View of Sixth Avenue from Fifth Avenue to Wylie Avenue in the Hump District with workers repairing Sixth Avenue pausing to watch the photographer. Billboards on the left advertise for an assortment of items including Hermes Ice Cream, The Grand Opera House, Army & Navy Metal Polish, and Haig & Haig Whiskey. The "hump" cut took place in the area of Downtown known as Grant's Hill. The project began with planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Street, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. Please see, Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=pitttext&view=toc&idno=00aep1324m for more information.
