Category: Architecture
_Dear Sir_:--I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon desirable improvements in the main thoroughfares and the down town district of Pittsburgh, prepared in accordance with the instructions of your Committee and in consultation with its members.
In considering the economical widths for the main thoroughfares of a city, so many complex factors are involved that no exact and indisputable conclusions can be reached; but th...
10. PART VTwo conclusive reasons point to the removal of the Diamond Square Market from its present site. First, it is an obstruction at a vital point to the development of the thoroughfa...
6. PART IThe down town district is substantially that part of the city known as the Point District. It is bounded by the two rivers and by the steep hills to the eastward, and within thi...
9. PART IVPlans for a grouping of public buildings in the Bellefield District, and for improving the entrance to Schenley Park, have been studied with some care. Two plans are herewith su...
8. PART IIINo city of equal size in America, or perhaps in the world, is compelled to adapt its growth to such a difficult complication of high ridges, deep valleys, and precipitous slopes...
5. PART V. SPECIAL REPORTS 123_Dear Sir_:--I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon desirable improvements in the main thoroughfares and the down town district of Pittsburgh, prepared in accordance...
1. PART I. THE DOWN TOWN DISTRICT 52. PART II. MAIN THOROUGHFARES 313. PART III. SURVEYS AND A CITY PLAN 934. PART IV. NOTES ON PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES 101