"I clicked the tag button by accident. I meant to skip this one since I cant recognize it."
"I was looking at streeview images of the little block between grant st and ross, and it looks like its been altered beyond recognition."
"A lot of these hump cut photos show business that obviously catered to immigrant communities, especially Italian. Then when the cut is finished it's all large hotels and offices (many Frick-owned). Was this Pittsburgh's first Urban Renewal slum clearance masquerading as a public works improvement?
My guess would be this is the NE corner?
Map: http://images.library...."
"You can pick out a few buildings on Liberty if you try... "
"Rough location on north shore of Mon, looking toward the point bridge (1876-1927)"
"I believe the note is wrong, It should read "looking toward 6th Avenue" 7th Ave did not extend through (it was Chatham after Grant St) and even if that's what was meant there would be a convent on the right and a RC Church on the left. Also, that is the Frick building ahead, meaning we are facing SW toward downtown.
This location is roughly in the SE corner of the lobby of the US Steel Tower
Map here: http://images.library...."
""E. McDonald"=Remedy Bar (formerly Ray's)"
"No, it's roughly in the right of way of Ross St, Wylie came all the way in to theis point where Sixth angled down from Grant.
Here's a map:
http://images.library...."
"I guess they built the hospital on top of this alley. "
"Is this really 47th and Butler? Looking east from butler would mean looking at Allegheny Cemetery. "
"location correct plus up on the William Penn roof. "
"Actually at Phelan and Herron, maybe Herron was once 33rd here? "
"What an amazing photo.
Irwin is now St. John's Way, you can see the Arsenal at the end of the street, pre-middle school.
Map here:http://images.library...."
"So does this mean that I lived throught he second coming of Walgreen's? Scary... "
