[PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix

[Harold G.]

Greetings what started out as risque burlesgue became
luke warm vaudeville.  I went several times with National
Guardmen.  The Baltimore Street theatre was better and
lasted longer.  I believe the Buffalo one was on Main St.
There may have been one in Phila on Market Street
about 22d street.

There was an interesting issue here in NY in the 1940's.
Mayor LaGuardia closed the NY houses and every thing
moved across the Hudson River to Union City, NJ.  It was
called the Hudson theatre.  The Orange & Black bus thru
the Lincoln tunnel went to the door.  My father took me once..

ATTENTION BUS FANS.   Orange & Black started about
1939.   Their buses were painted orange & black.  They\used Macks.
Their garage was in Cliffside Park/Fairview.  That location is
still a NJ Transit one..with artic buses to NY along Bergenline
Ave.

It was all mild compared to todays XXXX rated.

Harold Geissenheimer
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Date: Friday, March 25, 2005 8:24 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix


>That would be the Casino which survived much longer than it should have.
It
>was one of the last derelict buildings between Smithfield and Wood Streets
>to be demolished.
>
>Bob 3/25/05
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:02 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix
>
>
>> My father remembered Forbes Avenue downtown under more names ... he told
>me it was Diamond Alley when he first came to town.  Interesting that it
was
>never widened but it still went from an alley to an avenue.  I think the
>street also had a burlesque house.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
>> Sent: Mar 25, 2005 7:57 AM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix
>>
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>> Diamond St was renamed Forbes St. - sometime in early 60s?????
>>
>> and from the alignment in a 1929 map, it looks like Ferry St. was renamed
>> Stanwix St.
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>> I remember 'Diamond St.' name, but have no recollection of 'Ferry St.',
so
>> would guess that Ferry St. name disappeared in ealry 1950s.
>>
>> It also looks like the Wabash Terminal Building sat on the ground now
>> occupied by the Gateway Center 'T' station.
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>> Again, thanks for posting this view.  It pre-dates my memories of the
>> Gateway Center area. Or let me correct that:  It pre-dates my memories of
>> Gateway Center area west of Stanwix/Ferry St.; but buildings to east of
>> Stanwix/Ferry St. were still in existance in early 1960s.
>>
>> Ed:  didn't you have an office at one time in Jenkins Arcade?
>>
>> John
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>> >From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> >Subject: [PRCo] Fourth and Stanwix
>> >Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:33:30 -0800 (PST)
>> >
>> >Here's another view of the Wabash Terminal demolition
>> >taken November 12, 1947 with a PCC creeping around the
>> >corner onto Fourth.
>> >Bill Robb
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