing process of community meetings and involve- among these is in Lawrenceville. Opened to the public 3. East Liberty (1968) ment to help determine the future of all of the branches. on May 11, 1898, it still operates as a library branch. 130 South Whitfield Street, 15206 Renovating the buildings for other uses may present Its rectangular building mass faces the street, with its gable 412-363-8232 challenges because of features such as windows placed ends perpendicular to its central entrance and a large 4. Hill District (1982) far above eye level. Still, sympathetic users, thoughtful hemicycle projecting rearward. The plan allows reading Located within a commercial strip mall adaptations and new technologies, such as raised floor rooms toward the front and the stacks in the hemicycle at 419 Dinwiddie Street, 15219 systems, will undoubtedly reveal as-yet untapped potential the rear, with the circulation desk authoritatively placed at 412-281-3753 in these important structures. the center. This branch also pioneered the inclusion of a 5. Knoxville (1965) Clearly, a preservation effort is still possible and indeed children’s reading room. The simplified form reflects 400 Brownsville Road, 15210 very important. Landmarks is preparing briefs on the Carnegie’s desire for restrained formality as well as Alden 412-381-6543 significance of each branch library, for distribution to & Harlow’s departure from strictly Richardsonian community groups and interested citizens. Landmarks is 6. The Library Center (1890) vocabularies. This is the general template that so many eager to work with individuals and groups to organize Owned by Point Park College other branches followed. The Baroque terra cotta entrance 414 Wood Street, 15222-1818 preservation support so that future Library-sponsored and alternating voussoirs in the segmentally arched windows 412-281-5945 community meetings can be met with positive, organized make it perhaps the most elaborate of all Carnegie Library Listed in Pittsburgh’s Landmark Architecture response. Members who are interested in supporting branches and therefore quite singular also. Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey preservation efforts are encouraged to contact Cathy Branches in the West End (1899) and on Mount McCollom (412-471-5808, ext. 516; [email protected]). 7. Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped Washington (1900) and the South Side (1909) follow the Located in The Leonard C. Staisey Building Anyone who believes these buildings are safe without a general pattern of Lawrenceville, except for the rear (1920) significant preservation effort should wake up and smell hemicycle. Otherwise, they follow a very similar pattern 4724 Baum Boulevard, 15213 the coffee. in plan and massing, with hipped roofs and slightly varying 412-687-2440 architectural details. Hazelwood, built in 1899, has lost The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh welcomes community 8. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading Center (1970) the exterior Housed in a building c. 1910 input. Contact Darla Cravotta (412-622-5821). dome it had Herron at Milwaukee, 15219 For up-to-date news on the Library’s Capital originally, 412-622-6270 Improvement Program, visit: www.carnegielibrary.org Allegheny County Historic Resource Survey 9. Sheraden (1981) The library shares space with other tenants The East Liberty Branch, demolished in 1969, was an Alden & Harlow design of 720 Sherwood Avenue, 15204 1903, of white terra cotta and bronze-colored brick. 412-331-1135 Page 14 PHLF News • June 2003

Art Glass Restoration: The Liberty The building façade was draped in plastic during restoration to protect passers-by Lofts and workmen within. The stone and brick exterior was cleaned.

John W. Kelly, lower the glass panels to the floor after Kelly Art Glass Company releasing them from the frames. The Process Editor’s Note: In 1897, the Luxfer Prism We spent a day of preparatory work Company of Chicago was founded to cleaning the coal soot from the glass produce glass windows made by a with shop vacs and brushes. We were able to remove enough of the loose layer patented electro-glazing process that of soot to make it possible to handle the produced opaque yet translucent glass The Liberty Lofts are located in the five-story building (second from left) at 905 Liberty units. The sill had sagged in the center blocks or prisms. The windows became Avenue. no wall productions and the Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation were span approximately 5/8 inch. This left a the project developers, and EDGE studio was the project architect. Retail space is available very popular throughout the USA in the gap between the top rail of the center in the street-level storefront and five of the eight residential units are available. For further panel and the copper frame rail. After 1930s, particularly for commercial use information, contact 412-456-0829 or [email protected]. Monthly leases range from removing the two copper stanchions in shop display windows. (For a time $1,150 to $1,750. carefully from the inside we were able to Frank Lloyd Wright served as Luxfer’s tilt the center panel back toward the on the glass tiles were filled in and interior and lift it out of the framing architectural consultant, designing over The Challenge The prevailing conditions at the site appeared smooth. The interior exposed system track. I had prepared space 40 patterns.) John Kelly of Kelly Art were not favorable. The exterior side of zinc cames [muntins] were heavily frames of one-inch by two-inch lumber Glass, a corporate member of the the transom was still buried under a oxidized and many tiles were broken or and plywood gussets. The windows missing. One of the three ventilators were placed in the light-weight frames Pittsburgh History & Landmarks masonry block wall that was also was missing. The only way to remove which stabilized the units and then low- Foundation, found and restored a covered with metal panning. The exte- rior side of the entire façade was painted the glass was from the inside, although ered from the scaffolding. The remain- Luxfer window in downtown Pittsburgh barn red including all of the glass and it was installed from the outside. To ing elements of the copper framing in May 2002. Our thanks to Dutch the copper framing system. The interior complete the picture, each panel was system were disassembled and removed over 7 feet long, 5 feet high and weighed to the shop for stripping and cleaning. MacDonald, AIA, of EDGE studio, side of the glass “tiles” had been covered over for 60 to 70 years with a an estimated 175 pounds––and was Cleaning the glass was time consum- for sharing John’s summary report of finished wall. Coal soot build-up on the ready to collapse. The sill was at 11 feet ing. The tiles were first sorted. Damage above floor level, so we would have to had two categories: (1) chipped corners, June 25, 2002. glass was so heavy that the 1/8-inch ribs Photos by Dutch MacDonald and John Kelly

Above: Kelly Art Glass fabricated the uncommonly large prismatic glass panels on a six-foot by eight-foot work table built especially for the job. Each prismatic panel is very fragile and worth thousands of dollars. Right: Gust Harchar and David Kelly of Kelly Art Glass installed the restored glass panels in the original (fully restored) copper frames. The copper frame will develop a patina of its own. The advan- tage of using prismatic glass in a long, narrow building (22 feet wide by 110 feet deep) is that it refracts the available daylight back into the store for a longer period of the day. PHLF News • June 2003 Page 15

see embossed lettering on the glass under the paint. This was the “logo” tile Named Fund and read “Luxfer, Patented.” The logo tile provided us with our statement of Grants authenticity. This tile was reinstalled in the lower right corner of the right panel. Through the generosity of trustees Conventional border zinc came in and members who have established 1/2-inch and 3/4-inch was used to replace Named Funds at Landmarks, we are the original “U” cames. A 3/16-inch RH able to make small grants to various zinc came was used for the body of organizations involved in historic work; it was a “snap-fit” and very tight preservation and education. In 2002 when assembled. The 1/2-inch steel re- bars were installed vertically and spaced we awarded grants to: every third rib (12 inches). The original windows had rebars every fourth rib • Beginning with Books, for general (16 inches). The completed panels were grouted on the exterior side for a support; weather-tight seal. The finished panels • Bidwell Cultural and Training Center, were then returned to their space frames for its horticultural training program; for transport and installation. • The Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania, for studies of Settlers Looking out from within: a residential loft space during restoration. The Challenge Installation was undertaken from Cabin Park; scaffolding erected on the exterior • Cranberry Township Historical of the building. The original copper Society, for restoring a one-room and (2) chipped prisms. Heavily damaged Glass Studio in Columbus, Ohio. framing system had been stripped and schoolhouse; tiles were put aside, not to be cleaned Martin Rambusch of Rambusch Glass cleaned and was now reinstalled into or reused. Tiles were stacked in plastic Company in New Jersey has an inven- the original jamb frame. The frame had • The Dormont Historical Society, wash tubs in batches of 65 to 80. The tory of prismatic tiles, however they are been rebuilt and the sag was removed for its collections program; next step required soaking the tiles for of a different design pattern than the from the sill. An RTV-grade silicone was • Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, three to five days in water and Triton Luxfer Prisms in this project. Howard added to the back rail to prevent mois- XL (a non-ionic industrial detergent), Bowen of Architectural Glass, Inc. in ture penetration to the interior stop. for restoring the Bedford Coffee Pot which was followed by scrubbing with Beacon, New York has molds for cast- The restored art glass panels were lifted on old Route 30; nylon brushes and brass brushes to ing new tiles and a very unique line of into place, shimmed to fit, and the copper • Preservation Pennsylvania, for remove the red paint from the smooth related products. The Pilkington ribbed cap rails were screwed into place. general support; side of the glass. The tiles were then glass was a cost-effective alternative and Fluorescent lighting was added to the rinsed and returned to fresh water with a visually pleasing companion to the interior sill for accent lighting at night. • The Society for the Preservation detergent to soak for two to five more Luxfer Prisms. Careful observation and recording of of the Duquesne Incline, for days to loosen the coal soot from the About half-way through the cleaning original construction details, including restoration work; ribbed side of the glass. The glass was process, while the tiles were soaking in photos of the existing installation, were then scrubbed again to remove coal water, I felt some heavy build up on essential to the reconstruction of this • Scenic America, for preserving soot, rinsed and racked to dry. The third the smooth side of one tile. I assumed transom assembly. Careful handling historic roads; cleaning removed any remaining built that it was dried globs of paint. When I during removal and subsequent disas- • Soldiers and Sailors National Military up putty, paint, or film from the glass. removed the tile from the water, I could sembly of the individual panels enabled Museum and Memorial, for restora- The tiles were then stacked and counted. me to save the maximum number of There were approximately 960 tiles individual prismatic tiles. tion of the building; in the original assembly. A substitute The finished product is now visible • The Teutonia Mannerchor, for close-ribbed, clear glass was selected for all to enjoy as another original building restoration; and arranged in a simple pattern to facade is brought back to life in compensate for lost or damaged tiles, downtown Pittsburgh. • The Union Project, for adaptively numbering approximately 150. The re-using a handsome church in the metal framing for the original ventila- East End; and tors was discarded and ventilators are now simulated with the use of 1/2-inch • The Western Pennsylvania School for flat zinc framing bars. Tiles had to be the Deaf, for restoration work. cut and beveled to fit this assembly. Chipped tiles were utilized as much as possible. The ribbed, clear glass selected The Luxfer logo tile—a rare find and In addition, we have underwritten the for replacement is a Pilkington stock proof positive that Kelly Art Glass had cost of producing a detailed restoration item available through Franklin Art discovered an original! plan for vacant houses in Manchester, and we have underwritten the cost of a series of meetings with neighborhood organizations to determine priorities for preservation (see page 2). Western For further information about the Pennsylvania Named Funds program, contact Craftsmen’s Jack Miller (412-471-5808, ext. 538; Guild [email protected]). Our mission is to preserve a non-profit organization historic crafts and properties through the service of exceptional craftsmen. The Guild maintains an on-line gathering place where clients can find qualified craftsmen, benefiting historic properties, clients, and craftsmen alike. This “referral service” is free; the Guild accepts no fees or commissions. • Residential & Liturgical • Architectural woodwork • Art glass • Gilding • Architectural plastering For a complete listing of trades, please visit us at • Hardware restoration www.westpenncraftguild.com • Wall coverings and meet the Craftsmen who can make • Slate roofing your project a success. • Finishing and Installation Or, if you prefer, you can leave a message at 412-784-8015 and a member will return your call. Page 16 PHLF News • June 2003

Traveling: A Blossom for the Summer Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.

he Pittsburgh Symphony has, for doors and if they are willing to travel lighting. It was designed Tsome years, studied possible sites for those miles, a substitute is readily avail- by the Cleveland archi- a summer home. At one point Bedford, able: that of the Cleveland Symphony tect Peter Van Dijk, and Pennsylvania was seen as having excel- Orchestra at the Blossom Music Center the structural engineers lent possibilities; but, unfortunately, the at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. were Richard Gensert project was never fulfilled. and Miklos Peller, with With its marvelous historic buildings, The Blossom Music Center the acoustical design its handsome mountains, and cool fresh The hills around Blossom Center are and engineering by air, Bedford did present one problem: not so dramatic as those at Bedford, Christopher Jaffe and that of distance from Pittsburgh. but nevertheless the Center is situated Vladimir Maleckar. Situated 100 miles to the east, it on 800 acres next to the Cuyahoga It is a huge and hand- would have been a major journey for Valley National Park, north of Akron. some structure, seating Pittsburghers, particularly if they wished Cuyahoga Falls was first settled in the 5,281 under its roof with to enjoy the entire season of concerts 1800s and is not far from that beauti- 13,500 able to enjoy the every week. Staying at the historic fully preserved Western Reserve town concerts from the hillside Bedford Springs Hotel would have of Hudson. lawn. There are two made for a pleasant weekend; but Blossom began as a vision of the major sculptures on the unfortunately it has been closed for president of the Musical Arts Association grounds, one by William years. Plans are now advancing to (the governing organization of the McVey and one by Kieff. create a new Marriott Hotel there, Cleveland Symphony): Dudley S. The center opened utilizing only the Greek Revival brick Blossom, who served from 1936–38, July 19, 1968, and has center section of the historic complex. and his wife Emily contributed to its grown from six weeks The Victorian wings may be demolished development over the years. of performances by unless another use can be found for The open concert hall, with a soaring the orchestra to a full them, and it is they, of course, that wooden roof supported by steel beams, season, plus rock, jazz, make the hotel such a rare delight. is located at the base of a natural bowl. and country music. Nevertheless, if Pittsburghers wish to Its interior is a handsome display of This past season the hear summer symphony concerts out-of- rich woods made all the better by night programs ranged from a “Brahms Marathon” to “All Mozart,” Mahler, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Schubert, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky, If Bedford is not available at this time and a summerfest of Broadway and for our own symphony, Akron is no the “Silver Screen.” The acoustics are farther and provides marvelous music in excellent. On the lawn areas, families a fine natural setting with gardens, art, and children have picnics and enjoy the food, and theatre. You can find lodging concerts, albeit with something of a in the area or drive 25 miles north to telescopic view because of the distance Cleveland to spend a night and day, or from the stage. journey back through historic Salem and You can really enjoy a late afternoon Lisbon and stay at the Inn at Willow and evening at Blossom because there Pond, reviewed in our newsletter of are two gardens, an art gallery, a gift December 2000. The Inn contributes to shop, an open pavilion for private our organization any time a member of parties of up to 500, and a very nice Landmarks stays there. restaurant open on all sides. The menu is generally limited to about six entrees Directions via auto: Pennsylvania with appetizers and salads, and there is Turnpike west to Ohio Turnpike. a full bar. Entrees run between $16–$28. Exit Route 76 West to Route 8 north. In addition Blossom has the Port Exit at Silver Lake and follow the signs. House Theatre for summer productions by a professional regional repertory company affiliated with Kent State University.

the usual Becher approach: un-arty, use in specific buildings. Neumann begins with the BOOK fully objective, taken on a pale gray day. European and Baroque period but passes rapidly into The proportion of American to European American the mid-nineteenth century and beyond REVIEWS pictures is small, but the buyer who locales, including to show how light became a material: appreciates the fantastic in construction Pennsylvania. in its own right for expositions and, Walter C. Kidney will enjoy this book. There seem to be Part II is a more and more, national schools of design in the approach manual for the for the architec- installation, ture of the every- Bernd and Hilla Becher, Industrial to a problem as seemingly objective as repair, and day world. Landscapes. Cambridge, Mass., and the shape of a coal-mine headframe, maintenance of There are London: MIT Press, 2002. 11 pp. text + a cooling tower, or the many closed slate roofs. The 76 case studies 180 full-page b/w photos. $85 structures that serve one purpose or another. These central elements, though, copiously illustrated book—plus tables, in color, from Auspiciously, the dust jacket bears a are set among houses in many of the maps, and graphs—provides sources for 1900 to 2001. picture, shown inside too, of J & L’s pictures. People live in these places, slate and slate roofing equipment. Expositions Eliza Furnaces, taken in 1980 after they we are reminded, and it’s astonishing Landmarks was fortunate to have include were blown out but before they came to see how humans have made them- author Joseph Jenkins speak at the Paris 1900, down. There are also other blast-furnace selves at home. 2002 Old House Fair and participate Buffalo 1901, pictures from this region—Pittsburgh as an exhibitor. St. Louis 1904, again, San Francisco 1915, Paris 1925, Joseph Jenkins, The Slate Roof Bible. McKeesport, Chicago 1933, Paris 1937, New York Distributed by Chelsea Green, n.d., Dietrich Neumann et al. Architecture of Aliquippa, and and San Francisco 1939, Brussels 1958, 195 photos and 175 drawings. $35 the Night: The Illuminated Building. Homestead— and New York 1964. Business buildings Munich, Berlin, London, New York. and from This is an exhaustive and practical famous and not so famous are treated Prestel Verlag, 2002. 240 pp., 131 color, installations book by a man who loves slate. Jenkins individually too, as is quite a lot of 176 b/w illustrations. $65 nationwide. discusses the history and care of slate Las Vegas. All in all, the book is quite The photog- roofs. Part I focuses on the nature and This is an excellent survey of architec- a treat. raphy shows character of slate and the history of its tural illumination, onto and from PHLF News • June 2003 Page 17

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Jack Miller “They don’t teach that kind of history then a love affair. The more Brashear in the Construction Department of Director of Gift Planning in history books.” read PHLF News, the more he wanted Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Miller looks forward to receiving to become involved. He discovered Landmarks when his Nearly 200 members of the Pittsburgh PHLF News and has bookmarked First, he established grandmother brought him to one of www.phlf.org on her computer. a Named Fund that our lectures. Shortly thereafter he History & Landmarks Foundation live She doesn’t anticipate getting back helps Landmarks joined, and seven years later he out-of-state––and knowing why they much, but she wants to keep informed connect with leaders moved out-of-state. choose to maintain a long-distance about her hometown. “I may have left in the younger gener- “Being a native of Pittsburgh, I like relationship helps us all appreciate our Pittsburgh,” says Miller, “but because of ation through a to support the region,” says Bankson. hometown and realize the importance my Landmarks membership, Pittsburgh college scholarship “I was there when they were demolish- of Landmarks’ mission. won’t leave me.” program. Next, ing everything in sight, including the he offered his time and resources in any most interesting architecture. Because of Washington, D. C. way he could to support our mission. its track record, I have a lot of faith in In 1996 he became a lifetime member Landmarks. I’m very much in favor of Florida Joan Dailey, a 38-year-old attorney for and in 1998 a trustee. He willingly makes your mission. PHLF News keeps me Carl Wood Brown grew up near the Medicare Program in Washington, a 10-hour round trip commute to attend apprised, and when I’m in the area I Pittsburgh, attended Geneva College, D. C., learned about Pittsburgh through board meetings and committee meetings. read newspaper stories about Landmarks. and became familiar with the Pittsburgh a third party. “I read about Pittsburgh “Landmarks is willing to put its Now I’m going to bookmark your region through his work in the mid in Smithsonian resources in a conservative way behind Web site. The organization is practical 1960s for United States Steel. magazine,” says what it’s interested in accomplishing,” minded and has no fantasies about “Unfortunately, I didn’t fully appreci- Dailey. “That’s how says Brashear. “It’s easy to stay a member preservation. I believe you’re worth ate the beauty and charm of Pittsburgh I learned of its of this organization because of its focus even more support and the fact that until after I was gone,” says the 26-year rebirth and great on quality and mission. Even when I my employer matches my gift makes it Landmarks member. “Only after I was architecture. As it can’t be in town for the tours or the all the more meaningful.” transferred around the country did I turned out, I only programs, reading about them makes Bankson’s areas of interest include come to realize that Pittsburgh was one lived in Pittsburgh me feel as though I attended. Member- riverfront development and the James of the most beautiful places I had ever for 19 months, but it ship is the best bargain in town––even D. Van Trump Library. Of course he had the privilege of living and work- only took me one month to be completely when you don’t live in town.” also is interested in trains and train ing.” Brown became a member when he charmed by the city.” stations and was pleased to learn that saw Landmarks making a concerted In 1997, when interviewed for an the Frank B. Fairbanks Rail-related effort to call attention to Pittsburgh’s in-house council position for a regional Georgia Memorabilia Collection was recently downtown landmarks. hospital, Dailey was given the option of Twenty-eight-year member Allen added to the Library. Even though he has resided in Florida working in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. Bankson agrees with Brashear, and for a number of years, he treasures his Without hesitation, she selected contributes 32 times the annual Landmarks membership. “I stay a Pittsburgh because of its great architec- membership fee because he believes so The Big Picture member because Landmarks does a ture. When Dailey had to return to strongly in Landmarks’ mission. It’s a Landmarks’ non-Pennsylvania members good job of keeping me informed about Washington, she decided to continue compliment when someone increases his reside in 30 states, the District of its work and about what is happening her Landmarks membership so she or her gift, but it’s even more meaning- Columbia, and Canada, but all agree on from an architectural and historical would receive PHLF News and stay ful when the increase comes in a down one thing: often you don’t appreciate point of view in the city. Whenever I up-to-date via the Web site. economy from a member who doesn’t what you have until you don’t have it have a chance to return to Pittsburgh, “Landmarks has a holistic approach even live here. anymore. Landmarks is dedicated to I feel well informed and in touch to preservation,” says Dailey. “It’s not Bankson grew up in Churchill helping its members appreciate the with new developments.” about gentrification or preservation for Borough, then lived in the East End for Pittsburgh region, no matter where That’s not just idle talk. In addition the sake of preservation. It’s about using a number of years before moving to they live. to his annual membership dues, Brown preservation to build solid communities. Atlanta, Georgia where he is employed created a Named Fund and supports When it’s done right everybody benefits. Landmarks’ educational programs, Landmarks does it right. That’s why I particularly the newsletter and books on continue to be a member.” regional architecture. He does so “to be As an out-of-town member, sure that Landmarks continues to exist Dailey does have a few suggestions: and remain active in maintaining and “I’d like to see a Landmarks Chapter restoring the beauty of Pittsburgh.” in Washington, D. C. and/or weekend tours for those of us within a 250-mile Landmarks Arizona radius of Pittsburgh. I would definitely Welcomes Landmarks is helping Brenda Miller come back to get my Pittsburgh ‘fix’ and make a smooth transition to her retire- would be willing to organize a group Steve Dora, Inc. ment in Scottsdale, Arizona. trip for Pittsburgh expatriates.” Ellwood Group, Inc. As a child, Miller lived in Monessen Oxford Development Company and enjoyed traveling to Pittsburgh on Virginia and THE SOCIETY FOR the bus with her mother every Saturday. A native of Forest Hills, David Brashear, Victoria Hall After college, she lived in Squirrel Hill 41, hasn’t lived here since graduate school as THE PRESERVATION OF until she married, and then spent 45 nearly two decades ago. As the head of Corporate Member years in Mt. Lebanon. a small investment firm in McLean, Miller has always had a love of Virginia, Brashear’s relationship with Benefactors history. For family vacations, her Landmarks was not a chance encounter. children would pick a town (usually “After college, I searched to find south of Pittsburgh) and the family an organization that would keep me would head off to learn as much about connected to Pittsburgh,” says Brashear. Dedicated to the preservation of it as possible. About 16 years ago, she “I always had an interest in the that which cannot be replaced took a Landmarks tour and has been a economic history of the region and member ever since, participating in there is a real tie between architecture Thank you for helping us our programs and encouraging others to and those who had economic success protect the places For a membership join. “I learned more about Pittsburgh here, so Landmarks became my connec- that make Pittsburgh home. through Landmarks than I did living tion to Pittsburgh.” What began as a please phone 412-381-1665 there my entire life,” says Miller. friendship grew into a relationship, and Page 18 PHLF News • June 2003

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Membership Bob Bashaw Joseph Youss Kadri Mrs. Denton Beal Karl P. Kargle and Jeffrey C. Stasko Corporate Members Philip Hallen, chairman of Landmarks’ Christina Blackwood and family Rita E. Kim (As of April 2, 2003) Board of Trustees, has challenged the Lew E. Botula Bill and Marian Kristoff staff and members to increase member- Bulgarian Cultural Center Mary Jane Kristoff Benefactors ship by at least 1,000 people, so we have Patricia S. Burke Christopher Lasky Steve Dora, Inc. a total of 4,000 members by the end of Barbara Charles Jodi Lee Lease Ellwood Group, Inc. 2003. Anne L. Christianson Richard LeGrande Oxford Development Company Mary M. Conti and family Jeffrey W. Letwin Victoria Hall Cathy McCollom, director of market- Cool Space Locator Thomas E. Link III ing and operations, and Mary Lu Denny, C. Dean and M. Trimble Rosemary McCullough Patrons director of membership services, created Donald and Barbara DeTemple Norman and Lucinda McHolme Dollar Bank a contest open to all members, staff and Sally Alice Diller Susan Meadowcroft Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors volunteers, complete with prizes awarded David H. Dix and family Jill and Ted Merrick Bureau to the person who brings in the most Bohdan Durkacz Russell P. Mills Molly’s Trolleys new enrollments each month. Prizes Donald and Marlin Ebbert Linda Morrow and family Patrick Elder Mulberry Presbyterian Church range from concert and theater tickets, Partners Elderton School Mike and Missy Nelson and family to restaurant gift certificates, to a compli- African-American Chamber of Commerce Robert and Sarah Eldridge Northside Community Development Fund Duquesne Light Company mentary lunch with a Landmarks’ staff Grant Ervin George K. Omiros and family Ebony Development, LLC member of your choice! Michael P. Panos The Gateway Engineers The grand prize––two tickets “…enclosed is my family Mark R. Power The Healey Company, Inc. (40-yard line; 100 level) to a Heinz Field C. J. Price Horty Springer & Mattern, PC application to join….My brother Alan J. Quinn Pittsburgh Steelers game; complimentary and I appreciate the opportunity to IKM, Incorporated Becky Rodgers Laborers’ District Council of Western parking for the day at Station Square; apply for the façade grant, and… Maureen Rottschaefer two Gateway Clipper shuttle passes; and Pennsylvania we welcome the opportunity to Susan and Tom Schmidt Laurel Savings Bank dinner at a Station Square restaurant–– support PHLF’s mission.” Michael Shealey PNC Bank will be awarded on October 15. Steve Shivak and family ––Chris Farmakis Pittsburgh Steelers Sports You can participate by contacting Jane Shorall Rossin Foundation Mary Lu Denny (412-471-5808, Joseph M. Stengel Sota Construction Services, Inc. Thomas J. Tarasovich ext. 527/[email protected]) to obtain Urban Design Associates Chris, Jason, and Rebecca Farmakis Tracy and James W. Tinnemeyer, Jr. a package of membership brochures all Paul Georg Doug and Jackie Tulmaris Associates set to mail complete with a letter from Cindy Gilch Village at Hampton Fields Arthur Ziegler encouraging people to David A. Gilpatrick and family Donna Lynn Weaver For-Wood Group join. Just add a personal handwritten Diane Goodwin and family Wesley Center AME Zion Church note to the letter, address the envelopes Angelle N. and Irvin P. R. Guyett, Ph.D. Ralph W. Yearick to your friends, add stamps, and mail. Bruce E. Haney Margaret Zabo Rodney Harkness Peter H. Zerega “…Mulberry Church has joined membership in PHLF With your help we can reach our Eric and Judy Harrison Michael J. Zito so we may in a small way help in the work that your membership goal! Elizabeth F. Hickey organization does in the preservation and maintenance Douglas Hoesch and Colleen Ramsay of old historic structures in the Pittsburgh area, many ...... David and Twila Hummel and family of which…offer various outreach services to the Membership community.” ––Montague R. Cooke Referral Church Elder and Chairman of the Plaque Committee Mulberry Presbyterian Church Help us increase our membership this year by referring your friends, relatives, and business associates to us as potential Contributions & Gifts members. There are many ways to give to Landmarks. Our members and friends make contributions in support of Please complete this form and fax it to specific programs or in memory of loved ones. They also give memberships as gifts or donate goods or services. Mary Lu Denny (412-471-1633) or E-mail the information requested to We thank the following people and corporations for their recent contributions, received between January 1 [email protected]. and April 2, 2003:

Prospective Member Name Corporate Matching Gifts Named Funds at • The Thomas O. Hornstein Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, for a • The Buhl Foundation, for matching a gift Landmarks contribution to Landmarks’ Thomas O. (please print clearly) from Dr. Albert C. Van Dusen; • George and Eileen Dorman, for gifts to Hornstein Named Fund; • ChevronTexaco, for matching a gift from their Named Fund to support the Historic • The Roy A. Hunt Foundation, for a Address Alfred N. Mann; Religious Properties Initiative and the contribution to the Torrence M. Hunt, Sr. • Dominion Foundation, for matching a Easement Fund; Named Fund for Special Projects; City State Zip gift from James B. Richard; and • Richard Brunermer, Mary Dunn, Marion • Grant McCargo, for a contribution to • SBC Foundation, for matching a gift from V. Green, Robert D. and Vivian E. Logan, support our preservation efforts; Telephone Colleen Joyce-Sauvain. Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., and Vinnie D. Ziegler, for gifts to the Mary DeWinter • Jack Miller, for a gift to support Landmarks’ preservation programs; Yes, you may use my (our) name(s) as a Gift Memberships Named Fund in memory of Ruth Brunermer; • Ellen Carroll Walton, for a contribution referral: • Roger Beal, for giving a membership to to support the Walton Family Scholarship Mrs. Denton Beal; • Richard A. Brunermer, Richard C. Brunermer, Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., and that was awarded on April 9 to Alonna (please print your name clearly) • Kenneth J. Jaros, for giving a membership Vinnie D. Ziegler, for contributions to the McCoy; and to Douglas Hoesch and Colleen Ramsay; Mary DeWinter Named Fund in memory • The Estate of Bessie Mae Zuck, for a Date • Jerry Morosco, for a gift membership to of Dee Dunn; contribution to support the preservation the South Side Community Council; • Marion V. Green, for contributions to the of the Neville House. Thank you very much for helping us • Roschel Holland Stearns, for giving a Mary DeWinter Named Fund in memory build our membership! membership to Marlin and Donald of Dee Dunn and Joseph Wild; and Ebbert; and • Vinnie D. Ziegler, for a gift to the Emma Year-End Gifts—Total Tops • Anne and David Stevenson, for giving a Ziegler Named Fund in memory of $10,000 to Aid Historic membership to Marge Stevenson. Arthur P. Ziegler, Sr. Religious Properties Program Support Gerald D. Blum • The Gailliot Family Foundation, for a Lowrie C. Ebbert Casey Gnage Order an autographed copy of contribution to underwrite the cost of 500 T-shirts given free to students Dom Magasano Henry Hornbostel: An Architect’s Master Touch participating in Landmarks’ downtown Grant McCargo walking tours; By Walter C. Kidney Hon. & Mrs. William L. Standish • The James H. and Frances C. Hardie $49.95 less 10% discount for members of Landmarks Family Fund of The Pittsburgh For orders on-line: www.phlf.org Foundation, for a gift to support our preservation efforts; Phone: 412-471-5808, ext. 525 Fax: 412-471-1633 (attention Frank) • John C. Harmon and Martha Jordan, for Co-published by Landmarks and Roberts Rinehart Publishers. 272 pages; 8 3/8" x 11", hard cover; directing honorariums they received from 470 illustrations (including more than 200 color photographs); ISBN 1-57098-398-4 the Pittsburgh Planned Giving Council to Landmarks; PHLF News • June 2003 Page 19 JOIN LANDMARKS Support the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation in its work to: • Identify, document, and work to save architectural landmarks, historic neighborhoods, and historic designed landscapes in Then... Allegheny County; • Provide loans and technical assistance to community-based organizations that propose feasible plans for historic properties; • Participate in urban planning issues as an advocate for historic preservation; • Create educational programs for schools, community groups,

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Senior citizen or student $15 or more Individual $25 or more Family $30 or more Couple $30 or more Schools and Non-profits $35 or more School Districts $50 or more Corporate $250 or more Life Benefactor $5,000 (a one- time gift) The portion of your dues exceeding $15 is tax-deductible. Call Mary Lu Denny at 412-471-5808 ext. 527 for details on a multiple-year membership plan at a reduced rate, and for a listing of our membership benefits. Yes! Enroll me as a member of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. I have enclosed a contribution in the amount of ______. from the James D. Van Trump Library Name______Address______A local series of Then and Now photos, created by Frank Stroker, Landmarks’ assistant archivist, and Judith Harvey, a member of Landmarks and librarian volunteer, in conjunction with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s City ______public service campaign. State ______Zip ______

Telephone (day)______Through its advertising campaign, Relocated: In downtown Pittsburgh, the familiar (area code) . History is in our Hands, the home of B. K. Elliott Company, constructed in E-mail ______National Trust asks people to consider 1915, will give way to a modern parking garage Method of Payment two questions: “What will we leave the [built 1958]. Check enclosed (payable to PHLF) next generation to remember us by?” Such was the fate of many humanly scaled Mid- Credit card: and “How much are we willing to Victorian buildings in Pittsburgh. Will parking AmEx Visa lose?” The Trust’s public service announcements are garages be the source of fond memories, too, when Mastercard Discover scheduled on the History Channel, A&E, Home & they are gone? Account # ______Garden Television, and the Food Network. Local radio stations also are expected to broadcast the History is in Expiration______our Hands message. Let Cathy McCollom know when Signature______you hear the public service announcements: I have already included Landmarks in [email protected]. my will or estate plan.

...and Now Thank you for completing this form. Did you ever patronize the B. K. Elliott Please detach and fax or mail to: Membership Company? Do you have hand painted china from the Pittsburgh History & Greenware Stock? Did grandfather’s glasses come Landmarks Foundation from here? 100 W Station Sq Dr, Ste 450 Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1134 Seven floors of merchandise were housed in this 412-471-5808, ext. 527 building in the 100 block of Sixth Street, downtown. Fax 412-471-1633 Opticals, photographic supplies, and engineers www.phlf.org and draftsmen supplies and services were the core of the business. In the artist’s material department you could find china for hand painting, a popular pas- time for women in the early part of the 20th century. The April 1957 issue of the Charette noted the passing of the building and relocation of the business: Parking garages do not leave legacies. . Page 20 PHLF News • June 2003 EVENTS:June – October For complete details AND to confirm the tours and dates in the Events listing: check our Web site at www.phlf.org; or phone 412-471-5808, ext. 527; or e-mail [email protected]. Reservation information is given with each entry, and varies from entry to entry. Reservations are limited, so call as SOUTH SIDE STROLLS soon as possible. Tours go rain or shine. Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Saturdays, June through September Contact Mary Lu ([email protected]) if you would like us to add you to a “Special Events E-mail Alert” 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. @for members so we can send up-to-date information to you. Meeting location: Parklet at 12th and East Carson Streets, in front of Wednesdays, June 4, 11, 18, 25 Tour leaders: Landmarks Docents the Birmingham Mural. JUNE Noon to 1:00 p.m. Meeting location: Parklet adjacent to Dollar Bank, Smithfield Free to everyone, Grant Street Walking Tour Street and Fourth Avenue thanks to the South Side A tour every Pittsburgher (and visitor) will Fee: Free to members (one of the benefits!); $3.00 per person Local Development enjoy! You’ll see spectacular interiors and hear non-members (exact change required on the day of the tour). Company’s Neighborhood fascinating facts about Pittsburgh’s most Limited to: 10 to 15 people with each tour guide Assistance Program, made possible by notable landmarks. Reservations are not required but would be appreciated the PA Department of Community and Tour leaders: Landmarks Docents one day in advance of the tour date. For reservations: Economic Development and PNC Bank. Meeting location: Mellon Green parklet waterfall, Grant Street Phone 412-471-5808, ext. 527 or [email protected] and Sixth Avenue Fee: Free to members (one of the benefits!); $3.00 per person Wednesdays, September 3, 10, 17, 24 non-members (exact change required on the day of the tour). SEPTEMBER Noon to 1:00 p.m. Limited to: 10 to 15 people with each tour guide Fifth & Forbes Walking Tour Reservations are not required but would be appreciated See the significant architecture that is one day in advance of the tour date. For reservations: Enjoy lunch at being saved and the initial stages in the Phone 412-471-5808, ext. 527 or [email protected] Renaissance Pittsburgh revitalization effort. Hotel’s Opus Restaurant Saturday, June 21 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tour leaders: Landmarks Docents in June and July— Tour TARENTUM Meeting location: Under the clock in Market Square Fee: Free to members (one of the benefits!); $3.00 per person and receive a free copy of Following a scenic bus ride from Station Square, we will stroll through the Victorian business district of this 161-year-old non-members (exact change required on the day of the tour). Pittsburgh in Your Pocket: Allegheny River town, past the site of Evelyn Nesbit’s birthplace, Limited to: 10 to 15 people with each tour guide A Guide to Pittsburgh- to Memorial Park, and the Alle-Kiski Heritage Museum. Reservations are not required but would be appreciated area Architecture. Tour leaders: Members of the Alle-Kiski Historical Society and one day in advance of the tour date. For reservations: Tell them Community Library of Allegheny Valley. Phone 412-471-5808, ext. 527 or [email protected] “Landmarks sent Meeting location: Opposite the parking garage at the entrance you!” Renaissance to The Shops at Station Square Saturday, September 13 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Hotel, Fee: $45 members (including box lunch); $55 non-members. Art Deco in Pittsburgh Bus Tour at 107 Sixth Limited to: 25 people We’ll view exteriors and visit some interiors of Art Deco buildings in Street, is the For reservations: Phone 412-471-5808, ext. 527 or Oakland, downtown Pittsburgh, and on the North Side designed for educational, residential, commercial, and entertainment uses. sponsor of [email protected] Tour leader: Al Tannler Landmarks’ Sunday, June 22 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Meeting location: Bigelow Boulevard bus stop at the William downtown Shadyside Walk: A Controversy in Stone and Glass Pitt Union in Oakland summer walking tour series. Carlton Strong’s Sacred Heart Church (1924–53) provides a perfect Fee: $34 plus $15 bus fee. Limited to: 25 people counterpoint to Ralph Adams Cram’s Calvary Episcopal Church Register after August 1 through: Center for Lifetime Learning (1906–07). Bring binoculars! 412-648-2560 Call Us for a Tour leader: Bernard Kent Markwell Meeting location: Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Avenue Wednesday, September 17 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Private Group Fee: $24 per person. Limited to: 25 people Divine Diversity—Exploring Pittsburgh’s Tour Register through: Center for Lifetime Learning 412-648-2560 Downtown Churches We’ll discuss the roots of ecclesiastical architecture by exploring Pittsburgh from the Rivers Epiphany, First Lutheran, Smithfield United, Trinity Episcopal, and Wednesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 June through October First Presbyterian. Bring binoculars—and a drink and snack! JULY Noon to 1:00 p.m. For groups of 20–25 Penn-Liberty Walking Tour Walking tour leader: Bernard Kent Markwell Come aboard Pittsburgh Voyager Discover how one of downtown’s most historic Meeting location: Epiphany Church, 1018 Centre Avenue for a two-hour cruise on Pittsburgh’s commercial districts is being revitalized through (Park downtown because the walking tour ends at First three rivers. Mary Ann Eubanks of the arts. See the Pittsburgh Public School’s new Presbyterian Church on Sixth Avenue.) Landmarks will point out noteworthy high school for the Creative and Performing Arts Fee: $34 per person. Limited to: 15 people buildings and bridges, and talk about and the new Theater Square complex. Register after August 1 through: Center for Lifetime Learning riverfront development, the city, and Tour leaders: Landmarks Docents 412-648-2560 its neighborhoods. Contact Pittsburgh Voyager for Meeting location: Katz Plaza, Penn Avenue and Seventh Street further details and reservations: Fee: Free to members (one of the benefits!); $3.00 per person Saturday, October 18 412-231-2712 or non-members (exact change required on the day of the tour). OCTOBER 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. www.pittsburghvoyager.org. Limited to: 10 to 15 people with each tour guide 21st-Century Buildings in Reservations are not required but would be appreciated Downtown Pittsburgh Schools & Summer Camps one day in advance of the tour date. For reservations: We’ll see and discuss the First Avenue Phone 412-471-5808, ext. 527 or [email protected] Imagine the city as a classroom! Let us T-station, the PNC Service Center, Mellon Bank plan an exploration of buildings and Service Center, Lazarus, O’Reilly Theatre and Theatre places for your students that fulfills Wednesdays, August 6, 13, 20, 27 Square, and the new Alcoa Building and Convention Center. academic standards in geography, AUGUST Noon to 1:00 p.m. Walking tour leader: Al Tannler social studies, and the arts. We have Fourth Avenue Frolic Meeting location: The Landmarks Building at Station Square, walking tours for students of all ages. You’ll see buildings designed in styles ranging Smithfield Street Bridge level. Contact Mary Ann for details: from Greek Revival to Post Modern, con- Fee: $34. Limited to: 15 people 412-471-5808, ext. 537; structed from 1836 to 1984, on what Register after August 1 through: Center for Lifetime Learning [email protected]. was once Pittsburgh’s “Wall Street.” 412-648-2560 (continued) Architectural Tours We can tailor-make a tour for groups of 10 people or more. Fees vary PHLF News usually is published three times each year for the members of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, a non-profit historic according to group size and program preservation organization serving Allegheny County. Special issues, devoted to a particular theme or program area, are published on occasion. format. Popular tours include our Landmarks is committed to neighborhood restoration and historic property preservation; public advocacy; historic landscape preservation; and All-City Tour; Historic Neighborhood education and membership programs. and Ethnic Church tour; downtown © 2003 Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation walking tours, or South Side Stroll. Designed by Pytlik Design Associates. Photographs by William Rydberg, PHOTON and Landmarks, unless otherwise noted. Contact Mary Lu Denny to make Philip B. Hallen ...... Chairman Stanley A. Lowe...... Vice President, Preservation Programs arrangements for a private group tour Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr...... President Cathy McCollom ...... Director of Operations and Marketing that suits your interests, needs, and Louise Sturgess ...... Editor/Executive Director Jack Miller ...... Director of Gift Planning budget: 412-471-5808, ext. 527; Tom Croyle...... Comptroller Linda Mitry...... Staff Accountant [email protected]. Mary Lu Denny ...... Director of Membership Services Frank Stroker...... Assistant Archivist/Sales Manager Mary Ann Eubanks...... Education Coordinator Albert M. Tannler ...... Historical Collections Director Jean Hardy ...... Secretary Sarah Walker ...... Secretary Phipps Hoffstot ...... Chief Financial Officer Marilyn Whitelock ...... Secretary Thomas Keffer ...... Superintendent of Property Maintenance Gregory C. Yochum ...... Horticulturist Walter C. Kidney...... Architectural Historian Ronald C. Yochum, Jr...... Chief Information Officer