View of the "hump" properties looking down Smithfield Street from the Oliver Building, showing the Hotel Henry and Hotel Duquesne. The "hump" cut took place in the area of Downtown known as Grant's Hill. The project began in 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.
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Subjects
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Hotels--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Hotel Henry (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Hotel Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Design and construction
Identifier
715.168809.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
