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"Circa 1957-1958"

Frank said about 11 years ago about: Hazelwood Street Scene
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"The church on the left is the old (original)St. Stephen's church which was damaged in a fire and torn down shortly after the new St. Stephen's church (on right)was built."

Frank said about 11 years ago about: Elizabeth Street Bridge
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"The google map location does not appear to be correct. "

Barton said about 11 years ago about: Haights Run Bridge
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"My grandfather was a fireman stationed at #7 back in the 1940's!"

mike said about 11 years ago about: Engine No. 7 Fire Station
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"Aunt Hannah's Bread, do I remember this or just heard of it?"

Michael said about 11 years ago about: Baur Bros. Company
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"Those RR cars look to be reefers, so there must be an ice house near by."

Michael said about 11 years ago about: Railroad and River
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"The previous tag had this marked somewhere in Aspinwall, so I just created an account to correct it. Hope I did this correctly. Thanks for the resource!"

Liz said over 11 years ago about: Alvin Theatre
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"By the looks of the building on the right, and the houses down the block on the right, I think it's Baum at Roup."

Pat said over 11 years ago about: No-Nox Gas
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"I am new to this site and I am amazed-sad at how much is gone...."

Jani said over 11 years ago about: Penn Avenue
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"Based this location off a comparison of 1910 and 2012 from http://peoplemaps.esri..."

Steve said over 11 years ago about: Penn Avenue
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"Again....amazed at the lovely building that is GONE...very sad"

Jani said over 11 years ago about: Felled Trees on Federal Street
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"I am new to this site and I am HOOKED. Thanks to all for tagging these photos to see the then and now...amazing, sad at times and interesting all at once."

Jani said over 11 years ago about: Federal Street Slip
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"This is Augusta Street. The children are standing at the top of Rutledge St. Maybe the front of the school was on Sweetbriar."

Dave said over 11 years ago about: Children Behind Luckey Public School
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"though this says "child in the poor conditions," the shape at the top of the hill is a steam shovel. This is basically when they were rebuilding Cowan street to handle more modern traffic than horse and foot."

Rob said over 11 years ago about: Child on Cowan Street
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"This is closer to 42 Greenbush street. Note the house on the left, which is below grade of the road. see: http://goo.gl/maps/UKQ6P"

Rob said over 11 years ago about: Laying pipe
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"I remember buying a toy car wash there when I was about 8 or 9. That was in the mid-1950's, before East Liberty was 'urban renewaled' to death. "

Mike said over 11 years ago about: Super Market Exterior
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"I attended Friendship from 1951 to 1959. It was a great public school, in service from 1899 to it's closure in 2006. I visited in 2006, and took quite a few pictures, inside and out. "

Mike said over 11 years ago about: Friendship Elementary School
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"The 28th Street Bridge is actually in Polish Hill, right on the border with the Strip. Polish Hill's northern border runs down the middle of Liberty Ave, and the stretch between 28th and Herron is actually in Polish Hill."

Polish Hill said over 11 years ago about: 28th Street Bridge
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"Polish Hill, not Lawrenceville.
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Polish Hill said over 11 years ago about: Senior League
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"28th street bridge is in Polish Hill, not Lawrenceville."

Polish Hill said over 11 years ago about: 28th Street Bridge