Aerial View of Grant at Sixth

Downtown

A view of Grant Street and Sixth Avenue from the roof of the William Penn Hotel.

April 5th, 1951

Location

Downtown

Address

Grant Street and Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection

Source

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL

Subjects

Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Automobiles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Billboards--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

Identifier

715.5184978.CP

Rights

Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose

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Michael over 13 years ago

This is looking down Webster Ave from Grant. The current DoubleTree Hotel is under construction in the background.

Chuck over 13 years ago

That's what I had and the view was closer to what you tagged.

Michael over 13 years ago

You're totally right - when I loaded your, it was showing a totally different pan yesterday. I think it was a glitch. However, the view is from Grant Street, and your is from a little up Sixth. You can tell by the perspective on the DoubleTree building.

Michael over 13 years ago

Also, regarding the description from the archive, the view is clearly not from the roof of the William Penn. More like the 6th floor. :)

Ralph almost 13 years ago

Regarding the two buses visible in the photo, the one in front is an ACF-Brill model C-27, belonging to Pittsburgh Railways Co. The other is a White, model and owner unknown.

Marky almost 10 years ago

This very intersection was immortalized in the very year this picture was taken in the movie "Angels in the Outfield." Here is a link- http://my.mail.ru/mail/presence76/v... and if you go to 1:21:56 in the movie you will clearly be able to see the Duquesne Pilsner billboard and how it related to the Grant Street entrance (I presume) of the William Penn Hotel.