[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Re: Re: MAC OS

[Bob Rathke]

I photographed the Glenwood Bridge area in 1963-65, and I don't recall much 
development at the south end of the bridge - just streets, maybe a scrapyard 
and some manufacturing buildings on their last days.  I don't think that the 
new bridge uprooted many active properties.

Bob 8/25/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Cc: "John Bromley" <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:44 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Re: Re: MAC OS


> Mind you Derrick, I wasn't complaining.  I never cease to be amazed
> at how these people talk about all sorts of things with each other as
> friends that we've come to be.
>
> The south end of the Glenwood Bridge?  I've been there but I'll be
> GTH if I can remember what it looked like.  I was 19 the last time I
> saw it in its original format.  I'll forward to Bromley and see if he
> can remember.  Bob Rathke photographed the old bridge.  I walked over
> the hill on 56 but couldn't remember any of it today.  Same as I
> really cannot remember much of what East Ohio Street looked like
> before it was widened to accommodate flexible transportation.
>
> On Aug 23, 2005, at 1:17 PM, Matt Barry wrote:
>
>> Yes, I would like to know about Duquesne and what is now route 837,
>> as well.
>> 1.)  21st and Carson.
>> 2.)  Rt. 837, Duquesne
>> 3.)  I would also like to know if anyone remembers what the area in
>> Hays
>> was like at the base of the old Glenwood Bridge.    With the new
>> bridge
>> and a big ramp over Carson and what used to be the end of 8th Ave.,
>> I am
>> sure that area was changed fairly extensively.    Or was it?   Was it
>> all wooded?    Were there homes or businesses sacrificed?
>>
>> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Fred Schneider wrote:
>>>
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>>>> Some day we should talk about Pittsburgh...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok. How about the South Side? I still haven't found any pictures
>>> around
>>> 21st and Carson.
>>>
>>> Or Duquesne? I've only laid eyes on a few shots down by Grant Ave and
>>> what's now route 837. What did it look like down there in the
>>> glory days
>>> of steel and trolleys?
>>>
>>> Derrick
>>>
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