scavenger hunt 6/19/06 6/21/06 9:28 AM Page 1 FILLING IN THE STORY Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station Square: A Place of The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad was headquartered here from 1879 to 1992, for 113 years. The P&LE served Historic Landmarks and New Buildings Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio and was called “The Little Giant” because it hauled such a huge volume Look carefully at buildings so you really see the details. Notice how historic of freight, including steel, coal, and coke (refined coal). STATION SQUARE The buildings and railroad yards were the terminus for building details are influencing the design of new buildings at Station Square. many thousands of tons of freight and mail and for 76 Write down the location of each detail you see during your Scavenger Hunt walk. passenger trains a day. The P&LE designed its passenger station in the American Renaissance style, with a grand display of columns, arches, and decorative details. The station was a memorable place of arrival and departure SCAVENGER for many millions of people and housed the offices of the railroad executives. When rail business began declining in the 1950s and A. B. 1960s because of competition from cars, trucks, and air- planes, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad held its own HUNT ________________ ________________ but was aware change was coming. In the early 1970s, Every place has a story. the P&LE even considered tearing down some of their underutilized buildings. Fortunately, the P&LE entered What’s the story of this place? ________________ ________________ into an agreement with the Pittsburgh History & A self-guided tour created by the Landmarks Foundation so five historic buildings could Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation be saved and reused. with funding support from The Grable Foundation Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation From 1976 to 1994, the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks C. D. Foundation served as the prime developer of Station ________________ ________________ Square and eventually acquired 52 acres of riverfront property. Here, Landmarks was able to put its historic preservation and urban planning principles into practice: ________________ ________________ • Historic buildings were restored and reused for offices, shops, restaurants, and entertainment. • Parking was conveniently located near buildings. • Artifacts were treated as sculpture and used to ornament buildings and open spaces. • And, for the first time in Pittsburgh, underdeveloped riverfront land was used to create a place where E. F. people could work, dine, shop, and be entertained. ________________ ________________ When Landmarks sold Station Square in 1994 because its historic preservation goals were achieved, the sale proceeds were added to its endowment to help fund ________________ ________________ neighborhood revitalization, historic preservation programs, and educational activities throughout the Pittsburgh region. To learn more about our work or to become a member visit: www.phlf.org or call 412-471-5808. Forest City Enterprises, Inc. G. H. ________________ ________________ Forest City Enterprises (www.forestcity.net) has owned Station Square since 1994. The $8-billion Cleveland- based company is principally engaged in the ownership, ________________ ________________ development, aquisition and management of premier commercial and residential real estate throughout the United States. With plenty of places to shop, dine, and be entertained, Station Square (www.stationsquare.com) is Pittsburgh’s most popular tourist destination. scavenger hunt 6/19/06 6/21/06 9:29 AM Page 2 EXPLORE THESE PLACES TO DISCOVER THE STORY OF STATION SQUARE The Landmarks Building The Shops at Station Square Bessemer Court & Other Stuff The River & Downtown This is the six-story building of golden brick, Questions: : sandstone, and terra cotta ornamented with The Shops occupy two historic red-brick Questions exuberant Classical details. (Terra cotta is a type buildings that are connected. One of the 1. What’s new in this place? _________________________________ 1. Which river flows past Station Square? _____________________ of brick that can be molded into decorative buildings is long and low; the other is 2. What’s old in this place? __________________________________ elements.) seven stories high. 2. Which direction does the river flow? _____________________ 3. What was the name of Pittsburgh’s first successful blast 3. Where does the river start? ______________________________ Questions: Questions about the long, low building furnace? _________________________________________________ 4. Where does the river end? _______________________________ 1. This building was built to be the _________________________ 1. What was the building originally used for? 4. What does a Bessemer Converter do? 5. Name some of the skyscrapers that you see: ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. When was the building built? ____________________________ __________________________________________________________ 2. When was it built? __________________________________ 5. What was built to help people walk from Bessemer Court 3. How old is the building? _________________________________ 6. Name some of the bridges that you see: 3. How old is it? _______________________________________ to the river’s edge? __________________________________________________________ 4. Who was the architect? __________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 4. What inside reminds us about the original purpose 5. What does P&LERR stand for? ____________________________ of the building?_______________________________________ 6. There are lots of “artifacts” placed around Station Square. Some are “industrial artifacts,” used to make steel or bricks. 6. How do you know that this building is important to our city 5. Banners hang from the ceilings. What places or sights Others are pieces saved from bridges or buildings that were and nation? do you recognize in the banners? __________________________________________________________ demolished. Which artifact do you think is most interesting? ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 7. Just inside the main doors, look at the historic photographs 6. Look up! What alphabet letter and shapes do you see and find The Landmarks Building. How has The Landmarks Why? _____________________________________________________ repeated in the steel truss work supporting the roof? Building changed? _______________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ : 8. Go inside the Grand Concourse Restaurant. Put a check Clues mark in front of the word when you see the following: Questions about the seven-story building Lake Huron CANADA ____ Stained glass skylight 1. What was the building originally used for? ____ Corinthian columns _______________________________________________________ ____ Globe lights with dragons Michigan 2. When was it built? ____________________________________ MICHIGAN ____ Mosaic tile floor Lake Ontario NEW YORK 3. How old is it? _________________________________________ Allegheny River (Cool fact: When The Landmarks Building was being restored Lake Erie in 1976, the stained glass ceiling panels were cleaned with 400 4. What was built inside, in the middle of the building? PENNSYLVANIA cans of oven cleaner! The glass had not been cleaned since its OHIO ________________________________________________________ ANA PITTSBURGH installation in 1900.) Pittsburgh has been Why was it built? _____________________________________ growing and changing O er MARYLAND hio iv Monongahela River for 248 years. The historic R WEST DEL places help tell the story VIRGINIA Clues: Clues: UCKY of our city. Notice the tiny VIRGINIA buildings in the front row of the city view. They were built between O The Big Idea: Recycle! 1850 and 1890 and give a “human” scale toN the city. 1. Name some things that you recycle at home: Without them, it would be hard to measure how much Pittsburgh has grown. A healthy city cares for its significant ___________________________________________________________ buildings as it grows and changes. Help us in our work by 2. The Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation specializes supporting our cause and encouraging others to restore in restoring and recycling historic buildings. With generous and recycle historic places. capital support from the Allegheny Foundation, a Scaife family charitable trust, Landmarks and its sub-developers adapted the historic railroad buildings for new uses and created Station Square. What benefits have resulted from recycling these old railroad buildings? For answers to this worksheet, visit www.phlf.org or call 412-471-5808, ext. 526. __________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2006, Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation __________________________________________________________ Designed by Pytlik Design Associates, Inc..