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Published for the members of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation No. 127 January 1993

a A r c hit e cture Aft e r Richards o n a Station Square and a New Bridge a A Letter to Our Members: Looking Back on 1992 Pittsburgh Architecture: Emergent Architecture

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On Ocøber 19, 1992, the trustees of Preservation Fund Authority of Pittsburgh, and the local a Portable Pittsburgh a th,e Pitæburgh Hßøry & lnndntarlæ Stanley Lowe, director of Land- Department of Housing and Urban Landmark Surv ivors video marks' Preservation Fund, will: Development to foster more and better a Architecture: The Building Art exhibit Foundation approu ed, the þIlowing inner-city restoration programs and a Ar c hit e c t s - Ìn- t he - S c ho o I s program o work with lending institutions to aug- worlt planfor the land,marlx sffiin affordable housing development projects a slide shows ment the program assets of Landmarks' work with Landmarks and lending a private group tours 1993. Program ffir'ts continue to Preservation Fund institutions to offer summer intern . work with the Borough of Wilkinsburg The highpoint of the year will be the concentrate on historic prcperty res- opportunities with neighborhood/ to revitalize an abandoned school for Hands-On History Festtval in the toration an d, neighborh,ood, assistarrce community groups area youths Station Square Festival tent on May 8. through La.ndnnrl$' Preseru ation . provide on-going assistance to Preserva- Education & Events Hundreds of school students will exhibit projects relating to Pittsburgh's Fund,; public ad,aocacy; hßøric preser- tion Fund projects supported in previ- Diane DeNardo, director of educa- and architecture, compete the ous years on the North Side and South tion and marketing since 1989, will be history in aatínn ed,u,catinn; and, thc d,eueLop- qt Side, in Homewood-Brushton, and in resigning from Landmarks on January Gr e P it t sbur gh Br idge - Building and participate in hands-on mcnt of Sntinn Squarg Riuerpørk, Bloomfield-Garfìeld 15. (She is expecting her hrst child in Contest, o provide administrative and technical activities. and, the Riaerwalk of Indtstriul March.) Diane did an excellent job as assistance to the Pittsburgh Community Landmarks' education director, and we We plan tc offer the follov,'ing tours Artífocx. Program priorities and goals Reinvestment Group. (PCRG is a coali- all wish her the best. Louise Sturgess, and special events in 1993: in 1993 are as foll,ows: tion of 25 community organizations.) executive director, Mary Lu Denny, a historic house and garden tour in . create and administer through Land- director of membership services, and March in Savannah, Georgia marks a lodmoderate PCRG closing- many volunteers will continue to a membership reception in April in our cost technical- and financial-assistance provide a full agenda ofeducational offices and library and atthe Corner- program for single female heads of programs and resources for schools and stone store at Station Square households community groups featuring Pittsburgh walking tours o of East Allegheny, advocate that lending institutions make history and architecture. Allegheny West, Wilkinsburg, Arsenal loan funds available to low-income In 1993, our education staff will offer Park in Lawrenceville, Aspinwall, and . inner-city neighborhoods six in-service courses through the Manchester serve on l0 Pittsburgh community Allegheny Intermediate Unit; three bus tours to Wellsburg, West Virginia, development advisory boards, including adult continuing education courses and to South Fork near Johnstown Integra, Pittsburgh National, Mellon, through Pitt's Informal Program; two book receptions and lectures for Equibank, and Dollar . banks summer programs for families; and the authors Margaret Henderson Floyd, work with the Department of City following resources for schools and Clyde Hare, and Martin Aurand Planning, the Urban Redevelopment community groups: (Continued on page 12) _ ":u

Page 2 PHLF News January 1993 ffiNEWS

[\ew Members i" 1992 J-ust joined over 200 people the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation in 1992. THINK YoU, we greatly appreciate their support and welcome their participation in our special events, education programs, and historic preservation programs. Landmarki members create a strong collective voice in support of históric preservâtion in the COnpoRATE MEMBERS Pittsburgh region.

John Anania Your contributions in 1992 helped the pittsburgh William H. Henneman Mr. & Mrs. R.L. Quasey Mr. & Mrs. William Barnes James H. Herndon, M.D. Ms. Mary Belle Rawlings History Ec Landmarks Foundarion: Sanford Baskind Ms. Kathie Herron Ms. Jane L. Rectenwald Beaver County Invention Norman Hochendoner Mr. & Mrs. William Houston Reed a TEACH more than 10,000 students, reachers, and adults Convention Ms. Marilyn Holt & Family Ms. Rachel Kirk Bobo Ms. Catherine Houska Miss Margaret about Pittsburgh's history and architecture Rees & Family M¡s. Milton G. Hulme, Jr. Frank D. Reese Ms. Nancy Bohr BEGIN the restoration of rwo blocks of renant-owned low- Mr. & Mrs. Don Hulse & Familv' Mrs. Virginia Gist Renberg Ms. Lisa Bontempo Edward F. Jacob, Jr. & Family Mrs. Bonnie Renton to-moderate-income historic housing place on Brighton on Ms. Ann Boss Mrs. Monika Jacobs & Family Mrs. Mildred E. Rickel Pittsburgh's North Side Ms. Margery Boyle Ms. Elizabeth K. Johnson Randy Roth F¡ank R. Braden, Jr. M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Johnson Ms. Jean D. Sadworth a PROVIDE technical assisrance to the 25 neighborhood & Family Ms. Janey Jones St. Anthony's Chapel Edwa¡d B. Brandt organizations that are members of the Pittsburgh Commu- Mr. & Mrs. Greg Juran & Family Sr. Bede School Ms. Mary Lou Braue¡ Ms. Brenda J. Kagle St. Mau¡ice School nity Reinvestment Group (PCRG) Thomas O. Brigham Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ka¡uth. Jr. Ms. Louise M. Saylor Louis B. Brody Ms. Virginìa a WORK with the PCRG to obtain $500 million in bank loan Kaulman Robert Schuler Ms. Rosemarye Bunting Vagel Keller Craig Scott commitments for restoring housing and commercial Ms. Sue Burton James M. Kelly Douglas Scott Ms. Stella C. Cafaro buildings in low-to-moderare income neighborhoods Ms. Betty Kent Ms. Linda Scott Ms. Linda Carmany Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Ker¡ Jr. Mrs. Frank L. Seamans COMPLETE the African-American Historic Site Survey, in Christopher D. Carr Thomas V{ Kirby Ms. Kathleen Vincent Sechler Robert Chase Ms. Jane M. Koepp cooperation with Landmarks Design Associates, document- Ms. Alice Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Chiodo Ms. Carol Kowal1 Ms. Velma Sharpsky ing 300 significant sites in Allegheny County & Family Jeffrey P. Krainess Ms. Susan Sherman Ms. Eleanor H. Coe Mr. & Mrs. Dale Kuhn Ms. a DE\IELOP a major preservation library for Landmarks, Johanna Sholder Berna¡d L. Cohen Ms. Ka¡en Kuklinski Sister of St. F¡ancis of Millvale members and friends Mary M. Colburn, M.D. Mr. & M¡s. Frank Kyes Don A. Smith M¡. & Mrs. Gerald P. Combe¡ Ms. Sally I. Lagerbasch Mr. & a CONTRIBUTE ro the Greater Pittsburgh Mrs. Ronald E. Smith economy and & Family Lawrenceville Historical Society Ms. Liz Smithson Louis visitor industry through Station Square, a project of the C. Corbus M¡. & M¡s. John Fiske Lazo Mr. & Mrs. Leo Spaeder, Jr Dr. Sundra Cornetti Bernard J. Liff, FAIA & Family Pittsburgh History Landmarks & Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Croushore John Lubinski Ms. Lyndia Spanard & Family Stephen Lund Mr. & Mrs. David Spencer James J. Crowley Anthony L. Lupkowski Ms. Helen Spirnak 1,992 CoRpoRATE MsMssns Ronald G. C¡uikshank Ms. Charlene Mahon & Family Ms. Elizabeth A. Stang Mrs. Andrew Cummins Mrs. Terry C. Mal Ms. Virginia A. Stang Benefactors Partners (continued) Robert J. Cushman Ms. Mary Malli Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Stanley Allegheny General Hospital Carlow College M¡. & Mrs. Daniel J. Deady Ms. Millicent Ma¡ino Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stark Ms. Bell Atlantic Mobil Svstems Chubb Group of Insurance Laurie L. Del Frate Ms. Agnes Markoff Ms. Linda Steranchak & Family Mrs. Blue Cross of Western Companies Dita Dyck Mr. & Mrs. William Markus Mrs. Ernest A. Stem Ms. Beverly DiPaolo Pennsylvania Figg Engineering A. Robert Marschik Miss Miidred M. Stevenson Ms. Cìndy Dìxon Ms. Velma R. Martiner Conti Environmental First South Savings Ec Loan Ms. Lucy Stewart Ms. Steffi Domike & Family Ms. Martha S. Martinez Dollar Bank Great American Federal Ms. Carol Campbell Swinston Ms. Ma¡ie W. Donahue Ms. Jane P. Mazur Earth Science Consultants HDR Engineering, Inc. Ms. M. VirginiaSwisher Ms. D.S. D¡eela¡d Miss Marion L. McCullough Mrs. Albert Tannler Pittsburgh High Tech Council Frank P. Hess Company, Inc. & Ms. Ricarda L Dudek Mr. & Mrs. F.C. McDonald Mrs. Rose Tarasi Pittsburgh Penguins Hawbaker Communications S. Robert K. Earl Miles McGoff Ms. Margaret Thomas Hockey Club Johnson & Higgins of PA, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William Edgar Ms. Catherine D. McKinley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Thompson Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Ms. Marilyn Erwin Ms. Catherine McMichael James Tinnemeyer, Jr. Russell, Rea, Zappala Ec LCI International Margaret & Stanley Ewing, lnc. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene W Merry Ms. Jean Torrey Gomulka Landmarks Design Associates Mr. & Mrs. David Fawcett Joel R. Mille¡ Robert K. Toward SmithKline Beecham C.B. Metaltech Ms. Mary Anne Ference Ms. Rosemary S. Miller Scott Truex, AICP TCI of Pennsylvania, Inc. North Side Bank Ms. Kathleen G. Fleming Michael R. Minoski Jack Urbani ParkerlHunter, Inc. Ms. Marilyn L. Jezik Francis Ms. Debo¡ah Mitchell Ms. Dina Vargo Patrons Pittsburgh Institute of Ms. Patricia R. Fritz Mon Valley Travel Richard M. Voelker Allegheny Business News Aeronautics Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Funtal Ms. Mary-Lou Moore Mark Wachter Armstrong Group of Pittsburgh Pirates & Family Moorhead Tower T.O.P.S. Dennis M. Weber Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Funtal Companies Point Park College Mother olSorrow School Eric V. Weimerski¡ch & Family Beckwith Machinery Port Authority of Allegheny Mr. & Mrs. Richard Moulton Mrs. Elaine Wertheim M¡. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot Company Counry Ms. Bette Mucha West Jefferson School District Ms. Margaret F. Galla Mr. & M¡s. John Muir Burrell Group, Inc. Rennekamp Lumber & Family Rev. D¡. & Mrs. Richard Ms. Candice P. Gatens & Familv Ms. Sarah E. Murdock H. Wilmer, Coopers & Lybrand Riley Ec DeFalice, P.C. Jr. Gene J. Gianni Kevin Murphy Ms. Ellen S. Wilson Copperweld Corporation Sargent Electric Company Ms. Pat Gibbons Ms. Rosemarie Nellis James D. Wilson Dick Corporation Stuchell and Haabestad Michael D. Gillinov Ms. Gretchen O'Hagen Ms. Wanda L. Wilson Ferry Electric Company TEDCO Construction Abraham D. Goldblum, M.D. Harold R. Ohm Bill Woods Fisher Scientific Corporation Daniel Grieco, Jr., P.E. Mr. & Mrs. George Pendro Jim Wudarcyk Industrial Energy Services T&T Hardware Tom Gue¡rieri Ms. Rita F. Perlow Ms. Betty Lou Yount Company, Inc. Tucke¡ Arensberg, P.C. Ms. Ruth Gunning Ms. Mary R. Perry 'Sü'estin Ms. Do¡is Zurawka Matthews International William Penn Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Hackney The Pìttsburgh Daguerreian Corporation & Familv Project Nabisco Brands, Inc. Associates Ms. Martha"M. Hanna Pleasant View Elementary Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Delta International Machinery Ms. Isabel Harris School Railroad Co. Corporation Hartwood Elementary School Plum Boro School District Hall Industries Mrs. Judith K. Harvey & Family Ms. Catherine B. Pober Ms. Elizabeth Partners Koppers Industries Haverstick Fredric V. P¡ice Sr. M. Thomasita Helle¡ OSF Aliied Security Patricia M. Navarro, Ltd. Dr. George William Pritcha¡d Ms. Margaret W Hendrix Ms. Mary Beth Pysk Bell of Pennsylvania Penn State Beaver Campus Broudy Printing Penn State New Kensington CTR Systems Salem Corporation California University In Memoria,m

on october 18, 1992, Marianne Martin, a docent with Landmarks since 19g2, died in Pittsburgh. During her 10 years with Landmarks, Marianne presented about 215 tours Pittsburgh History & of the city to adult social, religious, convention, and businesJ groups. Her specialty Landmarks Foundation was colonial history peppered by anecdotes and information gatheìed frornher vast reading and experience at the Bryn Mawr-vassar book store in oakland. our tour groups enjoyed Marianne's dry humor, and eagerly followed her flower-patterned umbrella-cum-cane through churches and building lobbies and neighboihood streets - always in good weather, because Marianne had uncommon greal luck with rain clouds parting for blue skies just at the start of her tours. Jean, Marianne's daughter, became a well-known volunteer partner with Marianne: helping dealers at PHLF News is publishedJìve t¡mes each year the members of the píttsburgh for Landmarks'Antiques show each year; wrapping gifts Thè History & Landmarks Foundation. It ís supported through membership dollars, in Sñops at Station square each proceeds from Station Square, and advertisi.ng revenue. holiday season; and even filling in when Marianne's health prevented her frôm keeping a tour date this past summer. ArthurP. Ziegler,lr. ....president Marianne was an enthusiastic and loyal docent for Landmarks. Our docent staff, Louise Sturgess. ..Editor/Executíve Director members, and friends will miss her. we extend our sincere sympathy Cathy Broucek .Director of Marketing, to her daughters, Station Square Jean and Ellen Martin. Mary Lu Denny . . . . Director of Membership Seivices Eric F. Dickerson ...... Advertising Salei Manager C ontributions Benefit'Iour Program Walter C. Kidney . . . Architectural Histotian Stanley A. Lowe .. .Director ofthe preservation Fund we thank Ms. Katherine caldwell, Miss virginia Kaufman, and Rockledge Garden AlbertM.Tannler ...... ArchiyÌst club_ for their generous contributions in memory of Marianne Martin to support GregPytlik ....Designer Landmarks' tour program. January 1993 PHLF News Page 3

Architectu,reAft*rRichnrd,son

Margaret Henderson Floyd's Architec- ture After Richardson Regionalism Before Modentism; Longþllow,- Alden i. i/ìt! ,1,a¡ iÀ,.$lt and Harlow in Boston and Pittsburgh is to be printed in 1993. The hardbound book, the work of many years, will be co-published by the University of Chicago Press and the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. It will be about 450 pages (size 9" x 12"), and will contain about 450 black-and- white photographs and line drawings. The research, writing, design, and publication of Architecture After ,o Richardson were made possible through generous contributions from the Allegheny Foundation, Architectural Heritage Foundation, Graham Founda- tion for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, The George Gund Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Northeastern lJniversity, Sewickley Valley Historical Society, Tufts University, Landmarks' Revolving Fund for Education, and gifts from 73 individuals and businesses.

Our staff at the Pittsburgh History & I Landmarks Foundation first encoun- tered Margaret, almost by chance, in 1985 when the Society of Architectural Historians was in Pittsburgh. At the time Margaret was at work on a much more modest project, an account of the career of ATexander Wadsworth Longfellow, who designed buildings for Pittsburgh as a partner for 10 years with Frank Alden and Alfred Harlow but The Inngfellu.u, Alden & Harløu: in Pitæburgþ, 1894. Fifthfrom the left, in o, hat, ís Alæa,nder W1 Londië\kilt uith Alfred B. Harl'øw remained a New England architect. To ffice the right. us Longfellow alone seemed incom- besíile him at the left, ønd Franlt E. Ald,en n plete, and a purely New England viewpoint of the partnership years seemed lacking in balance. V/e brought Ohio to Loretto, Pennsylvania and over talked of retiring here, away from the Margaret easily around to the idea of to Wellsburg, West Virginia: from some tensions she finds these days in the writing alarger work that would take of the most august public spaces in Boston area. Whether she does so or the three architects from the start of Pittsburgh to a secluded summer estate. not, her book will put Pittsburgh on the their practice in 1886 and into the years Everywhere, Margaret assiduously architectural historian's map in a way after 1896, when their partnership was made friends, sought out pictures and unknown before. In the last half- amicably dissolved. information, getting people interested century or so, American architectural Thus Margaret became something of and ready to help. In Mary Beth development from H.H. Richardson on a commuter, having an occasional block Pastorius of Sewickley she found a has been seen from a Modernist view- of days off from the Tufts Art Depart- friend who knows the architectural point, a progress from Boston and ment and spending them in and around history of a locality where the firm was Richardson to Chicago with Sullivan Pittsburgh. A favorite teacher had told very active, and who lives with her and Wright. In Margaret's book, an Margaret never to write about a build- family in an outstanding Alden & "antimodern" interpretation of what ing she had not seen, so Margaret and Harlow house. was happening is attempted: one in Walter Kidney of Landmarks toured Margaret has enjoyed the project which historic styles call up traditional Longfellow, Alden & Harlo#Alden & experience and the experience of and regional associations more Harlow country from Steubenville, Pittsburgh itself, and has occasionally meaningful to American society than the abstract, theoretical architecture for a technological age that, when Longfellow, Alden & Harlow were in practice, was just beginning to emerge on the continent of Europe. In the long run, an attempt is being initiated to complete American architectural history of circa 1900, not to have two clashing histories. R. Buckminster Full- er, arch-utilitarian and technocrat, proves a godsend here: he had spent happy childhood summers in a techno- logically primitive but sturdy AW. Longfellow house on Bear Island, Maine, and came back to it one month a year throughout his life, taking comfort in this visible reminder of his family and his past. Landmarks will announce the publi- Three InngþIknn, Alden & Harlmt cation dale of Architecture After (top), Paínter hnusq Richardson in the March issue of PËIZF entrances: thc A.E.W. (abtne), /y'ews. The book will be available to Allegheny, Pennsyluanía, (1887) ; th'e Landmarks members at a l0 percent Cambridge, Massøchtnetts, City HaIl Q888); discount. and Qeft), the J.C. Thotp hnusg Cambridge' Massachtnetts (1887). Graciow deniling at a time of stylßtíc chønge. Page 4 PHLF News January 1993 Education News

Interm at Landmarks Wright Home and Studio A Gift to Landmarks'Library Architecture on the Water Becky Lindner, a Members Tour Pittsburgh Walter C. Kidney, Landmarks' architectural Captain Frederick Way, born on February D. 1"1, 1901, died on October 3,1992. A packet 1992 graútate of The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio historian, has donated to the James Van the History captain in the last days when people traveled Carrick High School, Foundation was established to acquire and Trump Library of Pittsburgh & long as a matter of course by steamboat, he be- volunteered as an preserve Wright's first home (1889) and Landmarks Foundation books and quarterlies and newsletters of the came the supreme historian of Western intern during the studio (1898) in Oak Park, Illinois. The ever- runs of the Society River navigation, author of ll'ay's Packet summer of 1992 with changing complex, which housed his wife Society of Architectural Historians, Industrial Archeology, Sons and Directory 1848-1983 and Way's Steam Landmarks' educa- and six children as well as his professional for of Pioneer Rivermen, and Towboat Directory, and editor and principal tion department. offices and staff, was a laboratory for Daughters America: writer of the S & D Reflectorl the quarterly Becky's internship is Wright's first architectural experiments. The Steamship Historical Society of running feet of bookshelf space. of the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer part of the Pittsburgh Promise program, Home and Studio have been restored to some 60 The publications cover architecture, Rivermen that is loaded with history. We designed to prepare high school students for 1909, the last year Wright lived and worked (he planning, remember the real help he gave us in work lorce and to offer mentoring there. technology, transportation, graphic preparing The Three.lRiv¿rs in 1981. relationships in Pittsburgh's corporations Forty-hve Home and Studio docents and design, typography, history, painting, and subjects. They will be The boats he chronicled were for the most and non-profit organizations. members visited the Pittsburgh area in mid- other part flammable affairs, laden almost to During her six-week ìnternship, Becky October, 1992.'fheir full itinerary included useful reference books for architects, frail, artists, and the deck line, held in shape with trusses of assisted education director Diane DeNardo The Carnegie and Cathedral of Learning in students, scholars, commercial professionals. Mr. Kidney will give rods and spars, driven by sidewheels in preparing year-end reports, summarizing Oakland, Clayton and Fallingwater, and a other yearly from his personal powered by long, rangey engines that could program evaluations, and updating depart- Sunday afternoon tour of Richardson and smaller donations which in1946, and has adapt to distortions of the boat's frame. The ment mailing lists. Following her internship, Wright-related architecture in Pittsburgh collection, began his entire library of about engineer spun a wheel or threw a lever, in Becky was employed by Station Squards conducled by Landmarks. bequeathed 1000 The James D. Van obedience to the tap orjangle ofloud bells public relations department. Becky plans to The tour led by Walter Kidney titles to Landmarks. Library is located on the fourth floor in what was not a user-friendly environment. begin college in the Spring of 1993. Thank began at Emmanuel- Church, which tour- Trump the Building at Station That such boats could exist at all was due to you, Becky, lor your cooperation and members visited after the Sunday morning of Landmarks Square. Members and friends are welcome. the absence of much wave action on the hard work. service. They were greeted by the recto¡ Tannler af (412) 471-5808 if you rivers, and that such strung-together affairs Richard Kunz, and learned of the current Call Albert would like to visit the library; we are still in attained visual power and beauty so much Dan DeStout came church restoration program. The next stop year the process ol reorganizing so you will need of the time might not have been anticipated to Landmarks a was the Allegheny County Courthouse, at first. But so they did. Here is a picture of ago as a volunteer opened especially lor the occasion through assistance. a towboat in operation when Fred Way was through the Rehabili- the good offices of Mary Myers, executive born. tation Institute as assistant to County Commissioner Dunn. Donations to Landmarks part of a therapy- The tour moved on to Shadyside and The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks training program Squirrel Hill where stops were made at Foundation wishes to thank the following lollowing a head Frederick Scheibler's Highland Towers people for their generous donations: injury in 1987 which (1913) and Taliesin Fellow Peter Berndtson's . Mrs. Kenneth S. Boesel of the East End, for severely limited Dan's short-tefin memory. Usonian Steinberg House (1951). The several crystal prisms for the marble and Initìally Dan learned to prepare marketing visitors saw something of the scope and glass lamp in the Colonial Dames'collection packages for the Station Square merchants diversity of Pittsburgh's architecture and of furniture at Landmarks. Friday, working with long-time volun- - every benehted lrom Walter's witty erudition as o Frank A. Broccalo of Mt. Lebanon, for a teers Dom Magasano and Sam Levine. The - the bus traveled through city neighborhoods decorative map of Pittsburgh. three men formed the Friday Lunch Club, before returning to Station Square. r Peggy Cain of Crafton, lor a dining-car which meets regularly after the marketing menu and two Pullman passenger's checks packages are complete, at its own table in Hands-On History Rstival from early in the century. the River Cafe in Station Square. ¡ Mrs. Russell Dixon of Mt. Lebanon, for Th,e wwboøt Josh Cook, 1876-1918, tlpical of Recently B. J. Rayburg ofPaula Teacher Preparations have begun for the 1993 about 13,000 slides and 27 reels offilm on the steamboats of Fred Wary's youth. Associates Behavioral & lnstructional Hands-On History Festival. The sixth & Pittsburgh subjects, dating lrom 1935 to Consultants came to Landmarks to help Festival to be ofTered by Landmarks'educa- 1981. Dan learn computer skills. B. J. is evaluating tion department will take place on May 8 at . Mr. William J. Dixon of Sarasota, Florida, Call Now for Dan's capacity for computer work for jobs the Station Square Festival Tent. Over 50 for a collection of Pittsburgh streetcar requiring repetition and specifìc operations. teachers have already responded with plans Poñable Pittsbargh projects enter student- material. Now Dan, with B. J.'s guidance, regularly to exhibit student or Each year, volunteers from Landmarks' . Walter C. Kidney of Mt. Washington, for prepares the monthly membership dues made bridges in the Great Pittsburgh education department present lhe Portable books andjournals on design (see the article statements and reminder notices, and is Bridge-Building Contest. Other students will Pittsburgh program to more than 5,000 parade, above). the addresses in our march in the opening-day perform and adults. During the one-hour learning to update o Mrs. Edith M. Mellon of Penn Hills, for students mailing lists for the membership skits, or sing songs associated with presentation, the docent describes six eras in computer pieces of printed ephemera. departments. Pittsburgh's history and ethnic heritage. Pittsburgh's history, from Indian times to and education . Mrs. Frank Skoner of Sewickley, for a 1904 With his increased abilities and willing- Educators interested in receiving informa- the present day, and shows many historical 1993 Hands-On History map of Allegheny County. ness to learn new jobs, Dan has become a tion about the artifacts. From September 1992 through valued volunteer at Landmarks. Dan and his Festival can call Landmarks' education early January 1993, 105 presentations of (412) Od Yagatitcha do Pitsburga mother, Rose Marie DeStout, both worked department at 47 I -5808. Portable Pittsburgh were scheduled in over atlhe 1992 Antiques Show this past Novem- The 1992 publishing year in Belgrade, Serbia 45 schools and community groups. Call the ber.'We are pleased to have Dan working Teacher In-service Courses witnessed the emergence of the above title education department at(412) 471-5808 if with us and look forward to a long Landmarks' education department from the Izdavach Etnografski Institut you would like to reserve Portable Pittsburgh relationship with Dan and his family. continues its eight-year association with the SANU in 600 copies. Vy'e Pittsburghers for your school or community group. Allegheny Intermediate Unit by offering two know the book as Sarah, the autobiography teacher in-services this spring. Exploring of Sarah Evosevich of Sarah's Restaurant, you the History & "f want to thank for Architecture is a two-credit course designed published by the Pittsburgh wonderful presentaLion you gave to Landmarks Foundation in 1987. When to introduce educators to architecture in my Social Studies classes. I know Landmarks'edition came out, the restaurant terms of local history and social, tech- thorougrhly enjoyed it and open, it is now closed, Sarah they nological and aesthetic issues. Teachers will was still but learned a fot about Pittsburgh's having retired at age 80. TOI-]R participate in walking tours, drawing and past. The Partabfe Pittsburgh Sarah's daughter, Martha Evosevich construction experiments, and exercises in program is very worthwhile and with Landmarks Lazarevic, has given us a copy ofthis book, architectural problem-solvi ng. to aIl ages. remarkable to us in being our first transla- interestíng Saturdays Enclosed are t.hank you notes tion. Landmarks is very grateful to have this . architectural landmarks March 20 and 2l April 3 and 17 written to you by my sLudents. copy of Sarah translated into her native . corporate skyscrapers 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. They are first drafts and not . restored rowhouses and mansions Serbian. Exploring Your City, a one-credit teacher proofread, but sometimes they are . ethnic neighborhoods and churches in-service course introduces educators to the the most honest and enjoyable. So . public parks and sculPture Hometown History architectural and historical development of please excuse our grammar and . inclines, bridges, steel mills...and Pittsburgh. The course includes a walking Aspinwall: The Town That Pride Built. 1892- spelling and enjoy our cÕntenL. lots more! tour of downtown Pittsburgh, historical 1992. Ãspinurall: Historical Subcommittee of 'l'nanKS agaf n, slide presentations, and instruction in the Aspinwall Centennial Committee, 1992. Sincerely, Call (412) 471-5808 to schedule a bus or research techniques. Learn about Pitts- 128 pp. oftext, many photographs. Nancy Boyd walking tour. Our tours are "tailor-madel' burgh's past, present, and future; bring new Craft.on Elementary" for from five to any number of people, insights back to the classroom to share with This is one of the largest of Allegheny suiting your interests, time schedule, and your stûdents in history, English, geography, County's hometown histories, full of pic- budget. Tour fees vary according to group and art. tures and memories. It is a small edition and Volunteers Wanted serve social studies, size and program format. We a little hard to get, but is available at The Mondays Due to the continued popular demand for tourists, convention and community Cornerstone, the book and gift shop of the March 29, April t 19 and26 Portable Pittsburgh, Landmafks will be con- groups, and schools. Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Founda- 4:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m. ducting a docent training course beginning tion on the balcony ofThe Shops at Station January 5, 1993. Docents will be trained with Call the Allegheny Intermediate Unit at Square. Members may also browse through the knowledge they need to present the his- (412) 394-5761 ro register. a copy in Landmarks'library. tory of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania during the hour-long school/community program. Training sessions will take place each Tuesday morning from 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., January 5 through March 16. Anyone interested in receiving additional information about becoming a Portable Pittsburgh docent can call the education We'll show you the towtt department af (412) 471-5808. January 1993 PHLF News Page 5

Station Square and a New Bridge

In mid-October, 1992, Landmarks presented its reaction to a ponderous document from the Port Authority called Airport Busway/Wabash HOV A I t e rnat iv e s Ana ly s ß / D r aft Env ir onm ent a I Imp ac t

S T a t eme n t A I I e g heny C o un ry, P ennsy lv ania. This described every option contemplated in creating a busway, possibly also with high-occupancy vehicles, i.e., cars with three or more passengers. One route would have crossed Station Square at no point, but this was unlikely to find approval since it would have depended on the Smithfìeld Street Bridge, albeit remodeled as long planned with a threelane roadway. lf thc so-called, Market Street Option, wíth Iandmarks' suggestinn as ht eleaation, ß adnpæd., the ffia of Actually, Landmarks favors light rail to the southern the netn bri.d.ge on Stntion Square deuelnpment ulill be greatly mitþated. suburbs and Airport, connecting to the existing system and thereby providing a complete mass-transit system separated from the automobile and with direct access The upper dashed line to the Airport from riverfront downtown. The existing shnws a direct route to the Light Rail Bridge could handle the river crossing, Wabosh Tunnel, ,i"irg to thereby eliminating the high cost of a new bridge, with eleuøtion 802, øbout 70 feet its visual pollution and bad effect on Station Square. aboue Stntinn Square leael The Board of the Port Authority determined in late a.nd obscuring th.e ui.eutfrom October, however, that there will be a new bridge, lor buíIdings in thc aicinity. The buses and high occupancy vehicles, with approaches lower line ß o¡ el,eua,tion that will cross Station Square; and that both an aban- 760, a much mare tolerøble doned Pennsylvania Railroad line along the side of Mt. leaeI. Washington (for buses) and the old Wabash Tunnel (for HOVs) will be put to use and reached by the bridge and approach system. The river crossing, at the time of writing, is all but certain to be made toward the end of Market Street. The idea of introducing HOV trafhc to the bridge Access to thc arnræIfrom the problems. creates very serious It requires that the Pârk¡ng Garage brid,gelrom HOVs, in Wabash Tunnel be reopened and that major new In ndrnarks' conceptinn, connections be made from the bridge to the Parkway, +73O gTREI-- would be uia a ramp such Fort Pitt Boulevard, Market Street, and other - as that shøwn on the rþht. downtown streets. It co-mingles cars, vans, and the buses, and some feel the bridge needs thus to be wider CARSON STREEI to accommodate all the trafftc. HOV induces even more vehicles to come into the city at a time when the 1Zl9 auswa" PROPOSED AUTO ACCESs Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to force a reduction in automotive traff,rc into major cities. The large cost involved in this project may be entirely

negated by EPA enforcement ruling a few years from Wabash Tunnel ----=!? I Elêvat¡ons Apprcx¡matê now. Behind this idea is the worry about traffic congestion when the Fort Pitt Bridge is closed for two five-month periods for its renovation. However, no one knows whether the new bridge and all of its connec- What Landmarks Can Accept The southern approach will have its roadway about 25 feet above Station Square level, making access tions can be completed before the Fort Pitt Bridge will The bridge Landmarks can accept, reluctantly, will to and from our bus station and walk relatively easy. The be forced to close, again negating the expenditures that have two undivided lanes, with a 28-foot roadway in all bus station will adjoin an office building planned are being undertaken here. And in any event, we can all places except at the Station Square bus station, wide immediately to the west. For the entire 500-foot length see keenly each day that no matter what expansions of enough to permit change of lane in case of emergency. of its Station Square crossing, the roadway will be fully highway are built into downtown, we create only more There will be a walk to one side, connecting Station enclosed to prevent sound and air pollution, and the congestion. Until we augment our busways and Light Square and downtown for pedestrians. The bridge will restless scurrying effect ofthe traff,rc. A partial Rail transit system, we are not really solving the be designed to look light and graceful, quite possibly exception will occur over Station Square Drive, where problem, but only increasing our costs, operational with a cable-stay system. It will be modern in its there will be large windows of heavy tinted glass frustrations, and visual and air pollution. conception, representing a revival ofour once-great allowing views into Station Square but deadening Given the certainty of a bridge approach crossing bridge-building tradition wherein progress and sound and keeping bridge traffic headlights from being Station Square, Landmarks can work with the following: aesthetics both mattered to the engineers. Its colors will too glaring. The portals of the enclosure will be shaped That there will be a virtually level bridge and be deep and strong (not the vulgar, weak Aztec Gold of to direct sound away from Station Square and to southern approach system with the roadway at approx- most of our bridges), making bold harmonies with the encourage natural ventilation. The part imately elevation 760. (Monongahela River elevation changing color of the sky and the water. ofthe approach here is 710 feet above sea level.) This should allow over Station Square Drive will have facings adequate vertical clearance over the river, the CSX designed by Station Square's architects. Other bays of tracks, Station Square Drive, and Carson Street, and the approach within Station Square will pass above reach the abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad line with a and shelter automobile and tourist-bus parking. But level quarter-turn. HOV connection with the Wabash even such a bridge would have a serious effect on Tunnel, at elevation 802, will be made via a road Station Square's land value and new development. splitting off above the south edge of Carson Street and winding up the hillside. The total rise from Station A Predestined Bridge? Square level to the Wabash Tunnel is nearly 70 feet, On October 14,1992 Landmarks spoke of such and Landmarks cannot tolerate an approach at matters before the Port Authority and the Pennsylvania anywhere near this height in Station Square: it would Department of Transportation. One odd aspect of the overshadow and interfere with the view from six stories present situation has been the general feeling that there of new construction, and put the promised Station is destined to be a bridge. The Port Authority's decision Square bus station and walk termination some 55 feet for HOVs may turn the whole bridge over to PennDot, in the air. though who would really own this foreordained bridge (Even apart from this, the practicality of a tunnel 70 was once in doubt. feet above the street level, crossing Station Square and In its written response to the EIS, Landmarks leading southward to nowhere in particular fWoodruff repeated: if there must be a bridge, then we want a Street] is questionable; Landmarks notes that the EIS progressive but handsome bridge in the great tradition itself does not consider the tunnel's southern approach. of Pittsburgh-area bridges, both City and County, that Certainly it is not worth eliminating $100 million worth began with the Sixteenth Street Bridge in 1923, re- of development at Station Square in order to arrive at mained vigorous in the Homestead High Level Bridge two-lane V/oodruff Street at the end of the tunnel. The of 193& was faltering in the Fort Pitt Bridge of 1958, result would be traffic backing up through the tunnel, and took a belly flop in the Veterans' Bridge of a few over the bridge, and all along the downtown feeder years ago. Here is where, Landmarks hopes, our great streets, thereby clogging what we really need, a The Tenth Street Bridge, crossing thn Morwngahæla Ríueq ß tradition picks up and goes on. dedicated transit route.) a handsome progressiue brid4efrom 60 years oga Page 6 PHLF Nens January 1993

A Letter to Ou,r Memherc Back on !992

ln each yeør-end. ßsue ofPIILF News, ln 1992, Landmarks was at neighborhoods, by helping to establish On December l, 1992, close to the a result of Stanley's day when Pittsburgh was given its name we typically present ø lengthy lßting work in the neþhborhoods, the PCRG. As involvement with the PCRG, a vast by British General John Forbes 234 of bulleæd phrøses øchíeuements in more than ever before, advocating the majority of Pittsburgh neighborhood years before, 23 kindergartners at - preservation of historic structures, major progrøn'r, areøs a.nd u:e ilïus- organizalions now have direct access to Markham Elementary School in Mt. - working with major lending institu- the capital and technical assistance Lebanon celebrated Pittsburgh's birth- trøte such a,n ørticle usith ø d,ozen or tions, the Urban Redevelopment which has been made available by the day. During the celebration, they saw more vnall phatos. But thßfactuøL, Authority, the Pittsburgh Community financial community. Visiting civic three views of Pittsburgh one in lBlZ Reinvestment Group (PCRG), and - abbreuiøæd, ønd ofæn piecemeal leaders were also impressed by the one around 1890, and one in 1991 community organizations to assist low- generosity of Landmarks, now the noticed the changes that have taken- corweys the a,ccount rareþ aery to moderate-income people in purchas- owner and master developer of the place on the triangular slice of land humøn d.spects of our work, a, krwwl- ing and restoring historic houses and to 52-acre riverfront Station Square site, in bound by the three rivers, discussed encourage small-business opportunities. how people grow and change and how edge of the people ushn worlt hnre and that it has not forgotten, during its 28 Stanley Lowe is Landmarks' driving years of growth, that it originated zz the cities grow and change, and realized wha u¡ork with us, ønd the signirt.- force behind its neighborhood efforts. neighborhoods. They were impressed how buildings, rivers, and land must be cance of Inndmarlts' worlt, in the He knows the streets, the neighborhood with Landmarks' involvement in the cared for if a city is to continue to grow leaders, corporate leaders in the lending neighborhoods, and its growth in and celebrate more birthdays. The value communíty ln thß "Ietter" I hope to community, and city officials. He has providing technical and financial of preservation was introduced to them. shøre my personøI ltnowledge of the boundless zeal: he is a motivator, a assistance in the form of loans. In our publications program, our negotiator, a mixture of geniality and work and siqnificance of the In 1992, Stanley visited other cities, education staff worked in1992 with two force. Without Stanley's leadership sharing the Pittsburgh-neighborhood- brilliant people whose knowledge and Pítæburgh Hßøry & Løndmq,rks through Landmarks, the effort to revitalization story. He lectured at the appreciation of Pittsburgh will help all Foundation. revitalize neighborhoods through University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie of us better understand Pittsburgh: historic-property preservation would Mellon University, Columbia Univer- Margaret Henderson Floyd, author of a not be as unified and progressive an sity (NYC), the Preservation Alliance of 450-page book to be co-published by effort as it is today. Virginia, the Los Angeles Community Landmarks and the University of In April 1992, Stanley was among the Reinvestment Group (CA), the Federal Chicago Press on the work of Longfel- Pittsburgh civic leaders selected to Reserve Bank of Cleveland (OH), the low, Alden and Harlow, and Clyde receive the National Building Museum's City of Oakland Office of Economic Hare, aphotographer who has Honor Award recognizing the success Development and Employment (CA), documented the city's growth for 40 of the public-private partnership. He for the Kaplan Foundation (NY), and years. We hope to announce publication also visited St. Louis (MO), and along in Sarasota (FL) and Petersburg (VA). of both these books, many years in with a local tenant group, met with He attended conferences in Miami and preparation, in 1993. President George Bush to discuss Washington, DC. Always, Stanley housing matters. In low-income talked about Landmarks, its relation- ln 1992, Landmarks worked November 1992, Stanley was named a ship with the neighborhoods, the trustee of the National Trust for strength of the neighborhood groups, to expand its corporate and Historic Preservation. and the cooperative working relation- indi\ridual membershþs. Through Stanley, the work of ship with the lending institutions and Eric Dickerson secured 64 new corpor- Landmarks' Preservation Fund and its the city. ate members and obtained corporate neighborhoo d rev italizaÍion efforts are In no other city is there such a strong sponsors for many of our publications receiving national attention. In 1992, personal relationship among neighbor- and special events. Mary Lu Denny and civic leaders came to Pittsburgh from hood groups, banks, city, and historic Diane DeNardo led a membership Landmarks Harlem (NYC), the Trident preservation interests. The people in drive, bringing in over 200 new mem- Community Foundation in Charleston Pittsburgh's neighborhoods are feeling the bers. Loyal off,rce volunteers Harriet (SC), Historic Petersburg (VA), the Los positive effect of the lending institutions' Apel, Martha Coulteq Dan DeStout, Angeles Community Reinvestment involvement and concern. Anna Belle Doman, Sam Levine, and Group (CA), and the Sarasota Preser- Dom Magasano provided needed vation Fund (FL). They came to learn assistance with our membership more about preservation in low-income ln L992, Landrnarks was at mailings and with many other projects neighborhoods. They all were impressed work educating people throughout the year. that Landmarks had a Preservation about the value of historic preservation, Fund providing technical assistance and reaching over 10,000 people for the fìfth loans to aid historic-property renova- consecutive year. Here, Diane DeNardo, ln L992, t anfuiarks was at tion, and that Landmarks had the Mary Lu Denny, Walter Kidney, Albert work as an advocate for ability to establish relationships Tannler, Arthur Ziegler, trustees, many historic preservation. between the lending community and the volunteers, interns, and Ijoin our Arthur Ziegler, Stanley Lowe, and talents to offer historic preservation Walter Kidney were most often involved conferences such as the Bridge Sym- in advocacy. We advised preserva- posium on June 23 and the "Saving tionists throughout the U.S., and from Religious Properties" conference on Europe, J apan, India, the Philippines, May 15 and lQ tours and special events and China, as well as from places closer for our members, antique shows, private to home, including Brownsville, the group tours, publications, and educa- Washington County History tional resources for school students, & Landmarks Foundation, Edgeworth teachers, adults, and community groups. Preservation, and Beynon and Com- Each time one of our education staff pany (regarding the Building in reaches out to a student, teacher, adult, Arrott downtown Pittsburgh). We attended or tourist, he or she imparts a sense of monthly meetings of Preservation excitement in learning about Pitts- Pittsburgh, contributed funds to the burgh's history, its architecture, its of the Homestead neighborhoods, its ethnic traditions, Commemoration Steel Strike celebration, funded the and in caring for the city's heritage. research for the new South Side City Historic District, underwrote one-half the cost ofan architectural study of Emmanuel Church on the North Side, and participated in the visionary Allegheny County 2001 conferences. January 1993 PHLF News Page7

We testif,ied before the Pittsburgh Louise Child Care, a teaching day- In L992, Landrnarks con- "It's hard to belÌeve that 28 years of City Council in favor of making the care center, opened in 1992, as did tinued its support of historic association wirh PHLF have gone by Lowenhill farmhouse a City Historic Hooters Restaurant. The Sheraton than a generation. Arthur's Landmark, on the disposal of Hotel was ranked 22nd among urban property auxiliaries and talk to whatever group about the "Baywood" (the King Estate next to hotels in the United States, based on mUSellnß caring for the life and use Mexican War Streets was the begin- Highland Park), in favor of the sales per room, and the Grand of the Neville house in Collier Town- ning of my interest, then buying a Oakland Civic Historic District (urging Concourse became the 40th restaurant ship, Old St. Luke's in Scott Township, house on Monterey Street, and as they additions to the proposed boundary), in the United States based on gross the Burtner house in Natrona Heights, say'the rest is history.' . . There has and at public hearings in regard to the sales per square foot. A handsome and the Rachel Carson Homestead in never been a dull moment, and that, proposed bridge across the Mononga- l6-page booklet highlighting the success Springdale. With only modest funds plus the positive impact for the city, hela River. Landmarks met with others ofPhase I ofStation Square (1976- available, many volunteers work tire- keeps us øll going." concerned over the fate of "Sunny- 1992) and announcing Landmarks' lessly to restore and maintain these ledge," the McClelland-Sutton house at plans for Phase II (1993-2008) was properties and open them to the public. "Thank you so muchfor the copy of Fifth and Wilkins Avenues, which by printed in December. We supported the expansion and A Past Still Alive - a very kind and the end of the year was in good hands. A healthy Station Square contributes move of the Station Square Transporta- much appreciated, as well as unex- Landmarks' intern Dan Holland to the life of Landmarks, and to the life tion Museum across the river to the p e c t e d, surpr is e. Le afing and re ading assisted Eliza Brown of Landmarks of Pittsburgh. Net revenues from former Miller Printing Building, next to through that book as all PH&LF Design Associates, Architects, with an Station Square will be used for addi- - The Carnegie Science Center on the papers and books - brings back good extensive African-American Historic tional development at Station Square, North Side. The new museum, which memories of Pittsburgh and my own Sites Survey that was completed in often to pay for what would normally will become independent of Landmarks, roots there, as well as good oldfriends, 1992. Over 70 people contributed to the be public costs, and to create a living is to be named the Transportation & buildings andrivers, as well as people. survey documenting 300 sites in 51 parts endowment for the non-profit historic Technology Museum. It will open I øm particularly pleased at the of Allegheny County. preservation programs of Landmarks. initially with 51,000 square feet of restoration work you are doing. We awarded seven Historic Landmark exhibit space more than 30 times the Perhaps as a descendant of Conrad & Plaques to signihcant structures, and space occupied- in Station Square. We William Eberhardt of the E&O recognized 29 individuals, businesses, are very pleased to have nurtured this Brewery I have a special interest in and neighborhood organizations for organization. that project. outstanding contributions to the ln 7992, La,nd,marlæ utas at utork Landmarks also continues its associa- Again thank you - and I look preservation of Pittsburgh's historic in the neþhborhnods, in th.e tion with the Pittsburgh International forward to another 25 years as a architecture. community througþ educati.on and Folk Theater and with Friends of the supporter of the Foundation." Riverfront, providing reduced-cost of- adaocaq, a,nd, lrnL99z, Landmarks w¿rs at at Stnti,on Square. fice space for both at Station Square. . 'As one born and raised in Pittsburgh, Through all our work, u)e are I have had a continuing interest in this work at Station Square. dynamic metropolis, and I commend ÁJt work 1992 Here the public can see the value of hrcreasíng publi,c hwu:lndge of tan&narks fu the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks historic preservation and enjoy the Pitæburgh's furi^g", aduocating was accomplished through Foundation for its accomp lishments in results ofthe successful rehabilitation of the generous contributions pres erv ing s o m any ar c hite c tural ly hve historic railroad buildings into the ualue of hßøric presertsati,on, and historically signÌJicant structures of private foundations and individuals, restaurants, shops, offrces, and lively that have helped shape the character and, errcouraging øaisinn of thc with the support and involvement of public spaces. At Station Square, of the city." interns, 200 Landmarks is putting its principles of future thnt preset-ues the best of our trustees, staff, over volunteers, and members. urban planning and historic preserva- Looking back on 1992 brings many our past. More than 400 trustees a¡d people tion into practice. Arthur Ziegler, Cathy people and accomplishments in historic have been members of Landmarks for Broucek, and a capable and loyal preservation to mind. Now, we look 20 years or more. In recognition of this, landscape/maintenance/security staff forward to 1993. we mailed each person an autographed oversee the daily life of Station Square. copy of I Past Still Alive by Walter C. In 1992 a master plan for Phase II of In I992r Landmarks was at Kidney. We expected no notes of Station Square was completed and hor¡se work putting its in thanks, because it was we who were adopted, calling for the development of orden Albert Tannler, an archivist extending our thanks to so many loyal 26 acres of land from the Smithfield and architectural historian from members. But we did receive many Street Bridge to the western border just Louise Sturgess Chicago who joined Landmarks staff in thank-you letters, and reading these beyond the Lawrence Paint Building. Executive Director 1991, has directed his considerable letters brought the work of Landmarks The master plan was presented at City energies and enthusiasm toward our both inl992 and in past years Planning Commission and City Council administrative files and reference library -into focus, on an individual level. -I will hearings. No objections were raised of of architectural and historic preserva- close my letter to our members, by any kind, and the plan was endorsed by tion resources. Al has created a sharing excerpts ofmembers' letters to me: a wide spectrum of the community and charming library space for our staff and was approved by the City. members on the fourth floor of the "Leafing through the book renews Designs by landscape architects Landmarks Building at Station Square. memories of places long gone, but also Oehme, van Sweden & Associates were Intimate reading areas and work spaces reminds me thar were it not the completed for Riverpark, a two-and-a- for are now dehned, and new shelving is in efforts of PH&LE we would certøinly half acre public park to be created at place. Al established formal library have lost a lot more even entire Station Square. It is a gift ofthe Scaife policies and procedures, prepared neighborhoods would- have been Family Foundation and construction is preliminary finding aids for some dozen ohliterated." to begin in the fall of 1993. collections, and organized Landmarks' Progress continued on the Riverwalk active administrative f,rles. of Industrial Artifacts, thanks to the Melinda Lubetz joined our staff in leadership of trustee G. Whitney 1992 as the manager of The Cornerstone, Snyder, with the lighting of the colossal Landmarks'book and gift shop at blowing engine and the dedication of Station Square. Melinda has brought the McClintock oil well replica. professional knowledge, especially to In1992, the City of Pittsburgh our selection ofbooks on architecture announced that it would build the new and design, and is effecting fundamen- Station Square Drive extension, tal improvements in the types of books beginning at the western end of the and cultural objects The Cornerstone Station Square site. Design work is now carries. underway. Vartan Tchekmeian, president of U.S. Hotel Group, began planning for the new hotel at Station Square. Kenneth Leventhal & Company produced a positive market report for the new hotel. The Gustine Company was appointed to begin the leasing work on a proposed new off,rce building, and negotiations were held for various restaurant and entertainment facilities. Page B PHLF News January 1993

PITTS B TJ RGH ARCHITECTTJRE:

Walter C. Kidney

The Pittsburgh Architecture series is entering its third year, and has appeared in almost every issue since the start. I have really been trying to use examples more or les,s familiar to Pittsburghers to develop a philosophy ofarchitecture and Here ß an absolutely bare room, uith only explore the ways in which construction the mold.ed, milht:orlt around, the usindou:s takes on meaning without, on the one eúen k) hint at a possíble meaningfitl hand, being theoretical and dogmatic or, inærior. Yet if you u)ere tn loolt, this room on the other, turning into an architectural ouer with an id,ea of liaing h.erq you might Carl Haas. imo.gine your furniture ín specifi.c places, imaghrc paint and curtains and pictures. Consid,er your corweniencg your use of this ne subject that I find very interest- and, the apartrnentts other spaces, but o;lso a ing is the emergence of architecture, ußual arrangement tha,t u)ould atrn thß which makes sense to the eye, from impersonnl place inla your personal mere raw construction, which does not: architncture. sometimes emerging in a blurred way as a developing photograph might, sometimes through a naive but for- tunate appiication of decorative effects to something basically quite plain.

Thß frame dnubln hatne on Momt Washíngøn 'ß ueneered in stone tn uas sometimes the case earlíer in the century. Theflat arches ouer the garoge d,oorwals are not actual bearing members of course, but rest on angle irons. The real fearure that giues an architectural qualíty ø the buildirry ß the unmold,ed, string course ouer the arches, which binds the openings together composi- tionally, díaid,es the porch clearlyfrom the garages, gíues an extra fu¡riøtnta,l stress to th.e proportíonal ffia, and thus organizes Ë thís projecting element of the build,ing.

The build,er of thß and the ad,joiníng garage u;anted more th¡¿n a plaín cínd.erbloclt THE CORNERSTONE structurq euen thou6h ítfaced on a narrow Iane betu;een bach yards. A slightly Baroque Book and Gift Shop of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation pedíment, the owner's initíals, and. a dash Members of L¿rndmarks Receive a l07o Discount of colorfrom red and yellout brù:k at ran- dom help alleuíaæ the plaínness, and íf th.e results h.ere dre nnt refined enough n Wr¡lrBR RnRnrNc anlount to architecturq still archiæcture cøn emer'ge through such simple rneans. The City Assembled, Spiro Kosto, $50.00

The elements of urban form through history are traced to discover the component elements that make up different types of cities. This book is thus an exercise in THg SocIETY FoR architectural and social history, a case study for the present and a pointer for the future, as urban form is never innocent of social context. The story is also told in over 300 THE PRESERVATION OF drawings, prints, paintings, and photographs. cNq['rQubñ A History of Ottoman Architecture, Godfrey Goodwin, $34.95 2[32East Carson Street This is the only comprehensive survey in English, and virtually the only account of the luourgrft ilrcliltE Historic South Side last two centuries ofTurkish architecture. The author treats his subject chronologically and in its historic perspective. The peak of Ottoman achievement was during the Pittsburgh,PA15203 sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Not only are the great mosques described but the Dedicated to the preservation of buildings which came to be grouped around them. The seventeenth century had that which cannot be replaced Period and Country Furniture considerable influence on the romantic movements of the west, and for many Europeans Fine China, Americana its architecture is th/ architecture of the sultanate. (D For a membership History of Modern Archi.Íecture 1760-1900, Two-volume set, WiIIiamJ. Porter Dlease Dhone 381-1665 Leonardo Benevolo, $35.00 TI 412-4814464 These richly illustrated volumes set forth a history of architecture beginning with the period 1760 to 1914 (volume 1) and concluding with the Modem movemenr, from 1914 to 1966 (volume 2). They are a thoughtful exploration of the art and science of building, discussed in the context of engineering, city planning, and contemporary movements in Elegant Temporary Housing art,and design. Beginning with the eighteenth century and the industrial revolution, the author proceeds chronologically to examine the variety of new forms that have molded Decorator Furnished Studio, One or Two Bedroom Acces- oul contemporary world. The * Suites Beautrf ully author's coverage of the issues that determined artistic sorzed and rncludes equipped krtchen, choice and experiment in the last two centuries is both broad and detailed. Free local phone, VCR.... everyth¡ngl * sHoRT TERM FLExTBLE LEAsE 10 Minutes from Downtown.5 Minutes . . * to Hosprtals & Unrversrt¡es. 1'. Blocks On the Balcony The Shops at Station Square (412) 765-1042 f rom Walnut Street s Fashronable Shops 5405 Fifth Avenue and Fine Restaurants 682-2300 * N¡AJoR cREDrr cARDS The Suite Life ... at an Affordable Rate January 1993 PHLF News Page 9

Emergenr Archilecnrre AT THE CORI\ERSTOI\E

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Changes have been taking place in the book and gift shop operated by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation at Station Square. Our goa is to create a store where our members and visitors will find an inventory consistent with Landmarks' educationa and aesthetic aims significant books and unique gifts reflective- of the landmark heritage of Allegheny County. In order to fulfill its mission to make available books and gifts that inform and delight, the Cornerstone is planninl to present the following: BOOKS - the most comprehensive selection of books in the Pittsburgh are¿ about architecture and design with a Thß hctndsorne building rala on Fífih Aaenue, rw/u) gorle, ß ø naiae srrccess. The yelLow-briclt special focus on regional architects- and cottstntctit¡n ß almost skelenl, fiIled, in with þnned sh.eet metøI and. glass. Dßcourting bad places as well as books pertaining to mod,ernixttíon of the shop fronrs, the elements usorh usell together: the round. corner and íts the history- and culture of Southwestern adjoining bays, susag-decora,tnd, thn three-sided bay uindows th.øt øccent the lþhmess of th.eír Pennsylvania; corutructínn, th,e liaely alærnatirg use of pedimetts. The uphill buíld.ingst ago,in in yellow GIFIS unusual and well-made brich, are less airy and. ornate but are utell-proportinned. - items that exhibit fine design; in partic- ular, objects designed by distinguished and, where possible, regional architects and designers, or images which present and convey the integrity and variety of their work; EYENTS AND SPECIAL In the 7950s, Víctar G. Tilbroolt, designed the ACTIWTIES - inventory and sales Forbes Substatíon of Duquesne Light as aery will complement events sponsored by poxibly th,e lost but not thn least of Landmarks and new publications of Pittsburgh's Modernistic build,ings. A local interest will be featured. Visitors round,ed. corner proclaims the stylq and to the store can learn about forth- coppery ønd, bronzey brich in løyers, ba,nds, coming tours and lectures sponsored by and dox enliaens the large blank surfaces. Landmarks and will be able to join Landmarks and immediately take advantage of the 10% discount offered to members. l0% discount will also be offered to ^all students with proper identification. A section of fine This Presbyterian church in Tarenrurn ß a puzzlq a píece of design ot orrÍ)e naiae and, architecture and design books at specia sophßtícaæd. h ß both ClassicøI and, Gothic, with an emphatic Tuscan portico and. regularþ- savings of 20-50% has become a coursed pilasærs ímposíng order on aII around. them, uhile Gothic doorwøys and a windous say pennanent feature ofthe store. "church" unmßtnkably. Thn church part has iæ aon syrnnxery apart from th.ot of thÊ building Fully effecting all the desired changer as a excepr thn th.e th.e th,e cttsToùÍ will take time and the support uhnlq that dnubled, srnall wind¡¡ws of sectíon ta right øppear ouer .AR.CIIITÞCTTIR.A'I, of our rþhrhnnd d.ootu:ay, so thnt the two hnlaes of thefaca.de ouerlap, uhile the síngle uind,out ouer lttrrl-I-\ñz'oRI( members and the public. If you have th,e left dnorusay ß repeated. on thc bay n thefor rþht, so that the whnlefront halds æntnusly any questions, or if you would like to togeth,en make suggestions, call our manager, Melinda Lubetz, at (412) 765-1042.If you haven't visited the store recently, stop by.

The Cornerstone JOIN The Shops at Station Square Balcony level LANDMARKS (4r2) 765-1042 FORLIFE H.O.M.E. one-time tð(-deductible Program gift of $5,000 will allow you !o be a member of Land- Home Ow nersh ip Mode Easy! marls forlife. No more annual dueFjust years of beneñts. . Desigrredspeciallytoheþhomebuyens Please send your member-for-life in oldercityneighborhoods. contribution to tlrc attention of . Reduædloanratæ andloancharges. Mary Lu Denny atlandmarks.

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Landmarks' Preservation Fund provided Homestead Landmark May Close a closing-cost assistance grant to Lucy and Landmarks has heard more about St. Tim Kirckston. A $1,500 check was given to Mary Magdalene Church in Homestead, them during the Fineview Crest celebration. which we mentioned in September 1992 as Although only 700 feet from Federal threatened with closing. Bishop Wuerl has Street, the Fineview Crest area is almost challenged the parish to raise money to rural, tree-grown with simple houses casual- restore and rehabilitate the church by the ly distributed on the hillside, and glimpses of spring of 1994, as the price of remaining town and beyond through the trees. open. Foundation money is being sought, The houses cost $7&000 for built-in and individual support is welcome. Inquiries: garuge, laundry, 16" x 14" living room. dining-kitchen area with outdoor deck, and Marie R. Coyne three bedrooms. The architects were Tai + Friends of St. Mary's Lee. A special low-interest mortgage from 3013 Alberta Street the Pittsburgh National Bank was made Munhall, PA 15120 Fineview Crest available to the buyers, and zero-interest (412) 461-37ss On the afternoon olNovember 8, 1992, second mortgage from the Urban Bright Outlook for "Sunnyledge" members of the Fineview Citizens'Council, Redevelopment Authority was made Late in September 1992, Landmarks' City officials, neighbors, and others gath- available to households with income not anxieties about the future of "Sunnyledge" ered on a hillside street to celebrate the sale exceeding S41,600. were calmed, for the house at Fifth and last in a new group. Fineview Wilkins Avenues in Squirrel Hill was coming of the house Lowe Elected Crest is a development of 12 such houses in to into good hands. Howard and Laura Nettle- a vernacular manner that has involved a National Trust Board ton West were buying the house and pro- multitude of participants: the North Side Landmarks' Preservation Fund director posed an exterior restoration and rehabilita- Civic Development Council, Finevìew Stanley Lowe was elected for an initial three- tion as their means permit. Laura West is Citizens' Council, Pittsburgh National year term as trustee of the National Trust herself an architect and teacher at CMU, Bank, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, for Historic Preservation. His qualifications and is very appreciative of the architecture and Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighbor- were summarized as follows: of the house, a very early Longfellow, Alden hood Development, with help from the Stanley A. Lowe, Pittsburgh, Pennsylva- & Harlow work of 1886. The contents will Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group nia, has been very active in community be appraised and for the most part sold, and the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks development work in Pittsburgh for many though the paintings of Rachel McClelland Foundation. years, and received an honor award from the Sutton and the McClelland family archives will for the most part go to the Historical Stanley Lowe, director of Landmarks' National Building Museum in 1992 for his Save the Brew House Preservation Fund, worked with the contribution to the revitalization of his city. Society of Western Pennsylvania. The Wests year, 1899 Brew Fineview Citizens Council in providing tech- Mr. Lowe is a former board member of both For about a tenants ofthe intend to carry out some restoration, as well House the old Duquesne Brewery on the nical assistance to their board of directors the Bureau of Historic Preservation for of as preservation, ofinterior decorative work. and to community residents. He attended Pennsylvania and the Board ofCode Review South Side have been on their own in trying keep the place partly and and participated in board and community for the City of Pittsburgh. He has a special to habitable its these meetings, which discussed planning and interest in the role of minorities in historic expand habitable space. Most of tenants are in the arts; some live there, most zoning issues, neighborhood advocacy, site preservation. He is a member of the acquisition and construction, and marketing National Trust's Board of Advisors from take advantage of its large spaces for studio purposes. The is hands, initiatives for Fineview Crest. (Landmarks Pennsylvania, and in that capacity serves on building now in City and various City agencies appear to have has been in Fineview before: in 1975, the hnance committee on the Board of been sympathetic to the tenants Landmarks acquired the Gothic Revival Trustees. He is a graduate ofShaw without however putting any labor or money into the Henderson-Metz house, which was restored University with a major in history building's improvement; that has been up to by a new owner in 1984.) education. the tenants. A major one, the Birmingham Lofts, is about to move into a former engine room, and its presence should give the build- ing welcome publicity. However, the artists face a hard struggle in their effort to acquire the building and bring it into full use, not only as personal studio space but as an arts facility whose activities will have meaning toBaywood" for the whole community. The tenants' Landmarks sent a letter to City Council for organization, The Brew House Association, the October 14, 1992 hearing in favor of 2100 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15201 is making "Baywood," the King estate in the urging public support of its efforts by calls Highland area, a City Historic Landmark; it to the office of Councilman Gene Ricciardi, became one, with Mayor Maslofls signa- (412) 2ss-2130. ture, on November 12. We feel that, though some Late Victorian remodeling has taken The Monongahela Incline place and though the house has been The elaborate routine required to get federal casually handled since the City took it over, money lor a National Register property is "Baywood" retains enough integrity and now winding up, and it looks as if the restorabìlity to illustrate the home of a Monongahela Incline will undergo its successful Pittsburgher during the time of second major transformation in a decade. the city's rise to economic greatness. Desig- Landmarks notes the lollowing: nation also helps preserve a castellated The Otis Elevator machinery and the bull garden structure ofthe 1890s ofa type rare wheel of 1935, dating from the incline's here, and grounds with handsome old trees. electrification, are to be removed and put on Whether "Baywood'' passes into private display, possibly by Landmarks. hands or remains as a City park, it can give An annex is to be built on to the west side of pleasure to those of the neighborhood who the upper station to accommodate up to 200 visit it or pass it by. waiting tourists, and of course people who actually live on Mount Washington. The Award of Merit Nominations design has local approval, but seems Call Walter Kidney at (412) 471-5808 if you artificial and weak beside the simplicity of would like to recommend an individual or the restored original station. organization to be considered as one of our One annoying feature of the cars of 1982 1993 Award olMerit recipients. Awards will now on the tracks is apparently not to be be presented in May, at our Distinguished Preserve a Part of Historv touched - the sloppily-cast decorative Lecture, to deserving individuals or organi- t metalwork of the upper compartments. It zations who have furthered the cause of looks, though, as if the cobbled-together historic preservation and/or increased public W¡th lntegra Bank. doors of these upper compartments may be knowledge about our heritage. replaced with ones of more consistent and Buy and renovate the home of your dreams integrated design. wiih our Historic Rehabilitatioh Mortgage. University Club Repairs Call Us with Preservation Neua You admired the beautiful woodwork, PLUS, there's no Private Mortgage The time is fading when exposed portions of Our staff wants to hearfrom you if the marble fireplace, the old-world lnsurance required, and you can a monumental building, once they began to you see or know of any historic charm. Now you can take pride in your borrow up to 95% of the rehabilitated deteriorate, were automatically chopped off buildings that are threatened with city's rich heritage by owning a part of it. value of the home. and the wounds patched over somehow. demolition or that have recently what it takes to Our H¡storic Rehabilitation Mortgage To receive more information on our Some institutions are doing been demolished. We need your makes buying a historic home easier by Historíc Rehabilitation Mortgage, make restorations or repairs as needed. It is help tn covering the County. Please combining a home mortgage with a call 644-6254 for details. pleasant, for instance, to see that the second- home improvement loan. The ¡nterest call Walter Kidney (412/471-5808) floor balconies and cast-iron railing on the rate and points are lower than and report what you know. you might expect. roof terrace of the University Club are to be brought back to their sound 1923 condition.

r'-4"rUu, rOlC lntegra @ A year ago the Club objected emphatically Q to inclusion in the Oakland Civic Historic LENDER District, and it is good to see that in practice it is taking such care of its home. January 1993 PHLF News Page 1l

A clutch on one side of the engine engages a belt drive which leads to the gear assembly of the "pumping power" or 'jeccentric power," which terminates in a wheel mounted offl-center on a vertical axle. Around this eccentric wheel fits a ring that does not rotate but that is moved back and forth, side to side, and in its turn moves back and forth the "sucker rod" that pulls on the pump jack, raising the lift-pump rod in the well, then allows the jack to return and the pump rod to sink. For demonstra- tion purposes the supply tube to the storage tub is ofclear plastic, so that the little trickle of oil at each lift can be seen flowing. The Pennsylvania Crude of the oil fields north ol Pittsburgh was the subject of a gold-rush-type boom during the Civil War, since it was an ideal lamp oil in a time that had been depending on whales and seeds for oil. Later, it was the standard by which oils for lubricants were judged. When the oil well is operating along the Riverwalk, the drama of sound and motion Oil Well Dedicated The Blowing Engine gear. The parts painted to represent steel are balances the drama of size and mass Colossal piston rods, connecting rods, and valve gear On October 13, 1992, Mayor Sophie Masloff imparted by the blowing engine, just a few In late October, the colossal Allis-Chalmers joined rods. There is also some uncoated brass. The officials of the Quaker State hundred yards away. The well is a blowing engine that stands beside the oil throttle valve wheel, flywheel hubs, and Corporation and the Pittsburgh History & fascinating addition to the Riverwalk, and Smithfield Street Bridge at Station Square blind flanges covering pipe connections are Landmarks Foundation in a ribbon-cutting Landmarks wishes to thank Lee R. Forker was painted. The 1900-period engine was ceremony painted black. at Station Square to dedicate an of State Corporation and G. donated in l99l to Landmarks'Riverwalk of Quaker Whitney This blowing engine forced air at high operating replica of the historic McClintock Snyder, chairman of Landmarks' arlifact Industrial Artifacts by The Shenango pressure through stoves filled with hot No. 1 oil well. Quaker State Corporation committee, for making the installation and Furnace Company. Funds from the brickwork. The brickwork transferred its donated the restored equipment, located at dedication of the oil well possible. G. Whitney Snyder Charitable Fund and the the far east end of the Station Square site by W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund provided heat to the air, which then entered a blast the Panhandle Railroad Bridge, as one of for the painting and illumination of the furnace at a temperature of about 1,000 the displays along Landmarks'Riverwalk of engine, for landscaping the site in the spring degrees Fahrenheit. The air then rose Industrial Artifacts. of 1991 and for signage. through a mass of coke, iron ore, and It is appropriate that the petroleum As it stood at the Shenango plant in limestone that was descending from the top furnace, industry be represented along the Riverwalk, Sharpsville, Pa., the blowing engine was ol of the burning and melting as it The first refinery in the United States, no particular color, rather rusty and dusty, came. The molten iron ore collected at the (the perhaps in the world, began operations in but Landmarks decided to paint it so that it bottom of the furnace while the slag Pittsburgh at Grant Street and Seventh would stand out in the landscape and look molten limestone that captured impurities) Avenue in 1854, and Western Pennsylvania spectacular at night. The painters lound it floated on top of the iron and was tapped was the world center of the petroleum impossible to bring the steel parts back to from the furnace before the iron. A blast- industry into the 1870s. bare metal, so these have been painted in furnace campaign, with ore, coke, and limestone continuously entering at the top During the dedication ceremony, Quaker P&LE Consolidarion locomotù¡e 135 some cases to imitate untreated steel. The freþht and slag iron State chairman and chief executive officer general principle has been, if it is a forged and tapped at the bottom, which appears as a sculpture on the P&,LE years Jack W. Corn said, "This restoration steel part, leave it bright, and the same with lasted for with very occasional Statinn. commemorates the discovery of oil in brass; if an iron casting, paint it. The color is interruptions, so such engines had to be and reliable. Pennsylvania. All olthe equipment shown a bright green for the frame, cylinders, fly solid This blowing engine was here was invented and built in the oil region Goodbye, Little Giant wheels, dashpots, and parts of the valve in operation until the mid-1960s. that lies about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh. In 1879 the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad In fact, all of the basic machinery and began operations on the south side ofthe techniques still used today all over the world Monongahela River, just west of the to drill for oil, to refrne it, and to transport Smithfield Street Bridge. The passenger it, were invented within a few miles of the station was where the Gatehouse is now. McClintock well site." The railroad thrived as a coal hauler though Landmarks Welcomes Students in an oil-field operations course the present Grand Concourse interiors offered by the Venango County Area remind us that it once had an intensive the following Corporate Members as Benefactors of the passenger operation too. The shoreside Vocational-Technical School, located in Oil Pinsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation City, restored all the equipment over a settlements of Limerick, Clinton, and Sligo, two-year period. Mr. James B. Schaffner with glass and steel plants, came down by guided the students'work and helped with 1930 to yield yard space for the short but the installation at Station Square, where he heavily-worked P&LE, called the Little also showed employees olLandmarks how Giant. In time the P&LE Station had less o to operate the old-time engine. and less to do with the operation of the The original McClintock No. 1 Well, close railroad though the main line alongside kept to Oil City, was drilled in 1861 and is the busy as ever. In 797ÇLandmarks became the Bnll ArLRNuc Mosrl-s Sysrnus world's oldest producing well. The Station railroad's tenant, and the buildings and Square equipment consists of a 1908 two- yards began a gradual transformation into cycle engine by the Joseph Reid Gas Engine Station Square. A few years later BLUE CRoss oF V/ESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Company of Oil City, an eccentric power, a Landmarks became the landlords and the sucker rod, a pumpjack, and a storage tub. P&LE was the tenant, moving out of their CONIT ENvTRoNI,TENTAL, INC. These require a little explanation. headquarters building above the Grand Natural gas often accompanies petroleum, Concourse into Commerce Court. DoLI-eR B¿.xr and by the late 1870s internal-combustion On September 12, 1992 the Pittsburgh & engines existed to run on it. A gas engine Lake Erie Railroad ceased to be. In its place was compact and unlike a steam engine is the Three Rivers Railway Company. The GRnHnv ReRI-Ty could be started at once. Once it was started, assets include 138 miles of track between by the risky process of applying hands and Brownsville and Youngstown, but not the PITTSBURGH HIGH TECHNoLoGY CoUNcIL feet to the fly wheel to gain momentum then rolling stock or the shops at McKees Rocks. turning on the gas, it could be connected by CSX stock will probably continue to roll clutch to the belt drive to the pumping past Station Square as it has been doing for RussBLL, RBe, ZnpPALA & Gon,IuIre machinery, then left to run itself for hours. some time, but perhaps as their locomotives The exhaust had a "barker" on top that and cars need new paint we will see a Three SUTTUKIINE BEECHAM CoNSUMER BRANDS made a distinctive sound, assuring the Rivers logo and livery. oilman wherever he might be that that particular engine was continuing to run. Though the McClintock Well engine is also a Reid, the two engines have a diflerent sound and seem to operate in different ways. The McClintock engine is a hit-and-miss, whose governor lets it fire every few seconds when it slows down too much. On most strokes you hear the compressed air ex- hausting unexploded, so that the sound is chufchufchufchuf BANGchufchufchuf ,no Landmarks is pleased to recognize these corporate benefactors. barker being fitted to the exhaust. The Riverwalk engine fìres on almost every We apprecíate their commitment to helping us create afuturefor Pittsburgh The P&LE Stnti.an (f", circa 7880, with stroke, and its barkered exhaust sounds a lú) by preserving its past. little like a piledriver, or an upside-down th.e second, Smithfi,eld Street Bríd.ge ín the plastic cup clapped down hard on a table þreground,. top: WHOCK-WHOCK-WHOCK. Page 12 PHLF News January 1993

o J I The Prospect of W93 (continuedrrompaget) a the Hands-On History Festival on May 8 Membership and The Walker-Ewing log house and LA I\DM A RKS a the lt{eville House Antiques Show on Donor Opportunities farmhouse in Collier Township will be June 6 A strong and growing membership is thoroughly cleaned and repainted, and Support the Pittsburgh History Landmarks' Antiques Show beginning essential to the life of the Pittsburgh an estimate for the restoration and & Landrnarks Foundation in on November 11 History & Landmarks Foundation. We continuing maintenance of the property and a holiday lecture and organ recital will be determined. its work to: plan to encourage individuals and al Calvary Episcopal Church in Shady- corporate members to join Landmarks Landmarks will continue offering side. technical assistance and promotional a Preserve architectural landmarks, historic in 1993 through major solicitation support to OId St. Luke's in Scott neighborhoods, and industrial sites and Publications programs. Eric Dickerson, director of Township, the Burtner house in Harri- artifacts in Allegheny County; Louise corporate sales at Landmarks, created Sturgess, executive directog son Township, and the Rachel Carson fCreate tours, lectures, publications, and and Walter Kidney, architectural Landmarks' corporate membership educational programs featuring the history, program and has been very successful in Homestead in Springdale. historian, oversee the publication of architecture, and culture ofPittsburgh and his work. Landmarks' books, booklets, newslet- Station Square Allegheny County; ters, etc. The <)Continue the development of Station Historic Properties Pittsburgh History & Landmarks In 1993, Margaret Henderson Floyd's Square, the 52-acre riverfront site where At the Neville house in Collier Town- Foundation is the owner and master Archite cture Richardson Landmarks' principles of historic After w1ll be ship, the Neville House Auxiliary and developer ofStation Square, the 52-acre preservation, adaptive use, and urban co-published by the University of Colonial Dames will continue to restore riverfront site facing Pittsburgh's planning are creating a lively attraction Chicago Press and the Pittsburgh the log kitchen ofthe 1780s, and create Golden Triangle. Arthur Ziegler, for Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. a landscaping plan that will provide for president of Landmarks, and Cathy Landmarks will announce a book convenient parking. The eighth annual Broucek, director of marketing at release party and tour of Longfellow, Neville House Antiques Show will be Station Square, are most involved in the Membership Benefits properties Alden & Harlow when the on June 6, 1993, and the house will be daily work. Landmarks plans to con- publication date is conf,irmed. tinue its work in creating the Riverwalk o Many rewarding volunteer opportunities. open throughout the year, upon request, If a f,inal fund-raising campaign is of Industrial Artifacts, and construction a A l0% discount at The Cornerstone book for private group tours. successful, Landmarks will also publish will begin in 1993 on a new public park, and gift store at Station Square. Clyde Hare's Pittsburgh, a photographic o Free initial consultation on landmark Riverpark. The two-and-one-half acre book documenting Pittsburgh from the designation and preservation advice for park designed by Oehme, van Sweden & present your historic property. 1950s to the time. Associates is a gift from the Scaife also o Free access to our historical and architec- Walter Kidney will continue Family Foundation. tural reference library in The Landmarks working on a book on architect Henry Much of the other work at Station Building at Station Square. Hornbostel, and on a photographic Square in 1993 will be invisible: lobby- iFree subscrrytioîto PHLF News, our book on religious architecture. ing for a civilized design for the new membership newsletter published five times Five issues of PHLF News will be busway bridge; planning the extension each year. published in 1993, supported in part by of Station Square Drive under the I Discounts on, or free use of, all educational advertising revenue, membership contri- Smithfield Street Bridge; planning resources. butions, and proceeds from Station signage; designing; raising capital the ,)Reduced rates on tours, and invitations to Square. preliminaries of Phase II. - leciures, sernir¡ars and speciai events. James D. Van Trump Library All the Rest Albert Tannleq archivist, will con- Landmarks will continue its Award Membership Categories tinue to organize Landmarks' library of Merit and Historic Landmark plaque and arrange and describe the various program; testimonies before the Please enroll me as a member of the archival materials. In April, Landmarks Historic Review Commission and other Pittsburgh History & Landmarks will host a members' reception in the bodies on behalf of historic preserva- Foundation. I have enclosed a tax- library so everyone has a chance to see tion; liaisons with Preservation deductible contribution in the amount of the work that is being accomplished Pittsburgh and others; efforts on behalf (che ck approp riat e cate g ory ) : and the handsome library that is avail- of historic religious properties in need able members and friends. n Individual $20 to our of technical assistance; volunteer activities for more than 200 members; ! Family $25 The Cornerstone Store n School and Non-Profit $25 the answering of member and public Also in April, we plan to announce a ! Senior Citizen $10 inquiries; raising funds to support its new name and identity for the n Corporate Supporter $50 and above Corner- work; and maintaining a good relation- n Corporate Member $250 and above stone store at Station Square. Melinda ship with the community. I Life Benefactor $5,000 (one-time gift) Lubetz is now the manager of Land- marks'membership book and gift shop. "A copy ofthe official registration & financial She will continue to concentrate the information ofthe Pittsburgh History & Landmarks store's emphasis on books and objects Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania 1993 promßes to be an Department of State by calling toll free, within of cultural value, with the Pittsburgh d,ctiae year, W'e tn th,e Pennsylvania 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not region and architecture and other areas lnoltþrward imply endorsement." 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