[PRCo] Re: Strauss Street - North Side
Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland
PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com
Mon May 22 15:32:18 EDT 2006
7-Charles Street. Near the end. This was the outbound
direction -- line looped to Charles to come back inbound.
Matt Barry wrote:
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>Anyone recall what carline ran on Strauss Street on the North Side? Not even sure where that is. One would think this may be the Fineview area, but Strauss does not clang any bells.
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>The photo is from Historic Pittsburgh, circa 1968-1970.
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>This is the description:
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>Title: Strauss Street Homes before Rehabilitation
>Date: ca. 1968-1970
>Creator: unknown
>Description: The Allegheny Housing Rehabilitation Corporation (AHRCO) revitalized homes in Pittsburgh neighborhoods during the late 1960s and early 1970s. AHRCO was founded in 1968 by Action Housing. As a for-profit organization, it gained its finances from forty Pittsburgh-based corporations who wanted to provide decent housing for low and moderate-income families in the Pittsburgh region. In 1975 Action Housing sold the company, which was later purchased by the president of the company, Milton Washington, who became the sole stockholder. (Note: refer to Collection No. MSP285.B029.F39.I02 for a view of these Strauss Street homes in Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood after rehabilitation).
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