[PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix

[John Swindler]

Ohh, yes, wasn't it southside of Forbes/Diamond between Smithfield and Wood? 
  Kauffman's, at Forbes and Smithfield was where I usually would catch a 64 
car, (to get a seat and get a longer ride) and there is a vague recollection 
of the closed Casino building in early 1960s.

Wasn't there a camera store on Smithfield around Forbes or Fourth?  Eiben 
and Irr?????  or something like that???  Or was it Peerless??  (which is 
where (Smithfield St.) I bought my first 35mm camera at age 15)  Or was 
Eiben and Irr (??sp??) on Liberty - somewhere around 10th, which was 
location with better film prices and slide storage trays.  Can I blame this 
lack of recall on having a senior moment (:>)

Ohhhh, you want a connection to this ramblings, Derrick??  Camera was bought 
to take pictures of trolleys  <gg>

The only image I can recall of riding the other side of the 64s city loop on 
Fourth St. is "dreary".   And slow.  Guess it was mostly soot covered 
office/commercial buildings on Fourth???

John


>From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix
>Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:19:35 -0600
>
>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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > >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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> >http://lists.dementia.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/Wabash%20Novermber%2012
>,%201947.jpeg
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