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Peny Hilltoþ Citizens Council , l Co, Soath Sidc I'ocøl DaaeloPtnent , Spring Garfux Neiglt borhood Cotncil Trol Hitt Citizens Coancil Rigltt: 'A Samþler": IJaion Nøtional reports on itr fnt lcdr of uorà uitb the PCRG. Tlte ncighborhood scene øboae is of Resaca Pldcc in the Meicøn Wør Strcets. '{@ n March 30, Union National "It's an honor to work with Landmarks Bank and the Pittsburgh to further the efforts of Union National History & Landmarks Bank to assist people in Pittsburgh's low- Foundation announced joint and moderate-income nei ghborhoods," said efforts to provide low- Gayland B. Cook, chairman of Union Neighb orho o d Initiatives: interest loans for housing and commercial National Bank. The loan fund is further development in inner-city neighborhoods. evidence of Union National Bank's long- PNB ønd Mellon BønA The program will make available $500,000 time commitment to Pittsburgh's neighbor- grants, some for Allegheny County, some as a loan from Union National to hoods. Stanley l-owe can be vehement on the ior Philadelphia and other areas where the Landmarks' Preservation Fund. The $500,000 loan is an adjunct to the federal Community Reinvestment Act bank operates. More relevantly, there is This money will be made available $109 million loan fund Union National (CRA), which mandates loans for inner- Mellon's Community l-oan Mortgage Pro- provide gap and Bank committed to inner-city neighbor- city neighborhoods. He feels that too many specifically to short-term gram, offering long-term conventional bridge financing for house purchases, res- hoods last year. In June 1988, Union lending institutions have been ignoring mortgages, up to $40,000 at a fixed rate less toration, and neighborhood development National Bank and the 24-member Pitts- their obligations and continuing old- a than ihe current rate, for certain neighbor- projects. Union National Bank is to be burgh Community Reinvestment Group fashioned financial segregation. He cites hoods; there is no maximum income limit' (PCRG), chaired by Stanley Lowq nego- North Side bank, for instance, that last repaid at the end of two years, with a with this is the General for made a house loan to a black in 1984. He Used in conjunction six-month extension for any outstanding tiated a five-year $109 million loan fund Pro- the Electric Capital Mortgage Insurance money. In that time, the loan is expected to inner-city low- to moderate-income resi- argues that nothing forces institutions must be gram, on the same conditions except that revolve enough to have an effective lending dents. Details were provided in the Fall 1988 to make bad loans borrowers - maximum incomes are set. For informa- capacity of two million dollars. In addition, issue of PfllFÀ[ews. Last fall, the good risks but that lenders must be - they would tion: Mortgage Products Division, l,andmarks received separate grants so it participants celebrated the first year of iorced to deal with clients amounts 234-6030. Mellon has had a Community can: lower the interest costs on the loans cooperation in a booklet that offers speci- otherwise ignore and to think in Development Corporation since 1986' accomplishments in this short time: $15,000 to $25,000, say that they awarded while paying the prevailing rate on men - and at present might- not otherwise see as worthwhile. capitalized with $500,000 the funds it borrowed from Union; estab- financing of apartment-house renovations again, banks are also wiitr a $0,000,000 line of credit. Once lish a loanloss reserve fund; and make in Homewood-Brushton; a course in small- TWo teading Pittsburgh programs, along this serves areas in Philadelphia as well as small grants to neighborhood projects. business operation; a loan to a painting committed to CRA-type Pittsburgh, and "promotes small business Stanley Lowe, director of the Preserva- contractor; the restoration of 901-05 with Union National Bank: com- development through loans and loan partic- tion Fund, worked with Union National Western Avenue; charitable contributions . The Housing Recovery Program is a home- ipation through the public sector' It also Bank to establish the program. Landmarks' marked for community development; train- bined low-interest mortgage and the makes loans to [low- and moderate-income] Preservation Fund makes loans available ing of UNB staff to process these rather repair program, a collaboration of Pittsburgh's community groups for housing renovation on a short-term basis without elaborate unfamiliar loans; financing for Allequippa Pittsburgh National Bank and and construction and commercial projects'" paperwork and investment of long periods Place; a loan to a data-processing firm; Urban Redevelopment Authority. Through residents Tþo local examples are a subordinated loan of tirne. Stanley said: "We can make the financing for Birmingham Towers; a loan this, low- to moderate-income of $35,000 to the East Liberty Develop- loans quickly, and, through Landmarks' to start a catering business; a Community qualify for both with the same application, ment, Inc, Penn Highlands project (added familiarity and long association with inner- Mortgage Resource Program; seminars on and receive a permanent mortgage. The year put- to a $1.9 million regular loan) and as- city neighborhood grass-roots efforts, we applying for a UNB loan; and many others, program began a ago, with PNB project and the sistance and buying and renovation of eight believe that the loan program will greatly l,andmarks' Stanley l-owe was engaged in iing $1,200,000 into a pilot expects homes by the Braddock Housing Task assist the continuing effort that residents, the negotiations that made the $109 million URA contributing $600,000. PNB The Corporation also offers lechni- neighborhood organizations, and Land- loan fund possible, and Landmarks has to allocate more money once the initial sum Force. cal marks have underway to create good living been involved both as loan-fund supervisor is spent. For informatio n: 7 62-3t14. assistance. ¡ neigh- environments in architecturally valuable and through its Preservation Fund in many . Mellon Bank has made a variety of areasl' of the individual projects. I borhood and economic develoPment Pape2 PHLF News Summer 1990 ffiNEV/S
We/come l{ew Mernbers 1990 Award of Merit Recipients We are pleased to welcome the following new members who have joined Landmarks since March; we look forward to their involvement in our On Thursday evening, May 10, trustees Ann sity Press, and for his involvement and presented historic special events and projects . . and to their assistance in helping us Wardrop and Don Riggs 13 leadership in several significant projects encourage more people to join L,andmarks! We ask each current award of merit certiñcates to individuals preservation such as the Steel Force and the member to add at least one new member to our ranks in 1990. and organizations who have made out- Industry Heritage Task standing contributions to the preservation Committee on Pittsburgh Archaeology and Mr. & Mrs. F.W. Belchlavek & Family Ms. Suzanne McDevitt of Pittsburgh's historic architecture and History. Ms. Veronica Berchok Dr. & Mrs. D.H. McKibben & Family increased public knowledge of our heritage. r Old Sewickley Post Office Corporation Mrs. Mary Ann Bigham Mrs. Helen H. Murphy & Family We are pleased to recognize the following: For raising funds for the purchase, reno- Ms. Mary Kathleen Connell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Nega vation, and conversion of the old post Volunteers for lhe Portable Pittsburgh Donald D. Davis Marc Olin office in Sewickley into a home for the program Mr. & Mrs. lrwin J. Dean, Jr. & Family Vincent E. Ornato Sewickley Valley Histo¡ical Society and the DiCesare-Engler Productions Ms. Fran Ostroski For their energy and enthusiasm in Sweetwater Art Center. Ms. Linda A. Dickerscn Ms. Tanya A. Oswald presenting mo¡e than 300 hour-long ses- . Design Committee of the South Side I¡cal Dorseyville Junior High School Ms. Carol Peterson Porløble an education- sions of Piltsburgh, Development Corporation Brean Drury Ms. Julie Plavan-Anthony al program created by l,andmarks in 1989 Richard Engler Edward Magee Reno For its volunteer work (since 1985) in and offered to area schools. Ms. Suzanne Galindo Mr. & Mrs, Norman Samways providing professional design assistance to Horizon Inc. Ms. Jane Lra Gibb & Family Homes, property owners, commercial tenants, and For the scrupulous interior and exterior Ms. Meredith A. Gray John A. Sandor developers who are concerned with the restoration the Niemann house at 1212 Thomas O. Gray Ms. Nancy Saracco of revitalization of the South Side area accord- designed by Alden & A. Greller Ms. Helen C. Schlenke N. Negley Avenug ing to historic-preservation standards. Cerald S. Gudukas Ms. Marguerite Socher Harlow in 1906. . Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation Ms. Jeannine F. Hackney Dr. & Mrs. Paul B. Steelg Jr. Michael Eversmeyer and Lauren Poese For the successful renovation of L¿uren- Dr. John M. Kingsmore & Family For effectively mediating between City Mr. & tian Hall at 5321 Penn Avenue Built as a Mrs. Lloyd Kline & Family Ms. Maria A. Thomas government and the citizen on issues of Paul S. Korol Tucker Arensberg, P.C. schoolhouse in the 1920s, Laurentian Hall historic preservation through their work as Ms. Sarah Kotzuk Ms. Janice H. Wade now contains 36 housing units for elderly members the De.¡rartment of City .Iae Brown lævendos Harry Vy'alter Weaver staff of residents. Ms. Judith Li¡rscott & Family Wilson & McCracken Planning. . Highland Park Community Club Susan Donley Ms. Melva B. Mancuso Ezra Zask & Family For organizing the 1989 Park Centennial educational in making the Paul E. Matthews For her work celebration and volunteer clean-up and historical resources th€ Pittsburgh region of planting projects on a regular basis. general Qxø.¿1 tAx2x21 @Q'2*A
Tlt e C h øirmøn's Ram b le : trminent PÍttsburghers on Paper Charles Covert Arensberg Buried in the vaults and basements of wery We also obtained the will of Ebenezer courthouse in the country are priceless Denny, first mayor of the City (1816). historical documents. Handwritten deeds, Pursuant also to court order we presented it wills, and agreements of'all our great men, to Mayor Caliguiri for his office and as well as records of the daily lives, pas- received the following letter from him sions, and skirmishes of countless litigants, in reply: ENsunE THE LIFE oF lie buried in the records of our law courts. But they are yellowing and fading, and M¡. Charles C. ,{rensberg some are being microfilmed and then dis- OUR HISToRIC BUILDINGS. Tucker, Arensberg & Ferguson carded. 1200 Pittsburgh National Building We would like to work with you to establish a gift from you to I sought in 1979 a Pitts bu rgh, P ennsylvtnia 15 222 our Preservation Endowment Fund through a beneficial life court order to release insurance policy. You make only limited term payments, and certain early wills of help guarantee the restoration of the historic buildings and prominent Pittsburgh- Dear Charley: neighborhoods of Allegheny County. ers from this bondage, Thank you for your letter of rccent date. We would like to work with you. Call or write us at: and thus it is that Landmarks has in its The will of Ebenezer Denny is proudly dis- Permanent Gifts for Preservation library the handwritten played in my offìce along with his pottrait. Pittsburgh llistory & Landmarks Foundation wills of the following 450 The Landmarks Building Your efforts are very much apprcciated by me, Felix Branot men: One Station Square and I am sure future Mayors will agree that it Pittsburgh, PA 152f9-1170 . Hugh Henry Brackenridge (early lawyer is far better to have these works on display in 4t2/471-5E08 and justice of the Supreme Court of Penn- the appropriate setting rather than in the Deeds. How- @ P nn, s E RVAT I o N,; H;IJND AT V/ORK l ,.,;.; . ,, , ",1.1, ,.,t:,,,ii¡,t;: Iz{t: tl¡e fr.ne caruin{ on the Darlinglon bouse .) :"' .i ,,',,';i,,,:, '. , Bí/o*' iltt Horry Darlington ltoase, ftom ''rl Brighton Road. ,,1t1:, 'ir ri' A yeør øgo, PHLF News toured tlte city to seg tÌte aisible ryarht,7ø:!i ,ql,': i 1 I^øndnzørþs' Preseraøtion Fønd øctiaitl I'ate' ibis.fip,ril,,*ittt'1þ"hlhu' mometer in tlte 80s ønd ligltt good for þltotògrøplry, qe lour. Birds ønd builders *"rrchotltâ"ii"'tltIglod uàañpr as ùelt,..rø¡;i is mucltio'do, þeoþle sinzþl1 reløxing. Euen Brigltton Pløoe,-wl¡erà iltere . St. Mrry's Church Priory (1888)' located on had its quiet steþ-sitters wlto recølled the better days of tbe i!r,1et with as ' ..the North Side between Pressley and ' lo"khàrtstreets, was renovated as a i: .,,.'t.,,i¡i:'¿¡:i" ønd knew rhü better døys were conzing øgdìn' ',' ,.,, ,,,:i, . "bed-and-b¡eakfast" city inn' Loan amount: In our sammer irsie of løst yeør,lrr"oooo)oord t'i¡¿'t'ûl,oli,'90A,ltai'd $50,000 . The Holt¡nder Building at 415 East Ohio been lent to 10 orgønizøtions rlte Preseraølion Fand, i00 ': from 'uith , Street on the North Side was acquired by a percent þrompt reþøyment, since tbe estab/isltment of t/ie Fund in 1985. , .,', neighborhood consortium and renovated for ',' putposes' Loan amount: tlte grønd totø/ ltøs commercial Since t/ten, $1oo,o0o 12 risen to øbout #1,263,000 to r Ñeville Row in Allegheny West was restored' orgønizølions. Reøders ofa yeør t¡an amount: $38,600 ago wi// recognize some of these . through the Home Ownership for Working , PeoplJprogram, five vacant buildingsìn the þlaces: CeniralNorth Side were rehabilitated for low- and middle'income f¿milies. l,oan ãmount: $167,000' In phase two, five vacant houses in Manchester at tl0O-09 Pennsylva- nia Avenue were acquired; four have been ienovated and sold. I¡an guarantee: $15'000' In phase three, the Manchester Citizens Coïporation bought five houses beginning at '100ó Manhattan Street and remodeled them for single-family occupâncy. I-oan amount: $145,000 Darlington House . ftt. fturt & Ober Brewerv (1883)' at the foot of Ttoy"¡¡t Hill on the North Sidg was rüy'ork has at the Harry Darlington begun acouired and renovated to house a brew pub Ave- house at Brighton Road and Lincoln anå incubator space for businesses. Loan nue, but on our late April visit it was all amount: $50,000 behind the scenes: investigating the ac- Th" R""h.l C"oon Homeste¡d Association cumulations of years, partitions, piping' ,.ai in Springdale obtained professional architec' as a preliminary to reconverting this ,l .: etc., tnr"ì ser-vices for the preparation of a . dwelling into a single-family house t. con-" 940 Beech Auenae: dwøiting renoaøtìoø. 2l-unit ,rit¿*ui¡c ¿.rign and rendering for the again. The Darlington house is in a curious |.:,t, struction of an èducational wing on the site position, which makes its assured good ã-i l¡. uot.rt."d. L,oaD'amount: $5,700 ' Place condition especially desirable. It terminates f¡ l' Brighton ttpairi weie made to the.-New Bethel a of large and well-kept houses' but its í The Northside Tenants Reorganization row à ",..1t"tájotlr . M¡isionary Baptlst Church ioof and steeple (NTR) expects to see work under way in surroundings, aside from Vy'est Commons, i 'i" rr*renlevilie; I¡an amount: $9,400 September. Landmarks Design Associates consist otherwise of a city block of rubble, Braddockls Fìeld Historical Society com' preparing working drawings for bids' a ruin, a decently-kept smallish Mid- Thà is a building re-use study for the house, and two big, miserably- i r. 'missioned Dean's Tavern, a lormer nuisance bar, is to Victorian :C¡rnegíe Library iri Braddock'- l¡an amount: remodelecl Mid-Victorian houses. Its good become a day-care center, and the Brighton $10,000 Brighton Road' condition, then, would help arrest decay Tavern, at the corner with in the is to become a laundromat with NTR and encourage new develoPment. A offices above. Thirty-three vacant build- $165,000 loan to the Allegheny Vy'est Civic sboun in 1989 (toþ) ønd 901-0J Westen Arcnre, ings, interspersed with those still occupied, Council provided stopgap financing and nou (øbote). will be rehabilitated for $3,800,000. money for initial work. 901-05 Western Avenue Shop-front extensions had been removed at ground-floor level, and original front walls partly reconstructed, with door and win- t dow frames awaiting surrounding masonry and doors. New sash, one-over-one with no t attempt at reproducing original glazing, had been installed. There were no cornices yet. The rough old brick had been partly cleaned. Completion was due in June. Around the corner, on Galveston Avenue, four two-story office units of cinder block were rising. The Western Avenue restora- tion part of the development had begun with an $80,000 loan from the Preservation Fund to the Allegheny West Civic Council and others. 852 Beech Avenue The exterior is now finished, gray paint with deep blue detailing. The owner received a $45,000 bridge loan. 940 Beech Avenue This is a new project, a sizeable three-story brick house, which is being started with a $15,000 loan to be paid bY MaY 1991. Brigltton Place: enþr! houser to beflled uitlt life ooie *or", lnset: Deøn's Thvern: frorn noctumal Infill Houses, PennsYlvania Auenøe, sbown here in 1989 und¿r 8J2 Beech øbøndon to dal care. Avenue and Sedgwick Street rertoration, ød løter tbis sþring comþleted' Fund provided technical The Preservation M"nor (c1830), at 1423 Liverpool Citizens Cor- toAnd.tsôn assistance to the Manchester I in Manchester, was ¡enovated' ['oan program, Street poration's Af fordable Housing amount: $100,000 which both rehabilitates existing housing park Historical Society received â loan and builds new "infill" units such as these' Sethet of $1,500 to appeal a þossible sale and demo- Allequippa Place lition of the Bethel Park School House' Work has nearly finished on rehabilitation f"natn*tt p.uides on-going technical and of these eight four-unit buildings of the economic development âssistance to numer' the: Buena vista 1930 period. The Oakland Planning and ous organízationi, including Program, Calb¡ide Development Corporation has borrowed Street Éenior Citizen's Place Citizens Council, North Side læader- 596,000 for this purPose. shio Confercnce, Hill District Development Pub & 10 Coìporation, Pittsburgh Board of Code North Side Civic Development Coun- been purchased by Revíew, This Bloomfield bar has Emergency Drivg with cil. Nes,ro Educational the Bloomfield-Carfield Corporation piitsbrireh Community Services, Neighbor- Preserva- the aid of a $60,000 loan from the hood Celnters Association, North Side tion Fund. The bar will be reopened as a i"nuntt R"otgunization, Manchester Citizens restaurant. I Cornorat ion,-Allegheny West Civic Council' Meiican War Streets Society, South Side Local Development Corporation,'and the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group' Page 4 PIILF News Summer 1990 Preservation Scene Sauer Buildings The locally-famous Sauer Buildings, a fan- ciful residential group of the 1920s and '30s at 607 -717 Center Avenue in Aspinwall, were troubled with a flow ol water for three years. The owner, Mario Noro, recently ended a dispute with the Borough of Aspin- wall, that had led nowhere, as to whose responsibility it was. The water was at first polluted, and in running over the property weakened hillside soil and roads and created hazardous ice in winter. Noro claimed that a municipal water line had burst, while the Borough denied the pipe's very existence. Media coverage supple- mented the stubborn exchange of letters, and on March 2 the source - indeed a broken water line - was found. Tl¡e Hartze/l Fountøin in ìts original /ocation. For Man, Beast & Bird The Hartzell Memorial Fountain, equipped with basins according to its announced pur- pose, stood on the North Commons of the North Side from l910 until urban renewal hit the area. After some years in storage, it was re-erected in Market Square in 1977. Now it is timg it appears, for the Hârtzell Allegheny Library Centennial NCNE Visit Fountain to move on again; at least the With the exception of a library in Andrew On February 26, the Washington-based City seems to be proposing that. What ber Carnegie's home town ol Dunfermline, the National Center for Neighborhood Enter- ter place to go than back to its original present Allegheny Regional Branch is in a prise brought HUD Secretary Jack Kemp location, on the east side of Federal Street? Board-and-batten in Beechview sense the lirst Carnegie Library: "in a and 27 corporate executives to look at Pitts- A rarity in Pittsburgh is the board-and- sense" because that at Braddock actually burgh's use of public,/private partnersliips A Shining Ziggurat Once More batten Josephine Shaffer larmhouse at 311 opened lirst but that at Allegheny was the to solve low- and moderate-income housing In 1973, during the Nixonian energy crisis, l¡wenhill Road, a sturdy and simple house first to be donated. A May Day program, problems. The group first visited Housing the stepped pyramid atop the Culf Building of around I 860 whose principal ornamenta- 'A took Back at Old Allegheny," cele- Opportunities Inc. in McKeesport, which is ceased to shine blue or orange, according to tion is delicately-cusped verge and eaves brated the library and the much-changed working to make home ownership afford- the weather; only the small lantern at the boards. At the end of April the house was city around it. Arthur Ziegler made open- able despite the economic decline of the last very top, a mere fraction of the whole illu- up for auction, and by this time may be no ing remarks and introduced the speakers, decade. In Pittsburgh, the Northside minated area, continued the practice. On more than a memory. including Attorney Freyvogel who outlined Tenants Reorganization, and especially the March24, on the occasion of the Commu- the legal controversy of the annexation of Brighton Place Tenant Cooperative Res- nity Design Center's Palladian Ball, the Willow Cottage to Stay Allegheny by Pittsburgh, and Mary toration Program, came under study. Sec- whole top of what is now the Gulf Tower The City's Historic Review Commission has Wohleber of Troy Hill, who showed won- retary Kemp was impressed enough to was floodlit not in Gull'orange and blue, ruled that Willow Cottage, the 1860-period derful slides of the Old Allegheni'area. promise to help sccure a nccessary $750,000 but hcnceforth- in a steady, golden light that Howe-Childs gatehoúse on Wooclland Road in financing. At a luncheon at the Station is less vivid. at Fifth Avenue, may not be torn down. Allegheny Sesq uicentennial Square Sheraton, Secretary Kenrp spoke of The tall, gray wooden house is in fact City- On April l7 a Cateway Clipper cruise HUD's Homeownership and Opportunity GO FOURTH! designated, but its present owner has celebrated the incorporation of Allegheny for People Everywhere initiative, in whose CO FOURTHT Committee to Preserve claimed that foundation damage, especial- as a city in I 840. A number of speeches spirit the McKeesport and North Side Pittsburgh's Wall Street is conducting ly, has gone beyond certainty of repair. The follorved dinner, and neighborhood awards programs are. weekly ll a.m. Saturday tours throughout situation was attended with more of the for outstanding service followed these. East As a sequel, the City's Urban Redevelop- the summer. The committee is also working anguish that has been haunting HRC Allegheny awarded a certificate to Arthur ment Authority, local lenders, and the with property owners in the Fourth Avenue proceedings. On the one hand, the pur- Ziegler, a resident ol the area, for his Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group National Register District to develop a chaser of the house, three years ago, knew services to the entire North Side. met with local realtors to discuss Pittsburgh package of incentives and assistance pro- that it was designated and presumably housirrg resources and financing programs. grams to help preserve Pittsburgh's historic could have had competent advice on its Stolen Gate Mayor Sophie Masloif opened the March financial district. Caroline Boyce and Rob condition before buying. (In addition, the A gate remaining from the old Heinz estatq 27 meeting, attended by some 200. Pfaffman are co-chairs of the Committee. uncertainty and cost of essential repairs in the 7000 block of Penn Avenue on the may be exaggerated, as Ellis Schmidlapp of North Side, has been stolen. The wrought- Landmarks Design Associates suggested at iron pattern complements that of the the hearing.) On the other hand, if things adjoining lence panels. Please call Mrs. are as bad as the owner has stated, he is Sladik (241-2461) if you have seen this gate. being forced to spend double the money he had budgeted, and for an uncertain result. It is hard to criticize the HRC, for it is serving its purpose while the owner should have been more open-eyed at the time of buying. Experience Talking Late this winter, the question ol City his- toric designation of the Allegheny West area was to come belore City Council. In this connection, David Pahnos ol the Bloomlield-Garfield Corporation wrote Mark Fatla of the Allegheny West Civic Corporation, telling of what happened to the Friendship area when its line old houses were made over into apartments in the 1970s. A rise in natural-gas prices had stimulated the conversions, which lvere cheap and opportunistic, and restoration, now contemplated in some cases it seems, is correspondingly costly. Maintaining a standard to begin with, Bloomfield- Carfield believes, can among other things "encourage re-investment by property owners as a collective group in saving a neighborhood from abject decline or gradual by commercial Saving Tiffanys Steel Industry Heritage Task Force dismemberment interests." Friendship's experience, after the A fund-raiser on .Iune 2, "Breakfast with The Steel Industry Heritage Task Force has apartment conversions, was one of declin- plan Tiffanys," was held at the Calvary U.M. adopted a long range and is currently ing property values. Church in Allegheny West. The brunch was preparing a Report to the Secretary of the specifically intended to benefit the main- Interior, which will serve as a basis for tenance and repair of the church's three continued federal funding requests. In large Tiffany windows, on the themes of addition, the Task Force received a grant of the Resurrection, Ascension, and Apoca- $30,000 lrom the new Pennsylvania State lypse. The windows were installed in 1895, Heritage Parks Program, for planning Wilson & McOracken, after having bpen shown in the World's purposes. Inc. Columbian Exposition of 1893. 5255 Butler Strcet. Pittsburgh, PA 15201 14121784-t772 t-8OO-783-t772 Summer 1990 PHLF News Page 5 "Designation" Neville House There has been such controversy over the The Neville House Auxiliary invites On Porches mandated preservation of buildings and Landmarks' members and friends to their districts, should the City of Pittsburgh Sunday, July 15 Whiskey Rebellion com- designate them as historic, that we had memoration. The house will be open from intended a series of essays that would treat 1l:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for guided tours by the matter in a thorough way. Things have the Neville House docents' Directions from moved too swiftl% though. The advocates Pittsburgh: Route 79 South to the Kirwan of designation for western Shadyside with- Heights-Bridgeville Exit 12; turn left on to drew their petition on May l, finding the Route 50 and you will find the house on the occasion unpropitious' This was true espe- left side of the road within a mile Free cially since the City Ordinance itself is parking is available across the street from being considered for revision, with the aid the house. of a consultant and an advisory committee. Mark your calendars for Wednesda¡ We may hope for a more clearly thought- September 19 to join the Neville House out law, both in its stated purposes and in Auxiliary for an all-day bus tour to West its provisions, and such would be worth Overton in the Mt. Pleasant area. Call waiting for. Hazet Peters at 921-4728 for more informa- tion. The Walton Project Liggett and Associates of Monroeville has Otd St. Luke's devised an adaptive-use project for the old Members of the Old St. Luke's Church Walton M.E. Church at Twenty-fourth and Historical Society will open the historic Sarah Streets on the South Side. The church church in Scott Township each Sunday is a very handsome structure ol 1882' with afternoon from l:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in exceptionally delicate brick corbel-tables Jung July, and August. A special reception rippling along the cornices, and its position will follow a commemorative program of at a slight bend in Sarah Street is a piece ol dramatic readings on Sunday, July l5 in effective if accidental siting. The project honor of the l96th anniversary of the calls for the conversion ofground-floor V/hiskey Rebellion. Call 481-1155 for more Sunday-school rooms (with l4-foot ceil- information. ings) into offices, and for meetings, con- public hall-type Rachel Carson Homestead certs, services, and other EI&o=...:\.. . '¡.(.q: in the even higher church space Rachel Homestead Association activities The Carson Tbe rooft and porcltes ofBeeehuood Boilcaørd , above. The tentative name is Walton Chapel held its first annual benefit dinner on The Waltons were a North Side Mellon Hall, Chatham Center. March l? at Andrew uch of the dispute over districting family, whose house served Marcia Daven- gúest speaker Vasili Peskov, Collegg with in the western part of Shadyside port as the Scott mansion in The Valley of journalist from the Soviet an environmental has centered at least symbolically will be announcing Decision. Union. The Homestead around porches. Now, our population's atti- plans, including restoration its long-range tude towards porches, as reflected in our Name That Bridge Homestead in Spring- of the Rachel Carson treatment of them, differs greatly from Ziegler and State Senator In March, Arthur dale, in late 1990. place to place. In Mount Washington, F. Scanlon agreed to differ on what Eugene Squirrel Hill, the South Hills, and Home- the present Birmingham Bridge should be George Westinghouse Museum stead, people retain their porches, casually Our position is that Birmingham in called. The George Westinghouse Museum repairing rather than restoring them admit- with the three constituent phase of its has associations Wilmerding has completed one tedly when wooden posts or floors start to boroughs of the present South Side, the direction long-range ptanning under the of give. In the East End and especially in itsell appearing in two of the cases. James, and name Landmarks staff member Earl Shadysidg one feels, people are often like it to be the memorial of in Scanlon would will be revising its permanent exhibitions indifferent when not contemptuous about another State Senator, the South Sider of education- the fall of 1990. Development porches, have been so since home air condi- Romanelli. It was Senator Romanelli follow. James al programs for area schools will tioning came in, and are inclined to get rid who responded to our request to name the In mid-May, we heard of a serious threat of them, A porch is not a place for sitting Nostølgia scene in Mancl¡esterwilh øn old-føsbioned bridge when it was built in the early 1970s, to this museum because of a tax dispute any longer (it had fashion against it for sbød1 þorcb Birmingham. Ironic that the bridge between the Borough of Wilmerding and after several decades), it darkens rooms, and be stripped of its name to be owner of the where the should the actual "Castle" restoration is very expensive. Dilemma: after the Senator who gave it its is. In consequence, the museum renamed museum Who can rightly demand that you spend name! This would not be an appropriate be without a home. might large sums keeping up a useless appendage memorial. ofyour house? On the other hand, the Consulting at Vandergrift house was designed to have a porch; its fenestration is apt to look peculiar and gave of consulting Landmarks several hours drifting without the disciplining rhythm of to the West- time, this winter and spring, the porch posts and the deep horizontal of This moreland County town of Vandergrift. the porch entablature and roof, and the River little steel town on the Kiskiminetas walls bear the scars of removal. If designa- Law Olmsted's was laid out by Frederick tion demands a porch restoration that is while not a town of much fine office, and burdensomely expensivg should we see the it has a certain distinction in its -loaing architecture householder as having to make pathetic Porch Hornes tead street scenes. Landmarks advised on ways of reestablishing its old role as a regional sacrifices, a victim of a whimsical, tyranni- center, an objective for shoPPers. After tlte remodeling: *stigiøl porcb in Sbady:ide cal legal provision? Or should we see him as one who got in over his head on a house be- Burtner House yond his means: one who, instead of having Restoration at the Burtner House in a budget in keeping with the house he Natrona Heights continues with a new bought, is chopping up the house to con- tongue-and-groove wooden floor for the form to his budget? second floor rooms and wooden window What if it is? Is that his neighbors' busi- frames and baseboards replaced. New paint ness? If his front lawn presented a spectacle will brighten the rooms once the wood of a derelict car surrounded by weeds, no work is complete. Jamie Honored one would seriously deny the neighbors the It's Strawberry Festival time at the James D. Van Trump, one of Landmarks' right to complain and use pressure. But this Burtner House on Saturday, June l6 from founders and its historian for many years, is different: his lawn is junkless and mown, l1:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This year's festival has received a certificate from the City of only henceforth it will go right up to the will be more active than past events with Pittsburgh's Historic Review Commission front door. The house will look like what it special native American heritage dance and in recognition of his work for historic is, a house missing a feature, but the prop- folklore presentations by the Council of preservation and his almost innumerable erty will be neat and that is perhaps all the Three Rivers Allegheny Indian Council. articles and other works on the history and neighbors can reasonably demand. Mr. B and his homing pigeons will perform architecture of the Pittsburgh region. And yet, why do some people genuinely at 12 Noon. The Samples Border Rangers, love places such as tlre old western parts of Palm Beach ' just dressed in Early American attire and carry- Award Sltort¿ned hem-line on Dennislon Streel Shadysidq or indeed about all of ing authentic muskets and rifles, will Barbara D. Hoffstot, founding member Squirrel Hill north of Forbes? Surely be- demonstrate mountain man Indian-style and trustee of l¿ndmarks, is also one of cause of street scenes in which houses of tent construction, and the Burtner House the most active preservationists of Palm harmonizing design and massing, old as it weaving loom will be in use all day! Food Beach. She is one of the third generation of happens and retained as built, are set in a available will include a variety of sand- her family to live there. Her Landmark unifying landscape of trees and lawns. wiches, the ever-popular funnel cakes, and Architecture of Palm Beach, first published Whatever diminishes the beauty of what all the strawberries in cream and strawberry in 1973 and about to go into a third edition, one sees along one's street, from one's win- shortcake you can eat! Call 224-7999 for is the architectural guide to the community. dow or indeed porch, diminishes the value more information. In recognition of this book and her vigor- of one's home as well: its value, that is, as a ous preservation efforts in Palm Beach, the place to inhabit rather than sell. Perhaps Palm Beach County Historical Society the neighbors do rightly have something to presented Mrs. Hoffstot with the Judge say when the remodeling of an existing James R. Knott Award in a ceremony this housg not to mention construction of a April. new one, comes into question. I Page6" PHLF News Summer 1990 Education Column Hønds-On History Priuøte Group Tours Instìtute Landmarks' popular tour program, open to both members and the publiq receives lots Wednesday-Thursday, July 11-19 of publicity and its tours are well attended. guest Through lectures, field trips, and This year, we are hosting public tours of eth- gain hands-on workshops teachers the skills nic churches, breweries, and historic Sewick- to research local history and enrich their ley homes. But these public tours arg how- classroom curricula, Call the Allegheny eve¡ only half the story. Intermediate Unit at 394-5761to register for The Mexican War Streets, ethnic churches this three-credit teacher in-service course. of the South Side, Station Square, the Gold- en Trianglq and the Strip District were re- cent destinations for private /o¿rrs. These Portøble Pittsburglt tours are created especially by Landmarks to Another school year is over, and our meet the interests and objectives of private Portable Pitlsburgh d.ocents, like the stu- groups whose members are eageÍ to learn dents whom they servg will take a vacation about the history, architecture, and present- during the summer. During the 1989-90 day significance of Pittsburgh. school yea¡ Landmarks' volunteer docents Mary Lu Denny, Landmarks' director ol presented 186 sessions in over one hundred membership services, works with each pri- different schools and community centers. vate group to design a tour that meets its This is the second year that Portable needs. L¿ndmarks' docents serve as guides, Pittsburgh has been available to schools, and Mary Lu arranges access to churches, and the program continues to grow in temples, private homes, offìce towers, and popularity. Through Po r tab Ie P it ts burg,h, historic sites. Ethnic h¡nches, dinners, or Landmarks is spreading the word to area mid-afternoon snacks are often provided school children about the impressive and and motor coaches are chartered. L¿nd- dramatic past, p¡esent, and future ofthe marks charges a lee to cover these costs. Pittsburgh region. Teachers, PIA represen- This spring, the Upper St. Clair Women's tatives, and program coordinators may call Arcltitects- Club toured several ethnic churches and now to reserve a date for the 1990-91 school Suruiaors Pittsburgh neighborhoods. The fifth-grade District year, ensuring that their students have this In April, Landmarks' traveling exhibit in-the-Scltools classes from the Cateway School learned about transportation and history as lively addition to the traditional social titled Landmark Survivors made a special A special addition to Archilecture: The they toured Station Square, visited the studies curriculum. Call the education visit to the Pioneer School, introducing Bu ild in g A rr is Architects-in-the-Schools. Transportation Museum, and rode the department at 471-5808 to receive an physically-challenged students to the field In conjunction with the traveling exhibit, Monongahela Incline and the subway. inlormative brochure or to schedule a date. of architecture. Through historic and architects and other professionals associ- French students on a student exchange with present-day photos, the exhibit illustrates ated with the built environment are volun- Shadyside Academy toured Crant Street. the life of seven Pittsburgh landmarks: the teering their time to visit elementary school The College Club in Pittsburgh has planned Arcbiteclure: Blockhousg "Clayton," Station Square, classes and discuss the field of architecture. a in September to study the Tiffany some Fort Pitt Boulevard buildings, Smith- Beforq during, or after the exhibit's month- tour windows churches. From Jan- Tlte Building Art field Street Bridge, the Courthouse and long stay at a school, Landmarks will ofPittsburgh alone, Landmarks ar- Archîtecture: The Building Arf, one of Jail, and Kennywood Park. arrange a school visit by an architect. In uary through June private group all uniquely Landmarks' two traveling exhibits, has trav- Having Inndmark Survivors at Pioneer return for volunteering their timg architects ranged 26 tours, designed. For further information on Land- eled to three schools this spring: O'Hara School was just one part of a year-long are rewarded with the smiles, thouehtful marks' tour services, call Mary Lu Denny at Elementary in Fox Chapel, Cateway Upper initiative by the school to introduce the questions, and thank you's that come from 471-5808. Elementary in Monroeville, and Regency physically-challenged students to a study of an attentive audience of young and curious ¡ Park Elementary in Plum.Boro. their built environment, one that many of learners. Interested architects, builders, Building usg structure, and appearance the students only experience from a contractors, and designers may call are described in the exhibit, and hands-on distance. Landmarks' education department at activities give students the opportunity to Landmark Suruluors, designed for 471-5808 to receive more inlormation on build a bridge, design buildings, and handle middle and secondary schools, is also ideal this rewarding volunteer opportunity. construction materials such as marblq terra for higher-education institutions, libraries, cotta, glass, brick, and steel. Architeclure: or community centers. For more informa- The Building Arl remains in each school tion on the exhibit or to reserve Landmark for one month, and after exploring the Survivors, call the education department at exhibit and its accompanying activities, 471-5808. Elsewhere teachers and students are prepared to inves- tigate their own community: their neigh- Marie Momeyer, co-ordinator of the ge- borhoods, business districts, and city, ography fair, plans to invite other schools to As part of the exhibit, teachers receive an Slide Sbow Rentøls participate in future geography fairs. In- introductory workshop by a Landmarks' Landmarks' lending library of slide shows terested teachers may call Marie at Greenock staff member who explains the most effec- featuring the history and architecture of Elementary Q5l-6769) for further tive use of the exhibit and its accompanying Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania con- information. materials. Because the study of architecture tinues to be a widely-used resource. More is ideal for use with all academic dis- than 20 presentations were scheduled this "Always A River" ciplines, suggested activities are presented spring. I TourisÍ's View of Pittsburgh, Sponsored by the National Êndowment for for use in all classroom subjects. Architecture: The Building Art, and The the Humanities, six states bordering the Teachers and program coordinators may Builders of Pittsburgh are just a few exam- Ohio River are collaborating to present 'Al- call Landmarks' education department at ples of the slide shows available The ways A River." A river bargq complete with 471-5808 to reserve the exhibit during the presentations, popular with community exhibits relating to the history of the Ohio 1990-91 school year. The rental fee for each centers, rotary clubs, women's clubs, senior River, will begin its 980-mile journey with a one-month session is $200. This fee citizen centers, and of course schools, are debut at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in includes the teacher workshop, printed ex- often coupled with a lecture by one of May 1991. After leaving Pittsburgh, the hibit guides and accompanying materials, Landma¡ks' volunteer docents. For a com- barge will continue down the Ohio River, and transportation of the exhibit to and plete description of our slide shows, call the stopping along the way at 19 major cities from the school. education department at 471-5808. and towns. The program, co-sponsored by cooperating local organizations, will include educational and artistic performances and activities. The Carnegie and The Pittsburgh Elem¿øtøy School\ graù stu&nx Greenocþ fra Cultural Trust will be local co-sponsors of eollaborated on tbis scenic þønorøtna. 'Always A River" while the program is in Pittsburgh. Elizabeth Forward Geography Fair "The Artifact Box Exchange In March, teachers and students in the Network" Elizabeth Forward School District partici- The Artlact Box Esæhange promotes history pated in the First Annual Elizabeth Forward and geography education among elementary G eography Fain One-hundred twenty-five school children. After deciding what makes geography projects were submitted by classes their community unique, students gather ob- and students in first through twelfth grades. jects and pieces of information relevant to The theme of this year's fair was the geogra- their hometown. The Network receives the phy of the Elizabeth Forward School Dis- boxes from all over the country and coor- trict, and projects ranged from geography dinates an exchange of boxes between two trivia games played on computers (submir schools in different areas. The classes receive ted by middle-school students) to designs of their mysterious boxes and spend about a historic scenes painted on T-shirts by week ¡esearching the clues and information second-grade students. On hand to help with in the boxes to discover where they came the judging was Diane DeNardo, [¿nd- from. For further information write to Scott marks'director ofeducation, and no easy Johnson, Director, The Artifact Box Ex- task it was. All of the projects were imagina- change Network, The University of Con- tivg well-researched, and carefully made necticut, Storrs Hall, Storrs, CT 06268. I Sunzruer Fun for Fømi/ies Landmørâs' educøtion deþørtment is þreþøring for ø surnrner fu// of fun ønd discoaery. Tbree þrogrøms, designed esþeciølly for førnilies, øre øaøiløble for tbose interested in exþloring Pittsburgb's ltistory ønd ørcltitec- ture. If you don't høue ø cbild, tben ødoþt ø grøndcbild, niece, neþbeu), or neigbbor. .ùIørà your cølendør now, cøl/ us lo register, ønd gøtlter tbe fømily to "aøcøtion" wit/t løndmørÁs t/tis sunrner in Pittsburg/t. The Highs and Lows of The Carnegie: Inside and Pittsburgh Heritage Pittsburgh Out August 3, 4 and 5, 1990 Friday and Safurday, t0 a.rn.-2:30 p.m., Saturday, June 30, 1990 Saturday, July 14, 1990 Non-members:. $l5adulæ; and Sunday, 1. p.m.-4:30 p.m. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. l, ,,:, ¡ $12children Pittsburgh Heritage Families Spend a day with l¿ndmarks discovering Corinthian columns, a carved balustradg for is for the truly adventurous. It's three Namæ oJ those ailending: the "highs and lows" of Pittsburgh. We will stonework, brass hinges, 2l types of marble days of fun, learning, discovery, and doing. Day begin our adventure by riding the incline up . . these and lots more you'll discover in one will be spent at Station Square Mt. Washington which rises 367 feet above "The Carnegig Inside and Out." touring the reno- vated railroad buildings and the Monongahela River. Then we will travel Teachers f¡om Landmarks and The Car- Transportation Museum, riding on the Monongahela down into the Golden Triangle via the sub- negie will lead a discovery of the Carnegie In- cling strolling way, and explore an underground passage buildings, built by l,ongfellow, Alden & on the limber Smithfield Street Bridge (the city's oldest), and con- linking two downtown office buildings. Harlow in 1892 with later additions in 1903 structing a cardboard bridge. Emerging onto street level for just a mo- and 19'74. læarn about the history, structure, On Saturday, discover the North Side. ment, we will travel to the top of a Pitts- composition, and architecture of these A scavenger hunt in the The Carnegie; Inside and Out burgh skyscraper to get a bird's-eye view of buildings that house Pittsburgh's most fa- Children's Museum, a tour of the Mexican War Streets, the cify skyline and building tops. Which mous museum collections. Activities will in- instruction in architectural sketching, and designing rooftop tower was rumored to contain a clude a classroom exploration of natural a $10 adults; T-shirt will be part of the day's agenda. chapel to preserve the church that \¡/as building materials, a visit to the Hillman $8 children Sunday is downtown Pittsburgh. The -t ' demolished ât that site? Which rooftop has Hall of Geoìogy, and a walking tour of The Non-memben: $12 adults; day's activities will center around 150 years a weather signal that blinks blue and orange Carnegie. Hands-on projects will include ar- ': $lOchildren of Pitrsburgh architecture. We codes? Alter lunch we will explore Trinity chitectural sketching and a scavenger hunt. will tour city streets and parks, follow a scavenger Cathedral and its adjoining graveyard, once hunt, Names oJ those artencling: : Participants: Families: Parents ¡ide the subway, discover an Indian burial rnound, and we will search ' and and some of Pitts- 10 years burgh's best kept secrets. fbr lions and gargoyles along city streets in a children and P¡usburyh Heritage scavenger hunt. older. for Families is a unique vacation in our own Member cost: $10 for adults and $8 for backyard. Wear walking shoes and bring a Parl¡cipants: Families whose children children. bag lunch! are entering grades three Non-member $12 for adults and $10 Participanls: Families through eight. cost: for children. whose children are entering grades Me¡¡rber cost: $12 for adults and $10 To registcr: Call the School of three through eight. for children. The Carnegie at Pittsburgh Herifage for Families Member cosf: for N¡rn-menrbcr $15 for adults and $12 (412) 622-3288. $25 adults and $20 cosf: for chiìdren. for children. Non-member . Mrmbers: To registcr: Call Landmarks at cosl: $30 for adults and $22 $25 adults; $20 children (412) 471-5808. for children. To register: Reg. deadline: June 25, 1990 Call Landmarks at I I Non-members! $30 adults; (4r2) 471-s808. $22 child¡en Reg. deadline: July 30, 1990. I Names of those attendiìtg: j'.,r"..:.r.. /' ',1 '' r'''i . 'I ì' ,iÌi.i I i] :' The registration deadlines are about two weeks prioi tb the course dates. Please complete this form, enclose payment (reference your check "Sumper Fpn"), and mail to: Pittsburgh History & L¿ndmarks Foundation 450 The [¿ndmarks Building One Station Square Pittsburgh, PA 152t9-1170 Call (412) 471-5808 for furthcr informa. tion, . r í' .i¡¡,:,¡, ,'i.,i;,,, , l, l, ,"t--'' ._.. -'.:. -.; '''..-. .. :: . , r""'l*;"" '. | ¡.. '; "L.1ì.\.' il¡ ,i .i ", ,i' ;, t .:")/ ,..".:" | l;.) .i: Tour Sewickley Homes Designed by Longfellow, Alden & Harlow I Call L¿ndmarks fo¡ details (4t2) 471-5808 but Sl lzË' the DITE of Sunday, September 16 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a bus and i walking tour of a selection of Sewickley homes designed by Pittsburgh's leading ai- I chitectural firm at the turn of the century, tt Tour with Landmarks I HHHHHH HHHHHH il 1,j 'I ìa i .r r.lr, THs FIIsToRY ANn AncHITECTURE oF AnEGHENy CrvlETEt{Y CHer.rsn I A Inok Around Allegheny Cemetery looks northwa¡d across the Allegheny River to wooded hills from its own north-facing slope. Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, and Stanton Heights are its neighbors, and here and there the houses of these places,are visi6le beyond its 6orders, but when the trees are in leaf the opposite side of the river valley is more of a presence. The Cemetery itself, in the warm part of the year, is a green place, some broad lawns, many trees, punctuated with the paie gray of þanitè, the white of marble, and the hues of bronze, sand- stone, anã fio*eis. To these, on occasion, is added a colorful blaze from stained glass, seen through the iron gates of a mausoleum. Green prevails, limiting views upward and into the distance. In winteç of course, the green departð entirelybr dulls, or is covered with snow while boles, limbs, and twigs show up in their greys and blackish-browns. By way of compensation, vistãs open uþ through the Cemetery over its internal valleys and along its descending slopes. The Cèmeiery is nearly as large as Schenley Park, Pittsburgh's largest, and owes much oi its modern character to the first landscape architect for the Park. But almost everywhere, a moment's glance is enough to reveal the na- ture of the place. A tomb is hard to mistake. And here is all the variety, the in- genuity, thê pathos, and occasionally the beauty of the ftust century in which ihe midclle ciass really exerted itself in the matter of entombment. Before the nineteenth cenhlry, a well-carved and lettered headstone sufficed for anyone less than a nobleman, a prelate, or a high official. During the last century though, things changed, and while there are indeed simple headstones-in Al- Brcnzc bas-relieþ on the legheny Cernetery tñere is also an abundant luxury of effect. A family that Winter muttsoleum, sec- open eyes with tion 40 Fleming and Hewy liv-ea within clapboarding lies beneath granite; pleasing their ¡nausoleums, sectiott 28 lithographs, théy now own a sculpture, and cannot see it' There are tombs fite fanitd aayÉeds, like jewel chests, like planter boxes, there are allegorical figures, there áre temples, columns, and obelisks. Once, toq there were low bõundary walls for ttre various plots, now.mostly gone, and i¡on fences/ now whoily gone, so that the fanciful display along the shaightest line between the uppãr and lower gates, diverse aì it now is, was once a positively compli- cated scene. In our own century, only the very rich have kept up this boldness of en- tombment. Others are content with the conventional granite monument, mostly glossy with some matte or incised lettering and ornament in stock de- signsi oi are"buried in lawn-plan areas under tablets flush with the ground th-at do not hinder the mowárs; or have a place in the Têmple of Memories by the Penn Avenue Enkance, and are immured rather than buried' The approach to the Cemetery from the Triangle, the Pittsburgh down- town, is ttuõugh Lawrenceville, the boyhood home of stephen Collins Foster. Street reveals handsome architecture, i."., The old borough of 1814 along Butler much in needóf restoration, ãnd a look uphill offers a glimpse of the good qualities of lawrenceville. The big limestone high school on the old Arsenal ri ,:3 property is a gracious, theatrical interruption to the scene, and shortly_ after ';ä inir n,rti"r Str:eet makes a slight bend that reveals a cluster of pale-buff shapes :)- treetops. Tñe shapes soon define themselves as an architec- .1 l! against a mass of tùtd.o*potition in thê Tudor style, executed in sandstone, and here you are, at the Butler Street Enhance. This is the serene entrance to a detached but not exclusive world. Partly the design of an Englishman, it suggests the entrance to the estate of an Eng- lish genileman, onJproud enougtr to erect a gateway of such pomp but one, you sense, who receives visitors graciously' ADDRrss Lookitrg tøtard the Auery monument, 'I l. section 3 Thank you fo¡ your advance book order.