[PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal

[Bob Rathke]

Thanks, Fred.  My first source was the Lorant book.  It describes the
removal of the trainshed, viaduct and bridge after the fire, but it doesn't
give a year for the building being torn down.

I took photos during the Gateway Center construction (Buildings 1,2 and 3
were already open) in 1953, and I don't remember seeing the Wabash Terminal
building being there at that time.  Gateway 4 construction started around
1957, so I assume that through most of the 1950's the site was an empty lot.

Bob 4/9/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 4:01 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal


> It had to be gone by 1955 because I was in the P&WV Gateway Center offices
in April of that year.  I was also in the old P&WV terminal offices in the
early 1950s, after the shed had been torn down.  Have you looked at  Stefan
Lorant's book?  If you are simply looking for a confirmation that the
> office building lasted after the 1946 train shed fire, I can personally
confirm that.
>
> Bob Rathke wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know when the Wabash Terminal building was torn down?  It
was located on what is now called Stanwix St., and today Four Gateway Center
is on the site.
> > Carnegie Library and other sources state that the 9-track trainshed and
part of the 11-story building were destoryed by two fires in 1946 - the
first on March 6, and the second fire on March 22.  The closing of the
terminal is recognized as the beginning of the development of Gateway
Center.
> >
> > Four Gateway Center opened in 1960.  Although the trainshed was removed
in the 1940's, some sources say that the Terminal building wasn't torn down
until 1953 or 1955.  I always thought that the building was demolished in
the late 40's.  Can anyone confirm this?
> >
> > Bob 4/9/04
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