[PRCo] Re: Museums and Climate

[Fred W. Schneider III]

My memories of Pittsburgh's industrial districts from the 1940s, i.e.
Butler Street or Homestead, include red neon signs for Iron City Beer or
Duquesne Pilsner ... the bars were everywhere.  But one of the problems
with accepting grant money from government is their right to tell you
they don't want beer advertisements ... it probably would not work. 

tsquare wrote:
> 
> Yes, for an Isaly's and, perhaps, and F.W.Woolworth 5c and 10c, a Sun Drug,
> Rialto, Chop Suey, United Cigar, etc. -- maybe this is a stretch but it's
> an idea or a street -- others may no doubt have some meaningful input.
> Point is if a museum is to restore the trolleycar, why not "restore" the
> environment in which it operated (in the case of PTM, 1950 would be a year
> to emulate) -- I would imagine that in this age of urban renewal, store
> fronts might be available.
> 
> Taking the whole building, as you suggest, would be appropriate only where
> it's contents are essentially intact -- otherwise, just the facade would
> suffice with a modern interior (economics in play).
> 
> Tom
> 
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> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> W. Schneider III
> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 5:11 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Museums and Climate
> 
> Fred Schneider wrote:
> 
> Crich goes one step farther ... they take the whole building because
> museums need space for storage of artifacts and for sales.  They expect
> to have the Red Lion Pub open this spring, which will increase the
> number of meals they can serve at noon from 30 to several hundred.  A
> former city hall facade was used to create the library; the space behind
> it is now being expanded.
> 
> Your suggestion was one of the original plans at Orange Empire for the
> dirt street behind the store.
> 
> The side of the new visitors center at Arden is planned to have store
> fronts.  Would not an Isaly's be nice again?
> 
> tsquare wrote:
> >
> > >From time to time I have suggested that, along with the
> > creation of a city street, a museum might consider
> > salvaging some old building fronts,
> > Belgian Block paving, gas lights, etc., to complete the image.
> >
> > (only to be met with a blank stare)
> >