[PRCo] Re: Photo location

[John Swindler]

Pittsburgh has a lot of grades, but first impression is that this is an 
older development neighborhood.  The trolley era seemed to produce duplex 
housing.  This looks more like high density apartment type neighborhood that 
might have preceeded the trolley era.  Lower hill district comes to mind.  
Wonder what lower end of Troy Hill looked like?  And the grade eliminates 
Birmingham, Manchester and the Point.

Boris also mentioned that this came from magazine around 1950.  Why would 
you print this sort of  pix of Pittsburgh around 1950?  To illustrate 
redevelopment?

These are all just guesses.



>From: "Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo location
>Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:06:37 -0800
>
>Roberta Hill walked the entire length of Route 85. Maybe if you check her
>pix on Dave's Electric Railroads, there maybe a shot from this area if it 
>is
>in the Hill District.
>
>I don't know why, but I keep wondering if that photo was taken somewhere ib
>the East End.
>
>K.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow at dementia.org>
>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:57 AM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Photo location
>
>
> > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Herb Brannon wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to identify the large brick building in the background?
> >> The tower on that building with the pointed roof should stand out in
> >> someones mind or in other old photos. I have checked all my older 
>photos
> >> of Pgh but could not find the building.
> >
> > The hill combined with that and vague memory give me the idea it was in
> > the Hill District, if the building is still there the county assessment
> > website and Google Earth would certainly show it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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