[PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal

[trams at adelphia.net]

KDKA was indeed in the Grant Building before moving to 1 Gateway.  I remember when they relocated.

Ed
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From: Harold Geissenheimer <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
Date: 2004/04/22 Thu PM 12:40:04 EDT
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal

Greetings
A question?  Wasnt KDKA Radio in the Grant Building?
I attended a radio show there once.   Harold Geissenheimer

Bob Rathke wrote:

>The Lorant book says that Gateway 4 opened in 1960.  I took a photo of it
>nearing completion in September, 1959.  I took photos of Gateway 1, 2 and 3
>in 1954, which was shortly after they opened.  KDKA was already located in
>the Gateway building closest to the Allegheny River (their original studios
>were in the Chamber of Commerce Bldg.).
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>I have a Gulf Oil map from around 1955 that shows the outlines of the
>original three buildings, plus four more buildings (4, 5, 6 and 7) that were
>planned.  The four proposed buildings also had the cruciform shape, but they
>were eventually built in square or rectangular designs.
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>Bob 4/10/04
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 11:46 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal
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>>The Wabash Terminal sat where Gateway 4 is today.  The first three Gateway
>>buildings were built much earlier than the fourth, so the 1955 date may
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>>strikes me that Gateway 4 opened in the '60s, though.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
>>Schneider
>>Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 5:01 PM
>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Wabash Terminal
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>>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
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>Stefan
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>>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.
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>>Bob Rathke wrote:
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>>>Does anyone know when the Wabash Terminal building was torn down?  It
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>>located on what is now called Stanwix St., and today Four Gateway Center
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>>>Carnegie Library and other sources state that the 9-track trainshed and
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>>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.
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>>>Four Gateway Center opened in 1960.  Although the trainshed was removed
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>>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?
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>>>Bob 4/9/04
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