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"This page shows the Manchester Bridge and Point Bridge (in the background here): http://pghbridges.com/..."

Daniel said over 13 years ago about: Manchester Bridge Reconstruction
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"The Wabash Bridge piers are still there."

Daniel said over 13 years ago about: Monongahela Warf
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"Is that the same fire hydrant on the corner?
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Daniel said over 13 years ago about: Repaving Carnegie Street
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"Apparently Heinz Hall now stands where Hotel Anderson used to be, so this is probably looking north up Sixth Street rather than Ave. http://www.pittsburghs..."

Daniel said over 13 years ago about: Bustling Liberty Avenue
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"Not sure if the old bridge was in the same place as the new one...
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Daniel said over 13 years ago about: Bloomfield Bridge Construction
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"I think "Wilmot" is now Semple and the portion of Parkview south of Semple, but I still can't find this location... "

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Parkview Avenue
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"I never noticed how cheesy "Old West"-y the Nicholas Coffee building was until I realized via this photo that it was all faked...

Look at that hipster... "

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Market Square
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"Alley is still there, across from the Macy's garage entrance on Cherry, buildings have changed.

Map here: http://images.library...."

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Lemon Alley
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"Also, a nickel to whoever can tell me why the pedestrian bridge in the photo connects the Pittsburgh Public Safety Building on the right to the Nixon Theater on the left? hmmm..."

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Cherry Way
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"Within 2 years of this photo, H.C. Frick (who had been assembling plots for years, he owned it all in 1903) had cleared the site east of Cherry, and widened Cherry to 50’ for what would be the William Penn Hotel.
Map: http://images.library....
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Matt said over 13 years ago about: Cherry Way
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"All gone now, including this portion of Cherry.

The Church on the right is St. Andrews Methodist Episcopal, only 7 years (or less) earlier, had Oliver been extended through to Grant on the widened “Virgin Alley”
Map Here: http://images.library....
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Matt said over 13 years ago about: Cherry Way
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"Not a lot of landmarks left to find... "

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Bloomfield Bridge
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"My best guess is that this is roughly at the foot of the Two PNC building, where Oliver used to continue through to Liberty in what is now their plaza space. "

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Oliver Avenue
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"The tall building in the center is gone, the rest still there... "

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Sassafras Street
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"4921 Forbes was located roughly in the outdoor plaza of CMU's Morewood Gardens one house in from the corner of Morewood and Forbes.

Map Here: http://images.library...."

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Forbes Avenue Paving
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"Built to last!"

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Garages
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"Maybe this link: http://images.library...."

Matt said over 13 years ago about: The Point
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"The city photographer had a much better zoom lens than the google-mobile"

Matt said over 13 years ago about: Union Bridge
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"Very Approximate, these bridges were right at the point, so there's no streetview close enough.

See the bridges here: http://images.library...."

Matt said over 13 years ago about: The Point
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"Pretty good match, note location of curve, and matching house tops."

Matt said over 13 years ago about: McCandless Avenue