Chatham Street

View of Chatham Street, between Wylie Avenue and Webster Avenue, in the Hump District. Young boys sit on and under the porch of an Italian restaurant and watch two men work on the road. Another man stands on scaffolding on the right, near the office of Dr. U. Opipari. 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.