View of Grant Street from the corner of Fifth Avenue looking to the Allegheny County Courthouse. The bracing used to shore up the building during removal of the "hump" is visible. The sign reads, " Warning: Don't Stop. BLASTING. Keep Moving." The "hump" cut took place in the area of Downtown known as Grant's Hill. The project began 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. For more information.
