[PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix

[Fred Schneider]

I had a high school chemistry teacher (one who taught his subject so well that I found out five years later that he did as good or better a job as freshman chemistry in college) who mentioned the burlesque house on 6th Street.  It was my dad who pointed out that the original site was condemned as a result of the 1936 flood, and that resulted in the move over to Wood Street.  

Dad loved to sneak pictures inside burlesque houses (anywhere ... the Casino, the Glob, the Trocadero, the Gayety) and I inherited the photo album.  At one point he became disturbed that he was unable to do it in the summer ... in the winter he could get an aisle seat and hide the camera under his coat.  Well, his solution was to build a camera into of barrel of a pair of binoculars!  The perfect disguise.  

Notice Derrick that the discussion is still in Pittsburgh and that trolleys would take you to the theater.  But don't ask me if the car stop sign was for singles, second car, third car of what.  

By the way, I just crossed the Mississippi on a ferry about 20 miles below New Orleans in a fog so think that you could not see anything but you could hear the fog horn of the freighter bearing down on us.  Sorry guys, it missed.  What were we doing there ... well, there are roads down both sides of the river into the delta ... goes something over 100 miles on the west side.  We were there because there were roads that just had to be driven.  We were tired of looking at trolleys.   


fws

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
Sent: Mar 25, 2005 7:19 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
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.
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> -----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?????
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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)
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> >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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