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Published for the members of the Pittsburgh History & I¿ndmarks Foundation No. 141 January 1996 . Landmarks Assists Manchester, Hill District, and Entrepreneurs Through Its Preservation Services . Looking Back on 1995 . Cities Worldwide Look Toward the New Century

Program Priorities in the hlew Year

On Nouember 7, 7995, the board of Þ trustees of the Píttsburgh History &, È Lønd¡nar k s F oundøtion ap p r oa e d, ô' the follnu:íng usork plan emphøsiz- Ia' ing preseraøtipn seni.ces, ed.ucø- .¡ tinn, ønd. the historir pørks ønd. s L gørd.ens surúey, and announcing a s eo er øI s p e cial initiøth.¡ e s. T he à støff's prinríty is to cørry out thß a work pl,an as much as possihlc uhilc maíntøíníng flcxibílity to respond to Local preseraøtipn crises or needs.

Preservation Services Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. directs this area of rvork at Landmarks with great leadcr- ship, initiative, and charisma. Through his professional experience as a banker, his knowledge of local neighborhood groups and community leaders, and his heightened awareness of preservation policies nationwide, Howard is able to create programs that help individuals purchase and renovate historic proper- ties in inner-city neighborhoods for resi- dential or commercial uses. In 1996, Special Initiatives Ilistoric Parks and This photograph of 1901 shou¡s us the Howard will: acre-síze gardcn to the rea,r ofthe Arthur Ziegler will lead our staff in . new loans Gardens Survey North Neglcy Aaenu.e residcnce extend through Landmarks' several new initiatives this year. He of Preservation Loan Fund to neighbor- plans to: Barry Hannegan will complete James R. Mellon, son of Ju.dge Thomas hood groups that propose feasible Landmarks' Historic Parks and Gardens Mellan. The gørden, ha.rdly more than . work with the Mayor's office and the plans for the acquisition and/or Survey. Through research and field o gloriftcd backyard, usøs knoran, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to evaluate renovation of historic properties; work, he continues to uncover and according to a neuspøper account of the economics of restoring historic document a rich landscape tradition in . continue existing progÉms such as the the perínd, for its miníature effects buildings in downtown Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh, primarily from the tum of "Comprehensive Neighborhood Devel- intend,ed., apparently, to shrink the various uses; the century until about 1950. Alas, little opment Initiative" with Mellon Bank feøtures of øn estøte to the exþenci.es . provide evidence of this legacy can be seen in and the "Working in Neighborhoods" technical assistance to the of an our landscape today. The photo shown urbøn site. The tíny taaterøay initiative with an I l-bank consortium; Federalf{onh project; here is an excellent example of the kind thøt flouts through íts four-inch-øid.e . . work with financial institutions to work with Bidwell Training Center of material that Barry is discovering. channelin the mi.d.d.l,e of the gørden offer Community Reinvestment Act to establish a greenhouse and office Barry will prepare an illustrated can just be sensed. ín the horizontøl line program and sensitivity training; complex for a training in report describing the survey findings, in the lanan to the lcft, whil¿ its d.estí- horticulture that could benefit historic share the results with interested . work with HUD and the Urban commu- nation, a small, irregula,rþ shøped. neighborhoods; groups, garden Redevelopment Authority to determine nity clubs, and local and pond., can infact be seen to the rþht of national how community and block grant . work with Point Park College and the magazines, and use the survey center in the ¡nid.dlc d.istønce. A minin- results to influence policies funds can be allocated for historic Camegie Library on the downtown for the care ture aegetøblc gardenuas pla.nted and maintenance of what remains of our preservation; Library Center in the old Colonial behind. the s¡nall cøbín-Iíke buil.d.íng in Trust Company building; historic parks and gardens in this region. the center of the oicu; this structure . work with selected historic city neigh- Long an authority on landscape history . prepare a plan and grant request for i.dentifi.ed a.s borhoods to secure historic designation Barry is now an advocate for preserving uas øføcsimilc of Judge providing preservation services to status through the City of Pittsburgh's Pittsburgh's landscape tradition. Mellon's thøtched cottage in lrelnnd. Historic Review Commission; towns along the Mon-Fayette Ahhough the ooerall appearønce ofthe Expressway; ga.rden seerns . assist Manchester in its $20 million strøngely diffuse and. . development campaign to demolish create a "Scenic Byways" progam Edueation spotty-ø seeming throu¡-bøclc to the severely blighted public housing units, with Allegheny Kiski Valley Historical sca.ttered. plnntings of the Gørdenesqu.e The work purchase and restore Section-8 proper- Society to submit to PennDOT and the of oureducation depafment styb ofthe early nineteenth century- involves many people on Landmarks' ties, and constn¡ct affordable rental Federal Bureau ofRoads; and there is good eui.dence that this casual staff: Louise Sturgess, Albert Tannler, units for public-housing residents; . work with PennDOT to ensure that the effect uøs deliberateþ created by Walter Kidney, Mary Ann Eubanks, and . new Wabash Bridge is handsomely J. Wílhinson Elliott, quíte líkeþ the underwrite the Pittsburgh Community Mary Lu Denny, as well as 34 volunteers, designed. most important garden Reinvestment Group's annual lending and freelance instructors Sue Neff, desþner øctíue institution loan report; and Arthur provides valuable leadership Tom Demko, David Roth, andAnne- in Pittsburgh a century ago. . raise funds for a grant program at in bringing many groups and people Marie Lubenau. Landmarks to provide financial and together to ensure that historic preserva- Our agenda in 1996 includes provid- technical assistance for the preserva- tion is a key ingredient in the new plans ing private group tours and slide lectures tion of historic area churches and and proposals for our developing city synagogues. and region. (Continued on page 6) Page2 PHLF News o January 1996 ffiNEV/S

Thanlt You Corporate Members Major Donors to Landrnarlts in 1995 As of December 15, 1995, the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation had Your contributions in 1995 helped the Pittsburgh received major contributions from the following sources. We are very grateful to History & lnnd,marlæ Foundation: each donor. As a result of these gifts and of membership contributions, Landmarks . CREATE the "Working in Neighborhoods" initiative, an economic was (and is) able to pursue its work in creating a future for Pittsburgh by preserving development progmm between Landmarks and an I l-bank its past. consortium for minority business entrepreneurs; ASKO, Inc. Richard King Mellon Foundation . WORK with local lending institutions to ensure that lending The Brand Foundation Tom Murphy for Mayor Committee Mrs. Kenneth S. Boesel Estate of Joseph B. Neville programs and products were available to meet the needs of Anne L. & George H. Clapp Charitable Eleanor Howe Nimick inner-city residents; and Educational Trust A. & S. þzdrowski . PROVIDE financial and technical assistance, through the Dollar Bank James H. and Idamae Rich heservation Loan Fund, to community groups in the Pittsburgh Mary Jane and Richard D. Edwards The Donald & Sylvia Robinson region that proposed feasible plans for re-using historic properties; Mr. & lvlrs. James Frank Family Foundation Roþrt and Jane Grace Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Rogal . PROVIDE technical assistance to the Manchester Citizens Sylvan and Marion Green Estate of Delores M. Smith Corporation in its successful effort to obtain $7.5 million in federal M¡s. Thomas Hitchcock Furman South III funds to improve public housing in Manchester; Henry Phipps Hoffstot III Caroline H. Stewart Thomas O. Homstein Charitable Fund Jane A. Tiegel . DRAFT a proposal for the creation of a permanent Historic Milton G. Hulme Charitable Foundation The Walden Trust Religious Properties program at Landmarks, providing technical and RoyA. Hunt Foundation The Raymond John Wean Foundation financial assistance to support the restoration and adaptive use of Catherine Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Arthur P. Ziegler historic religious structures in Allegheny County; Mrs. Alan G. Læhman Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. McFeely-Rogers Foundation . INITIATE a survey of historic parks and gardens in Allegheny County; Anniaersary GLrts Designated to . TEACH more than 10,000 students, teachers, and adults about Pittsburgh's history and architecture; Support Landmarks' Worlt The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation congratulates Barbara and . PUBLISH.A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: African-American Raymond Rackoffon their fiftieth wedding anniversary. We thank the following lnndmarks in Allegheny County, and distribute free copies of the people and businesses for thei¡ generous contributions in celebration of this occasion: book to schools and libraries in Allegheny County; ASKO, Inc. Barbara and Bill læsser . PARTICIPATE in urban planning discussions as an advocate for Suzanne and Richard Bender June and Amold Malkin historic preservation; Joan and Daniel Benjamin Joni and Stanley Ostrow Patty and George Caplan Eleanor Resnik . CONTINUE to create a future for Pittsburgh by preserving its past. Mildred H. Colen Idamae and James Rich Ada and Stanford Davis Sylvia and Donald Robinson 1995 Corporate Members Mr. & M¡s. Arthur Fidel Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Rogal Benefactors Partners (continued) Mr. & Mrs. James A. Frank Helen and David Rosengarten Dr. & Mrs. Michael Friedberg Patricia L. Sabel Blue Cross of Westem Ferry Electric Company Velma and Bemard Friedman Betty Ann and David Dollar Bank The First City Company Simon Steffi and Zola Gold Nancy and Dick Simon Integra Financial Corporation Frank P. Hess & Company, Inc. Sandy and Sumner Goodwin Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Skirboll Matthews Internationa! The Gateway Engineers Mr. & lv{rs. Irving J. Halpem Eleanor Treelisky Mylan Laboratories, Inc. Gateway Press, Inc. Jane Haskell and Sidney Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Chas Weaver Sports, Inc. Graham Realty Company Jeanne and Stanley Jacoby Jackie and Bud Wechsler PNC BANK Corp. Great American Federal Savings & Aline and Jack Lange Sara M. Winokur SmithKline Beecham Consumer Loan Association Marilyn and Earl Latterman Susie and Bob Wolf Healthcare The Gustine Company, Inc. Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Company Patrons Horty, Springer & Mattem, P.C. Alpem, Rosenthal & Company Johnson & Higgins of Memorial Contributions Beckwith Machinery Pennsylvania, Inc. The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation thanks the following people for Montgomery Watson, Inc. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart their recent memorial gift contributions: L. B. Foster Company Partners Landmarks Design Associates . Sherley T. Blaxter, M¡. & Mrs. John P. Davis, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Allegheny Valley Bank of Pittsburgh MPS Corporation Mr. & Mrs. WalterT. McGough, and Mrs. Cleveland D. Rea in memory of Allied Security, Inc. NorthSide Bank Barbara Drew Hoffstot. Bell Atlantic PortAuthority of Allegheny County Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems Rennekamp Lumber Company, Inc. . Henry P. Hoffstot, Jr. in memory of J. Judson Brooks. Bognar and Company Rossin Foundation . John P. Davis, Jr. in memory of James D. Van Trump. Bunell Group, Inc. Salem Corporation Calgon Co¡poration Sargent Electric Company . Jane A. Tiegel, in memory of Robert V/. Baur. Califomia University of Sesame Inn Restaurants . in memory J. Norman Riley. Pennsylvania Sopko Contracting, Inc. Jessie Clark Riley, of Chubb Group of TRACO \ù/indows Insurance Companies Vy'est Penn Hospital Foundation Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Wedding Gffi Dick Enterprises, Inc. Associates We also thank Dr. & Mrs. Michael Friedberg for making a contribution to the Duquesne Light Company American States Insurance Pittsburgh History Landmarks Foundation on the occasion of the maniage Earth Sciences Consultants Community Savings Bank & of Elkem Metals Delta lntemational Machinery Paul Tepliø. Fayene Bank Landmark Security Transport Librøry Donation The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation wishes to thank Templeton Smith, of Mount Lebanon, for a copy of One Who Made a Difference, his biography of Eliza Kennedy Smith.

PHLF News is published four times each year for the members of the Pittsburgh Library Seeking Past Issues o/PHLF News historic prcservation organization History & Inndmarks Foundation, a non-profìt Recently we inventoried our holdings of PHLF News and discovered that Landmarks resloration sening Allegheny County. lnndmarks is committed to neighborhood (March/April) and historic-ptoperty preservation; public advocacy; education and membership does not have a complete set! The library's set begins with No. 33-the programs; and the continuing operation of Station Square, an historic riverfront 1972 issue. We are missing some later issues as well: No. 86 (Spring) 1983; No. 87 property opposite downtown Pittsburgh. (Summer) 1983; No.95 (Summer) 1985; and No.96 (Winter) 1985. Can any of our members supply the missing issues l-32 and 86, 87, 95 and 96? If you can help out, ArthurP. Ziegler,h...... President call Al Tännler at (412) 47 1-5808. l.ouise Sturgess. . ... Editorl0xecutive Director ElisaJ. Cavalier ...GeneralCounsel Tom Croyle. ..Comptroller Mary Lu Dermy . Dírector of Membership Semices Become a Tour Docent MaryAnn Eubanks...... EducationCoordinator If you have some free time and are interested in Pittsburgh history then call Mary Lu Barry Hannegan . . . Consulting Dírector, Historic Parks and Gardens Sumey Thomas Keffer. Superintendent of Property Maíntenance Denny for details about Landmarks'tour docent program. This January, February, and Vy'alterC. Kidney . ....Architectural Historian March we will be offering a training course for people who are interested in leading LindaMitry ...... StaffAccountant tours of the city or presenting slide shows featuring Pittsburgh's history and a¡chitec- HowardB.Slaughter,Jr...... DirectorofPresemationServices ture. rùy'e hope to hear from you. Call Mary Lu at(412) 471-5808. AlbenM.Tiunler ...... HistoricalCollectionsDirector RonaldC.Yochum,Jr...... FacilitiesManagementAssistant P¡lik Design Associates. . . Designer PHLF News o January 1996 Page 3

Your Membership Matters ! Thunk You J oining. IN MT,voRIAM: for BROOKS Members of th* Pittsburgh Thomas Demko Nellie S. Kerr William H. Reed, Jr. J. JUDSoN History & Løndmørks Roseann DeNinno Sheldon F. and L. Jeannette King Paul and Kathy Regiec On September 16,1995, Judd Brooks Foundatinn prooid,e a strong Thomas Dene, M. D. Tilda Klaus Ruth Richardson died at the age of 86 at his home in collectíae aoite on behalf of Mrs. B. Donaldson Jeffrey and Nancy Kline HollyA. Rine Edgeworth. He was a founding trustee historb preseruatinn.We are Jean W. Donaldson and family Martha R. Ritter and family Landmarks and a plnøsed to øcknotnbdge the Karen Drosendahl Kathy Koch Margaret Rix of strong supporter of Mr. & Mrs- Mark Dunbar K¡ause our orgânization for three decades. We follnuíng peoplc ønd organiza- Corinne Laurel B. Roberts tiarc that joincd Landma.rks in and family Margaret A. Krill and family Roberta L. Roman and family will miss him greatly, and extend our 1995. Eachneu mcmber adds Sally C. Dunbar Deanna Kuder Sally Ross deepest sympathy to his family. strength to our organízatinn. Cassie Eccles Bill Kurtek Sandra R. Ross Judd and his wife Laura (who died Eleanor H. Edwards Donald G. Lancaster Loren H. Roth, M.D. Welrcome, o¡æ and,all. in 1984) owned and cared for one Jamie and Connie Egan V/illiam A. Lash Allison Ruppert of the most important landscaped historic Avery Abrams and family and family William Lawrence DebraA. Ryder Winifred H- Eifert Timothy [æe Dorcas Rylands properties in Allegheny County. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Abrams H. "Newington," Michael A. Accetta The Ellis School Library A.Lep Edith Scheiner on Shields Lane in Allegheny Valley School District John D. Elsesser Sheila [ævine Mr. & Mrs. Karl B. Scheller Edgeworth, was passed by inheritance Elaine Amos Eva Emmerich Mr. & M¡s. Stanley lævine Colleen Schmidt from one generation to the next since Vincent and Pamela Engel [ævithan Tim and Darlene Anderson Stina Richard E. Schmitz, AIA its beginning. It was created by Major and family Marilyn J. Lippincott Marjorie Scholtz Peter Argentine Daniel Leet for his married daughter and Deborah Enright Anne-Marie Lubenau Margaret M. Scott Jane and læon Arkus her husband, Eliza and David Shields. Cappy Ascheim Kingsley S. and Judith A. Evarts Frank E. Lutinski Marie Rotondo Senko The southem portion ofthe red-brick Charles A. Astfalk Scon E. Fabean Francis J. Mahoney Lisa Serafin Louis Astorino Jim Ferlo David H. Maier Alan M. Shaffer house dates from I 8 I 6 and the northem Ann W. Austin Robert R. and Lee C. Ferrero Grace R. Maits Cindy and Joe Shimko portion from 1823. "Newington" is Mrs. R. H. Bailey Johanna Fields Louise and Michael Malakoff Thomas R. Simchak surounded by ten acres of gardens, David G. Finch and family Hon. & Mrs. Paul A. Simmons David Baillie which include a grand formal garden Dr. & lr4rs. Philip Fireman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Malick Stephen Simpson Ann Marie Bajgier designed by Bryant Fleming in 1910. and family Judi Mangan Nancy W. Singleton Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. There is the tradition that Samuel Mr. & Mrs. W. K. Baldwin Carol Fisher and family Ethel M. Marasco Richard Skrinjar Parsons, Jr., one of America's great Jerome Balvo George H. Fishkom David J. Mayemik John W. Smart Dr. Frances J. Bames Josette Fitzgibbons Kevin McCartan Ka¡en L. Smith landscape architects, was responsible L. W. Bassett Anne Fonas Carol McClenahan and family Keith Smith for designing the plantings around the Vemon J. Bebout F. T. Ford Barbara McCloskey Lawrence R. Smith and family lawns in the 1870s. Wilma H. Belknap Susan Forman Billie M. McCullogh Stephen and Susan Smith Judith Bell Fox Chapel Area High School Lucinda L. McDonough and family Mrs. W. G. Berger David T. Fraley and family The E. Smuts family Westminster Carole A. Bemabei Maria Frederick McGill Library, Mrs. Jean W. Snyder Prof. C. J. Be¡schneider Martha A. Friday College Society for the Preservation of the Victor Bertolina Mr. & Mrs. Bemard Friedman Howard and Shirley Mcllvried Murals of St. Nicholas Millvale Mr. & Mrs. Dean Bierkan George H. Frishkom Judy and Roger Mclntyre Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. South and family Mr. & Mrs. R. T. Gaab Ray McKeever Mr. & Mrs. Furman South IV Charlene Billy Loti and Frank Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. McKenna Mr. & Mrs. H. H. South Mulugetta Bimr Gateway Middle School John J. Mclean, Jr. Dr. Seth Spaulding Bishop McDowell School Joan B. Gaul William P. McShea Mr. & Mrs. Eric W. Springer Betty Binner Gertrude Gebhardt Joanne McVay and family Mark and Jamie Blatter Mary Ann Gilbert Mary Jo Meenen Sidney Stark, Jr. Vemon and farnily Michael Gilligan and W. Metz and family Virginia L. Stein W. Byron Boak John Indalecio John Metzger Sueanne Stephans and family Rachel Kirk Bobo Grace Giras Mr. & Mrs. Vy'illiam Meyer Albert A. Stewart Judd and Laura traveled widely and M. T. Glabicki Rachel and Karl Meyers Mary Jane Stewart Frank E. Bolden always brought home new ideas that Victor Charles Gordon Robert M. Mihallik Nancy B. Stewart Janice Bonacci helped them care for their house and W. Thomas Borellis and family Gary P. Grabowski Michael D. Miller and family Patrick K. and Theresa M. Stroh gardens. They planted annual gardens, Diane Borichevsky Valerie S. Grash Oliver Miller Homestead Candy and Mike Sullivan maintained perennial gardens and beau- Dr. & Mrs. Michael W. Bowman Faith Renee Gray Associates and family and family Mr. & Mrs. R. Griffrng Mary Martha Mirt D. W. Swager II and family tiful formal gardens, and looked after the Lynn Bozick Dr. Bemard Grossman Myles R. Moan Marlene Szary great, aged trees that arched high over Eileen Brown Ruth Grossman Ellen Moore Juliana and Steve Täper the landscape. Judd created a wonderful Jennifer Habetler Deborah E. Moran Sandra Tarr Ray and Margaret Brown formal boxwood garden, a lilac allée and David and Nancy Haines H. Donald Morine Robert N. Teeter, Ph.D. Dorothy S. Buchanan a rivulet lined with Hemerocallis. He Sally and Bruce Buchanan Halama Brothers Electric, Inc. Gary Morton Nancy B. Thompson was a breeder ofrhododendrons and Ruth V. Buckley, M. Ed. Dr. Leon L. Haley Mt. Washington Community Norine Thompson held an garden John Buerkle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hall Development Corporation Dr. & Mrs. Santos Torres, Jr. annual Memorial Day and and Joseph Lurther Burch, Jr. family Betty Munay Lyda Jo B. Trower party so visitors could stroll through Becki Butler Jean M. Hamburg Nativity School Mr. & Mrs. H. St. George Tucker the gardens and see the new varieties Jerome Buyny David Hamlin Jan Neffke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Turbeville he was creating. Each year he added Bemadine T. Hanity NeighborFair Pittsburgh, Inc. and family Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cahouet to the humus of the rhododendron beds Mary Callison Greer Hayden Jim and Joey Nelson University of Pennsylvania and Henderson Sarah Van Pelt by stacking more oak leaves under Melvin Campbell, Sr. and family Ken Christine Nichols Library the shrubs. Linda Carmany and family Albert J. Novak, Jr. William F. Unrath and family had a great David Carmen Dr. & Mrs. Mark J. Henzes Deborah A. Novak Ed Urban Judd interest in architec- Camegie Mellon University and family Ken and Kathy Nowotny Jason M. Vanatia ture and in the work of Landmarks. Mr. & Mrs. Ellis Carter Robert and Betty Hepner and family Robe¡t B. VanAna He attended board meetings regularly Stephen Casey and family Loretta R. O'Brien Cynthia Vanda and participated in many discussions Jennifer Higgins Mr. & Mrs. H. R. Oliver Mr. & Mrs. Hugh G. Van der Veer Betty M. Chidlow involving preservation problems. Unfor- Eleanore N. Childs Carol Ho Philip W. Osbome and family and family Dena Holland Anita R. Overcash Mr. Mrs. Van tunately, he became ill before we started Dr. & Mrs. E. G. Choby, Jr. & L. D. der Veer our survey of historic parks and gardens, Margaret M. Christopher Burkart Holzner Joyce Owens Peter Van Why we Dallas Clautice and family Hopewell Elementary School Stephen and Pye Pajewski Pat and Judie Vescio but sent him material to review, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Y. Clem Hosanna House, Inc. and family C. A. Wagner and family and he called us with comments. and family Richard W. Hosking and family Sandra L. Palumbo John F. Waldron We hope that in the new year we can Houston Art & Frame Philip B. Pan TheAndy Warhol Museum Brad S. Clepper work with Judd's family to develop a Robert J. Houston Mr. & Mrs. James S. Pasman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. MiltonA. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Cobetto plan for preserving "Newington" and its Suzanne J. Huff Steven N. Patricia Washington and family gardens, so the legacy ofJudd and Laura Laurie Cohen Dr. Judith S. Hull Peebles Elementary School Ron Weathers, Jr. Brooks can live on and be enjoyed by Renee Cohen Henry Huminski Perrysville School Michael P. Weber Hunter Hurst Charles F. Peterson Yvonne Wehrer the Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. Michelle community. Independence Sophie Petrone Weisgerber Gertn¡de S. Cohn and family Middle School Judith Ann Community Media Ingomar Elementary School Albert W. Peuit and family T. J. Jackson and family Suzanne N. Photos Rose Wemer Stephen J. Consiglio and family Award of Merit Nominations Mr. & Mrs. Mike Comell Rabbi Walter and The Pittsburgh Children's Mr. & Mrs. William Wessner and family Mrs. Irene Jacob Museum and family Call Walter Kidney at(4I2) 47I-5808 Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Corson Dr. & Mrs. Edward E. James Paul and Ruth Platek and family David G. Wilkins if you would like to nominate an individ- Phyllis and Allen Janis Donald and Vrginia Platt Franklin and Anita Williams Jim and Beth Cowan ual or organization for consideration by George W. Jemstedt and family Marc H. Pois James D. Williams F. J. Coyle l¿ndma¡ks' 1Ð6 Award of Merit Kathleen M. Coyle Gerry and Don Johnson Catherine M. Potts Margie Williams Committee. Each year, Landmarks Craig House Doris D. Jones Praise Christian Academy Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wilson Arthur Crivella Julius Jones Preservation Foundation of and family recognizes individuals and organizations Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Crouch Kate and Dick Junker and family Palm Beach J. O. Winnenberg who have made outstanding contribu- Jim Cunningham Lloyd Kaiser Daniel C. Prevade Floyd L. Wiseman tions to the preservation of Pittsburgh's Brian E. Kaminski Thomas H. Prickett and family Mrs. Helen Wolf Scott and Barbara Davidson historic architecture and increased Betsy and Bob Kampmeinert Stan Pyzdrowski D. Woodcock and family public knowledge ofour heritage. The D. C. Davis and family Ronald N. Raimondo Jude A. Wudarczyk Award of Merit Committee will meet in Jean Davis and family Richard W Kappel Sister M. Michele Ransil YMCAof Pittsburgh Cathy Kelly Richard and Carolyn Reed Rev. S. so Mr. & Mrs. S. A. Davis M. Yingling June, call us in the next month or so. and family Mrs. Herbert Kendall and family Michaela Young Page4 PHLF News r January 1996

Landmarks Assists Manchest€nr Hitl District, and Entrepreneurs Through Its Preservation Services

Diane I. Daniels

Manchester Receives $7.5 Million for Improved Public c Housing; Landmarks Provides I Technical Assistance for This o Initiative I The City of Pittsburgh has been awarded a $7.5 million HOPE VI grant by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to upgrade public housing and develop market-rate homes for lower-income families in the historic Manchester communify. "ln terms of dramâ," said Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., "this is the most promising neighbor- hood plan for Manchester since the initial restoration effort in the 1960s." The federal funds will be used over a Abot¡e: Public housing in Manch.ester, three-year period to demolish severely s c h.e dub d fo r de¡nolítio n. blighted low-rise public housing units, purchase and restore some Section-8 Left: Accepting the ¡níIlíon properties, and construct affordable 87.5 rental units for local public-housing HopeVI grønt ínWashington, D.C., residents. The newly constructed units øre: (front row) Dia,nc Henderson of will be designed to be in keeping with the Píttsburgh Housing Authority and the character of the neighborhood. Rhonda Brandon, Betty Jane Ro,lph, The Manchester Citizens Corporation and Arthur RøIph of Mønchester (MCC), the area's anchor community Citizens Corporation; (back rou) development group, was responsible for Sta.nby Louse, executiae director of the writing the proposal for the competitive Pittsburgh Housíng Authority; HUD grant. Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., director secretary Henry Císneros; Chrß Sheø of preservation services at Landmarks, of the City of Pittsburgh; Hou¡ørd B. provided technical assistance to the Sl.aughter, of Landmarks; and MCC staff in writing and preparing the Jr. basic grant proposal. Møyor Tom Murphy. ln October, Mayor Tom Murphy, Housing Authority executive director Belout: New publi.c housing units in Stanley Lowe, Rhonda Brandon of Manchester uill be desþncd to be in Manchester Citizens Corporation, keeping uíth the hßtoric chøracter of Howard, and other local representatives the neþhborhood, similar to these notn went to Washington, D.C. to receive the on Lioerpool Street. grant. Pittsburgh was one of five cities to be selected for the HOPE VI funding.

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Hill District Benefits from National City Corp. Preservation Loan Fund Affïrms Cornmitment to A $99,000 loan was made to the Hill Local Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation Stanley Lowe, first representative ofthe from Landmarks' Preservation Loan Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Fund in 1995. The loan was September Group and other PCRG members, Mayor used to acquire the New Granada Tom Murphy, Gayland B. Cook, commu- Theater, located in the 2000 block of i nity bank president oflntegra, Pittsburgh, CentreAvenue. llt qlu and the Pittsburgh History & I¿ndmarks Built in 1927 as the Pythian Temple, Foundation were instrumental in convinc- the New Granada Theater will soon be liåe& ing Integra's new owner, National City utilized as a multi-cultural arts and $Þrr Corp., to agree to make at least $1.67 bil- entertainment center. lion in loans and grants to Pittsburgh Elbert S. Hatley, executive director neighborhoods through the year 2000, of the Hill CDC, said that as a result including low- and moderate-income of the loan from Landmarks, the Hill neighborhoods and residents, and minor- CDC was in a much stronger position ütlq iilt, ity and women-owned businesses. As a to negotiate with private sources for the result, National City Corp. will create a development of the theater. The total meaningful volume of residential mort- project is expected to take $7.5 to $10 gages and home improvement and small million to develop and will generate business loans in Pittsburgh neighbor- numerousjobs. hoods. This pledge continues and .t increases the original lending commit- "Without the support and assistance -r !i : ment made by Integra in 1988, and will of Howard Slaughter and Landmarks, greatly help revitalize city neighborhoods. we would not be able to do anything with the building. The New Granada Theater has historical significance to Technical Assistance Valuable not only African Americans in the { to CCAC Students community, but to many city residents How to prepaxe for meaningful employ- and people throughout the region," ment was the topic ofconversation during said Mr. Hatley. a presentation made by Howard B. Neu¡ Grana.da. Theøter ín the Híll Dßtrict Slaughter, Jr. on October 20,199.5 to 17 participants in the Community College g Landmarks and Local Savings of Allegheny County's Job Readiness 6óWIN'' Training Program. BanksAnnounce "The information Howard provided È Initiative to the students was invaluable," a said ó On September 6,lggs,Landmarks and Jim Rawls, retention coordinator of the program. presentation was so o officials from ll local savings banks "His real, announced an economic development which makes one face the realities of the job-hunting initiative to provide loans to small busi- \/ experience." nesses located in low- and moderate- income or historic neighborhpods New Leadershil Initiates throughout Allegheny County. The Qfianges at Neighborhood initiative, called "WIN" ("Vy'orking in Pintos by BiltrRydherg, PHOTON Housing Serviceso Inc. Neighborhoods"), provides loans up to Through the leadership ofboard chair- per applicant with a maximum $75,000 man Howard B. Slaughtea Jr., other key loan term of 15 years. board members, and executive director The initiative is a collaborative effort Dr. Harry D. Clark, Neighborhood between Landmarks and the Communþ Housing Services (NHS) has restructured Development tænding Group, a parûrcr- its organization, expanded its Board of ship of ll local savings banks: Directors, focused its mission, and estab- lished new headquarters at Western Keystone State Savings Bank 901 Avenue on the North Side. Dr. Clark Laurel Savings Bank brings vast educational experience to Mt. Troy Savings Bank InNotsember 1995, Lønd.marks and. his job: during the past 30 years, he has Pennwood Savings Bank the Co¡nmunity Deaelopmcnt Lending Abooe: Gu¿sts øt the September 6 worked as a teacher, Pittsburgh Home Bank Group øpprooed thefi,rst laøn through Savings press conference announcing th.e administrator, Sewickley Savings Bank the "Worlting ín Neþhborhoods" "WIN" initi.øtioe. national consultant, Spting Hill Savings Bank initiatíoe. N øncy Eshelmnn, shou¡n and lecturer; he Stanton Federal Savings Bank also founded Pitts- here utith Hou¡ard. Sla,ughter, is reno- Troy Hill Federal Savings Bank businesses is truly not a neighborhood. burgh's Creative and oatíng a three-story brick house of WestMew Savings Bank 'IWIN'will help revitalize our economy Performing Arts øbout 1845 at 2119 Sarah Street on the V/orkingmens Savings Bank by encouraging entrepreneurs to High School located South Sidc, uith a 850,000 bønfrom in Homewood. As ooWIN." Since the announcement of the pro- renovate historic buildings for business She pla.ns to open her bed,-ond.- director of preserva- gram last September, Howard B. purposes. As a result, new businesses tion services at breokfast òustness, The Morning Glory Slaughter, Jr., director of preservation will provide jobs and services for the l,andmarks, Howard Mark Stroup, Inn, in February. services at Landma¡ks, has received neighborhood." Slaughter brings lcft, and. Na,ncy mentianed, thøt she høs 43 Please more than loan inquiries. "We are call Howard at(412) 471-5808 considerable knowl- Dn Horry Clark receíoed.'o tremcnd.ous support very excited by the response," you are interested in leaming more from initial if edge ofthe neighbor- about .'IVrn{" the South Side óust¿ess cornmunity.'n said Howa¡d. "A neighborhood without the initiative. hoods and lending community to his ooWIN" Shc heard about the program work at NHS. o bønker øt the Uníted. Am¿ríton Neighborhood Housing Services from e addresses the needs oflow- moder- Søt:ings Bank on the South Sidc t-o and ond contocted. H out ørd. Sla.ughter ate-income residents who wish to become d homeowners. NHS has immcdi.ately. created an educa- p tional program that helps clients under- € ìJ stand the process involved in buying a q: home. Mark Stroup, NHS's homebuyer Êa developer, receives numerous calls each åx o day regarding home ownership. The o Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation granted $20,000 in 1995 to NHS for its neighborhood revitalization activities. Dorothy Richandson, a resident of the North Side, founded the first NHS in the country in Pittsburgh, in 1968. Now, more than 600 NHS's across the country assist low- and moderate-income families in buying, maintaining, or repairing their homes. Howard Slaughter considers NHS Representa.tioes of the Community Deaebpment Lending Group "an important resource in the city, provid- ing educational assistance to many indi- viduals and stabilizing local communities through affordable housing initiatives." Pa4e6 PHLF News . January 1996

Program Priorities Ne\ils 21High School We are pleased to acknowledge the Education Students Participate in following academic organizations as the New Year Landmarks' Architectural members: in TWentieth ANew Guide to Apprenticeship Allegheny Valley School District- (Continuedfrompage I) Century Architecture: Colfax Upper Elementary School On January 24,area high school A Líst of Píttsburgh and Bishop McDowell School upon request, membership tours and students who are interested in finding Califomia University of Pennsylvania ghe special events, adult education classes, Alle ny C ounty B uildings out more about the architectural profes- Canevin High School teacher inservices, and various school ønd Archíte cts I 9 5 0 -1 99 6 sion will meet for the foufh session of Camegie Mellon University programs such as "Architecture: The Pittsburgh Hßtory & Lønd.¡nørks Landmarks' 1995-96 "Architectural Community College of Allegheny County Building Art," "Portable Pittsburgh," Foundatíon,7995 Apprenticeship." They will spend the Ellis School Forbes Elementary School "Downtown Dragons," and the visitors day at Camegie Mellon University, Increasing requests from to Fox Chapel Area High School- "Architectural Apprenticeship. " see and learn about Pittsburgh's late- leaming about its admissions procedure (author and standards, talking with students, and QUESTDepartment Margaret Henderson Floyd twentieth century buildings inspired Fox Chapel Country Day School of Architecture afier Richardson; the compilation and publication of an touring the Architecture Department. Franklin Elementary School University of Chicago Press/ annotated directory of selected buildings The day-and the five-session course- Gateway Middle School Landmarks, 1994) plans to come to erected since 1950 in Pittsburgh and are designed to help students decide if Hopewell Elementary School Pittsburgh to lead a membership tour Allegheny County. they really want to pursue a career in lndependence Middle School of libraries and homes designed by The l8-page booklet, containing architecfure. Ingomar Elemenøry School LaRoche College Longfellow, Alden & Harlow. almost 100 individual structures Since 1983, Landmarks has been Mt. Lebanon School District Landmarks trustee Phil Hallen has designed by over 30 architectural firms, offering the "A¡chitectural Apprentice- Nativity School volunteered to lead interested members prepared ship" through the Gifted and Talented was by Al Tannler, historical North Allegheny School District: on a weekend tour to Buffalo. We also Education Program of theAllegheny collections director at Landmarks. Hosack Elementary School possibility travel- lntermediate Unit. David Roth of The are exploring the of Buildings were included if the architect/ Northgate School District- ing to Middleton Place and Drayton firm is well-known, the architect's work Downtown Design Company is teaching Avalon Elementary School Hall in Charleston, and locally touring has had a significant impact on the the Apprenticeship for Landmarks. O'Hara Elementary School historic gardens, the South Side neigh- region, and the building is conspicu- Last November and December, stu- Our Lady of Sacred Heart High School borhood, and ethnic churches. ously sited. dents toured Station Square, downtown Peebles Elementary School Much of our energy will be Pittsburgh, and four a¡chitectural firms. Pennsylvania State Educational Association devoted to publishing a new edition ln February, ttrey will tourThe Camegie Perrysville School Pinsburgh Technical Institute of l-andmark Arc hitecture : P ittsburgh and The Heinz A¡chitectural Center. Pleasant Hills Middle School and Allegheny County by Walter C. Pleasant View Elementary School Kidney. Originally published in 1985, Praise Christian Academy LandmarkArchitecture has been out of Dollar Bank Underwrites Timeline of Local African- Quaker Valley High School print for several years now but is still St. Bede School much in demand. Many new photos American History St. Edmund's Academy were commissioned last October, and The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks St. Maurice School Walter has updated the essay and is in Foundation thanks Dollar Bank for con- St. Vincent College the process of writing new entries for tributing funds to support the writing, Academy Junior School South Fayene Township High School the guide section. If all goes well, we design, and printing of a timeline of South Side Area Elementary School will release the new casebound edition important events in local African- in September. It will be dedicated in American history. Copies have been Westrninster College memory of Barbara Drew Hoffstot, a given to the Board of Education for the Winchester-Thurstcn School founding trustee and vice-chairman of Pittsburgh Public Schools and to the Landmarks for 30 years. Allegheny lntermediate Unit for distrib- ution to teachers during Black History Spring Classes: Call for Details Month in February. The timeline is Call Mary Ann Eubanks at ooWoodviller)) t}ne intended to stimulate student research (412)471-5808 if you would like and class discussion. information on any of Landmarks' S teinberg residcnce o Cornelia, a,nd Neville House Eliza Smith Brown of Brown Ca¡lisle Spring classes: Peter Berndtson & Associates wrote the timeline, based Make a point of visiting the Neville . Gardens Under Glass Although the focus of the booklet is in part on á Legacy in Briclcs and House in 1996 ifyou have not yet seen March 28 and 30 County, principal late-twen- M ortar :,African-American Landmarks the wood-frame "mansion" that has Allegheny (An adult education class offered neighboring in Alle gheny Counry (Landmarks, 1995). survived for more than 200 years along tieth-century buildings in through Pitfs Informal Program) Landma¡ks is very grateful to Laurence what is now Route 50 in Collier counties are listed. The booklet is pri- Glasco and Frank E. Bolden . Township. Landmarks will continue marily restricted to constructed original A. for Exploring Your City to make physical improvements to designs; thus projects (with the excep- reviewing the timeline information. Monday evenings, Any teacher interested in obtaining the house (a foundation needs to be tion of Philip Johnson's College of Fine April I,15,22,utd29 a free copy of the African-American (A installed under the rear section of the Arts at Seton Hill College designed in teacher inserttice class offered by for school use may call house and an HVAC system needs to 1992) and renovations are not included, timeline Landmarl

Upper St. Clair High School My T[ip to the Hill District Students Tour the Hill District A couple of weeks ago afew other Visiting Pittsburgh classmates and I decided to take a Albert M. Tannler volunteer trip down to the Hill District, Tb sum it aII up, this tour really none of us really knowing what to èxpect Thank youfor th.efascinnting tour of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer and brought mn in totrch with history, or what it would be like. Afew parents Pittsburgh architecture, whirh you Comelia and Peter Bemdtson were both the concrete aspect and, the told their kids "to be careful on those judged outstanding (as was the view gaaefor mcmbers of thc Guggenheitn. of liuing, breathing aspect. rough streets, because there are drive-by the city from Mt. Vy'ashington at the We enjoyed it aery mtrch, and, certainly Davis shootings, gang members, and drugs tour's conclusion). November 3 saw a -Andy being sold on every corner." I don't would neuer hape seen so møny of group of Williams College alumni brav- Iookíng bark, Ifeelfortunøte to think that any of us were that naive, but Pittsburgh's ørchitectural treasures ing cold and windy weather for a two- haae been giuen the opportunity to ttot afew were dubious. I go to church there on our own. hour walking tour of downtown. This only cleør up my miscottcepti,ons at Saint Benedict the Moor and thought Susan Madden tour was planned to accommodate conceming the HiIl Dßtrirt, but at the that I was pretty aware of everything Manager of Membership Programs wheelchairs, and highlights included same timn to haaefunl.e.aming. and the culture, but to my surprise I Guggenheim Museum visits to the restored courtroom in the Boss knew almost nothing. We arrived there Allegheny County Courthouse and the -Matt at about eleven in the morning and Although a literary critic once observed lobby of the Art Deco Koppers Building. ...it was d.ef,nitely more worthwhil¿ everything was just as regular as any that "nothing is harder to sustain than a Finally, on November ll, Landmarks th,an sleeping in... other place. The streets were clean, bad reputatio¡"-þs was speaking inci- assisted the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Hindman there were kids out on the sidewalks dentally about a person not a place- with a two-hour bus and walking tour of -Mary playing, and there was going to be a established preconceptions die hard. In the Cultural District and downtown For the flrst time, Upper St. Clair School Halloween parade that day, andyou spite of recent positive press, Pittsburgh District teachers are offering extra- could just feel the excitement in the air. is as yet a largely unknown destina- curricular programs to give students an We took a guided tour through the tion-one still burdened with outdated opportunity to extend their leaming streets and sawfamous landmarks that images of industrial ugliness-and the a sà experience beyond the confines of the you could only imagine in their prime. city's natural beauty and fine architec- o traditional classroom. The first of the There was one place that particularly ture are not well known. Visitors usually new "Academy Programs" was offered caught my attention. It was called the visit because we are the closest metro- to 15 students on October 2S, 1995, Granada. It was Pittsburgh's version of politan area on the way to Fallingwater through the leadership of District the Apollo where all the jazz greats and or because an event of some repute- Superintendent William Pope. the singers and many other prodigious such as The 1995 Camegie lnterna- Using the recently published A people performed.It still had its beauty tional-is scheduled. One organization Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: African- and sense of belonging. They are trying that visited the city last year periodically American lnndmarks in Allegheny to rebuild the Hill and make it a place holds five-day seminars in major County as a text, students read about the youwouldwant to go.They are still American cities. When the 1995 trip- history and achievements of the African- taking those baby steps, but that is the frst to Pittsburgh-was announced, American community in Pittsburgh. where it all begins.We went to another I was told that disappoinmrent or at most After viewing the WQED video "Wylie landmarkwhich ended up being my polite curiosity rather than enthusiasm Avenue Days," they traveled by bus to church, St. Benedict the Moor. It was greeted the news. the Hill District where MaryAnn great to see people's faces when they Since I frst participated in a Pitts- entered the church and commented on burgh architectural tour in the Fall of Eubanks, education coordinator for The lobby of the Allcgheny how beautiful it was. 1992,I have seen a typical pattem County Courthouse It gave me a sense of emerge: visitors arrive with an initial pride, to be able to skepticism, are surprised and impressed architecture with special attention to say that "this is my with what they see and experience, and public art. Carol Brown and I led a church." leave delighted that they came. group ofenthusiastic art lovers andvery I didftnd out some- In the Spring and Fall of 1995, I good sports from the Art Table organiza- thing that wos very presented five specially designed Pitts- tion of New York on a tour that began in sad that I never knew burgh architecture tours for visiting dnzzle and ended in torrential winds and before: that the Civic groups with particular interests and- downpour. Arena represents the as always-tight schedules. Each tour IVhatever their reasons for visiting or downfall to a once was closely planned with the client. passing through Pittsburgh, once our lively generation. What buildings did they want to see? visitors are here and experience the exte- For it to be buih, they \Vhich specific architects or architec- rior and interior splendor of buildings tore down numerous tural styles? well-made if often overlooked, standing houses and places In most cases, potential visitors know in the midst of unexpected natural thet were important little about Pittsburgh architecture, with beauty, most agree with the sentiments Landmarks, Ied them on a neighborhood to people. It might have taken down a the possible exception of the Allegheny expressed by a visitor after touring walking tour. Susan Stoket an intem bestfriend's house or store they had County Courthouse and Jail, and need the city with Landmarks in 1993: with rhe Hill Community Development spent their hard earned money to build. guidance in determining places to visit. "everyone...has a feeling of pride that Corporation, and Tanya Payne of It gave people a loss of hope, and their Each tour includes visits to appropriate they have discovered a wonderfully kept Councilman Sala Udin's office, dis- struggle to build was for nothing. That private as well as public spaces. secret-Pittsburgh! We've all taken it to cussed current plans to revitalize the was ftwny years ago, but now they are Convincing visitors that two hours is ¡¿ot our hearts." Hill District. Students then dined at the making that leap to make the Hill what it enough time to see all of Pittsburgh's justly famous Crawford Grill, where used to be. architectural treasures remains a con- some of the best known jazz musicians The last thing that we did on our stant task, as is developing a tour route LANDMARKS has been con- played in the 1940s and 1950s. The agendawas to slop at the Crawford that links principal sites within the alloted time frame. In cases, grande finale of the tour was an "awe- Gríll. That was exciting and new. We all how- ducting membership tours of some" tap-dancing demonstration by were in the place of many jazz greats. ever, our visitors see a range of the city's octogenarian Henry Belcher. We ate andfeh that we had one full significant buildings while visiting indi Pitæburgh arehitecture within invigorating day when Dr. Pope said he vidual structures that will particularly Through this program Upper St. Clair Pittsburgh and Nlegheny County High School students were introduced to had one surprise still leftfor us. A man interest them. a city neighborhood rich in history and by the name of Henry Belcher was one On April 29,1995, we presented a since 1965; toda¡ sueh tours are architecture. They became aware of the of the Hill's greatest artists. Not in th¡ee-hour bus and walking tour of presented challenges facing the neighborhood music, but in tap dancing. He was 85 Pittsburgh architecture for students from at intervals from March and danced as though he was 25. He Sotheby's in New York as part of a five- today and gained respect for the local through Decemben In addition to residents who are working to improve was spectacular.There are no words to day intensive study/field trip to view their community. The students were describe a man of this talent. I had public and private art collections and the regularly scheduled tour€, asked to write about the tour and their the biggest grin on my face while he buildings. The focus of this tour was a Landmarks prepares special experiences, once they retumed home, performed that I couldn't seem to general overview of regional architec- tours wipe off. I was sad to see day fure from John Chislett's surviving and we are pleased to reprint here Ariel it our in response to requests from out- Paredes'essay. end bur as the saying goes, "All good Greek Revival buildings to the skyscrap- things must come to an end." I hope to ers of the mid-1980s. On September 15, of-town visitors or private groups be able to enlighten other people about we were visited by a group of Wisconsin our trip and to take away misconstrued Art Museum members. Their three-hour in Pittsburgh. For information ideas and prejudices. It was a journey tour included visits to buildings about Landmarks' tours, and an experience we all needed to take designed by Kiehnel & Elliot and andwill guide us all the way through Frederick G. Scheibler, Jr.-local archi- contaet Mary Lu Denny at our lives. tects whose work was related to the mid- westem "hairie School." On October (4r2) 47L-5BOB. Paredes -Ariel 16, we focused on the twentieth century with members of the Guggenheim Museum; visits to houses designed by Page B PHLF News o January 1996

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With the pressures of daily uork Master of Public Management Program historic Allegheny County architecture Station Square from the H. John Heinz III School of and built amenities. Landmarks was Under our conFact with the buyers of alutays moaing usforward, it's a Public Policy and Management. involved in the following issues in 1995: Station Square, we continued to oversee Landmarks also received awards We testified hnury to be able to takn a. nnntßnt for before the Pittsburgh City daily operations and consult about future several books and brochures: Council in favor of designating development. V/ith the reopening of the to thinle back ouer the year ønd . Architecture after Richardsonby "Sunnyledge," the Mamaux building, Smithfield Street Bridge, new tenants Margaret Henderson Floyd (University and the Sellers house as City Historic came to Station Square, and office occu- reflect on th¿ accomplishmcnts and of Chicago Press/Landmarks, 1994) Structures, andAlphaTenace as a City pancy is now about 957o. Gardens were Historic District. We also testified before influcnre of our organization received a "Citation for Excellence in re-created in the area disrupted by work Intemational Architecture Book the City of Pinsburgh City Planning on the Smithfield Street Bridge; several 1995 was a su,ccessful yearfor Publishing" in the category of Commission and Historic Review artifacts were given by Quaker State for "History" The award was presented by Commission on structures nominated for the historic oil installation on the La.nd,marlts, with the following The American Institute of Architects on Ciry designation. Riverwalk; a handsome plaque describ- Through newsletter articles we ing the blowing engine was installed; the accornplßhmcnts to report. June 20, 1995 in New York City. attempted to assist those who sought a west was paved . Clyde Hare's Pittsburgh: Four Decades lot and fenced; and the suitable place at Camegie Mellon tent and amphitheater were enlarged. of Pittsburgh, Frozen in Light A Recognition and Awards University to display the bow ornament new roof was completed for the (Landmarks, 1994) was selected to Freight Arthur P.Ziegler, Jr., Walter C. Kidney, of the armored cruiser P¿n nsylvania, House, appropriate to and handsome appear in PRINT's 1995 "Regional for and Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. each long borrowed from the Navy and now the building. Woodson's All-Star Design Annual" and was awarded a Grille received awards 1995. threatened with an obscure position on opened, and is a major in "Certificate of Design Excellence." draw for dining. top of the new Roberts Hall. V/e offered Louise Child Ca¡e expanded its space . On November 2, n Vy'ashington, Arthur PRINT is America's Graphic Design the Borough of Sewickley advice on its and its received a Special National Recogni magazine. services to the community. The historic district zoning and advocacy in Sheraton Hotel, Gateway and tion award from Partners for Livable The photographic book also won Clipper, opposition to a weakening of the present Grand Concourse remained strong Communities for "leadership on com- acceptance into the 1995 AIGAÆgh ordinance. We continued to question the anchor attractions. munity livability." He was recognized Communications Show, opening on need for a new bridge for the aþort "for work as a preservationist for all January 16, 1996 at the PPG busway that would cross Station Square, people." Wintergarden; C lyde H are's P ittsburgh Historic Parks and Gardens while also being involved in design dis- . was awarded a "Certificate of After one year of the Historic Parks and On October 6, V/alter was named the cussions for that bridge. We praised the Excellence." Gardens Survey in Allegheny County, recipient of Preservation Pittsburgh's reopening of the Smithfield Street project consultant Barry Hannegan has James D. VanTrumpAward "in recog- . A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar: Bridge, now renovated and handsomely discovered that Pittsburgh was a very nition ofhis contributions las an a¡chi- Afr i c an- Am e r i c a n Lan dmar ks i n lighted, but expressed some dissatisfac- important element in our national history tectural historian and authorl which Alle gheny C ounty (Landmarks, 1995) tion in regard to the final paint colors. preserved of landscape architecture and omamental have enriched and the life was recognized in the 30thAnnual V/e published our feelings on the pro- horticulture. He has found reference of the region and the lives of all who Exhibition of posed redesign of Grandview Avenue, materials documenting the careers view it." Printing (held in Pittsburgh on January Station Square's uphill neighbor that is a of well-known horticulrurists such as . On October 12, Howard was recog- 9, 1996) as the "Best of Category" regional amenity. Vy'e also published an William Falconer, and lesser-known but nized in Pittsburgh during the 1995 winner for paper-bound books of three extensive critique ofthe proposed adap- very important designers such as Laura Black Achievers Award luncheon, or fewer colors. Landmarks' member- tation of H. H. Richardson's Jail as a Goldsmith. He has identified nearly 300 sponsored by Black Opinion magaztne. ship brochure, membership folder, and family and juvenile court building. sites of historical significance Vanessa Pressley Larson, training Preservation Loan Fund brochure all We.have sought ways of applying the in Pittsburgh and the county. di¡ector and CRA officer of NorthSide received honorable mentions. federal "Scenic Byways" program to Most of these were private gardens. Of these only a Bank, nominated Howard for "his dedi- historic local roads; helped the Oliver handful have survived into the present, cation, commitment, and leadership in Preservation Advocacy Miller Homestead Association in raising and even in these survivors there are the community." funds for that historic structure in South Howard B. Slaughter, Jr., director of usually losses of significant, distin- . December was Park; and attended and publicized the On 7, Howa¡d one of Preservation Services at Landmarks, guishing features. seven individuals recognized by Project Earth Day event at the Rachel Ca¡son reports on the accomplishments of the Barry has discovered exceptionally "90",Inc. during its Community Homestead onApril 20, when Interior keservation Loan Fund, "Working in rich references documenting the devel- ImpactAwards Dinner. program, and Secretary Bruce Babbitt spoke. Neighborhoods" Historic opment of West End Park in the early Religious Properties Initiative in his Throughout the year, we offered . On December 21, Howard graduated years of this century, and a private reli- column on page 9. In addition, we con- considered, timely, respected opinions from Camegie Mellon University's gious garden on a Pittsburgh hillside. On tinued to promote the preservation of on many preservation matters. PHLF Nat¡s . January 1996 Page 9

one occasion, a complete stranger came & Noble Book Store in Squinel Hill to people and businesses joined as a result. Landmark Plaque Committee in 1995; forward with essential historical informa- present several educational programs to We appreciated the assistance of Richard Janet Taber chaired the Award of Merit tion; on another occasion, an enthusiastic children. "Portable Pittsburgh" remained Moe, president of the National Trust for Committee; Anne Genter continued her owner led Barry on a guided tour of a our most popular education program. Historic Preservation, who wrote to Trust involvement with the Neville House; and superb restored garden in Shadyside. Our docents and staff presented about members in this area, encouraging them Phil Hallen brought in more new mem- He has found, however, that these 150 sessions to more than 50 schools to join Landmarks. In one month alone, bers than any other person! Barbara positive events and positive results pale and community $oups, reaching over 60 new members joined. We also intro- Rackoff, and her husband Raymond, beside the dismaying evidence of what is 3,000 people. duced a special book promotion with generously requested that their friends nearly the complete loss of our garden Our staff organized many successful Clyde Hare's Pittsburgh: anyone contribute to Landmarks in celebration and landscape design heritage. Some- membership tours, including visits to purchasing the book between October of their fiftieth wedding anniversary. where around 1950, the noon-day Stratford Hall, Virginia; Cambridge and December received a complimentary Throughout the year, Dr. Albert C. Van brilliance of Pittsburgh's Renaissance Springs, Pennsylvania; and Cleveland, membership in Landmarks. Dusen, chairman of Landmarks' board, incinerated buildings and gardens alike. Ohio. Locally, we toured Kennywood As we begin the new year, we encour- graciously provided valuable leadership Unlike Landmarks' earlier, pioneering Park, the Smithfield Street Bridge, age our new members to participate in and advice, and our chairman emeritus survey of the county's architecture, the H. H. Richardson's Courthouse and Jail, our tours, education programs, and Charles C. Arensberg continued to be landscape survey seeks to recover traces Neville House and Old St. Luke's. We preservation initiatives-and to renew active on all fronts. of what is gone as well, and in so doing, continued to host out-of-town groups their membership! We thank all our trustees, staff it at times evokes the poignancy of a (see Al Tannler's article on page 7), and members, volunteers, and new and "old" desiccated flower found pressed between assisted with several conferences. Our Trustees members for supporting Landmarks in the pages of a yellowed diary. V/e published A Legacy in Bricks and 1995. Our membership forms a strong Many of our trustees work on a daily M ortar : African-American Landmarks in collective voice for historic preservation basis with staff members to ensure the ttWoodviller" Allegheny Counry, as well as a timeline and enables Landmarks to create a future the Neville success of specific programs and to of key events in African-American for Pittsburgh by preserving its past. IIouse advance the goals of our organization. history and A List of Pittsburgh and prompted part Richa¡d M. Scaife chaired the Historic Perhaps in by the Historic Allegheny County Buildings and we Parks and Gardens Survey, tumed Architects 1950-1996. We began work grounds our attention to improving the of on the new edition of Landmark the Neville House, a National Historic Arc hite c ture : P itt s burg h and Alle g he ny Tu¡o Years Already, I Canot Belíeae It! Landmark in CollierTownship owned County, which we hope to publish Howard B. Slaughter, Jr. by Landmarks since 1976. Thanks to a this fall. $75,000 grant from the Mary McCune It was a busy and rewarding year, Having left Dollar Bank for an interest- the urgent needs of the many historic Edwards Foundation Fund, a gravel thanks to the efforts of our staff, instruc- ing career in historic preservation, I find religious property owners in mind as we parking lot was created in the Spring and tors, and loyal docents. myself suddenly at the end of two seek funding in the new year for a a border of plants and trees was planted years with the Pittsburgh History & petmanent Historic Religious Properties along the parking lot edge in the Fall. Library Landmarks Foundation, with a much progam. In addition, Landmarks allocated greater understanding of historic preser- The Preservation Loan Fund continues $50,000 in 1995 to the Neville House of The death last June of James D. Van vation and appreciation for its value as a to make loans to neighborhood orgæiza- c. 1785 so that: Trump, whose book collection iò the core of Landmarks'library and in whose means of economic development. Most tions that propose feasible plans for . the sewer line could be replaced; just honor the library is named, had repercus- people don't stop to realize that restoring reusing historic structures. To choose . a new two-inch water line could be sions for library activities and collec- a building and adapting it for a new use one example, we extended a loan to the jobs, installed from the street to the house tions. Al Tannler prepared an inventory creates provides business opportu- Hill District Community Development and underground service provided to of books, artwork, and fumiture belong- nities, adds to the stability of a neighbor- Corporation for the purchase and restora- the caretaker's house; ing to Jamie, some of which will be hood, and often encourages further tion of the historic Granada Theater in . a sprinkler, security, and fire alarm placed in the library, after his estate has restoration activity. The more initiatives the Hill District, where Billy Eckstine, we system could be installed; and been settled, as a memorial to his mother. develop to aid individuals and organi- George Benson, and many other leg- zations in the restoration of historic endary jazz greats played. The need to . an ADA ramp and accessible restroom Letters Jamie wrote to architectural his- structures, the better off our city and restore this historic site is paramount to could be designed. torian James F. O'Gorman were donated to the library by Professor O'Gorman. region will be. the Hill District's overall revitalization. The Neville HouseAdvisory Commit- The book collection is now arranged The most important new initiative It will be a wonderful place for people to tee, Allegheny County Committee of the by subject. Each subject section has been developed at Landmarks in 1995, com- visit once it is restored. National Society of Colonial Dames of labeled and the sections of books on gen- bining historic preservation and eco- In addition to loans, we provided tech- America, Garden Club of Allegheny eral reference, historic preservation, and nomic development, was the "Working nical assistance in 1995. Vy'e assisted the County, and Hillcrest Garden Club con- urban studies were weeded and given in Neighborhoods" ("WIN") initiative. Manchester Citizens Corporation (MCC) tinued to work with Landmarks and the some intemal order. New shelving was This initiative provides opportunities for in its successful effort to secure $7.5 mil- Neville House Auxiliary on these and acquired to hold our Pittsburgh and small business entrepreneurs to move lion in federal funds. For the next three other improvements, providing financial Allegheny City directorieó. Inventories into historic buildings located in neigh- years, public housing units from the support and volunteer expertise. Vy'e are were prepared for some of the more borhoods that to some degree are dis- 1950s will be demolished or renovated most grateful to have their continuing important books and joumals: the collec- tressed. '3\ryTN" provides a maximum of and new housing units will be con- involvement. tion of plat books and insurance maps, $75,000 per loan through ajoint collabo- stn¡cted in a style that complements the rative effort with I local savings banks. historic character the neighborhood. C harette, and P H LF N ews. I of Education Inventories were prepared for collec- Within 30 days of the "V/IN" press con- Through this effort, the MCC will be the "WIN" group aproved a a public Vy'e informed more than 10,000 people tions of papers including Landmarks' ference, loan developing new model for hous- in the amount for a bed and that may used a national about the history and architecture of the administrativ e f:Jes; C hare¿¡¿ editorial of $50,000 ing be on level. Pittsburgh region through our tours, files; papers relating to Phipps breakfast on the South Side, and three We believe at Landmarks that technical quickly education programs, and publications. Conservatory preservation efforts; forms other requests followed. This assistance is as important as financial A participant on one of our tours in 1995 and correspondence documenting initiative will have a long lasting and far assistance. reaching impact. Other involvement includes my wrote: "They [the two docents] were a Landmarks' historic plaque designations, grcat team: enthusiastic, knowledgeable, easements, and National Register nomi- In 1995 we completed our pilot appointment to the Board of Di¡ectors and amiable." After attending the nations- Older inventories to the post program for the Historic Religious of the City of Pittsburgh Housing and (HRPI). "Downtown Dragons" walking touç a card collection and our files on historic Properties Initiative When Development Corporation. Also, I third-grade student wrote: "We noticed preservation organizations, publications, Landmarks launched this initiative, we became chairman of the board of direc- were inundated with requests the Pittsburgh seal and a carving of a and issues were refined. from tors of the Neighborhood Housing churches and synagogues ttroughout the Services of Pittsburgh, Inc., re-elected Iittle man in a coal mine [on the Smith- Major gifts to the library included the field Street Bridgel." Another student African-American Historic Site Survey city and county. Through the funding for a second term as chairman of the added: "People usually don't notice all Records and 100 books on regional support of the Allegheny Foundation, board of directors of the Community these beautiful things. But I did!" 4 high- history and architecture from trustee Landmarks provided matching grants to Technical Assistance Center, and school student in our "Architectural Evelyn Pearson in honor of Barbara several churches that were in the process appointed to the board of trustees of Apprenticeship" program said, "The Drew Hoffstot, in addition to the Van of restoring their edifices. Roof slates the Camegie Library. were class was a whole new experience. It Trump items mentioned above. replaced on one church. A deterio- I want to sha¡e a personal experience was opened my eyes and strengthened my Once again, much of the library's rated sidewalk fixed at another and a with you that occurred during my trip to abilities." A teacher who participated in work was undertaken by volunteers and handicapped-accessible ramp was con- the 1995 National Trust for Historic grant one of our inservices commented: "The by students from Duquesne University's structed. Another church used Preservation Conference in DallasÆort information, walking tours, and guest M.A. program in archival studies. funds to protect and insulate its stained- Worth, Texas. I've never had an opportu- glass speakers were excellent and appropri- windows; and louvered panels were nity to be on a ranch and had never met a ate." And another teacher wrote: "I Membership Support added to the towers of another church to black cowboy. But there I was, sitting on prevent gained an appreciation for the older water leakage. a ranch in the middle of Fort Worth, More than 450 people and businesses inner-city neighborhoods." Many of these churches and syna- Texas, with many other preservationists, joined Landmarks in 1995, a number gogues just We created a new school program last do more than fulfill their and all of us leamed a lot about the well above annual figures from previous year, "The 30-Minute Kennywood religious mission. They house and history of black cowboys. years. This was due to a successful A¡chitect," introducing students to the support YV/CA and YMCA programs, So when we talk about impact, membership campaign involving several programs, architecture and history of Kennywood, headstart food programs, diversity, and excitement, it's all here efforts. Members sent us the names and shelter programs, and at the a National Historic Landmark. Vy'e also other community Pittsburgh History & Landmarks addresses of their friends who might be were invited for the first time by Bames services. Religious structures add stabil- Foundation. interested injoining, and hundreds of ity to our neighborhoods. We will keep Page 10 PHLF News . January 1996 Preservation Scene

Wood Street Buitdings to Be Demolished: More About Lazarus

In our last "Preseryation Scene" terra-cotta front, damaged, in what is (October 1995), we nimbly altered Pittsburgh's sole surviving example of the printer's proof at the moment when extravagant Gallic Art Nouveau. the sales deal on the Farmers Deposit The bank at Vy'ood and Oliver, now National Bank seemed to have fallen somewhat altered, was built in 1903 as through, then observed Richard Penzer's the Third National Bank, and is a decision to go through with the sale, collaboration of D. H. Bumham & Co. Photos by BiIl Rydberg, PHOTON even as our printer's presses were run- andAlden & Harlow. The bank was ning on our behalf. The bank building, characterized in Landmark Architecture : Alden & Harlow beneath the sheet Pittsburgh and Allegheny Counry (1985) metal,will come down this year. So as a "dignified...essay in gray tones of will all other stone, terra cotta, and [now concealed] buildings on Roman brick." the Wood Street The adjacent building on Oliver block front Avenue is a refronting of Alden & shown here, Harlow's White Dog Cafe of 1902, an and buildings extension of the Farmen Bank building. along Oliver Margaret Henderson Floyd describes the Avenue and White Dog CafenArchitecture after FifthAvenue Ric hards o (Universiry n of Chicago/ Top: Wood Street, looking up Olioer Aoentæ. Abooe: Wood Street, laoking up halfway up the Landmarks, 1994) as "jewellike"-"¿ Fifth Aaenræ. block. It appears blend ofJapanese design, of Charles that clearance Rennie Mackintosh and the English arts will go up both and crafts movement." Today, the exte- architectural style is a cause of great con- filled Home's (one of the few Pittsburgh Avenues about rior has been altered beyond recognition. cem, particularly when one does not buildings designed by the Boston firm of 275 feet, taking ever¡hing visible in Asthetically, losing yet more buildings know what will replace them. Peabody & Stearns) and relocate it. In these views of OliverAvenue and by architects of tlre stature of Daniel Economically, $77.4 million-$47.9 the process, architecturally sþificant FifthAvenue. Bumham andAlden & Harlow or, of which is public funding-will be buildings, which could be restored at a The building on Wood Street next anonymous though its designer is, the spent to-in effect-drastically reduce fraction of the cost, will be obliterated. to the Farmers Bank building has a very last local specimen of a major the square fooøge of a store that once

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In the little picture books of Pittsburgh at Duquesne were once distinguished, nace-having a man on top push a hand the flammable fumace gases to be and vicinity issued in the 1900s, in the and steel men talked indeed of the barrow to the center, lift the lid, dump trapped offand bumed as boiler or air- picture post cards of the time, the blast Duquesne Revolution, a rational, scien- the charge, and make a fast retreat before stove fuel. Fumaces I to 4 at Duquesne fumaces and hot-ai¡ stoves of the tific approach to overall works planning the fumes got him-the new fumaces were where these innovations either Duquesne Works were a standard item: and to the individual operations. The had an airlock that opened automatically were introduced or where they first came proud and tall, prestige items in a region improvement in blast-fi¡mace practice when buckets of the charge arrived after together. What fell this past October, of heavy industy. On October ll, 1995 was conspicuous. Beginning in 1896, an ascent on an inclined plane. Cranes then, were the last traces, though much the last two of the fumaces were toppled two pafus of fumaces shared eight stoves and railroad cars fed components of the rebuilt over the years, of a technological by explosives, lost in a grim sequence that were altemately "on gas," heating charge-iron ore, limestone, and coke- sensation of a century ago. that began in 1988 with the fall of the up, and "on blast," losing the accumu- to the stock house from which the "skip gigantic Dorothy Six. lated heat to the air blast on its way to buckets" rose. This mechanization per- Though Duquesne's mayor said, in the fumaces. In place of the brutal old mitted fumace size to increase greatly. effect, Good riddance, the blast fumaces "top filling" method of charging a fur- Furthermore, the airlock system allowed PHLF News . January 1996 Page ll

Wabash Bridge C ONTRIBUTE T hn Srn¡{l'tc¡ e U Sfrr"{ Bn¡lge Report to the publication of a new edition of ,lass vrcnf on Io,ar o€ +he After thoroughly re-examining all possi- Landmark Mf .ø, Sn¡$f ;eU bile designs for the proposed Wabash Bnt42e. W co^(ttin*ç Bridge in an effort to reduce costs, the Architecture: f.*l- .Sav{ o,nl,¿ ofhe, Port Authority has decided to go forward 6aru¿l ¡a s*ortu. àç w€ crassed with the original basket-handle through- Pittsburgh and lvyç i f we arch design; modifications will be made "no+;cæ/ ;ls ol"t 'tr.iar¡gle5. +^t qnl b,aì# dî sleo/ to the piers, but the basic design of the Allegheny County fi rumbteg ,yhen \loLt ,nk i"-¡i. bridge will remain unchanged. Landmarks supported the basket-handle by Waber C. Kidnqt 1l"re a1e yloy,es on ìt {hal qh,( version of the bridge, if the bridge nusr tre( be built, so this was welcome news in tts n;s{"ry f *'s rea lly L,9. Ca15, a n.d h,ßcst December. Originally published in 1985, trnk,-'B,lijr"'¡?t t;"^Tl, While we appreciate the excellent Landmarþ Architecture has been out 5i., ui cooperative relationship we enjoy with of print now for several years but is "' the Port Authority, we still feel that the still much in demand. If all goes well, bridge should notbe erected at all. The ^t:{.^'' we hope to publish a new edition of proposed bridge is as high as the Reid Fßher, o third.-grade student øt Markham Ebmentøry Schoolin Landmark Arcbitecture this October. Sheraton Hotel at Station Square. It Mt. Lebanon, rDrote this øfter participating ín Land.marks' Our staff is now updating the con- destroys one of the most fabulous views " D owntoutn Dragonso' tour. of any city in the world, that of Firstside tents of the original publication and between the Fort Pitt Bridge and the commissioning new color and black- Smithfield Street Bridge (see center- and-white photographs . Landmarþ. Smithfield Street Bridge: spread photo). Its approaches gouge into Architecture will be the most compre- the historic Firstside area and run hensive account of the architecture of the Paint Job elevated over Station Square. Although this region and will identify more Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Thus, original colors characteristic of it pretends to be the "aþort busway," it than 500 historic sites worthy of medievalist, proto-Modemist, and three widely spaced building campaigns really goes to Crafton, Ingram, and preservation. "creative" restorer, once said, "To âre juxtaposed, and the blue and the Camegie, and merely hooks on to the restore a building is not to maintain it, yellow are especially in stark and mean- Parkway, hardly a clear run to the aþon I repair it, orrebuild it; it is to re-establish ingless contrast to one another. A struc- from downtown. A light-rail line on a ture that should read as an integrated somewhat different route that could ä () whole is put at odds with itself visually, connect with the present light-rail very light versus very dark. system and service all of downtown, the Furthermore, no effort has been southem communities, and the aþort made thus far to differentiate the portal would provide a much better system in detailing through color, except in the our opinion. Ciry escutcheons. In these, blue does not clearly read as blue and there is no silver (or its ersaø, white) just as there is no (though yellow), gold there is its ersatz, CAN HELP If we are able to raise funds to sup- proper heraldic tinctures $20 so that the port the publication of the book, we are partly absent. And what about the o SAVE SMALL TOWNS can price the book at about $45. grotesques, the lamp brackets, the . SAVE YOUR TOWN finials, the machicolations and the little . SAVE DOWNTOWN escutcheons under the machicolations? All contributors will be acknowl- These things must have been accented edged in the book itself and invited to Giue a a membetship in the friend the book release parry. Your contri- or aficulated in different colors or Pittsburyh Histoty & shades. We feel that scholarly considera- bution will ensure a quality publica- Land.tnarks F oun fution. tions have been a little slighted in these tion with many handsome pho- instances, and that the beauty ofthe ü Yes, I would like to give the gift of tographs. Please contribute by filling bridge is not yet as great as it should be. a membership, at the level indicated out the form below: Our recollection is that the PennDOT below: color rendering of the bridge, which ¡ Individual $20 or tnore n Yes, I am (we are) making a contri- it in a complete state that can never have met our approval before painting o Family $25 or more bution to Landmark Architecture in existed at any given moment." This began, showed distinctly different hues, o Schools and Non-profits $25 or more rhe amounr of $_. My (our) particularly as yellow and sweeping remark invites skepticism, but regards the I Senior Citizen $70 or more check is enclosed, payable to the it does appear to cover the recent paint- the brown. ! Corporate 5250 or more Pittsburgh History & Landmarks ing of the Smithfield Street Bridge, in n Life Benefactor $5,000 or more Foundation and referenced to which academic rather than aesthetic "LA Book." conditions prevailed. The original main- ! My check is enclosed, payable to the span trusses of 1883 are documented as Pitßburyh History (v l¿nd.mar*s I (we) understand that this con- being "blue" and the floor structure Foundation. tribution will be used to support them as "brown." What we have beneath Please charge the credit card the book's publication and does now, on the stmctural metalwork of the indicated: not entitle me (us) to a free copy of bridge, may not be the precise hues of LeND,MARK n Vìsa ! MasterCard the book upon publication. 1883, but both the cinnamon brown and 'Welc-ofnes I Discover D American Express the darker version of Delft blue are quite I (we)would like my (our)name(s) handsome in themselves if not totally in to be printed in the contributor's Exp. Date balance. Against the delicate blue truss- list in the book as follows: work, though, runs a blur of light gray: the aluminum railing, unpainted, that MYLAN LABORATORIES, INC. survives from a remodeling of 1933:. AND authentic for i¡s time. Finally, the portals (please print your name clearly) that were refaced, to a light-hearted PITTSBURGH STEELERS design of Stanley Roush, in 1915, a¡e Please write the name and add¡ess of Please mail this completed form with painted in a sort of buttermilk yellow SPoRTS,INC. the person to whom you would like us your contribution to: carefully reproduced from an acfual to send this membership gift: o Louise Sturgess paint sample of l9l5 that had not been Pittsburgh History & removed when the portals were Landmarks Foundation as Corporate Member Benefactors repainted in aluminum. One Station Square, Suite 450 of the Pittsburgh History Ec Pittsburgh, PA 1.521.9 Landmarks Foundation.

Please mail this completed form to: Thanþ you uery mucb for Landmar ks appr e ci ates t h e your contribution! commitment of Mylan Laboratories, Inc. Membership Of6ce and Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, lnc. Ptttsburgh History 6c in helping us create a future Landmada Foundation 'A copy of thc official rcgistration and fìnancial info¡mation One Station Square, Suite 450 of the Pinsburgh History & landmarks Foundadon may be for Pinsburgh by preseruing its past. Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1170 obtained from the Pennsylvania Depanmcnt of State by clling toll free, within Pennsylvania, l-800-732-0999. Rcgistration dm not imply cndoræment." (as required by PA Act 202) Page 12 PHLF News . January 1996 Legacy A in Preservation Scene (continued) Bricks and Mortar: Africøn-Amnican L cz Landmarks (J þ in Allcgheny County o ô

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Burke's Building Victorian Masterpiece The Elmhurst Company, owners of Needs Help Burke's Building, has invested a half- million dollars to restore and renovate The Butler Street Entrance of Allegheny the building's shell and install new Art Cinema Update Cemetery is arguably the best Mid- mechanical and plumbing systems. The The formerArt Cinema at 809 Liberty Victorian architectural ensemble in building, a Fourth Avenue neighbor of Avenue re-opened November 9, 1995 as Pittsburgh: a very handsome gateway of PPG Place, is noted for John Chislett's the Harris Theater. "Art Cinema" has 1849 by John Chislett and an adjoining elegant Greek Revival front of stone, had varying connotations as a name over ORDER FORM office block of 1870 by Barr & Moser. unique in the city. Almost nothing save the years, and renaming after John P. The cloister-like porch of the latter for raw structure survives inside from Harris of Pittsburgh's 1905 Nickelodeon Published by the Pittsburgh History (t building now proves to be in immediate 1836, yet there a¡e numerous freplaces movie house, seems harmless enough. Landmarks Foundation need of pier and vault repair, at a cost of that can be decorated and put in opera- There has already been a J. P. Hanis Text by Frank E, Bolden, Laurence A. $50,000, and the public is urged to help. tion to give a traditional, homelike feel- Theater: in the 100 block of Sixth Street, Glasco, and Eliza Smith Broutn Checks may be made payable to, and ing to offices or whatever occupies the where the City Club now is. Soft couer; 84 pages; 1.1.5 photos sent to: Allegheny Cemetery Historical inte¡ior. Burke's Building has tantalized Association, 4734 Butler Street, lsBN 0-916670-17-1 s8.9J people over the years: a protected build- Pittsburgh, PA 15201. (412) 682-1624, ing in a City Historic District, it has for inquiries. A Legacy in Bricks and Mortar remained vacant much of the time. Yet it looks just right for something, Number of copies that I Sold or Not? some small institution perhaps that could would like to purchase, @ $8.95 do with an extra dose of prestige, per- On October 17, the City of Pittsburgh haps some in-town resident with the Amount due: Planning Commission met to decide desire and the means to go beyond the whether the designation of the Sellers- 70o/o discount members anonymiry of an apartment to a home of for Camahan house at Vy'alnut and Shady, unmatchable individuality. For inquiries of Landmarks: the former Calvary Episcopal Church on leasing or sale, call Barry Layton, rectory would be desirable from a PA residents addTYo sales tax: (4t2) 411-44ss. planning viewpoint. We spoke in favor Davis Farmhouse Plus postage and handling: of the designation of course, having The Davis house of c. 1880 in proposed it in the fust place, and the One ¡o four books: $3.00 Brentwood, recipient of a Landmarks mood of the Commission seemed favor- Five to 10 books: $7.00 plaque in 1994, remained in peril in able. Principals of the Samuel Land December. The house, now a senior TOTALDUE: Company introduced themselves as citizens'center, has been under pressure just having been notified that the Church from the Brentwood Volunteer Fire had accepted property. their bid for the Department, which regards the location Then a resident of the neighborhood, (Please make your cbeck payable to the as exactly right for a new frehouse in a Ascheim, who has Pittsburgh History (y Landmarks Cappy commented way that other possible locations are not. before on legal aspects of preservation F oundation, referen ced " Le gaq The expediency of the site for frehouse issues, reiterated the objections made Book.") purposes is the main argument for year earlier this by the Commonwealth. demolishing the old Italianate wooden Please mail the book(s) to: point, At this we are not sure whether house, but the offer of senior-citizen or not these objections have any Name: still space in the new building has become an validity, but Orphan's Court approval of added inducement. The Brentwood any sale actual is still required. Apicture Historical Society has accumulated Address: ofthe house appears on page 15. over 500 petition signatures in favor of preserving the Davis farmhouse, and Mamaux Building The parlar,939 Western Aoenue Ronald Yochum, a Brentwood citizen Philip and Melinda Beard, attomeys at and Landmarks staffmembe¡ has drawn 125 First Avenue, have purchased the Historic Allegheny West up a site plan showing the new fuehouse Mamaux Building next door, having House Available on an adjacent site, framed by the previously effected its salvation from The grand house Joshua Rhodes built in Library, the High School, Brownsville Phone: demolition and its designation as a City 1875 on Westem Avenue in Allegheny Road, and Point View Road, that would, Historic Stn¡cture. The future use of the City (now the North Side) was carefully he believes, render the demolition building is unclear-it is being offered restored by Joedda and Ben Sampson, unnecessary. On October 23,1995, for sale-but it has large spaces adapt- The Brentwood Historical Society and Return this completed form with payment replete with walnut woodwork, stained Mr. Yochum met to: Losise Sturgess able to a variety of uses, and the first and leaded glass, elegant fireplace with Brentwood Pittsbutgh Hi*ory ë landmar*s Foundation floor has pressed-tin ceiling in good mantels, and period lighting fixtures. Councilwomen Sonya Vemeau and One Station Square, Suite 450 condition that would be suitable for a The house is now for sale, since the Nancy Patton to discuss the Society's Pinsbutgb, PA 1 5219-1 170. retail area or a restaurant. Sampsons have purchased the Gwinner- desire to retain and restore the house. Ha¡ter house on Fifth Avenue and are in Subsequently, on October 24,1995, questions: (412) Atry call Louise at 471-5808. the midst of restoring it. The Brentwood Historical Society and Although the Rhodes house was the members of council met with the Thank you foryour order! restored as a single-family dwelling, Brentwood Volunteer Fire Department the spaciousness of the house and and theù architect. All parties stated their grounds-27 rooms including a 2,000- opinions and both groups remained firm square-foot ballroom, a fully equipped in their positions. kitchen and pantry, an English cottage garden with eight-foot brick walls, and a parking lot-make it suitable for a variety of uses. For more information call (4r2) 323-9220. PHLF Naps o January 1996 Page 13 J Io LA I\DM A RKS

Support the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation in Then and Now in Oakland its work to:

Oakland, seen as a place of human set- . privacy with regard to advocacy . Identify and preserve the architectural, tlement, has been a fidgety, disunified expenditures; your advocacy expendi- historical, and industrial landmarks in place, never sure of what it has wanted tures and activities would have to be Allegheny County; to be as a whole or over the years in its posted on Intemet if you are a federal . Encourage and support the revitaliza- individual pans. The Coltart house at grantee. tion of historic inner-city neighbor- 3429 Forbes Avenue, built probably in hoods through Preservation Loan The situation would be an uneasy the 1840s, lasted into the 1970s. It was Fund initiatives and programs; one indeed for the federal grantees, one of the more modest houses in a hill- . Operate Station Square, the historic who would be obliged, under penalty side community of villas in its early riverfront project initiated by of heavy fines, to prove that they were years, and survived among new neigh- Landmarks in 1976; complying with the law. Informers bors-an apartment house, a storage Create tours, publications, and educa- would be rewarded with up to257o of ' warehouse, close-packed Victorian tional programs on local history and the take. houses, commercial buildings-in a 78- architecture; OMB V/atch is at 1742 Connecticut front-foot property squeezed between ¿ . Educate the public about historic Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20009- such close-built structures. Its contrast Ê preservation through the resources 1t7t: (202) 234-8494. with the Arby's now on the site is obvi- of Landmarks' library and archives; e-mail ombwatch @ rtknet.org ous, and evokes obvious words on an þ ' Continue a well-managed, responsive, é older architecture that relies on clean t( and creative membership organization design and good proportion versus one Main Street Lighting with the ability to implement these that merely demands attention and goals on a long-range basis. The best new lighting we have seen is whose environs help create a chaotic on Washington Road in the Mt. læbanon townscape. Yet has recaptured, o Arby's it business district. There, all of the over- Membership Benefìts the may be, air of spatial isolation that head cobra lights have been eliminated. . Free subscription to PHLF News. the Coltart house once had: expressed, New lower-scale handsome light fix- not . Many volunteer opportunities. true, in an entourage of cars, trees tures have been installed that illuminate 3429 Forbes Aoenue, Oøkla.nd A lOTo discount at The Landmarks and shrubs. the sidewalks rather than the roadway. ' Store in The Shops at Station Square. After all, automobiles do have head- . Free access to our reference library in South Side Business Alliance lights and pedestrians do not. Extra fix- Aviary Dome The Landmarks Building at Station The above is the title of a new organi- tures have been added at crosswalks. The National Aviary in the West Square. zation announced in October 1995 as a The elimination of the intensely Commons on the Nonh Side is receiving . Discounts on, or free use of, all merger of the South Side Chamber of bright cobra lights over the street and a quasi-Victorian glass dome, 38 feet in educational resources. Commerce and the Main Street the addition of good low-scale lighting diameter and 30 feet high. The dome is a . Reduced rates on tours, and invitations Committee of the South Side Local over sidewalks and the absence of over- reliefto the austerity ofthe 1950-period to lectures, seminars, and special Development Company. The Alliance head wires has made the area much structure and a sign incidentally of the events. be a subsidiary of the South Side better looking and much friendlier to years. will change of taste in the last 40 pedestrians. Local Development Company, but Membership Categories with its own board, staff, and budget. Unlike the lollipop bulbs so beloved by Pittsburgh's past planning director Schoolhouse Arts Center Landmarks has worked intensively with Please enroll me as a member of both groups for many years. At a cere- Robert Lurcott, the Mt. Lebanon light In November 1995, the school directors the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks mony in November 1995, the South Side fixtures do not exhibit the light source in Bethel Park voted to sell the Foundation. I have enclosed a Local Development Company gave and you do not see lightbulbs when you Schoolhouse Arts Center, a converted contribution in the amount of Landmarks an award for its suppon of are walking along. Nor does light spill schoolhouse of 1905, to the Bethel Park ( check appropriate iategory) : "Main Street on East Carson." out over the entire environment; rather, Historical Society for one dollar. This is it is directed toward where it is needed, or more a major victory for the Historical Individual $20 the sidewalk. more Society. The adjacent Park Avenue Family $25 or Preservation and Money The design was ajoint product of School and more School property was offered to the Non-profit $25 or News from Washington mixes clouds Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates municipality for another dollar. Senior Citizen $10 or more and sunshine. On the one hand the fed- and Environmental Planning and Corporate Supporter $50 or more eral funding for the National Trust for Design. The lamps are manufactured Corporate Member $250 or more Our Neighbor Preservationists Historic Preservation has been cut from by Lumec. Life Benefactor $5,000 (one+ime gift) Fiscal Year 1995's $6,987,000 to FY96's On the main street of East A problem with organizations such as At that, getting the latter McKeesport a similar fixture was used, this is, that though roads extend across $3,500,000. The portion of your dues exceeding $l 5 is sum took hard effort, for had been only with a sodium light instead of a tax-deductible. political boundaries, our stated interests $0.00 contemplated by Congress. metal halide. It, however, was aimed do not, and we thus tend to live in rather "A copy of the official registration and financial HR 1662, or S 1002, is a federal bill over the street rather than the sidewalk infomation of the Pitaburgh History & l¡ndmarks artificial states of isolation. By charter, Foundation may be obtaincd frorn the Pennsylvania that may become the Historic Home- and the effect is altogether different, the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Depatment of State by calling toll free. within ownership Assistance Act, offering a once again emphasizing the motorway Pennsylvania l-800-732-0999. Registration does not Foundation concerns itself with historic 207o tax credit for certified rehabilita- rather than the pedestrian walkway. Mt. preservation issues in Allegheny County. tions for residential buildings of all Lebanon's arrangement is much better. There is a Washington County History . . i*']*.""î-:'':*:-i':^:'l . . . kinds listed individually, or within dis- and Landmarks Foundation, P.O. Box tricts, on the National Register or local Please enroll me as a member of 274, Washington, PA 15301. Member- registers of historic places; or for being the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks ships range from Active Individual, $15 Foundation. the first purchaser of a property so reha- and Active Family, $20, on up. Its latest bilitated. The owner would have to Newsletter announces a county-wide Name make the residence, whether single or survey of historic structures, similar to multiple, his principal residence for the StrPPl that which we did in the 1980 period, first five years. Some owners might get Membership and like our product intended for filing City mortgages on more advantageous terms. with the Pennsylvania Historical and SAVII\GS PLAI\ For information: Preservation Action, Museum Commission. zip I 350 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Save money by joining Suite 401, Vy'ashington, DC 20036; Telephone Landmarks for a (202) 6s9-091s. or year period, 3 5 Send check or money order to: instead of renewing your Non-profît Gag Bill Membership membership annually. Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation In the summer of 1995, the U.S. House One Station Square, Suite 450 'Wrrr of Representatives passed a bill that . If you join for 3 years at the $20 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 -ll7 0 PowBn threatened the advocacy role of commu- level, you only pay $50, thereby Preserve our region's history and nity-based non-prof,rt organizations that saving $10. receive any federal funding. According landmarks for future generations. to the Washington-based Watch, Creating a Future OMB . If you join for 5 years at the $20 Add the Pittsburgh History Ec the bill opposes: for Pittsburgh by level, you only pay $80, thereby Landmarks Foundation as a Preserving lts Past . your advocacy with regard to public receiving one year for free! beneficiary under your'Will. policy at all levels of government, and If you would like to discuss to litigation involving government; There are multi-year plans at this giving option, each membership level. . advocacy that spends over 57o of your please call Elisa Cavalier money apart from federal grants; Call Mary Lu Denny at at (4rz) 47r-58o8. (412) 471-5808 for details. . free association with entities that spend over l1%o of their money on advocacy; Page 14 PHLF News . January 1996

Preservation Scene (continued)

I First Hungarian Reformed Church t () Dedicates Historic Landmark Plaque o The First Hungørinn Reformcd. Church øt 227 Johnston Steet ín Høzelnnood u¡øs one of 77 structures to be d,esígna,ted. ø Hístoríc La,ndmørk pløque recípï ent ín 1995. These photographs utere tøken on October 75, uhen m,e¡nbers of the congregøtion celebrated the dedícøtíon of the plaque. The church uøs buílt ín

79O4 to d,esigt "s of Títus de Bohula.

Future of anArt Nouveau Pittsburgh's Grand Hall at Church The Priory There is very little genuine Art Nouveau The above title is the new name of the design in the Pittsburgh area, design in secularized St. Mary's German Catholic that fleeting idiom that proceeded from Church in Deutschtown. Many people genuine concern and original thinking. know its adjacent priests'building as And most of this-all, perhaps-is from The Priory a bed-and-breakfast inn the little-known Hungarian architect since 1986, but it has taken this long to Titus de Bobula, who was in practice convert St. Mary's itself, built in 1854 here around 1905. The masteqpiece of and thus one of the city's oldest church his executed work is, as far as is now buildings, into a meeting and banquet known, St. John the Baptist's Byzantine hall. Landma¡ks Design Associates, the Rite Cathedral, built on Dickson Street designers, have retained much of the art in Munhall for a Carpatho-Ruthenian work and glass of the church, and the congregation, in 1903. It was awarded organ built with a matching grant by one of our Historic Landmark plaques in Andrew Carnegie. The Grafs, MaryAnn 1988, though this was never ordered. and Edward, their son John, and his wife We have been worried about the Suzanne, are to be congratulated on this cilurch, enrpty íor severai years, and firul accomplishunent. were pleased to learn early in October 1995 that a new non-profit organization, St. John's East European Cultural and Clock Tower Restoration Information Center, has bought it. It is to A conspicuous preservation event be used for exhibits and performances. in Sewickley, recently, has been the Potential donors and others interested restoration of the clock and steeple of are invited to be in touch with the Center the Sewickley United Methodist Church, at 333 East NinthAvenue, Homestead, at Broad and Thorn Streets. Because of PA 15120. its height and location this is in effect Ancniftsr, i' the town clock, and the restoration of the I -lo iiq; u. goeun upper half of the tower to its 1883 COrrRÂcToR, original form has been a community project. The quarter-million dollars from Bourne o* Cfl. + various sources (including $1,200 from ocolll. .ï Landmarks' Historic Religious - Properties Initiative) is flowing reliably. More money is needed to complete the restoration of this well-known landmark in Sewickley Village. The lucarnes and slating of the spire are complete, and the Gothic woodwork around the clock is finished or in progress. Masonry repairs Is Your Hor¡se or Church Eligible will be completed in the Spring. New Home forThree Bells Much of the interior of the church for a Historic Landmark Plaque? has also undergone restoration in Visitors to the Old Post Office Museum, recent years. Improvements include Buildings, structures, and districts when it was a Landmarks property, may the removal and restaining of the pews, may be approved for a llistoric remember the bronze bells Glaube, the removal plywood paneling of that Landmark plaque if all of the following Hoffnung, and Liebe that stood in the had been nailed over many of the his- garden. conditions âre met: They had come in the 1970s toric omamental doors, installation of a from St. Paul's United Church of Christ, handsome library donated by one of the ¡ they are remarkable pieces of archi- an East Street Valley Expressway vic- members, and creation of accessibility tecture, construction, or planningo tim, and eventually passed into the for the physically challenged. V/ith only or if they impart a rich sense of hands of The Pittsburgh Children's 400 members, the church has under- history; Museum as did the Old Post Office taken large challenges and is completing o alterations, itself. Now they are in the tower of the them magnificently. The Sewickley additionso or deteriora- Fi¡st Lutheran Church on Grant Street, a United Methodist Church was recog- tion have not substantially lessened Gothic work of 1887 by Andrew nized as one of Landmarks' 1995 Awa¡d their value in the above respects; Peebles, as a donation from the of Merit recipients as a result of its ¡ they are at least 50 years old; Museum. The work of the local Fulton restoration efforts. o Bell Foundry a century ago, they are Contributions to the restoration of the they are within Allegheny County. now being regularly rung again. tower are welcomed. They may be sent to the Sewickley United Methodist If you own a building or know of a Church at 337 Broad Street, Sewickley, þ¡ilding that fulfills these criteria, PA 15143, and must be made payable to then consider nominating it for a the "Village Clock Tower Fund." Historic Landmark plaque. Call Walter Kidney for details at (412) 47r-5808. PHLF Narc . January 1996 Page l5

PITTSBT]RGH ARC HITE CTT]RE : Trying fo, a Do,te Waher C. Kid,ncy

The recent arxiety over the Vergeboard. uith uidcly spøced. cu.sps Arched u;índout s, grouped undcr Sellers-Camahan house in (Woodnord., 1869) pedíment (Sbøn,1859) Shadyside (see "Sold or Not?" on page I2), and especially its nomination as a City Historic l,andmark, reopened the question of just how old it is. Our survey of c. 1980 specifically said 1858, but documentary research has sug- gested a date as late as 1874. On stylistic grounds, though Pittsburgh has always been an architecturally conservative cit¡ I am inclined to favor the IB50s. The details compared here come from Samuel Sloan's pattern books z Thn Archiæct (1852), and Modnl Ei Archiæcture City and, Suburban È (1859), with one suspicious þ € exception. Wo o d,w ørd,'s N ationøI 3

Architect (1869) is significantly Êa € later than Sloan's publications, o .Ë and shows vergeboards with a few È wideþspaeed eusps instead of " cusps or S-curves making continuous pattems, characteústic in the l850s. The stylistic evidence, then, is not one hundred percent for the I850s.

Wood,en s egnentøl-ørched' por ch Oricl u:i.th corbelcd bøse ønd føncy roof (Slaøn,1852) (Sloan,1852)

P aíred round.-ørched, uindows, traceri¿d sash (Sloon,1852) Page 16 PHLF News . January 1996

Cities Wbrldwide Loolc Toward the f[ew Century: The L99519th Annual l1\TAConference inVienna

of historic buildings and neighborhoods. In Vienna, Ausrria, lasr He summarized Landma¡ks' neighbor- September, 400 representatives of hood programs, its aid in implementing cities from 52 countries convened at the federal Community Reinvestment the nineteenth annual conference ofthe Act, and the history and accomplish- International Organization for the ments of Station Square. Anhur noted Management New of and Existing that non-profit organizations, more Towns (INTA). The theme of the confer- flexible and responsive than govern- ence was "Strategies for Cities of the ment, less ruled by expediency than 2lst Century: Turning Changes into profit-making business, can be an Urban Development Opporrunities." impofant ingredient in the economic The formal presentations by urban development and rehabilitation of cities experts from around the world as well as into the twenty-first century. discussions at workshops and between individuals at the Vienna INTAconfer- ence demonstrated that there were as many problems, challenges, and solu- Transportation: the tions as there were representatives. Common Bond that Landmarks president Arthur P. Pittsburgh Lacks Ziegler, Jr. was invited to address the conference in a plenary session devoted The Vienna INIA conference confirmed to "Economic Changes Affecting Urban that many cities face the problems of Development." A¡thur's slide presenta- Pittsburgh: failed industry, high debt, tion, "Pittsburgh and the Future," began loss of young people, Iack of new busi- with a portrait of Pittsburgh's industrial ness development. Others suffer from rise and decline. The city has suffered having too great a population, such as economically from high production Cairo, where officials want to dishibute costs, obsolete technolog¡ and foreign the people throughout the country and competition: the percentage of local reduce the pressure on that city. Hong jobs, for example, declined fromZSVo Kong and several other Oriental cities in 1970 to l2Vo in 1980, with further have extraordinary problems of not decline since. The major attempt to being able to keep infrastructure devel- address the problem, the urban renewal opment up with growth. Hong Kong "Renaissance" initiative begun in the needs a major new port facility every 1950s and continued into the 1970s, three years because of the growth in sought economic revitalization by export-import business. A city like replacing (demolishing) historic build- Venice is inundated with tourists and has ings and older neighborhoods. become frozen in time, a great museum with little inner life. St. Pölten inAustria This turned out to be a disastrous has suddenly become a new capital city, mistake, and projects that were and an entire new set of buildings, road- built in place of the historic ways, and parking lots must be devel- fab ric, althou g h he av ily oped almost overnight to accommodate s ub s idize d w ith g ov e ntment the status of a new regional capital in a funds, failed economically and small rural town. still continue tofail to attract business and occupants and fuIfill their origirnl purposes. Morry of the INIA conference Against this background, Arthur p artínípønts uould. emry described and evaluated four "initia- Píttsburghos posítíon u:íth a tives" that may improve Pittsburgh's future economic status: these included neto bíIlíon-dolla,r øùport and. Architect Otto Wagner uon tlæ desþn competition ín 1890 Vi.enna's city røil the new Pittsburgh International Aþort for øn exßtbtg rþht-ofaaøy its trønsit systenù-including the rþht-of-u:øy, thc stations, ønd. the bridges. which is only one of two new major fiom Thís drauing shows the Ferd.inand.Bridge dcsþncd.in 1905. American ai¡ports; more democratic and front door to Station Square, outward-looking proposals from the connecting to the lþht rail thøt on Community Development, once co-sponsor of the tran¡els through our dou¡ntoøn. Bridge across the Monongahela, is being built, where, in order to obtain discredited urban renewal demolition But Píttsburgh ß ignoring destroying the most magnificent vista of a residence you must pledge not to politics; and the Murphy administra- the City of Pittsburgh (the bridge rises as purchase a car for at least a decade! tion's vigorous commitment to the thís adt:øntage, ønd has no high as the Sheraton Hotel at Station If the American non-profit organi- recreational, residential, and business raíJ connection pløn. Square), and the busway is not a connec- zation can offer the world another development of riverfronts left vacant tion to the aþort. Unwanted by the approach that links economic develop- by the decline of industry. suburbs that it penetrates to the south, it ment and cultural conservation, our The fourth initiative introduced But while the problems varied widely, merely sends Port Authority buses onto intemational neighbors continue to conference attendees to a distinctly there was one common bond with all the the Parkway beyond Carnegie. demonstrate the key role of mass transit American phenomenon-not-for-profit cities except Pittsburgh. That is their Our leaders do continue to talk about in making cities economically and organizations that support cultural reliance on rail for internal transit and extending the busway to the east and humanly alive. institutions and activities, which in inter-city transportation. Every speaker light rail to the North Side, both valu- Europe are subsidized by the govem- at the INTA conference talked about able additions, but none to the airport. ment. Non-profit organizations can how more light rail, subwa¡ and trolley Decades have gone by while we study lines are being planned and built for light rail to Oakland. Millions will be develop land and create business their cities, and almost every speaker spent on the new southern busway that and at the same time generate pointed to the new rail lines leading to could otherwise make a good connection income activities that benefit for remote suburbs and more distant places. to the airport so that downtown Pitts- our citizens rather than producing Many of the INTA conference partici- burgh really could call the aþort an profits private investors, for pants would envy Pittsburgh's position asset. Right now the aþort is marvelous although ofien private investors with a new billion-dollar aiqport and an for V/ashington County and for Robin- do benefit by panicipating in existing right-of-way from its front door son Township and Wheeling, Vy'est projects sponsored by non-profit to Station Square, connecting to the light Virginia, but helps the City of Pittsburgh organizations. rail that travels through our downtown. little. Arthur used Landmarks and its But Pittsburgh is ignoring this advan- How do we reduce our reliance on the multiple mission of education and tage, and has no rail connection plan. A automobile? Provide good public transit preservation to illust¡ate the ability of high-speed mag-lev (unnecessary for and provide it economically. In Vienna, a non-profit organization to assist such a short distance) is being looked at, transportation money goes fust for urban economic development as well but the cost is enotmous. A busway is public transit, secondarily for roadways. as generate income for the preservation planned that requires the new V/abash In fact, near Vienna, a'tarless" suburb