[PRCo] Re: South Side Car House

[Bob Rathke]

Money never stopped PAT from changing names on buildings.

The words, "PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY" (about 18" high) were carved in the
stones above the front entrance of the Keating administration building.
After PAT took over the property in March, 1964, they removed the word
"COMPANY" from the stone sign, even though the entire building would be torn
down within two years.

I have before and after photos of the words-carved-in-stone.  PAT seems to
have cut or ground away the word "COMPANY", and then covered the resulting
flat area with paint or maybe a cement mix.  Regardless, the word removal
was heavy handed and anything but subtle.

Bob 1/15/05
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:54 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: South Side Car House


>
>
> Why would it say Pittsburgh Railways Company??.   That would have cost
money
> to change the name.
RR